Evening journal., 1889-09-05
ONE CENT
THE STRIKERS WEAKEN.
A Number Of Men Allowed to
Resume Work.
Az EARLY COLLAPSE PREDICTED.

A striker Fatally Wounded by the Police-
His Fellows Are Very Indignant and
Utter Many Threats-Fears That Burns
Cannot Prevent Further Trouble.
LONDON, Sept 5.-The strikers COMMITTEES
Is still in session at this hour, 2 a. M They
have just decided TO allow the men now out
70 resume work on any wharf where sixpenca
is paid for ordinary work, eightpence for
overtime, and where the ''plusn on piecework
Is equally divided betweols the iourneymen
and the foremen. These are the terms for
which the strike was inaugurated, but not
withstandng the fact that at several Of the
wharyes the strikers might have gone to
work at these terms any time during the
past ten days, the committee refused 70 allow
any man TO resume work until the docks
companies had been brought TO terms The
consent now given Is therefore accepted as a
SIGN Of weakening, and the early collapse OF
the strike is again confidently predicted
q striker Wounded by the Police.
A crowd Of strikers attacked large forca
Of Lnscars at work ON the peninsular and
Oriental line Of steamships, and the polica
fred, wounding one Of the strikers The
news Of the fight spread among the men like
wildfire and created the greatest excitement
Threats Of vengeance are heard on all sides,
aud it is doubtful il even the great influence
Of their leader, John Burns, win avail to
prevent further bloodshed The coal trim
mer who was shot is still alive, but the doc
tors say he cannot live.
The Shooting Denounced.
The men speak of the shooting as "unpro-
voked murder although eye witnesses of
the fight are positive in the statement that
the police drew their revoIyers only when
the strikers, who outnumhered them ten to
one, charged upon them with stones and
clubs Even after the first fire the men
stood their ground, apparently uncertaiu
whether 70 continue their attack or to turn
and flee 1t was fortunate for the polica
that at this critical moment the men lacked
a leader, for they certainly were not want
ing in courage 10 face the deadly revolvers
pointed toward them. With leader to give
the word, shey would undoubtedly have
made short work OF the handful of policemen
who opposed them.
An Attempt 20 Arm the Men. %
Al meeting a manifesto was prepared
depounelng the Action Of the police in firing
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siderable difficulty in agreeing upon the
wording Of this manifesto, some Of the more
violent Of the members urging that il should
call upon the strikers TO arm themselves in
defense OF their lives. IL is reported that
Burns, the conservative leader Of the strikers
j. having great trouble 70 keep his COMMITTEES
within bounds, and that proposition to
arm the strikers out Of the funds contributed
by charitable citizens for food was defeated
by only two votes. But violent as is the
temper of the committee it is a marvel of
moderation when compared with that Of the
men.
shippers Desire Reform.
The shippers are determined that after the
present troubles have been settled they will
no longer permit the dock companies to
carry on the sweating systems under which
both they and the laborers suffer. They will
insist upon loading and discharginG their
own vessels and will hire the men to do tha
work, and allow neither the dock companies
nor their foremen TO make profit out of the
men on the wages paid
MIR. Iafone, the wharfinger who employs
fully 200 dock iaborers, has conceded the adj
vance and it is expected that he will have a
full compliment Of men at work soon. The
managers Of the Milwell and the Royal
Albert docks will without a doubt follow
Laione's lead The lightermen still hold Gus
for six shillings daily.