St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-17
UNDER BURNS THUMB
LOndOn'S Strikers Resume
Work at the Docks at His
Bidding.
Some of the Men Kick Against
Toiling With Nom
Unionists.
Half q Dozen Hand-tO-Hand
Encounters Close With
out BloodShed.
Samoa's King, Having Re-
turned From Exile, Is Re-
stored to Power.

LONDON, Sept. 16.-Much i'll feeling
existed to-day between the returned
dock laborers and the men who took the
places of the strikers, and the former
refused to work with them. Several
encounters occurred between them.
Many of the dock laborerS protested
that the leaders of the strike had no
right to agree to the proposal that the
strikers should work hand in band with
the "blacklegs." The officials of the
dock companies made a complaint to the
lord mayor against the action of the re-
turned strikers, and the lord mayor
promised to do his utmost to keep the
men to their agreement Meanwhile
the situation was regarded so serious
that an urgent meeting of the commit
tee OF the dock companies, the cOncIIia-
ton committee and the leaders of the
strike was convened at the mansion
house. Work has been almost cener.
ally resumed, and it is expected that to-
morrow it
WILL BE IN FULL SWING.
A deputatiOn of ship owners arrived
at the mansion house while the meet
ing OF the committee was in progress
John Burns. one of the leaders of the
strikers, spoke concerning the situation
and the causes which led TO it, and in.
Stanced several cases where unreaSon-
able preference had been given tc
''blacklegs." 1t was finally agreed by
all those present to endeavor to have
the agreement kept intact by all the
parties interested. The dissatisfaction
of
rats" by the dock companies is not
thought likely to have any serious con-
sequences. The directors of the COM
panies have no special love for the men
who took the strikers places. especially
as they were not sufficiently numerous
to enable the managers to win the day.
The companies, however, are obliged ia
make show of protecting these men,
and could hardly be expected to throw
them out on the first day that work was
begun under the new agreement. 1t is
understood that at tO-day'S conferences
of the mediatOrs tacit understanding
was arrived at by which the ''bIack,
legs" will soon
FIND THEIR OCCUPATION GONE.
without any special reason being given
therefor. Work will be scarce for them.
though plenty for the old men, and
pay rolls. On the other hand, the strike
leaders agree to do all they can to pre-
vent the regular men from assauIting or
in any way Interfering with the new
men as long as the retention of the latter
is deemed absolutely necessary. This
is not likely to be very long, as the
''blacklegS' are mostly so frightened
by the threats of the regulars that many
of them are already clamoring to be
sent back to the cities whence they
were brought here. The fortunate
termination of the strike continues to
be leading theme for comment in the
press, and the lesson drawn from recent
events seems to be, in the great majority
of cases, that a vast change has been
wrought in public opinion during the
past few years in regard to the proper
relations of society to the individual.
Some years ago the doctrine of Laisseze
had full swing in letting all institutions
concerning property alone, no matter
how much suffering might be caused by
their operations. At the same time
society was
FORCED To BEAR THE BURDEN
of at least partial alienation of this suf-
fering through the poor laws. CuriOusly
enough. as pointed cut by leading
journal to-day, Cardinal Manning was
one of the first to point out the absurd
ity of this attitude, and to suggest that
it might be better policy for society to
shift some of this burden upon classes
of property which had specially bene-
flied by certain changes made in the
social and industrial system a century
or two ago. The idea has grown in the
popular mind, and the receut strike
finally gave the cardinal an opportunity
of DrODOSinp an entering wedge toward
it's realization. This is shown by the
general talk now prevalent in favor of
the governments taking over the dock
in case there is any more
trouble between the companies and the
men. The fear of such a consummati0n
had much to do with the
good grace with which the
consented to the compromise
settlement