Evening journal., 1889-08-27
THE END is NOT YET.
Alarming Progress of the Great
Strike in London. !.
GRADUALLY GAINING IN NUMBERS

A Thousand Tons of Meat Rotting BE-
cause 1t Is Impossible TO Unload IT.
All London Feels the Effects OF tho
Contest Between Capital and Labor.
LONDON, Aug. 27.--London today is an In
land town and promises 10 remain such for
some time 10 come. All communication with
the rest Of the world by water is as complete
ly cut off as though the Thames had dried up
and been turned .nto garden farm The
great ships lying at the docks can neither
load nor discharge their cargoes, and the in1-
mense traffic Of the greatest commercial city
Of the world lies at the mercy Of the man
commercially rated at dollar a day. Up
10 yesterday the strikes OF the dock laborers
had been regarded by the London populaca
not indeed without interest but with that
languid interest which is felt in affairs which
concern other people and not themselves.
II j. Eyerybody's Quarrel Now.
But this is all over and now the strike and
the consequences touch every man, woman
and child in this great city No meat ar
rived in London yesterday or today. The
markets in Mark lane are paralyzed and
maize advanced five shilhngs the quarter for
immediate use. As a consequence of the
strike a thousand tons Of mutton are rotting
in ships which have arrived here within the
week il being found impossible 10 unload it.
When the coal handlers struck and it was
announced that the gas stokers intended to
follow suit and leave the city in darkness.
the city was thrown into a fever Of excite
ment The electric light companies were
filed with orders from commercial houses
who sought % avert such "a calamity and
they have largely increased their force. So
far the gas stolyers remain at work, but theru
is no telling what moment tnfr will quit,
Increasing Discomfort Among Woriunen-
Although the strikers include only a few
industries not directly connected with trans.
portation, there is scarcely an important
trade carried on in London in which there
are not loud mutterings of discomfort The
truth is that the workingmen have been
taught hy the dock laborers what an inn
mense power for evil they hold n their
hnnds and they are anxious TO exercise it il
only to show their masters that they possess
it, Strikes are talked Of now where a week
ago there was no Thought Of a grievance, and
there Is a general conviction that the end &
not yet
Another conference was held between the
managers OF the docks and the laborera
delegates but no agreement was reached
Arbitration Of their differences was again
proposed by the representatives of the
strikers, but the employers refused to listen
70 amy proposal TO submit their case TO tha
hands 81 third parties for decision
The Piaters Join the strike.
Professions Of strikers are marching con-
tinually IN Rother Hiltie, the shipbuildina
district OF London but up 10 THIS time the
men have observed the utmost good order.
The tinplaters az Bermondsey, & suburb oi
the metropolis, have joined the strikers
Many ship owners have begun suits against
the Commercial Dock company, claiming
damages for detention Of vessels. The com
pany contend that the act of parliament
granting them a charter pfecludes the en-
forcement of any claims for damages owing
TO strikes
The committee Of the striking dock labor
/ ers were appealed 70 by the owners of ths
large quantities of perishable property on
board vessels at the docks TO permit sucl
articles 20 be unloaded The committee, q
/ this request, gave peremptory refusal
E On account of the coal handlers strike, Goa
has advanced in price just 100 per cent
The many biscuit factories all over tbs
city have been compelled to quit for thu
: want Of flour.