1 76 NORTH SEA FISHERS AND FIGHTERS 



their own narrow and selfish purposes. These men 

 were apparently under the impression that by creating a 

 railway strike they were completely crippling distribution. 

 It was a fine strategic movement to send the steam- 

 trawlers round by sea to supply the London market with 

 fish. Equally resourceful was the order given to two 

 Grimsby trawlers, on reaching the H umber, to land 

 their fish at Ymuiden, in Holland, and at Ostende, and 

 to make another voyage before entering Grimsby. 



A brief and remarkable strike in connection with the 

 fish traffic of Hull took place early in 1911. At the 

 beginning of February six fish porters employed by the 

 North-Eastern Railway Company struck work on the 

 ground that although they were required to do the work 

 of "checking" the fish packages they handled, still, they 

 were only paid the rate of wages given to fish porters 

 checkers being paid 293. a week and fish porters 245. 

 There was a strike on the railway which lasted a day 

 only, although it seemed probable that the trouble would 

 extend and cause very great disturbance of the fish 

 traffic and a heavy loss of money. 



