The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-03 00:00:00

MINORITY-NOES 69.

Ball, Edward Gower, F. L. Phillimore, Rob. J.
Bell, James Graham. Lord M.W. Phinn, T.
Blackett, J. F. Greene. J. Pilkillgton, J.
Booker, T. W. Hadfield, G. Pollard-Urquhart, W
Booth, Sir R. Hall, Sir Benjamin Potter, R.
Bower, G. Hamilton, Geo. A. Seymour, H. 11
Bright, John Heywood, James Smith, John Abel
Bruce, H. A. Hume, J. Smith, John Benj.
Burrell, Sir C. M. Hutt, William Spooner, R.
Butt, Isaac Ingham, Robert Sullivan, M.
Chandos, Marquis of Jolliffe, Sir W. G.H. Tancred, Henry Wtn.
Cheetham, John Jones, David Taylor, Col.
Cholmondeley, Ld. H Kershaw, James Thompson, George
Cobbold, J. C. Lee, W, . Thornhill, W.
Cobden, Richard Liddell, H. G. Waddington, H. S.
Collier, Robert P. Lucas, F. Walmsley, Sir J.
Craufurd, E. H. J Macartney, G. Whitmore, H.
Crossley, F. Maguire, John F. Wilcox, B.
Disraeli, Benjamin Malins, R. Wise, A.
Esmonde. John Milligan, R. Yorke, Eliot T.
Feilden, M. J. Morris, D.
Ferguson, Joseph Murrough, J. P.
Fox, R. Norreys, tlir D. J.
Fox, W. J. Pecheil, Sir G, B
Frewen, Charles Hay Pellatt, Apsley

TMLLERS.

Seymour, W. D.
Phtllimore, J. ti.

STRIKE OF THE DOCK LABOURERS.

The strike of the extra labourers employed by the Lon
don Dock Company for extra pay is likely to be followed
by the labourers of the East and West India Dock Com-
pany, the St. Katharine's Dock Company, and others, and
to be attended with the most serious results. The la-
bourers in one department of the London Dock struck on
Monday morning for an increase of wages from 2s. 6d. to
3s. per day, and 6d. per hour for over-time, and great ex-
citement was created by this step. The labourers on strike
loitered about the gates all day, but were generally
quiet until the evening, when some of those who had
been at work in the dock at the usual wages, were way-
laid a short distance from the dock, knocked down, and
dragged through the kennel. The row was becoming
general, when the police and dock officers interfered, and
dispersed the malcontents. The directors yesterday
adopted the.most efficient measures for the protection of
the men, and about 500 policemen are kept in reserve in
the neighbourhood. The foremen and permanent la-
bourers proceeded to their work without being interfered
with, but when the time arrived for the extra labourers,
about 500 in number, being "taken on" at the principal
entrance, a large body made known their wishes by shout-
ing as loud as they were able, "Three shillings per day,
and sixpence an hour overtime." A day's work in the
dock, for which 2s. 6d. has hitherto been paid, is from
Bin the morning till 4in the afternoon. Sometimes the
" casuals " and " extras " are only employed four or six
hours, and they are then paid 4d. per hour. The demands
of the men were not complied with, and they formed'
themselves into groups near the dock gates, and inti-
mated that those who laboured for the old prices must
look out at night. Many of the labourers disposed to
work at the old prices slipped into the dock in the course
of the morning, and in spite of the threats held out to
them in the streets, proceeded with their labour.

About the middiesof the day the labourers on the jetty
in the basin where the Australian and East India ships
are moored sent in a memorial for an increase of pay,
which not being complied with, they also struck work.
A few minutes before eleven, about 200 labourers, prin-
cipally from the tea warehouses, marched in procession
from the dock gates to the Cutler-street warehouses of
the St. Katharine Dock Company, in Houndsditch,
calling on their way at the St. Katharine Dock and
Nicholson's Wharf, and shouting, " Three shillings per
day, and sixpence over hours," but no one joined them.
A similar cry was raised at the warehouses in Cutler-
' street, but was not responded to.
The labourers in the other docks are only waiting the
result of the strike in the London Dock to demand an
increase of wages, but the directors of the London Dock
Company anticipate a splendid supply of labourers at
the old prices, if they can be preserved from violenss.
The directors of the London Dock Company have
issued a circular complaining of the men having struck
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THE STRIKE AMONGST THE LABOURERS IN FULHAM.
—During the whole of yesterday the greatest excite-
ment prevailed throughout the extensive parish of Ful-
ham, in consequence of the strike !amongst the garden
labourers, who assembled at an early hour in the morn-
ing upon Parson's-green in large numbers, including
men and women, and afterwards proceeded to the prin-
cipal growers' grounds, and attempted to intimidate a
few of the men and women who had gone to work from
continuing their employment unless the masters agree to
increase all their wages. In the morning Mr. Finch sent
for the whole of his hands, and agreed to give those who
had been in his service many years 165., and those who had
only been put on during the season 14s. per week. To this ar-
rangement some of the men dissented, but subsequently'
it was understood they were all to receive the advance;•
After they had been at work a short time the nane _
hands discovered they were to receive only 149"workd.
immediately threw down their tools and refusedo?
joined
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order.
THE NORTE! OF EUROPE STEAM COMPANY.—The half-
yearly meeting of the North
Lord Yarborough presiding.
of Europe Steam Company
took place yesterday
when the report was unanimously carried. It was stated
that the results of the new trade opened by the company's
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directors would and that at
would be able
to recommend the declaration of a dividend. The earn-
ings already received exhibited a good amount of profit
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on the capital invested, and additional vessels were alone
required to enable it to be considerably increased. Mr.
S. M. Peto, as well as the managing director, had visited
the ports and stations connected with the company's
operations, and the accounts, which came forward with
the greatest regularity,ifully confirmed the views origi-
nally entertained by the board. No attempt, it is stated,
will be made to enter into competition with other com-
panies, the directors feeling persuaded that the route
they possess requires only steady development to yield a
permanent and satisfactory return. The directors pledge
themselves to restrict their calls to the 101. now paid,
until they propose a dividend in January, when they
I will further consult with the shareholders on the subject.
The vessels of the company will be brought to Harwich
immediately the railway shall have been completed and
I opened for traffic.