13 FEBRUARY 1892, Page 3

On Tuesday, some six thousand London coal-porters went out on

strike, and the whole retail coal-trade of the Metropolis was struck with paralysis. The immediate cause of quarrel was a squabble over the employment of a particular foreman in one of Messrs. Cameron and Co.'s yards ; but in reality, the issue is between the Coal Merchants' Association, which insists that the. masters shall have the right to employ both Union and non-Union men, and the Union, which desires to squeeze out the free-labourers.