RAILWAY STRIKE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2882, 3 January 1891, Page 2

RAILWAY STRIKE.

- 'nv 'I.miiuc ir.i.Kiiit.uni -eorvmi.H i .. l/ixii'i.v. I(ivi iiibiT "1 !l 1: mil way strike is stopping the sujipli l "" 'if ninl perishable goods I ' Oil) Scotland till I , lll'loll. The mini'is (if Ivilmanioek joined tin' j i!:<-rs. At 1 11-isgnw free labourers arc lining int i 111 i< 1 11 >•< 1, Th<' l."ii-i'i)i anil South Western ('11-11]i■ in' s men iiiv returning. 'L'ht! North British Company i- the worst iii, lml p:is- n;; r trallie on nil 1 : " liin' l ' N. )i t,i ii T! i lines hai u! it ,;li i 111 - pn 'Vi-1. Noll'Ulliolli-tS wll > j oil led til' 1 IJIOVC--11<•,i: -ir • ilisli-'l ;i1 not r reiving -.trike ,«iy. :u.-l uri' h-I urning l.» work. 'lii'' railway iirimls at Hull who struck fur higher will's and shorter hours have resumed work, tlu; company having aceeded them a partial advance in wages. The Midland Railway Company is lending drivers nil J engines to the Scotch nil way companies whose employes are out; on strike. In consequence of this action the secretary ( ,f the Knglish Railway Employes Union threatens to call out Ml,ooo ot their members in sympathy with the Scotch strikers. December .30. A sharp skirmish took place at Motherwell between the police and pickets who were preventing engine drivers resuming work. The Hlantyre miners have struck out of sympathy with J the railway men. Later. The railway strike is collapsing. Tlio directors of the companies affected refuse to re-employ many of their old hands.