REVOLT OF LABOUR

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7869, 3 August 1911, Page 7

REVOLT OF LABOUR

LONDON DOCKERS AGAIN OUT

‘ TEN' THOUSAND MEN IDLE. By Telegraph—Press Ar.'oHa.tK.n —Copyright. LONJ)ON, August 1. Tho strike of London (lookers and allied workers is recurring. All tlio Tilbury docks are involved, except tlio Tort of London Authority

employees. Ten thousand men arc idle.

Tho lonic was unable to unload her meat and fruit cargo. The clerical staff enabled the passengers to secure their luggage. Tho Peninsular and Oriental, Blue Funnel, and Shaw, Savill Lines are affected. The men assert that tho masters recently agreed to pay a uniform rate of 8d an hour to all classes of dock workers, and tho masters now repudiate tho agreement.

NEWPORT STRIKE SETTLED

UNIONS TO BE RECOGNISED

LONDON, August 1

Tho Newport strike has been settled, after a conference lasting twenty-two hours.

The terms agreed upon include recognition of tho unions.

RIOTS IN QUEENSLAND

ASSAULTS AND INTIMIDATION,

BRISBANE, August 2,

A telegram from Childers asks for more protection for freo labourers and farmers. It states that armed strikers oro forcibly removing free labourers. Work on tho sugar farms is suspended. A further batch of police was sent to Childers last night.

Another report states that a party of strikers forcibly removed four free labourers and disarmed the owner of tho farm, who wont to the scene with e. loaded gun. From Cairns it is reported that strikers rushed a cottago whore a number of free labourers were camped, assaulted tho inmates, smashed lamps, windows, and furniture, and then decamped. One arrest has been made. Several smaller acts of intimidation have been reported. The strikers have instituted a thorough system of picketing. Tho secretary of tho Labour Federation has received a reply from the .Sugar Producers’ Association, intimating that it was unable to entertain the men’s claims, and suggesting that they should bo submitted to a Wages Board.

In the State Assembly, Mr Corser do dared that Mr Hughes’s proposal to repeal the duties would destroy the sugar industry and throw thousands ipf man out of employment. MEXICAN STRIKE BIOT FOURTEEN MEN KILLED.

MEXICO CITY, 'August 1. Bloodshed has occurred at Elota, in the province of Sinaloa. A mob of striking miners freed the •prisoners in tho local gaol, and attacked the troops. The latter fired, killing fourteen men iand wounding many others.