St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-29
London Dock Managers Are
Now Willing to Treat
With Strikers.
They Concede ALI Demands
Except the One Relat-
ing to Wages.
Indications That the Great
Strike Will Be Settled
Very Soon.
Toilers Hold the Trump Cards
and Play Them to
Win.

LONDON, Aug. Midnight The
strike of the coal porters is practically
ended and they will resume work to-
coded the main demands of the strikers.
AT meeting of dock men tonight Mr..
Burns announced the receipt of checks
from New York and Hamburg. He
also announced that the Southampton
stevedores had offered to strike
If necessary. The Wholesale Tea
Dealers association has resolved
that unless the strike be
ended tomorrow to obtain the delivery
of tea without resource to the docks. by
all arrangement with wharferS. The
Glasgow dock men have formally de-
manded an advance of wages. The
dock officials and committee of their
striking laborers held conference to-
day at which some progress was made
toward settlement of their differences.
The points of contention have now been
reduced to the demand for sixpence per
hour. The managers concede the other
demand. The dock companies
SHOW SIGNS OF YIELDING
and have referred the questions in dis
pnte to com mittee composed of officials
of the companies and delegates from
the strikers. A decision is expected to
be reached tonight. The various ports
in the metropolitan district are crowded
with vessels bound for London. which
are ,tained, pending the settlement OF
the strike. A monster procession
left the West India docks this
afternoon, which was swelled
as it progressed by counting
ents of iron workers, carriers and cut
lers from Milwall. A steamer which
had been loaded by stewards and clerks
from the Office of the consignees,
sailed to-day for New Zealand. Other
shipping houses are taking similar ac-
ton. The clerks, however, are disposed
to object, and are considering the
question of striking. The men
at Hirsch's Copenhagen Oil mills
and at johnson Bros. white lead
mills have struck. A delegation
of wharfngers and granary owners held
a conference with the directors OF the
dock company to-day. The latter dis
countenanced the disposition evinced
by the wharflngers to agree to the mems
demands, thereby forcing the hands of
the directors, when collapse OF the
strike is imminent. Delegates from
the coal beavers visited the coal eX-
change this afternoon, and admitted
that
THEY HAD NO GRIEVANCES
of their own, but had struck on prin-
ciple, and would not return to work
until the demands of the dock men had
been granted. The merchants pointed
out the injustice of this position, but to
no effect 1t is said that 10000 of Lord
Lord Durham's miners are idle by rea-
son of the London strike. At a meeting
of the stricking dockmen. Mr.. Burns,
leader of the strikers, said he had heard
that 1000 Belgians would be imported
unless the strike was ended. He at
once telegraphed to the Belgian work
ingmen's union, and blocked that move
of the employers. The strikers have
reached the number OF 100000. Inc
leaders express determination to press
their claims and march through the
streets until the demands of the dock
men shall have been granted. A report
comes from the officials of the CONNER
cial Dock company to the effect
that there is prospect for a
settlement of the differences, and
feeling of increased hopefulness pre-
walls. There is less intimidation, and
affairs have generally Quoted down.
In the vicinity of st. Pancras depot,
however, there is still some excitement.
Many coal beavers are resuming work
at an advance in wages, which course is
violently
OPPOSED BY THE STRIKERS,
who urge that no work should be re-
sumed until the advance demanded is
conceded to all. A mob of bowling
strikers, numbering several thousands,
attacked coal vans leaving the yards
under police escort. They undid the
chains and traces, compelling the driv-
ers to return. In a short while
5000 strikers had arrived on the
scene and started for the coal yards.
Shippers and merchants are pres
sihg the dock companies to yield, de-
claring that they are driving trade to
other ports. The dock companies COM
plain of the pressure upon them, and
promise to give an answer later. An
to-day. Mail steamers are being loaded
slowly. Some of the carmen have re-
sumed work. Several ships laden with
sugar are lying in the Thames unable to
unload. All the sugar cargoes at Green
ock were bought to-day in Is minutes
at an advance Of siXpence on previous
price and sent by train to London. The
streets, wharves and quays present
peculiar aspect and are unusually free
from noise. owing to the absence of the
railway vans and the carriers carts.
Street traffic is almost entirely confined
to omnibuses and cabs. Public senti-
ment is growing in favor of the aboli-
ton of the private dock companies. and
the placing of the docks under NUM-
cipal control. The price of provisions
is rising. and Liverpool consignees are
suffering owing to the inability to dis
charge ships freighted with pershable
cargoes. 1t is rumored that Mr.. Nor
wood, chairman of the joint docks COM
mittee. has resigned. Mr.. Burns de-
clares that if the dock companies do
not yield compact will be made with
the wharfingerS to unload ships in mid
stream.