LABOUR WARFARR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 15 July 1912, Page 5

LABOUR WARFARR.

TRANSPORT STRIKERS IN DESPAIR. By Tcleeraph-Prcss Aesociation-Copyrießk London, July 12. Tho latest dovolopnipiit in connection with the transport strike is that Lord Devonport, chairman of tho Port of London Authority, is conferring .vith tho l'liino Minister and Mr. Sydney liuxton, president of the Hoard of Trade. Tho strike leaders have issued a protest. They accuse Lord Devonport of pievarication, insolence, and malignity, in trying to destroy the unions by .1 process of starvation. Two strikers who proposed resuming unloading wool, discovering- that they Lad lost their permanent status, committed fillicide. Three ]iun<l?-ed of their comrades thereupon struck again. PROCESSION TO THE WORKHOUSE. DOCKERS' DEMONSTRATION. (Eco. July 15. 0.15 a.m.) 1 London, July 11. Four Hundred dockers, with federation tickets in their hats, and accompanied by their wives and children, marched ill procession through HlO East End to a workhouse. Tho women dropped out, nnd tho men then demanded outdoor relief, which was refused. Three hundred thereupon entered Hie workhouse. J'any refused tho porridge and other food supplied.. The. movement is considered to bo clearly defeated, and tho men arc now merely seeking to save the face cf their leaders. ' FRENCH SEAMEN'S STRIKE. POSITION GRAVE. Paris, July 12. The situation at Dunkirk is grave. Deckers, seamen, coal-heavers, carmen, and lightermen are all idle. The journal "Echo de Paris" states that the lack of properly trained crews on vessels sailing for Algiers is a serious danger. The officers were doing most of tho work. In some cases the crew were made up of unemployed waiters, chauffeurs, music-hall artists, and watchmakers. -OTTAWA CITY DISPUTE. Ottawa, July 12. A thousand labourers employed by tho municipality have struck for higher wages. They paraded the streets, intimi-, dating other employees. The police interfered, , and disorderly scenes followed. Several arrests have been made. MINtIRS AND SYMPATHETIC, STRIKES. - Amsterdam, July 12, The International Miners' Congress, without declaring in favour of the French | proposal that when miners in rnc country strike tlioso of otlier natinos should strike in sympathy, has referred the, sub-1 ject to tho International Committee for report at tho next Congress. ' I NEWCASTLE STOPPAGE. Sydney, July 13. A further batch of men have given notice to discontinue work in tho various collieries at Newcastle. ■ It is tolerably certain that tho wheelers and surface hands in tho Newcastle district have determined to eeaso work in I preference to allowing their dispute to bo decided by the Collieries Conciliation Committee. Probably nino' collieries will be involved.