THE DOCKERS' STRIKE
AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS. PROTECTION OF FREE LABOUR. United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Juno 10. Tho Transport Workers' Federation, in an appeal for funds, declares that 100,000 men are concerned in tho dispute, and that 300,000 children and 100,000 women are in need of mainten- '. ance. Several relief committees have j already been organised. j The Shipping Federation has protested, to tho Premier against Mr McKenna's refusal to protect free labour, which it i designates as encouragement by tho' Government to lawless interference with, tho rights of citizenship. ' In the House of Commons, replying to Mr Bonar Law, Mr Asquith prom_>ed to fix an early date for a debate on a vote of censure in connection with Mr McKenna's alleged refusal to protect men desirous of working.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14379, 12 June 1912, Page 9
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