Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-27
London Paralyzed.
The British Metropolis at the
Mercy Of Strikers.
CUT OFF FROM THE OUTER WORLD.

Food and Other Products Rapidly In
creasing In Value While Meat Lies Rot
ting in the vespels-A Gloomy Outlook
Tho Workmen Conscious of Their
Power and Disposed to Use It-An Irish
Widow Defies the Constabulary-For-
eign Notes.
LONDON, Aug 2z.-London is an inland
town and promises to remain such for some
time TO come. All communication with the
outside world is as. completely cut Off as
though the Thames had dried up and been
turned into farm The great ships lying
at the docks can neither load nor discharge
their cargoes, and the immense traffic Of the
greatest commercial city of the world lies at
the mercy of men commercially rated at 81
day. Up to yesterday the strike of the dock
laborers had been regarded by the Lon don
populace, not indeed without inter est, but
with that languid interest which is felt in
affairs which concern other people and not
ourselves But this is all over and now the
strike and its consequences touch every man,
woman and child in this great city. No
meat arrived in London yesterday.
Effect on the Markets
The markets in Mark Lane are paralyzed.
and maize advanced 5 shillings the quar- ter
for immediate use. The city was thrown
into fever of excitement whom the coal
handlers struck yesterday, and it was an
nounced that the gas stokers intended To fol-
low suit and leave the cry in darkness The
electric light companies were filed with or
ders from commercial houses, who sought to
avert such a calamity, and they have large
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stokers remain at work, but there is no tell
ing at what minute they may stop work.
The Giant Conscious of His Power.
Although the strikes so far include only
few industries not directly connected with
transportation, there is scarcely an i'm
portant trade carried on in London in which
there are not loud mutterings of discomfort
The truth is that the workingmen have been
taught by the dock laborers what an inn
mense power for evil they hold in their
hands, and they are anxious to exercise il if
only to show their masters that they possess
it, Strikes are talked of where a week ago
there was no thought of a grievance and
there is a conviction that the end is not vet
An UnsvaiIing Conference
Another conference was held yesterday
between the managers of the docks and the
laborers' delegates, bat no agreement was
reached Arbitration OF their differences
was again proposed by the representatives of
the strikers, but the employers refused to
listen TO any proposal to submit their case to
the hands of third parties for decision.
Mutton Rotting In the ships.
As consequence of the dock laborers'
strike, thousand tons of mutton are rotting
in ships which have arrived here within the
week, 1t being found impossible to unload it.
An Appeal to the Strikers Rejected
The committee of the striking dock labor
ers were last evening appealed TO by the own
ers of the large quantities of perishabe prop
erty on board vessels at the docks to permit
such articles to be unloaded The committee
To this request gave a peremptory refusal
On account of the strike among the coal
handlers coal was advanced in prics just 100
per cent
The many biscuit factories all over the CITY
have been compelled to stop for want of
flour