Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-03
BOTH SIDES FIRM.
No Material Change in the London
Strike Situation Yesterday.
The Great Dock Companies are Better Satisfied
with the Aspect OF Affairs-The Action
Of the Ship Owners.
THE STRIKE STILL ON.

a Split Said to Exist among the Strikers.
Mob Force.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-The great strike is
still in force, but the situation of affairs
this morning is unchanged. Neither side
has made move yet to-day and it is
not easy to say what the day may bring
forth There are signs of grumbling
among the strikers over the division of
the relief funds The stevedores COM
plain they are not receiving their proper
share OF the funds, but the men gener-
| ally stand firm and there is nothing like
serious dissatisfaction IN the ranks.
/ Three thousand tailors struck this morn
ing and are parading the streets.
Information has been received by the
police and home Secretary Matthews to
the effect that Burns to-day urged the
strikers to proceed TO the docks and expeI
the men working there.
The dock companies express them
selves as better satisfied with the aspect
of affairs. They have increased the
number of men at work composed of
strikers who have given up the fight and
new men. Officials Of the companies
state that plenty" of labor weuld
be obtained If the strikers
asserted that there Is a split among the
strikers and a committee has been ap-
pointed looking to the abandonment of
the strike. The Rochester coal shippers
Tand barge men visited large number of
vessels in the river midway and fOTcibly
compelled the men at work thereon to
cease operations.
A mob composed Of about eight hun
dred strikers invaded the Albert docks
this afternoon and compelled the work
men there to cease their laborS. There
was no damage to property.
A deputatiOu of ship owners waited on
the officials of the dock companies to-day
and urged en- them to give shippers
power to make their own arrangements
wife the men for the discharge and load
ing of vessels. Mr.. Norwood, chairman
of the joint dock committees, appealed
TO the shippers not to press their request
as to loading. It would be impossible
without cOnceding points which the COM
panIes are fighting against.
at a meeting of wharfngers a resolu-
ton was adopted advising the strikers to
accept the dock companies offer.
BLACKBURN, Sept. 2.-Three thousand
looms have been stopped in this city,
owing TO the depression in trade.
DUNDEE, Sept. "A trades union
congress in session in this city has
adopted resolutions TO the effect that the
London strikers were justified in their
demands and that the employers were
arbitrary in their actions. The congress
also called upon the various trades Of the
United Kingdom to render the strikers all
possible financial support. The mention
of John Burns name was loudly ap-
plaUded.
The government is employing cOnvicts
to unload vessels in Midway.
Mr. T. p. Q 'Connor's paper, the Star,
has collected E25OO for the strikers fund.
A dispatch to the Star from Melbourne
says at a meeting there to-day the sum
of $500 was collected in behalf of the
strikers. p
Mr.. Henry Lafont proposes that strik-
eTs agree to work for the wharfingers at
the rate of Cd an hour, ordinary time,
and I'd ad hour over time. He believes
that suck an agreement would force the
dock companies to surrender. Mr..
Burns is considering the proposal.
a section OF the Salvation Army in
Australia has sent q donation of G2O0 TO
the strikers here.
It is stated that the dock directors and
Sir Donald Curr VIII meet to-day and
discuss the situation. The belief IS en-
teTtained that the meeting will result in
a settlement of the points at issue.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Mrs. Gladstone
visited the scene of the strike yesterday
and gave a check for the relief of the
strikers.