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ALLEGED INTIMIDATION IN EAST END MR. CROOKS AND A RECENT CHARGE STRIKE COMMITTEE'S APPEAL. By Telegraph,— Press Association.— Copyright (Received June 26, 10 a.m.) ' LONDON, 25th June. In the House of Commons, Mr. Will Crooks, Labour member for Woolwich, characterised the charge of Mr. Hunt (Unionist) of iutimidation in tho East End as a deliberate falsehood. Instead J of there being rows of victims in Poplai* Hospital, he had found only seven, and the house surgeon etated that assault* were fewer during the strike than at any time. The London Strike Committee has resolved to telegraph to the international trades organisations in Australia, America, and Germany for loans and Biipport. RAILWAY MEN TO COME OUT TERRORISM AT THE DOCKS EMPLOYERS APPEAL FOR POLICE AND TROOPS. LONDON, 25th June. At a meeting of railway men tit West Ham (London) it wae resolved to strike on Wednesday at midnight, unlesb tho employers meet the transport workers. Mr. Williams, secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, in an interview later in the day, said that if the men struck they would strike without the society's consent and-at their own risk. The employers have appealed to the Hon. Reginald M'Kenna (Home Seer». tary) for an adequate foice of police or troops to protect the workers from terrorism at Tilbury. There have been. 117 victims of violence treated in the London hospitals. Mr. Orbell, of the Dockers' Union, in. giving evidence before the Industrial Council advocated money guarantees in industrial agreements. Legislation was required to punish employers outside an employers' association. They must have a 6tandard-wage agreement, and breakers on either eide ought to be punished, and even imprisoned. A man working for less than the standard wage should be punished. , The secretary of the Carmen's Union stated that there had been sixty strikes since the August agreement. RACEHORSE LANDED AT PLYMOUTH (Received June 26, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 25th June. Cretonne, the racehorse, was landed at Plymouth owing to the strike, and was then entrained for London. WEAVERS' STRIKE SETTLED. (Received June 26, 10.30 a.m.) LISBON, 23rd June. The weavers' strike at Covilha has been settled.