STRIKE RIOTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8359, 12 September 1890, Page 5

STRIKE RIOTS.

THE MILITARY CALLED OUT.

SEVERAL PERSONS WOUNDED. Prtss Attooiatvm.—EUttric Telegraph.—CopwiyW, London, September 10. The strikers at Southampton stoned the military, who dispersed the crowd at the point of the bayonet. Several persons were wounded. Keceiretl September 12,1.5 a.m.l London, September 11. The arrival of the soldiery was received with much hooting at Southampton, accompanied by threats of rescuing prisoners, but no actual conflict occurred. There are 500 troops in the town, and two gunboats are co-operating with them. The Royal Mail Steamship Company locked its employe's un for safety. All the shipping industries in the town are federating. [Received September 12, 1.25 a.m.] London, September 11. The lire brigade drenched the strikers at Southampton. The soldiers cleared the streets, and are guarding the docks, to prevent picketing. Bluejackets patrol the harbour m boats, to prevent ships being meddled with. The dockers are willing to accept 5d per hour by day, and 6d at night, but the masters decline to exclude nouUnionists. It is doubtful whether the London executive will support the strike. The Admiralty are preventing the dockers from blockading Southampton. The Union Steamship Company threaten to remove their works from Southampton to London if the strike succeeds.