The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-20 00:00:00

THE STOCKPORT STRIKIS.

The hands in the following establishmentibave already
struck :--The mills of Megan. Kerslaw, Lees, and Co.,
upwarda of 2,000 persons ; James Marshall and Co.,
1, 400 ;. Robert:lA 1,200 ; • Ceph as Howard, 850 ;
T. Fernely, '560 Robinson, :540,; Whiletegge, 600 ;
Stewart, 450 ; Eskrigge anetkCarver. 270'; Barlow, 100 ;
Thorniley, 250 ; Barrett, 285 ; Read, -170; S. Wilkin-
son, 218 ; T. Walmsly, 150 ; Waterhouse Old Hampson,
450 ; and Ask; 160. The firm of Major Marsland and
some others have given notices which expire towards
the-end of this week, and the operatives are expected in
those mills also -to leave their, work. The few mills
which will cot-It:lane running 'are mostly spinning only,
and as three-fourth nearly of the swages given in pro-
ducing a piece of cloth are paid` on .the 'weaving,
the spinners do not feel the high prices so much as those
who are spinners and weavers, Dr, th6y are called,
in the, district, spinners and ." manufacturers." There
appears to have been some aiffereece'otapinion among
the delegates of the rahiodB tmtngi hs tolha propriety of
the Stockport people striking while' the Preston opera-
tiv's are out and oncof the delegates, hi addressing a
meeting
.At Partreip, is reported tii hav described the
Stockport workmen as " hoOleaded and impatient ;"
and to have augured ruin to- the, cause of the Preston
operatives- if those 'of Sto&port pqrSit4tbd in striking.
The- receipts at Prehtenlrom Stock port: bsve been about
2001. per week. The firnt.- of Kershaw and Co., at
Stockport, is one of the largest in the district, and it is
estimated that they turn out upwards of 12,000 pieces
of cloth, chiefly for India, of about 43 yards per piece.
.They are, 'in addition, -extensive'rnerchants and calico
printers, and probably . purchase. threetoorths as much
cloth to print as they manufacture themselves;

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• ST):IIKE ON IRE :LONDON AVD NORTH7WESTERN RAIL;
Wass'.-,LIVERiVOL, WednE)sday. —"Ever since Tuesday
afternoon:allbusiness has been ~Aukpeutlea, at the goods
department 9f the London and North-Western Railway
Company in'thiato.wn, in consectucince of, the strike of
the bookers, deliverers of goods, cranemen, andforemen.
The interruption caused, to the trade of the town and
the manufacturing di4triCts 'generally was it 4,7 great,
from the suddenness of the, strike,'of which ,no previous
intimation had been given. A few, months back the
same men struck for an advance of wages, when the
dispute was settled by a coniptcimise. This morning
15, delegates from the men waited upon Mr. Braithwaite
Poole,
,the manager of thagoorls deparlment, to lay a
statement of their grievances before hiin. They stated
that since the last strike the price tf'prOvisions had con-
siderably increased,, and they thereforie asked for
for
general rise in their wages, averaging 2s. per week
each man. They also asked • permission to leave of
wOrk at 5 o'clock on Saturdays, in order: that they
might make their marketings at an earlier, hour, and
that their. wages should be paid
..nightly.- With reference to the first u
subject, however, ri,'•)ie said, must be
weeklyesintisoto7dosoftofotrht;
for instance, the
on
trhateedoeflewgaatgeePaMndr...thPeo9clheiefaftloecar 9etscLr4otli_..
aLinstetobrfveitewposp
approval
the company
pany, agreed to it,
of the directors. The other piestip.
• left open for consideration
could not undertake to close at an earlier Satur-
days than.their rivals did.o
theo porotop
evenat4,r o businessecurrence
of
such sudden stoppages to
',slated; on the delegates signing an
in
agreement that in
4
future no man sh leave the com-
pang's service without giving a month s notice. This
the delegates did cheerfully, and. sa they would be
answerable that all the other .men would do the same.
The men on strike (about
.4_oo in number) then returned.
to their work at.four,o'clock.
:
• IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT AP4.lv BlicA:Ws.-.-Last night
a young girl, while the shopman of N. Holmes, pawn-
, broker of Broad-street, St. Gilei's.:viaS -engaged in
serving a customer, daringly seized ainiall '-parcel con.
taining handkerchiefs and some other articles of value.
The thief, thinking the shopman 'was too much engaged
otoooronoctii;e,her.
reached
theexitoeuftwido of
theveryl shop, when
; but she had
when anything
but an affectionate., embrace .from the:shopman secured
her till she was haned sower to the riolicefontlae station.,
house. -- • '.• .- •