BRITISH LABOUR TROUBLES

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143839, 13 July 1912, Page 3

BRITISH LABOUR TROUBLES

THE DOCKERS’ DISPUTE. TWO SIDES OF THE QUESTION. By Electric Tolegrapu.—Copyright. LONDON, July 12. Lord Devonport, in a statement, says that it is regrettable that distress has been largely caused by the necessity of supplanting strikers who preferred to unjustifiably leave good wa£es and fair treatment. It had never been alleged by either the leaders or the -men that the strike was in any way directed against the terms and conditions of the Port of London Authority’s employment. The strike was a despotic attempt to coerce the workmen to accept tho terms of the Transport Federation. The Labour leaders were trifling with .the situation. It would bo better if lire Bishops and others would advise a rcsumxitiou of work, and thus rescue the dupes from the leaders’ unjustifiable action. Mr. (Arthur Chamberlain, chairman of Kynoch’s Works, has contributed £IOOO to the dockers’ relief fund. Mr. O’Grady, a member of the House of Commons, speaking at Tower Hill, said that Lord Devonport was the only, obstacle to a settlement. He disregarded all appeals for settlement. He hoped that he would not be allowed to attend another court function. He was doing more damage to life and property than a hundred anarchists. The dockers at Dunkirk assaulted the 'police. They barricaded tho streets. Dragoons dispersed the rioters. Shipping was paralysed. STRIKERS COMMIT SUICIDE. (Received July'l3, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 12. Two strikers who proposed to resume the work of unloading wool discovered that they had lost their permanent status and committed suicide. Three hundred comrades' thereupon struck again. l CHARGES AGAINST LORD DEVONPORT. (Received July 13, 12.30 p.m.) . LONDON, July 12. Lord Devonport is conferring with the Premier and Mr. Buxton. The strike leaders have issued a protest accusing Lord Devonport ol prevarication, insolence and, malignity, and trying to destroy the unions by starvation. MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY, STEP-BROTHERS FOUND DEAD. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. . , ?} SYDNEY July 12. A 'mysterious tragedy has occurred near Carcoac. Two stop-brothers named Edgerton and Kilbride were living together in a hut, and Edgerton was found dead with a bullet wouirf in the breast,- apparently self-inflicted. A rifle lay under the body. Kilbride woe found dead in an adjoining room, with no marks of violence on the body. It is surmised that ho died several days before from an apopletic seizure. Edgerton was eccentric' in his habits.