July 27.
The strike at the Waterworks is a vivid example of mischief deliberately made by agitators with an eye to their own interest. It is quite clear that the overwhelming majority of the hands had no interest in the quarrel started by a handful of the fitters, nor any wish to go on strike. Not only did many of the day shift carry on at work on Thursday evening until emergency labour could be brought to the spot, but yester~ day morning the whole shift tried to come back to work, only to be driven off by the threats of the agitators. The class of workmen employed by the We works Ca. is high and the are for the most part fully fied with their position, as they have reason to be, Paradoxic"
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