Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-09
L0ND0N'S DOCK WAR
Tho Strike is Still on After a
 Settlement Was Made.
THE LORD MAYOR D1sGUsrED.
Burns Denies Tha, Il. Ever Accepted the Terms Proposed.

He Says the Men are Not to be Caught by
 tine Sort of ChaT Oaarod-Prospects that
 the Trouble Will soon be Adiustcd-A
 Revulsion in Public Feeling The Hyde
 Hyde Park Meeting Passes or Very
 Quietly.
 LONDON, Sept. D. Public opinion which had been almost unit in sym pathy with the strikers in their struggle against the dock companies, has ex- perienced revulsion which cannot fail to have an influence upon the ultimate result of their fight.
 The action of Messrs. Burns and Til lett, the leaders of the men, signifying their approval of proposition for a compromise, made by Cardinal Manning and the Lord Mayor. and then when tho proposal had been unconditionally ac- cepted by the dock managers, deliber- ately rcpudiating it, is almost every where condemned.
 The Lord Mayor to-day asserts that Burns unqucstionably accepted the com promise proposed, and says that now that the men have rejected it, he washes his hands of the whole business. Hints are not wanting to-day that the leaders of tho men have ends of their own to compass which are to be furthercd only by q continuance of the strike, and that they do not hesitate for purely selfish oonsidcra tions to sacrifice the best in- terests of their willing dupes.
 Burns denies that he ever accepted tho terms proposed, and insists that the l men are certain to bring the dock man. agers to their senses, and that Thurs day will sec complete victory for the men. He says that the strikers had excellent reasons for rejecting the com promise by virtue of which the in creased pay for which they contended January next. The dock managers, he says, were willing enough to end their troubles in this way, as this would give | them over three months in which to prepare for the change, and long before the end of that time they could have busted every man concerned in the agreement and filled the places of the men with others who would be perfectly willing to work at any terms offered them The men, he says, arc not to be caught by this sort of chatf. They are we'll aware that they hold the whip hand at present, and they will not con. sent to yield their advantage for a deferred advance of wages, tho fruits | of which they arc never likely to reap.
 The Lord Mayor and Cardinal Man ming havo joined in a letter In which they express great surprise at the repu- diation by the strikers of an agreement deliberately into by their representa-. tives, and warn the mon that if they now persist in continuing the strike they will forfeit the sympathy of all classes which has been hitherto fully accorded them.
 The meeting of the strikers at Hyde Park yesterday was an orderly affair and no disturbance of any sort is re. ported. Burns harangued the men and asked the question whether they de. sired to accept the mcdiators' proposi tion. There was & loud shout of No. '
 It is the belief of many persons in a position to be well informed that a com promise on the lines of the rejected proposal will be reached in few days and that the only modification will be that the increased pay will date from Nov. instead of Jan. 1.