THE LIVERPOOL STRIKE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5934, 12 September 1890, Page 2

THE LIVERPOOL STRIKE.

THE FIRE BRIGADE DRENCH THE STRIKERS. SOLDIERS CLEARTHE STREETS. [SPECIAL TO PBESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYETCHIT.T, London, September 10. Tho Admiralty are preventing the dockers from blockading the Southampton docks. Messrs O'Brien and Dillon will visit the United States in October. The steamer Ratigatira is loading coal at Cardiff for New Zealand. Mr Mills, manager of the Union Shipping Company, sails for New Zealand by the Orient on September 21. Mr Mann has postponed tho interview which was to havo beeu held to-day with the representatives of the shipping companies connected with the Australian trade. September 11.

The fire brigade drenched tho strikers at Southampton. Tho soldiers cleared the streets, and are guarding the docks to prevent picketing-. Bluejackets aro patrolling the harbor In. boats to prevent ships feeing meddled with. The dockers are willing to accept 5d per hour by day and Gd at night, but the mastsrs decline to exclude non-unionists. It. is doubtful whether tho London executive will support the strike.

[PER PEES 3 ASSOCIATION.—COrVEIGHT.]

London, September 10. The total amount of money remitted to Australia so far is under £6500. Only tho unions hhve subscribed.

The Union Steamship Company threaten to remove their work from Southampton to London if the strike succeeds.

Mr Tyser, in opposition to the shipping ring, loads the Maori King at 30s per tou for' Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, with special facilities for German shipments. The German shipowners threaten to retaliate.

September 11. The arrival of tho soldiery was received with much hooting at Southampton, accompanied by threats of rescuing the prisoners, but no actual conflict occurred. There tire five hundred troops in town, and two gunboats are co-operating. ihe Royal Mail Steamship Company havo locked up thoir employes for safety. All the shipping industries in town are federating.