THE DUBLIN STRIKES

Evening Star, Issue 15343, 18 November 1913, Page 6

THE DUBLIN STRIKES

MR LARKIN ON THE STUMP. WILD AND WHIRLING WORDS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 17. The Dublin strike leader, Mr Larkin, addressing 4.000 people at Manchester, said that he was there in defiance of the board of the Ancient Order of .Hibernians who wore the foulest brood that ever cursed Iho country. After describing tho horrors in the slums of Dublin, he vigorously denounced those who appealed to Englishmen to civc Home Rule, vet in the next breath accused Englishmen and Scotsman who offered to receive the starving children of an attempt U, proselytise. He denied presuming to dictate a general strike, or telling Um trade union quidnuncs and wise men from the east what to do. It was for the heathen to tell them. He added: "You are sending tis money and food. I was released from gaol ; we can get others le-elascd. We must get, the 'scabs' out of Dublin. Support us in the fight to obtain the right to combine. What are the unions doing? 'I hey aiv bl,r:k!egging at 'scab' rates, and at a lower cost to the capitalists than the '.scab.' It is time we woke up, and if you want to disgrace vour manhood and union by pretending to be friendly by giving money, damn you and your money. (Cheers.) We don't- want it."' Continuing, Mr Larkin said: "We want you to carry out the- ethics of trade unionism. Don't '.scab' on us as organised men. Jf 'scabs' handle stuff, are you going to handle it at Manchester and Liverpool? (Cries of 'No.') We. are being offered up in Dublin as a sacrifice to the Mammon of capitalism, and we say this must- bo broken down. Don't only send your money ; we shall not thank you for it. It is your duty." (Cheers.) Mr Larkin bitterly complained that 800 "scabs," some of wham were wearing the badge of a well-known union, were either in Dublin or were going there. Be added that if this was trade unionism if would be. tosolvcd to urge the trade union executives to summon a national conference for the purpose of taking national action preserve trade unions' tights. The Labor paily in Dublin at, the next General Election intend to oppose the three Nationalist members, Messrs Cotton, Clancy, and Abraham, and a, considerable, munlx'r of abstentions will endanger other scats. THI-: YOICK OF SOBRIETY. Loudon Times-Sydney Sun Special CableCopyright. LONDON, November 17. Tn tho coarse, of a letter to 'Tho Times.' the President- of tho Dublin Tramways (Mr Murphy) defends the- Dublin employers. He says that they are really fighting the battle of sane, trade unionism. Larkin's colossal vanity and his vaulting ambition to make himself a Labor dictator will yet cause, trouble. Mr Mvirphv suggests to the Labor party that it is 'unfair to make unionism the issue in the present dispute.