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  2. INDUSTRIAL WAR. THE SIEGE OF LONDON.

    Yesterday a general strike of carters, involveing another 10,000 men, was ordered. The strikers were not content to cease work, but interfered violently with such ...

    Article : 339 words
  3. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES.

    Mr. Askwith, secretary of the labour department of the Board of Trade, who has been active in confcrential mediation, has arranged a settlement of the strike ...

    Article : 143 words
  4. LIGHTEEMEN SATISFIED.

    Last night, after a conference between the Thames lightermen and their employers, arranged by Mr. Askwith, of the Board of Trade, an agreement was ...

    Article : 278 words
  5. LAW AND ORDER.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the Home Secretary, Mr. Winston Churchill, in reply to a question, said that the Commisisoner of Police had been ...

    Article : 80 words
  6. SITUATION AT LIVERPOOL.

    At Liverpool, where the strike trouble commenced a few days ago, chaos prevails at the docks, quays, and railway stations, and perishable goods are rotting in the ...

    Article : 168 words
  7. CALLING OUT TROOPS.

    It is stated that the War Office has issued orders to the military commander at the Aldershot camp of instruction, and at Woolwich arsenal, to hold the ...

    Article : 277 words
  8. SITUATION IMPROVED.

    The situation has now unproved. The carters are resuming work, and orders for the reception of troops in London have been countermanded. ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. APPROXIMATE END.

    Mr. Ben. Tillett, secretary of tue Dock Workers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland, addressed a gathering of 15,000 strikers at Tower Hill last evening. ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. OVER 20,000 MEN IDLE.

    At Liverpool, where the strike riots have boen especially violent, the conditions have grown worse rapidly. At the Central Station on Thursday the rioters ...

    Article : 210 words
  11. COST OF THE STRIKE.

    The strike, it is roughly estimated, last week cost London £1,000,000. Many small labour disturbances are fermenting. Yesterday 1,000 persons engaged in ...

    Article : 39 words
  12. NON-UNIONISTS BOYCOTTED.

    The executive of the National Union of Transport Workers, of which Mr. Gosling1, "the strike dictator," is secretary, had issued a notice advising its ...

    Article : 60 words
  13. STOPPAGE OF SUPPLIES.

    Yesterday there was a riotous disturbance at Paddington railway station, where crowds of strikers assembled and prevented vans which had been loaded ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. MAINTAINING ORDER.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Winston Churchill, the Home Secretary, declared that if it were necessary all the forces at the Government's ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. STARVING LONDON.

    Mr. Keir Hardie, the notable Labour Socialist member for Merthyr Tydvil, encouraged the strikers yesterday by an address delivered at Tower Hill. "Your ...

    Article : 50 words
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