STRIKES AND RIOTS

Evening Star, Issue 17118, 11 August 1919, Page 6

STRIKES AND RIOTS

RAILWAY STRIKE ENDED,

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.

LONDON; August 8. Tho railway strike on the South-western line has ended. Tho normal service has been restored.

TUBE DISPUTE FINISHED. LONDON, August 8. Tho raihvaymer. at Nino Elms havo decided to return to work. The tube dispute is practically ended. BRITISH BAKERS' DISPUTE. LONDON, August 8. The provincial bakers' disputes liave been temporarily settled by arbitration, but tho deadlock corrfimies in, London, where tho masters refuse to compromise on night work, which is regarded as essentia J. LIVERPOOL POLICE STRIKE. LONDON, August 6. There was a midnight bayonet, charge at Liverpool. A mob jeered at a sentry at St. George's Hall, and made an effort to wrench Jits rifle from him. The sentry fired' in the air, end a noncommissioned officer ordered a charge, whereupon the crowd 1 dispersed. Several people were injured. SIBERIAN RAILWAY STOPPED. NEW~YORK August 8. A despatch from Peking states that all traffic and trains on the Siberian railroad aje tied, up. This is due to a strike by the employees, who demand payment in the old currency, instead of in Siberian notes. PERSHING RECALLED. PARIS, August 9. It is reported that General Pershing has been suddenly recalled owing to strikes in America. AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN'S STRTK.K SYDNEY. August 9. It is estimated that tho seamen's strike Ims already .cost the seamen three millions sterling in the loss of wages. N.S.W. ROYAL COMMISSION, SYDNEY. August 9. In the House of Representatives last night the Acting Prime Minister (Mr Watt) announced that the Government had decided to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the caused of tho 'industrial unrest in tho Commonwealth.