THE STRIKES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2886, 13 January 1891, Page 2

THE STRIKES.

(BY KI.I'.CTIUC TICLi/.liKAI'U.— eOI'YHIUnT). Londo.v. iJ.'niiiHry .S. Mil TTiTZGKr.ALI). the labour delegate, has ascertained tint!: tin; following amounts wi'i'u I'onvan.Vl n.) i!:" Australian strike fund :—.!..''•■el;.■:■-;. .i'iO.OO : sailors and fire.mm L'KkKl : I'urli.-i----uientary Committ'on of the London Trades Council. ililT-S. Details of other sums remit led are in tin; possession of Mr Join .I'.unis. :m«l Mr Fitzgerald awails Mr Hums' iriuri: from .Scotland to obtain the complete total. The railway men assert l.h.if they are overworked, Inn aiv receding from the position takoii n;>. The; loss to this North I'.riti.sh llnilWiiy Company o\\ itig to 1110 strike is "stiiiiiited'ut i'.'JO.OOi). .T.-nmary '.). Trie directors of the .S.vueh railway companies decline to accept the strikers' proposal for t<_-u hours per ihiy, and demand tiio unconditional surrender of the men. Tin; striken; are appealing to the trader to support, them in the struggle. The directors of the railway companies affected by the strike refuse to accept mediation. Accidents are frequent, January 10. The Xorth Biitish lieilway Company is more hampered by the strike than any other of the companies, but the strikers are now less hopeful of gaining the day. The directors of the Caledonian and Glasgow and South-western Bailwa;. Companies assert that the strike is at an end so far as they are concerned. A number of those who wont out on strike have been heavily fined for deserting their work.