London at the End of the Century:A Book of Gossip
a Beckett, Arthur William
1900
LONDON ON STRIKE.
DURING the last few years the public have had a practical experience of the inconvenience attendant upon a body of working men As a rule Londoners do not come face to face with artisans who have abandoned toil. Generally they read of a cessation of labour in the daily papers, and discover the result of the cause in the increased charges for coal, gas, and other necessaries. However, not long since, the Cockney mind was concerned by the vagaries of cabby. The streets were deserted by hansoms, and even the four-wheeler was difficult to find. In spite of this, none of the body politic were much the worse. Sufficient for the day were the growlers thereof, and no one was at a loss to secure (when really necessary) that particular kind of conveyance which years ago used to be known as a So the nuisance of the suspension of operations caused a minimum of inconvenience. | |
