SERIOUS STRIKE.
IN BIRMINGHAM RAILWAT YARDS. SPREADING RAPIDLY. SYMPATHY WITH DUBLIN Pre» Aen-By telegrapi Oepjiitfi London, Sept. 17. _" .(.rouble has commenced at Birmingharo, goodsmen refusing to shnnt the waggons containing Dublin stout. When the night shifts arrived pickets persuaded them to refuse work. Collisions with the police were* ■ dae to the strikers attempting to prevent vacs of provisions for pjlice entering the station yards The Midland railway management, seeing a certainty of t-te trouble spreading have been preparing for I the strike for several nays and quietly drafting casual labour, and providing cooking arrangements. The North Western and the Great Western employees also are affected. Thrre t onsand attended a meeting at Bullring passed a resolution supporting tae strikers on the groum that tra ie unionists cannot handle goons loaded by scab labour. Tie situation at Liverpool is* easier, owing to the Eifgehill yard, trie largest in Liverpool refusing to join the strike. The Trade Union Congress delegation to Dublin failed to persuade the Employers' Federation to re* open strike negotiations. Much suffering is caused. Strike pay was only 3s last Saturday and it is unlikely there will be any after this week.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2028, 18 September 1913, Page 5
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193SERIOUS STRIKE. Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2028, 18 September 1913, Page 5
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