We have dealt at length with the dock strike elsewhere,
but may mention here that on two occasions during the week there has been serious rioting at the docks, due to the efforta of the Federation pickets to molest the free labourers and intimidate them into leaving their work—fortunately without success. Friday's papers publish a resolution unanimously agreed to by the Port of London Authority and the various associations of employers which sets forth the reason for their refusal to give any promise to meet the strike leaders. These leaders, they declare, have been and are acting as the officials of the Transport Workers' Federation, and they alone are responsible for the strike and its continuance.
"For the information of the public it should be stated that it has been the practice of the employers to consider any grievances brought before them, in some cases by the men themselves and in other cases by the representatives of the particular union con- cerned. The employers have no intention whatever of acting differently in the future, and the men may depend upon their being allowed the freest submission of all grievances and just and generous consideration."
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