LABOUR TROUBLES.
GUEAT tiAiiCUU REVOLT EXI'KUTKI), |kv i',i,.':ct:;k: Tia;:ait.u'H.— tiorviticiir. J IjO.MJOX, September lis. Till-: sirfk-r* ,-it tlie (hirron Wiiarf held a dianoiistration yesterday in London, at which tlie speakers foreshadowed a repetition of ihu l.oud-in dock strik "S. Mr Wilson, the seei-atiry of the Seamen's Union, Shiptou, and Mr T. McCarthy all f]:olce in a .style implying that Groat lirituin is on the eve of a uis;an!ic labour revolt, involving a strike of half a million workers. A demonstration of 20,000 men beto the building trade was held in Hyde Park. Resolutions were passed pledging the meeting to Mipp .rt the carpenters, anil demanding the dismissal of Mainslnie Earlin, 011 account of his .severity to strikers. At the inest-int' of ruilw-jiv men nt U-.impst e til rleti.llb, re alluvions were passed dem i.nding shorter hours and higher wages.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2998, 1 October 1891, Page 2
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139LABOUR TROUBLES. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2998, 1 October 1891, Page 2
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