LABOUR'S GREAT UNREST

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15055, 26 July 1912, Page 7

LABOUR'S GREAT UNREST

ANOTHER NATIONAL STRIKE * THREAT. MORE RIOTS AT THE DOCKS. FOOD VANS PLUNDERED. SEVERE FIGHT WITH POLICE. TWENTY-FIVE MEN INJURED. ' # By Telegraph.— Association.— Copyright. (Received July 25, .10-25 p.m.) .London, July 25. , There is still no sign of a settlement of the London dockers' strike. The Strike Committee is considering the question of ordering a national stoppage. There has been an extension of the strike to Hull. The dockers are taking a ballot on the subject" of a national stoppage. Mr. Havelock Wilson . (of the National Seaman and Firemen's Union) is endeavouring to procure a general strike of transport workers in the provinces. \ ' : After a meeting of >' strikers at - Tower Hill- yesterday .2000 dockers ; followed Mr. 'fillet and marched to the docks in two sections. . ... ,- One section, upset and plundered two bread vans and commandeered a van loaded with- foodstuffs. The second section set two carts on fire. ' One of the carts was loaded with cocoanut fibre and the other with wool. .1 A severe fight ensued. The strikers attempted to enter the Katherine dock wool warehouses, but eventually the police ■ were reinforced, and were able to command the situation. ,' Twenty-five rioters have been treated in the ! hospitals for. their wounds. NEW LABOUR BILL. AGREEMENTS TO BE ENFORCED. (Received July 25. 10.45 p.m.) London, July 25. The Labour/ party', , ■ Industrial Agreements Bill, which is being, introduced by the Government; provides for the' registration by the Board of ■■ Trade -of agreements between masters and workmen. The measure makes the terms of the agreements legally enforceable FURTHER ATTACKS ON LORD DEVONPORT. HE SHALL DIE." (Received July 25, 10-25 p.m.) ,;:■■-■■■•_, London, July 25. ■,•£", In a speech on the dockers' strike yesterday Mr. J. o'Grady (Labour M.P. for Leeds East) "described Lord Devonport (chairman of the Port of London Authority) as the "worst type of criminal" that he had ever come in contact with. A dramatic scene occurred during a further criticism of Lord Devonport by a meeting of strikers at Tower Hill yesterday. Ben Tillet, one of the leaders of the strike, called upon the strikers to join in his prayer, " God Strike Lord Devonport Dead," The majority of those present repeated the words, and this was followed by the gathering singing "He '. Shall Die." .~, . . \ ■ Lord Devonporf/s ; residence is i being closely guarded; =■'- '■'" ■ FATAL RIOTS AT A MINE. j .■ . 0 A SHERIFF SHOT DEAD. \ i New York, July 24. i During fighting which followed a strike in the coal mines jn the Peytona (Virginia) district a sheriff was shot dead. A company of militia with a machine gun has been despatched to the scene to restore order.