The London transport strike has continued throughout the week without
interruption, but owing to the firm action of the authorities it has not as yet produced any very serious effects upon the public food supply. On Monday a force of over a thousand police were told off for duty in connexion with the unloading by non-union labour of some 3,000 tons of South American beef from the Highland Brae' at the Albert Dock, In the course of the day more than 2,500 quarters of beef were taken through the streets to Smithfield in large convoys with strong police escorts. The work was continued on Tuesday and Wednesday, and by the middle of the week other steamers were beginning to unload their cargoes under the same conditions. Very little disorder on the part of strikers seems to have taken place, and only a few isolated arrests were made. The supply of meat to Smithfield was in this way sufficient to prevent any considerable rise in prices. In the course of Tuesday the Strike Committee protested to the Government against the use of police and troops in the interests of employers ; but the Home Office issued a state- ment denying the allegations, mobile asserting the Govern- ment's intention of using all their resources for preserving order and maintaining the food supply.
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