Telegram-herald., 1889-09-10
STILL STRIKING.
IRE DOCrgEs'S TERgS REFUSED.
Tks F4slls. Dis4ppsi.ssa al tn. fsDsrs
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ar.. IL s34B@tAy frsz tho
esrlksra.


LoSDoS. sept Sit vas generally sup
posec-aac he belief orssted n9cb re leio-
iug thai tAs great s1riks vas ever. ne
strikers esmnitbes AsslnE Il vas ssla,
agreed % tie p1opositlon oesTea ~ The
cSekInsn 70 pay TIE men froB. and after
January ! siz pence a. hour ca condition
that they sAOuld return to wora 81 once xt
tie Old rate Al she rec 4esI Il tae lord
mayer. Cardinal Naming ana tie Bishop
Of London, The lSsor i4auers and lllieu
consented 10 recommend tie strikers -
accept The terms 4As papers Jumped 70
the conclusion thai tbe approval of Barns
ana I1lleIt settled tie = hole matteT. and
accordingly announced tAzt the strike as
over
Bat the strikers Go net intend 70 wait
uutl gGnukrs J. They say tE4I y FIX pence
II geoa fer them after January u l. good
Tor them now. II II is due 10 them AZ az i
is due az once. Besides they place little
faith IN the promises of Norwood and his
associates, especially when the fuinli-
meat was eel for so distant CAV They
ssy that they new have by fsr the best
OF the struggle. ard u would be folly 10
surrender without getting al they have
insiste6 on getting, and 10 get
what they have made Eueh long
hght for b they decided 10 Ts-
ject the terms aud ksep their ranks
uubroken When Barns aud lsLett eno
the other strike leaders learned that The
great army OF strikers were not satisfied u
accept the terms offered they decided 10
issue a manifesto. Tbs was issued az
midnight II is 10 the effect that the
strike viii not be ceciered on until
the different classes of men employed
he. pn sfr- h.V oh frte
what t-sy consider their rights The
lirhtermen Will not 60 in until the steve
dOres. lsbOrers nremeD and seSmen are
satisfied. The dockers Will not 60 IN until
they ge; six pence per hour for Tegu AZ work
and eight pence for overtime The strikers
Will stand or fall together. The manifesto
il signed by Burns. 11llett and Champion
for the lockers, by Toomy for the seAmeu,
by lies for the watermen and by Welsh for
the sailors and 1remcn. So the great
strike Ia still on. Londons commerce is
rushing in other directions and the loss 10
the metropolis through the strike TO date is
estimated &. between e. 500, 900 and e2 ooo,
00D
The lord mayor OF London Bishop Tenn
PIE and Cardinal Aanni2g have written {
joint letter in which they recount
the negotiations conducted by them
with the dock companies with a
view 10 the settlement OF the strike
They express surprise at the strikers repu-
diation OF the terms agreed TO by the dock
companies and declare their opinion that
If the men con t:nuc the strike they will
forfeit the Sympzthy hitherto accorded
them
Mr.. Tillett visited the lord mayor Sunday
evening and proposed new terms 10 com
INJURED, but promised TO use his best
endeavors 10 persuade the dock die
tors 70 agree TO the terms. II
soon be arranged on the basis
of increased wages beginning in November.
The lord mayor told Mr. Iillett that ne and
Mr.. Burns ought to have resigned when
the men declined TO accept the compro-
mise. Mr. Iillett explained that the con-
promise was rejected because it would
have created difficulty with the wharf
ingers, who had already conceded six
pence
The strikers held another large meeting
in Hyde Park sunday. The proceedings
were orderly. Mr.. Burns, in a speech
declared 1t was a mistake 70 sup
pose that he had agreed TO the pro-
posa of the arhitrators He invited the
strikers to declare whether or not they
would accept the proposal loud
shout of Mo- went up from the crowd
Mr. Burns, continuing, said the strike com
mittee was prepayed 10 hold out for three
weeks moro, but he believed the directors
of the dock companies would cOncede the
strikers terms before smother week had
passed
Public opinion, (which had been up 10
Saturday evening almost a unit in sym
psthy with the strikers in their long
struggle against the dock companies,
has experienced revulslon which
can not fail TO have an In
fuence upon the ultimate result Of
their fight The action OF Burns
and Tillett in signifying their approval
of proposition for oompTomise and
then. when the proposal had been uncon-
ditionaly accepted by the dock man
ayers, deliberately repudiating IL, Is al
most everywhere condemned Hints
are not waiting that the leaders Of
the men have ends of their own 10 com
pass which are to be furthered only by a
continuance of the strike. and that they do
1ot hesitate for purely selhsh oonsidera-
aon- to sacrifice tho bsst interests Of their
willing dupes