The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-04
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STILL A DEADLOCK.


No Change for the Better In the London
strike-Sympathy for tho Dockmen.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LONDON. Sept. 3.-JOhn Burns, the leader
of the London strikers, has made himself as
completely the master of the lives and
fortunes of the men as any Eastern despot
over his subjects. For some days past the
more unruly of his hungry followers were
disposed to rebel against his pronounced
purpose to preserve order at all hazards,
and these, growingmOre numerous as food
became scarcer, were constant menace to
his authority. To-day, however, this
source of danger is largely reduced. for
Burns has succeeded in securing sufficient
funds to supply his relief depots fairly well,
and, as he keeps q sharp lookout on the
purse-strings. and peremptorily forbids any
relief being given to such as question his
authority, he is now everywhere implicitly
obeyed.
A deputation Of ship-owners, headed by
Sir Donald Currie, waited upon the officials
of the companies again to-day, and urged
the acceptance of yesterdays proposal, to
allow ship-Owners to employ their own
men to load and unload vessels. Mr.. Nor
wood, for the dock companies, replied that
they could not accede to this proposition,
but would be willing to enter into further
discussion of all the questions involved
with a committee of ship-owners. Sir Dom
aid said he regretted that definite answer
could not be given to the ship-owners, but
;ons Hs that tho
dock officials express their views in writ
ing for submission to the ship-owners at
meeting later in the day. to which Mr..
Norwood assented. The result of this con-
ference destroyed the chance for arriving
at a settlement of the strike to-day, and
embittered the feeling of the men, AT
meeting of ship-owners, this afternoon,
committee was appointed to- confer with
committee of the dock officials, in accord
dock officials state that now they have at
work greater number of men than at any
time since the commencement of the strike.
and they do not propose to make any con-
cessiOns.
The refusal of the dock companies to per-
nit the vesselowners to make such terms
with the laborers as they see fit for unload
ing their own ships very materially I'M
proves the strikers position, as 1T places
the entire responsibility for the existing
trade deadlock upon the shoulders of the
dock managers. This intensifies the feel
ing Of the commercial people against them,
and sympathy for the strikers grows
stronger, and contributions increase ID hb-
and vessel-owners to engage their own
help had been rejected by the dock man.
agers. the former applied to the strikers
committee to permit the men to load and
as could be sent there from London. Offering
to carry the men out and back
and pay them the six pence per hour which
they demanded. This proposition Burns
rejected. He says if once the pressure upon
commerce which the strike has brought
a Qt N q
without securing the concessions which the
men demand, then it is goodbye to all
hopes for the success of the strike. DE Will
not only prevent the London laborers from
going to Southampton. but if the shippers
should attempt to send vessels to that point
to be loaded and discharged by men there,
he will follow the ships and organize a
strike in Southampton.
The chairman of the Trades-union Con-
gress, at Dundee, in an address, dwelt upon
the seething discomfort prevalent among
the working classes owing to the uncer-
tainty of their employment and the une-
quail distribution of fruits of this labor.
He advocated the adoption of a legislative
enactment making eight. hours a days
work, as a step in the right direction. The
trades-union, he said, should now demand
a larger share in the work OF moldlng the
national life. Labor had too long lain un-
der the heel of capital. 1t must arouse
itself and assert its existence.
At a meeting of the Tower Hill strikers,
held this morning, it was decided to con-
tinue the strike. 1t was announced that
donations to the relief fund had been re-
ceived from France, Germany and SwitZer-
land. John Burns acknowledges the re-
ceipt of f3, ,000 to-day.
At Liverpool the dockmen. who had been
employed on flour and -grain-laden ships,
have struck for an increase of shilling a
day in their wages. and work on all vessels
has been suspended.
At Rochester the police have been COM
PEELED to interfere for the protection of the
men unloading vessels in the Midway, who
were attacked by strikers.
1t is believed that the dock directors will
yield by Thursday. Mr.. Norwood sent a
telegram requesting conference with a
deputation of the strikers late this evening.
Mr.. Burns, addressing meeting at Ber-
m0ndsey. tonight. justified the manifesto
calling for general strike. on the ground
that it had drawn greater attention to the
appeal for funds. He announced that he
intended immediately to promote a strike
in Glasgow. The Lord Mayor will return
pose of interceding with the dock companies
in behalf of the strikers. If necessary. be
will call a meeting of citizens to discuss
the situation. Alderman Belsey, who is a
large shareholder IN the dock companies, in
a speech at Rochester tonight, denounced
the action of the dock directors.
The belief IS gaining ground that the
great strike will be settled no later than
Thursday, when the directors of the dock
companies are expected to concede the
strikers demands. Charles Morgan Nor
wood, the chairman of the directors. late
this evening sent a telegram to the strikers
committee requesting an appointment for a
conference. This action is believed to
foreshadow an agreement between the
| companies and the strikers.
Declared Part OF the Socialist Movement.
BERLIN. Sept. S.-The North German Ga
zette maintains that the London strike il
closely connected with the Socialist move.
ment. In proof of this statement 1T asserts
| that the manifesto calling for general
strike in London was telegraphed to the
| Socialist paper, Volks Tribune, two days
| before it was issued in London.
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