Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1889 — THE STRIKE IS STILL ON. [ARTICLE]

THE STRIKE IS STILL ON.

LONDON WORKMEN HAVE NOT RETURNED TO WOAK. Both Sides Quiet, Though Some Discontent Is Manifested by the Workmeuliaising Funds for the Strikers—Coal Increasing hi Price. A London dispatch says: The great strikt remains unchanged, neither side having made a move to-day. There are signs of discontent, howevir, among tae agitatoi s, and it is a s rfced that a small committee heen appointed to coi sider the advisability of abandtn-ng the strike. There is also trouble over the relief funds, the stevedores complaining that they are not receiving their proper share, but the men are generally standing firm and there is nothing like disaffection in their ranks. Ten thousand tailors joined the strikers this morning. Information has been received by the police and by Home Secretary Matthews that Burns to-day urged the strikers to proceed to the docks and expel the men working there. Eight hundred Ltrikers visited the Albert docks this afternoon and compelled the laborers there to quit work. Men at work on vessels in the Medway were also forced to quit. The government is now employing convicts to unload vessels in the Medway.

The dock companies express themselves as better satisfied with the aspect of affairs. They have an increased number of men at work. The officials state that plenty of labor would be obtainable if the strikers’ picket system were abolished. A deputation of ship-owners, representing eighty of the leading houses in the metropolitan district, waited upon the officials of tlhe dock companies to day and urged upon them to give the shippers power to make their own arrangements with the men for the discharge and loading of vessels. Mr. Norwood, chairman of the joint docks committee, appealed to the shippers not to press their request, as to grant it would be impossible without conceding the points which the comnanieg are fighting against. At a meeting of wharfingers a resolution was adopted advising the strikers to accept the dock companies’ offer. Mr T. P. O’Connor’s paper, the Star, has collected £2,500 for the strikers’ fund. A dispatch to the Star from Melbourne, Australia, says that at a meeting there the sv.m of *1,500 was collected on behalf of the strikers. At Rochester, there is much excitement over the strike. Coal has advanced 2 shillings. The railroads and the river docks are picketed by strikers to prevent the importation of new labor. Two of the largest firms here have expressed their willingness to grant the required concessions, but the men refuse to return to work unless all the firms concede their demands. At Dundeo, a trades union congress baa adopted resolutions to the effect that ihe London agitators are justified in their demands. The congress also called upon the various trades of the United Kingdom tc render the strikers all possible financial support. The mentionjof John Burns’ name was loudly applauded!