THE STRIKES.
(liY klei.tkic ti:i.E' ; it.v nr.—cop yw ; nr.) Loxoux, February 23. Thk shipping federation is doubtful whelh'T stevedore; will obey orders. Merchants fear the results of the threatened strike.
f.it.tle metal, produce, or meat has been unloaded for the past fortnigi', owing to the prevalence of fog, and supplies are running short, The number of fr labourers available. is increasing. The .stevedores have withdrawn their manifesto under pressure ot the Docker's Virion. The London Chamber of Commerce have invited the Shipping Federation and various labour unions to hold a friendly eon i'erence. A thousand free labourers have offered their services. The shipping ollices are opening a register for nonunion dockers. It is proposed that if the block continues in London to employ free labouiers only, and lock out tho unionist:;. Half of the first penny levy on th" tonnage belon.tiiijr to the Whipping Federation is still unsponL. Work is at present proceeding quietly.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2906, 28 February 1891, Page 2
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154THE STRIKES. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2906, 28 February 1891, Page 2
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