THE STRIKE AT HULL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9185, 27 April 1893, Page 5

THE STRIKE AT HULL.

THE SITUATION SERIOUS.

NEGOTIATIONS FOR A SETTLE-

MENT FUTILE.

TROOPS REINFORCED.

GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED. Proas Association.— Klectrie Telegraph.—Copyright. London, April 25. The timber burned at Hull was insured. The crowd refused to assist the bluejackets and firemen in carrying timber from the edge of the fire. A further detachment of Royal Scots and one hundred and fifty police have been drafted to Hull. The bluejackets arrested two men for placing suspicious-looking parcels beneath a shed containing one thousand free labourers. Sprow, organising secretary of the Sailors and Firemen's Unions, states it is intended to wage persistent war throughout the United Kingdom. Mr. Wilson, shipowner, of Hull, informed Mr. Mundella, president of the Board of Trade, that a conference would be useless. Their terms were known, and the last word had been said. The dockers repudiate tho accusation of _ incendiarism, and blame the nonunionists and soldiers for causing the fire by smoking. An attempt to set fire to the Alexandra Dock at Hull failed. Mounted police have been despatched from London to Hull to assist in maintaining order. The Home Secretary declares that it is (not 1) the intention of the Government to withdraw naval and military from Hull.