BRITISH LABOUR UNREST.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2026, 16 September 1913, Page 5

BRITISH LABOUR UNREST.

A SANE SPEECH. ADVICE TO STRIKERS. Prea* &g*n—Bt Telegraph—Copyright - Received 10 55 p m. London, Sept 15. Mr J. W. Thomas, M P., speaking to railway men at Victoria Park appealed to the men not to fritter away their powers and prostitute the great position they held. There was danger in calling out the railwaymen over every little sectional dispute Such action would lead to anarchy. He did not believe five per centum of those who deman ed a thirty shilling minimum wage bad given five minutes' consideration to what the demand meant. It was idle claptrap. He asked would the pay of the hisher grades bo increased proportionately; if not the demand was grossly unfair.

TILLET BUSY. Ben Tillet, addressing ten thousand trade at Southampton, advised strikers to arm themselves with t»e most murderous guns and be drilled by ex soliiers and sillors in order to protect themselves.

A resolution was passed condemning the Dublin police.

BUS STRIKE THREATENED. Received 10.55 p.m. London, Sept 15. An order has been given to drivers and conductors to refrain from wearing the Union bagee, while on dutv. Twelve were suspended for wearing a button of the Union and a general strike of London busmen is threatened.