LONDON STRIKE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11657, 12 June 1912, Page 4

LONDON STRIKE.

NATIONAL STOPPAGE NOT TOPF- • LAR. [By Electric Telf-chato" —Copyßiani.] (Per Pbess Association.) Received .Innr- 11, at Tl .35 p.m. London, June 11."' " The Strike Committee, in. a manifesto issued, states that they have exhausted all means to prevent a strike,•' and vainly endeavored for bight month.*' to enforce the contract with the- employers, who have, mostly failed to carry out their contracts honorably, j and invariably federated to defeat organised lafcjr, and now refused the I securitv of a mr.nr-v guarantee. The Committee apprals to all other ports o iein in the strike, and asks also for the nnaneial. support of other trades unionists. ' Mr Wright, Chairman of the Sailors' and Firemen's Executive, has warned the members against obeying the transporters' call until a ballot is obtained. At Barry the doc!'.is unanimously refuse'!, to obey the suminoi-s for a general strjke. t Manchester the dockers are entlinsic.ytie for it strike. .Mr Miller, delegate to i in' National Union of Labor, speaking at Newcastle, said thev were not consulted in the (ii-.pur.r-, and had no C|tiarrel with the vmplovers. Mr Gosling had no authority to include the north-east coast in a nr.liona' 'Trike.

Mauv large employers, besides the Shipping Federation, have protested against Mr M'lvoniia's refusal for pro-t-eel ion.

in. the House of Commons Mr M'Konna stated that as far as the resources of the police extended protection would be givem to unionist and non-unionist workers alike, in such a manner and on. such conditions as appeared least likely to lead to a breach of the peace. Received' June 12, at 025 a.m.

London, June 11

The dockers' officials state that *bcresponse to *.no str ke order has not brer, extensive. The attitude cf the lore of J oiu'.on authority is unchanged.

Homo 8126 men arc working, «-wr 100 vessels are unloading. Some London ships arc loading at Grimsby. Groat privation prevails amongst tho strikers''"families in London. "Extra, police have heou provided m ihe. dock districts,' where a number oi intimidarors have heen frustrat'-d. Two thousand men have struck at tM-.moiith and 200 Cat Si utbainpton. The Seamen's and Firemen's lini'in are balloting whether they will lorn the transporters. The result will be declared on Monday. . Thirteen thousand provincial dockers have struck and the Londoners on Ktrike. number 120,000. Owing to the conditions attacned to Mr jrKouna's offer of 100 police to protect Houlder Brothers at Pmfioet, in the authorities declined to accept it and obtained 200 Birmingham policemen .instead. Received June 12. at 9.55 a.m. London, -June 11. Provincial reports show no enthusiasm for the strike. Received June 12, at 11.12.a.m. London. June -11. The executive of the Dockers' Union, embracing Liverpool, Scotland', and Ireland', has decided not to strike. _ - \.' free, fight took place at Poplar. Strike-breakers'. w:io were ur the majority, resented a picket's action and attacked them. .... Ben Tillett, speaking at 'lower Mill, said- "Employers want the Government to turn out the soldiery to shoot yon. The' Tories are demanding your cliiidieu's blood. If our men are going to he: murdered, I am going to shoot Lend Devonport. who is responsible lor tlie strike." '