INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 62, 8 March 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

THE ENGLISH COAL STRIKE

(By Electric Telegrapn.—Copyright.) (United Association.)

London, March 7

The strike situation is unchanged, and there are no 'signs of yielding. The strike is slowly tightening its grip on every industry.

The trades union lenders are anxious in regard to the depletion of their funds through the idling of various 'industries. The Amalgamated Bailway Servants’ Society are faced with £20,000 weekly for unemployed pay. The Amalgamated Railway Servants’ Society’s executive, in reply to certain branches, declare that in view of the miners’ favourable position, there is no reason for combined action. The committee add that they are unable to sanction the refusal to work the troop trains. They also forbade the Bermondsey branch, which works under syndicalist influence, to hold a demonstration at Trafalgar Square in reference to the miners’ strike. Two collieries at Swansea are flooded, owing to the men refusing to pump one. The Bishop Auckland collieries are closed permanently. Four hundred Oxford undergraduate's have offered their 'services to work the mines. Cutting off of the electricity supply at Sheffield during the daytime has idled many factories. (At Aberdeen, the lighting and tramway services are being curtailed. Fifteen hundred of Cammell and Laird’s engineers at Birkenhead have ■struck for a shilling increase. The firm declare that if they are expected to pay higher wages than elsewhere, they must recognise that the Mersey is no more suitable for ship-building than the Thames, and make their arrangements accordingly. Mr Ernmot, a Commoner, speaking ab the CongregationaliSts’ demonstration at Lancaster, declared that rises in wages during the past ten years were inadequate. Enormous numbers were living in abject poverty, and the present social unrest was due to the people’s awakened conscience, which it was the churches’ duty to strengthen. ONLY STATUTORY TRAINS. (Received 8, 8.45 a.m.) London, March 7. The London and North-Eastern railways run only statutory trains after Monday. ■■■;;. tujrt WORK TN FULL SWING.

-1 • Sydney, Maxell 7. The wharf labourers have resumed, •and work is in full swing at all the wharves. WEARING OF' BADGES. Melbourne, March 7. Application has been made in the High Court on behalf of the Brisbane Tramway Company to prohibit the President of the Arbitration Court and the Tramway Employees’ Association from proceeding with the order of February 27 regarding the wearing of badges. •. *-* C*«

EX-INSPECTOR FULLER. Wellington, March 8. The City Council last night refused to accede to the request by ex-In-■spoetor Fuller that the Council should pay law costs incurred by llidm in connection with the charges laid against him by the Tramway Union, amounting to £l7 17s. PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS. (Received 8, 8.40 a.m.) Sydney, March 8. The Government proceeds with the Industrial Arbitration Bill notwithstanding the Council’s deletion of the preference to unionists clause. None of the vital principles will be sacrificed. The Council’s amendment will necessitate a conference of the' two Houses. ;