THE STRIKE IN LONDON.

Manawatu Herald, 6 September 1889, Page 4

THE STRIKE IN LONDON.

The police are reported to sympathise with the dookmen, and it is believed they cannot be relied on in case of a riot. Mr Bums expects to be arrested for the part he has played in the affair, and has arranged for a successor to replace him in the leade sirip of the Socialist party. A panic and riote are feared. It is expeotedSJ&Sfby Monday there will be a quarter of a million of men on strike. The dock-owners show no i signs of giving way. 9he utmost they will agree to is to olTer 5d per hour, and a promise t •> endeavonr to pay for piecework at the rate of 6d per hour. The men insist on 6d for regular work. The number of men ou strike outside the dock labourers hns diminished, aud it is now estimated to be not more than 100,000. 'ihe funds are stated to be increasingSixty thousand Seamen's Unionists have offered monetary and active, assistance. The wool sales will begin on the 17th, if the strikes do not prevent them being held at all. Colonial brokers and merchants are suffering heavily. It is reckoned that two million of pounds worth of colonial imports and expor's are blocked by sudden revolt of the men. Two thousand East End tailors have struck ior a decrease i 1 hours and an increase in wages, and it is expected that the number will increase* to twenty thousand At a large meeting of the wharfingers resolutions were carried advising the men to accept the terms offered by the dock companies. The dock egmpaniea will to-morrow forward a re,pty*to the app ication of the shipping companies for permission to engage their own labourers to discharge vessels. •■-.■' Great preparations have been made to suppress any intimidation on the part of those oo strike The Tiades tJnion Congress at Dnndee has advised the various j Trades Unions to render financial support to the men on strike in London. The D rectors of /the dock companies have refused o see Mr Burns, who is actiug for the strikers, owing to his insulting behaviour. They assert tl'at they can procure «n abundance of labour if the nenatos of the s« rikoi s are suppressed . The shipowners aid 'fctrbnrjiy in •■ cliued to revolt at the act:on of the dock companies. The strikers are enfeebled by huuger.