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| Subject: Re: SS. Essex Convoy | |
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Author: Lisa (NOT WELL KNOWN) |
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Date Posted: 16/01/08 8:35pm In reply to: Keith Greenway 's message, "SS. Essex Convoy" on 6/01/08 8:49pm YOU HAVE UN-EARTHED A TOPIC - FORGOTTEN OR HIDDEN. From a simple request for some ship info. This is big and hope you can un-ravel more. Cannot find anything on ESSEX ENVOY, but can imagine the circumstances. K. Hope this helps: WOULD ASK ALL ON SITE TO ASSIST ON THIS ONE, lisa. Ship Strike Monday, Sep. 14, 1925 The ship owners of the British Commonwealth are seeing snakes— not the pink snakes which consort with orange toads, purple salamanders and magenta tarantulas—but sea snakes with long green bodies, gliding through great billows of discontent with only their heads sticking out—heads with red hoods, with the flittering tongue of Trotzky and the penetrating eyes of Lenin. In brief, they were confronted by an unusually noxious kind of snipping strike. About a year ago the wages of seamen were increased one pound a month. During the summer, ship operators declared that in order to meet world competition in the shipping business, they would have to make a reduction in wages of the same amount. The owners got together with the officials of the National Seamen's and Firemen's Union and the reduction was agreed upon. It looked like a peaceful settlement. Not so. Two weeks ago outlaw strikes began to break out in British ports. The Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union—of Communistic and I. W. W. tendencies—took the side of the strikers and began to steal the members of the regular union. Throughout the Commonwealth the strike spread rapidly. Australia was affected at once. There Tom Walsh led the insurgent seamen. Last week 33 ships were tied up at Melbourne. Twelve liners were unable to leave Durban (South Africa). Newcastle (New South Wales), Cape Town, Rangoon (Burma), Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch (New Zealand) were all affected. The Federal Government in Australia took measures against the strikers. Walsh and other strike leaders were summoned before the Deportation Commission. In South Africa, Premier Hertzog, sitting perilously atop a coalition Govern-hands off. It was reported that 700 Lascars had shipped from Bombay to man the vessels at Durban. In England itself the strike was not so serious as in the Dominions because of the large number of unemployed seeking work. But it was bad enough. The ports of London, Southampton, Hull, Avon-mouth and Swansea Not mentioned much on WWW, MAYBE, The powers that be are afraid of the power that the Merchant Men could have to prevent this Island race from disaster, but will deoend on even if we again have an hour of need. HOUR ? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| SS. Essex Envoy | Keith Greenway (Thanks) | 17/01/08 9:19am |
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