LIGHTERMEN MAINTAIN DISPUTE.
.. (Received > June 1 15, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, June 14. . There is a nobable increase m bhe number of men resuming' ; work ab the docks. London lightermen are now the mainstay of the dispute; but for them the conditions would be approaching normal. One, hundred and thirty ships are being discharged . The men's leaders report that 110,000 are. out m all parts. . , 7 .. < An East End clergyman reports that many'gahgs are terrorising and ill-treat-ing f^ee laborers at their houses. (Received June 15, 1 p.m.) ■•*" LONDON, June IA. Two thousand so-called strikers' civilian police, /carrying large cudgels, paraded Towerhill. Mr? Sbanbtury, bhe organiser,; has been summoned for drilling men at Southwark Park Avithout permission. - / , ~-. It is understood that the Strike Com-/ mittee has' -approached the Government with the view of- ending the strike. The Manchester*^ dock workers have resumed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12790, 15 June 1912, Page 5
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140LIGHTERMEN MAINTAIN DISPUTE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12790, 15 June 1912, Page 5
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