DOCKERS' STRIKE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 153, 28 June 1912, Page 7

DOCKERS' STRIKE

WOULD HAVE BEEN WON LONG AGO BLACKLEGGING RAILWAYMEN BEN TILLETT'S DISPARAGEMENT. By, Telejraph.— Presi' Association.— Copyrig ht. (Received June 28, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, 27th, June. Mr. Bon Tillett, , speaking at Strat-ford-upon-Avon, declared that if the railwaymen had not "blacklegged" the dockers would have won long ago. The vailwaymen had not the courage to fight a goat. NO PRESSURE ON EMPLOYERS. RAILWAYMEN~TURN DOWN ' STRIKE PROPOSAL. LONDON, 27th June. There are now 12,980 men working at the docks, on 154 ships. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister, denied that pressure had been put upou employers to meet the strikers. He did not think it was the duty of the Government to take such steps. The West Ham railwaymen's executive discountenanced the proposal to strike on Wednesday at midnight unless the dock trouble was Bottled, and the strike has consequently been postponed. DISPUTE IN FRANCE. (Received June 28, 10 a.m.) PARIS, 27th June. The French Shipowners' Union has informed the Government that it must decline to arbitrate in the dockers' dispute. The Messageries Maritimes Steamship Company has accepted the Government's offer of arbitration.