The situation in Dublin remains grave, though the prospects of
a settlement have revived. A procession of strikers stoned the tramcars on Sunday night, and were not dispersed with- cut sharp fighting, in which twenty policemen were injured. The number Qf strikers has increased, and of the 13,000 =eel.
ployed at least half are almost destitute, the pawnbrokers are said to be refusing to accept further pledges, the stocks in the provision markets are at a low ebb, and prices are rising. On the other hand, the employers refuse to accept any settle- ment short of a complete and final abandonment of the " sympathetic " strike. The four Nationalist members for the City still preserve silence, but Mr. Sheehy, M.P., has denounced "Larkinism," declaring that if it prevailed there could be no prosperity for Irish industry under Home Rule.
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