THE DOCK STRIKE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8171, 12 July 1912, Page 8

THE DOCK STRIKE.

NATIONAL CALAMITY MASTERS SHOULD KEEP THEIIi, PROMISES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 11, 11.20 p.m.) LONDON, July 11. The Bishops of London, St. Albans, and Southwark have issued a manifesto in which they declare that the dock strike is a national calamity and a. reproach to common Christianity. The masters promised to listen to; grievances, and this must involve some consultation with the men. An arbitrator ought to be able to bring the parties together. AN OFFER REFUSED PORT OF LONDON CHAIRMAN .WILL NOT MEET MEN. LONDON, July 11. The Marquis of Tullibardine, acting at the strike committee’s instance, conveyed a message to Lord Devonport (chairman of the Port of London Authority) to tho effect that the men were willing to resume work on a certain condition. Lord Devonport refused to accept tho message, which offered that the men would resume work provided that a month hence the employers would meet some of their representatives. AN UGLY MOB ATTACK ON NON-UNIONISTS LEADS TO CASUALTIES. LONDON, July 10. A thousand strikers waited at tho entrance to the Surrey Commercial Dock, armed with knives, bottles, and stones, for 200 non-unionists to take their luncheon hour. They rushed the publichouses where tho non-unionists lunched and attempted to wreck them. One landlord fired a revolver, and kept back the mob until the non-unionists escaped by the back windows. A number were sent to hospitals suffering from shot wounds. A great crowd collected, and the mounted police made baton charges and restored order.