WORK AND WAGES.
* r-» 5 Strike of Cabmen, r FSpsciai. to Pbbss Association.] a L LONDON, Mat 16. - The cab proprietors assert that - they are unable to increase the wages * of the men, as profits do not exceed a 5 per cent. The cabmen, by a large majority, have decided to go out on strike. Five thousand have joined the union, and offered the owners 15s * per day for the use of the cabs. ] Many cab- drivers disagree with the ! strike owing to the absence of funds. , The cabmen's strike has begun. . The men are stationing strong pickets to overawe new hands. NEW YOBK, May 16. Some of Coxey's industrial army seized and capsized a ferry-boat at Takima, Washington, resulting in nine persons being drowned. BERLIN, May 16. The Miners' Congress which has opened here represents a million j operatives.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4953, 17 May 1894, Page 3
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140WORK AND WAGES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4953, 17 May 1894, Page 3
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