THE LABOUR AGITATION.

Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1892, Page 2

THE LABOUR AGITATION.

« THE AMERICAN RAILWAY AND MINE STRIKES. f UNITED PBXBB ASSOCIATION. I Washington, lGth August. Trro hundred cars wero burned by strikers on the Lehigh and Erie lines. The Tracoy City miners havo carried off a number of other convict labourers, despite the efforts of the police. Auckland, 16th August. The Tailoresses' Union have arranged a conference with tho factory proprietors for this week. Latest. POLICEMEN REFUSING DtfTY. [uNITED PRBSS ASSOCIATION.] (Received Augn«it 17, 10.15 a.m.) Nevt York, 16th August. The police refused to act ngtllunt tho Lehigh strikers, and the militia wore summoned. It is feared that the pointsmen will join in the strike. LAWLESS STATE OF AFFAIRS IN TENNESSEE. THE AUTHORITIES POWERLESS. ISFECIAL.I (Received August 17, 11.20 a.m.) London. 16th August. The cotton mill employe's are demanding an eight hours system. (Received August 17, 1.15 p.m.) Nxw York, 16th August. The mine owners in Tennessee and Bridgeport accept Unionists instead of convict labour. The prisons in the disturbed districts are terribly overcrowded. The police, oitizena, aud volunteers appear quite powerless to restore order. < In Buffalo moving trains are boarded, roads blocked, and telegraph wires cut. Some passengers were robbed while emerging from a capsized train. The non-union hands are in a state of terror. Tile Lehigh railway station, with 270 carriages, has been bamed. It is Gxpefcted that there will be a general strike of raihrfcy inon. Two regiments hattl been sent to maintain order. THE BROKEN HILL MINES. I UNITED PBEBB ASSOCIATION. I (Received August 17, noon.) Sydney, This Day. The Broken Hill mine-owners have resolved to adopt tho old schedule of wages, rbich, howev&r, is largely subject to a satisfactory recovery in the pried of silver. They intend to re-open the mines at these fates on the 25th instant, and if insufficient men apply for wo*k thoy will be compelled to mako other arrangements.