THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 295, 6 May 1913, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

mm »■■•■ MR. LANSBURY SENTENCED. By Cable—Press Association-Copyright. London, May 4. Mr. Lansbnry was bound over for a year to keep the peace, himself in £IOOO, and two sureties of £SOO each. He de- ; clined to find sureties, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, but was allowed out on bail, pending an appeal. THE NELSON SQUARE RIOT. A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE. Received 5, 10.30 p.m. London, May 5. Thirty thousand people attended the Trafalgar Square demonstration. Messrs. Keir Hardie, J. C. Wedgwood and J. Martin, members of the House of Commons, and Mrs. Despard delivered speeches against the restriction of freedom of speech, owing to the prohibition of suffragette open-air meetings. The arrival of a trades procession, in which were a group of suffragettes carrying flags, started the trouble. The women attempted to mount the plinth of the Nelson column, but the police barred them. A couple of Socialists essayed to climb the plinth, but the police threw them down. Thereafter, for an hour, there were serious conflicts between the police and the mob. A solid mas 3of men and women hurled itself against the constables surrounding the column. Mr. Keir Hardie urged them to disperse. There was much screaming from women wedged in the struggling mass. The police showed the greatest forbearance, but were compelled to hit out in self-defence. Some were badly handled by the fighting hooligan element. A squad of -mounted police cleared the Square. Seven men were arrested. I . A MEETING BROKEN UP. Received 5, 11.30 p.m. London, May 5. The crowd "broke up a suffragette meeting at Hdye Park. Mr. Lansbury's daughter and another were arrested. LABOR IN AUSTRALIA. mm THE MINERS' STRIKE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright: Sydney, May.s. The Northern miners' ballot favored the acceptance of a special Arbitration Court, which it is hoped will pave the way for ia general getttlement: THE MINES - WORKING. Received 5, 1050 p.m. Sydney, May 5. All the Southern mines have resumed work. THE PORTERS' STRIKE. INDUSTRIAL COURTS DECISION.HEAVY FINES INFLICTED, Received 5, .9.20 p.m. " Sydney;,' May 5. As a sequel to the railway strike; Mr. Justice Heydon, in the Industrial Court, delivered judgment in the cases •of 41) porters who left work at Darlihg fHarbor. When the matter was before the Court counsel raised the question whether the men's action constituted a strike. Mr. Justice Heydon found that they acted in concert, and the essence of a strike was a concerted cessation of work without, the consent .of the employers. They chose an exceptipnally busy dav at the railway yards, on which they were public servants in charge of one of the links of communication between the metropolis and the rest of the State. They I broke up this link, and" caused great . inconvenience and loss. The choice of an exceptionally busy day, when perishable goods might be destroyed,, was a, 1 circumstance oi extreme aggravation. Itwas pure destruction of their fellow citizens' private property at the very moment when the Board was considering an award under which, their, fellow citizens made them a present by wages of £60,000 . annually. Many strikes now disnlaved a character of reckless malice, as if it were a grudge against society and a desire to injure it as much as posi sible He fined sixteen of the leading e porters £lO each, and 33 porters £7 and costs, each fine to be levyablc upon their wagee.