Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-29
ALL OVER.
The London Strike Assumes Mann
moth Proportions.
Fully One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Men Stop Work in Order to
Enforce Their Demands.
The Strikers Still Out-Mrs. Maybriek to
Be Taken to Prison-GOing to
Royal Wedding.
Have Yielded.

demands of the strikers.
At meeting of the striking dockmen
this morning Mr.. Burns, leader of the
strikers, said he had heard 1000 Belgians
would be imported unless the strike was
ended He at once telegraphed to the
Belgian workingmens union and blocked
that move of the employers. The strikers
have reached the number of $50, 900.
Leaders express determination to press
their claims and march through the
streets until the demands of the dockmen
shall have been granted. Report comes
from officials of the commercial dock
companies TO the effect there Is prospect
of d settlement Of differences, and
feeling of Increased hOpefulness prevails.
There IS less intimidation, and affairs
have generally quoted down. In the
vicinity of St. Frances depot, however,
there is still some excitement. Many
coal beavers are resuming work at an
advance in wages, which course is Yio-
lently opposed by the strikers, who urge
that no work shou Id be resumed until the
advance demanded is conceded to all.
mob of bowling, striking miners, num-
bering several thousands, attacked coal
vans leaving the yards under police es-
cort. They undId the chains and traces,
compelling the drivers to return. In
short while 6000 strikers mad arrived on
the scene and started for the coal yards.
The dock companies show signs of
yielding, and have referred the questions
in dispute TO a committee composed OF
Es0f1leials of the companies and delegates
E8from the strikers. a decision is eX-
pected to be reached tonight.
Shippers and merchants are pressing
the dock companies to yield, declaring
that they are driving trade TO other
other ports. The dock companies COM
plain of the pressure on them and
promise to give an answer tomorrow.
An increased number of men are at
work to-day. Mail steamers are being
loaded slowly. Some of the car men
have resumed work.
Several ships laden with sugar are
lying in the Thames unable to unload.
Es41I sugar cargoes at GreenOck were
bought to-day in fifteen minutes at an
advance of pence over previous prices
and sent by train to London.
The streets, wharves and quarries
present a peculiar aspect and are unusu
ally free from noise, owing to the alb
sence of railway vans and carriers
carts Traffic IS almost entirely confined
to omnibuses and cabs. Public senti-
ment is growing i'll favor Of the abolition
of private dock companies and the plac-
ksiffg of the docks under municipal con-
+ troll.
The price of provisions is rising and
Liverpool consignees are suffering, ow
ing to the inability to discharge ships
freighted with perishable cargOes. Va
rious ports in the metropolitan district
are crowded with vessels bound for Lon
don which are detained pending the set
tlement CT the strike.
A monster procession left the West
India docks this afternoon which was
sweIled as 1t progressed by contingents
of iron workers, carriers and cutters from
| Mill Wall. A steamer which had been
| loaded
BY STEWARDS AND CLERKS
| from the office Of consignees, sailed to-
| day for New Zealand. Other shipping
| houses are taking similar action. Clerks,
however, are disposed to object and are
| considering the question OF striking.
| Men at Hcrschs Copenhagen oil mills
| and at Johnson Bros. white lead mills
! nave struck.
A delegation of wharfngers and
! grauary owners held Il conference with
! the directors of the dock company to-
! day The latter discOuntenanced the
| disposition evinced by the wharingers to
| agree to the mems demands, thereby
| foFe3gfe the hands of the directors when
q Collapse OF the strike was imminent.
Delegates from the coal heavens visited
| the Coal exchange this afternoon and ad
! mitted they had no grievances of their
! own, but had struck on principle and
! would not resume work until the de-
| mands of the dock men had been granted.
Merchants pointed out the injustice Of
this position, but to no effect.
It is SAID 10 200 of Lord Durham 5
miners are idle by reason of the London
strike
1t is rumored Mr.. Wood, chairman of
the JOINT docks committee, has resigned.
The tea trade is pressing on the dock
companies the advisability of settling
with the strikers, and their oyertures
seem to be received fayOrably. Mr..
| Burns declares if the companies do not
yield a compact viii be made with
! wharGngers TO unload ships in mid
| stream
At midnight the strike Of the coal por
| tiers is practically ended, and they Will
resume work to-moTTow, the merchants
| having conceded the main demands of
strikers At meeting of the dock men
\ To- night Mr.. Burns announced the re-
ceipt of checks from New York and Ham
| burg. He also announced that the
! southampton stevedores had offered to
! strike if necessary.
! The wholesale tea dealers association
mas resolved unless the strike be ended
| tomorrow to obtain the delivery of tea
without recourse to the docks. By an
arrangement with whardngers Glasgow
i dock men have formally demanded an
! advance of wages.
Officials of dock companies offered to
concede all demands of the strikers ex-
! cept that of fixing the rate of compensa-
| ton at pence an hour. Delegates of
! dockmeu insisted on pence as the rate
| of wages and the conference was sus-
pended without definite settlement nav