On Sunday last the miners on the Rand who had
struck work in the previous week decided on proclaiming a general strike. Their chief grievance is that in some mines a man is required to supervise three drills instead of two as formerly. The strike does not seem to have prospered,and the Times correspondent at Johannesburg says that though the workers at forty mines are officially stated by the Union to be "out," the industry as a whole is being conducted as usual. The plasma of the strikers are being filled, the Dutch being ready to accept the
terms offered. The strike has undoubtedly begun, however, to cause a good deal of excitement, even if it has failed otherwise, and in the circumstances it would be unsafe to predict that it will not spread. On Wednesday evening a serious riot occurred at the Robinson mine, where there bad been much intimidation. Cavalry and infantry from the Pretoria garrison have been sent to the Rand. On Thursday night there was a riot at the Ferreira Deep. The strikers waited for the miners as they came up and attached their escort. The miners afterwards passed a resolution that they went on strike under compulsion. The rioters then went to the Robinson Deep and destroyed some property.
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