RIOTING STRIKERS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 140, 20 July 1914, Page 7

RIOTING STRIKERS.

GREAT DAMAGE fO MINES. FIRE AND DYNAMITE. My Cable. —Trtt* Affcimtion— Copyright. NEW YORK, July 18. Several hundred striking miners attacked the mine ■> guards at the Prairie Creek mines, Fort Smith. .A pitched battle ensued,, irt which fire and dynamite, destroyed the workings of :.three mines. Several men were injured on both sides by rifle fire. The rioters held. the mines for several hours, .doing immense damage. THE IMMINENT MENACE. BRITAIN'S. INDUSTRIAL UNREST. LONDON; July IfJ. Mr Lloyd George, speaking at the Bankers' dinner at the Mansion House, said the climax of the trade boom was reached in 1913* and the country was now entering a quieter period. Nevertheless trade depressions were, getting shallower and shorter. Referring to the imminent menace of industrial trouble arising out of the problems connected with the re-organisa-tion of the Conciliation Boards and the unparalleled "combination of 2,225,000 transport workers and miners, he uttered a solemn warning that the prospect of an equitable settlement in "these disputes was darkened' by 5 'the situation in* Ireland. He remarked that the outbreak of civil strife in Ireland when industrial trouble in Great Britain was maturing would make the situation the gravest that any Government had had to deal with for centuries. That was why they and responsible men of all parties should strive, and were striving, for reasonable accommodation, and why" all, having the country 's well-being at heart, hoped, that such efforts would be crowned with success.

TROUBLE OVER. THE PLUMBERS ' OTRIKK , Nineteen plumbing firms have hecepted the master builders' terms. • • SLOWING DOWN. I AMERICAN COTTON \yORItERS. By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright. NEW YORK, J lily 18. There is & world-wide slackening off in the cotton factories. The American section of the Cotton Federation, has deeided to slow down until the end of September.