The lock-out at Grimsby has, we are sorry to say,
been the cause of severe rioting. On Wednesday a mob of men attacked the offices of the masters and did a great deal of damage, and on Thursday attempts are said to have been made to burn property, and the fire brigade was stoned while extinguishing a fire. In the afternoon the local police force was strongly reinforced, and a body of soldiers were sent into the.town with ball:cartridge served out to them.. Happily no need arose for employing the troops, but the police had to charge the mob with their batons. Further disturbances are, it is reported, feared. The rioting is, we expect, a sign that
the men are completely beaten, for violence is never resorted to by those who are confident of success. This final use of violence is all the more to be regretted because up till Wed- nesday the fight was a fair one, and though the men suffered greatly, little or no vindictive feeling was displayed.
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