TRANSPORT WORKERS' STRIKE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 12 July 1912, Page 5

TRANSPORT WORKERS' STRIKE.

MANIFESTO FROM THE BISHOPS

MEN OFFER TO RESUME WORK

THE EMPLOYERS OBDURATE

BY CAELE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.

LONDON, July 11. The Bishops of London, Bt. Albans and Southwark, in a manifesto, declare that the dock strike is a national calamity and a reproach to common Christianity. The masters had promised to listen to the men's grievances, and this must involve some consultation with the men. Arbitration ought to be able to bring the parties together.

The Marquis of Tullibardine, at the Strike Committee's instance, has conveyed a message to Lord Devonport that the men are willing to resume work on certain conditions. Lord Devonport refused to accept the message, which offered to resume work provided a month hence the employers met some of the men's representatives.