THE STRIKERS AND THEIR LEADERS.
RIOTOUS SCENES. '> SYDNEY, July 29. Mr Warton'6 anouncement that ihe j strike was off was received with great dissatisfaction by 1500 strikers assembled at the Trades Hall. A scene of wild disorder followed. The leaders | were denounced, hooted and threa- ! tened. When Mr Lawton and Mr "Wlarton reached the street they were chased by a big mob of infuriated men, and were compelled to take refuge in | an hotel, from which the police rescued ! them. | The trams, are running to-night. The question of tramway management, involving a general discussion of the strike has been transferred to the Assembly, where • a debate is proceeding on a further amendment to the address moved by Mr Meagher. 1
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9301, 30 July 1908, Page 1
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