The End of the London Strike.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 193, 9 September 1889, Page 2

The End of the London Strike.

Influence of Fublic Opinion. The Laborers Gain the Day. London, September 7. \ The additional demands of the men have been oonoeded, and the Dook Companies have agreed to pay casual hands 6d an hour after the Ist January, 1830, if the strikers resume work on Monday and guarantee not to molest the laborers now at work. The Companies declare that, owing to the grave assertions made by the Lord Mayor, Cardinal Manning and Bishop Temple, the publio peaoe has been endangered, and the Companies can no longer freely exercise their unfettered judgment. They oomplain that they have been obliged to yield to outside pressure, whioh is a dangerous departure in disputes between employers and workmen, They add that they have been largely influeaced in their deoision by the assurance of the shipowners and merchants that the publio are willing to bear the inoreased charges. September 8. The strikers have published a manifesto refusing to grant the Dook Companies better terms than those granted to the wharfingers and stevedores, The sailors and firemen will resume work for anybody granting the laborers their demands, The lightermen will also resume if an advanoe to 6a per day is oonoeded.