GENERAL STRIKE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 139, 12 June 1912, Page 7

GENERAL STRIKE

MANIFESTO ISSUED SUFFERING IN LONDON ATTEMPTS AT (INTIMIDATION. FRUSTRATED BY POLICE. By Teleerapn,— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received June 12, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 11th June. The families of strikers in London are suffering great privations. Extra police have been drafted to the dock districts, whew a number of attempts at intimidation were frustrated. EMPLOYERS REJECT PROPOSALS AFTER CONFERENCE WITH CABINET. . NOT PREPARED TO MAKE COUNTER-PROPOSALS. LONDON, 11th June. (The employers have rejected the Government's proposals for a settlement of the London dock strike. Representatives of the employers conferred yesterday with members of the Cabinet, to whom they handed their collective reply. This stated that, while they recognised that the provision of a substantial cash deposit would afford better safeguards than obtained formerly, the scheme would not achieve the end the Government proposed. It was absolutely impracticable to federate the employers efficiently as a whole or in sections. Even if legislation were obtained, foreign shipowners, who constituted a large element in the trade of the Port of London, would not, under treaty rights, be affected; therefore, Britishers would be at a disadvantage. The scheme did not provide for the representation of non-unionists. The port labour question was so complicated it would x'equire exhaustive discussion to ensure a permanent settlement, and this could only be possible after work had been resumed. The employers were not prepared to make counter-proposals, and were unable to agree to the principle underlying the Government proposal. TO PREVENT A STRIKE ALL MEANS EXHAUSTED. -APPEAL FQR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. LONDON, 11th June. The Strike- Committee has issued a manifesto, in which it states it has exhausted all means to prevent a strike. It vainly endeavoured for eight months to enforce contracts with the employers, but the latter mostly failed to carry out the contracts honourably. They invariably federated to defeat organised labour, and now refused the hecurity of • a money guarantee. The manifesto appeals to all other ports to join the strike, and asks for financial support from other .trades unionists. RESPONSE NOT EXTENSIVE POSITION AT PORT OF LONDON UNCHANGED. SHIPS LOADING* AT GRIMSBY. (Received June 12, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 11th June. Officials of the Dockers' Federation ! state that the response to the general strike order has not been extensive. The i position at the Port of London is unchanged. There are 8126 men working there, and one hundred vessels are unloading. Some ships from London are loading at Grimsby. Two thousand men have struck at Plymouth, and two thousand at Southampton. Ships are held up at Bristol, Manchester, and Sunderland. Mr. Wright, charman of the Sailors and Firemen's Union executive, has warned members against obeying .the transport workers' call until a ballot is obtained. The Barry dockers hav<* unanimously refused to obey the summons to a general strike, but Manchester dockers are enthusiastic for a stoppage of work. Mr. Miller, a delegate to the National Union of Labour, speaking at Newcastle, said they had not been consulted in the dispute, and had no quarrel with their employers. * Mr. Gosling, president of the Transport Workers' Federation, had no authority to include the North-east Coast in a national strike