ATTITUDE OF THE ENGINEERS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12936, 16 October 1907, Page 7

ATTITUDE OF THE ENGINEERS.

STATEMENT BY MR BELL.

NO MORE OVERITEi^.

(Received October loth. 9.20 p.m.) LONDON, October 15.

Mr Fox, general secretary of tho Associated Society of Locomotive Engineer* and Firomon, audrcssmg a large meeting of raiiway mon at Cambridge, denounced Mr lk-ll't, tactics in indulging in unnecessary nieuace and "mudslinging.'' He predicted that the agitation would bo a hopeless failure. The enginemen <lid not wnut an ex-raihvay guard to represent them, but an engineman, when negotiating about enginemen. Mr llaiusuy Macdonald says that if the powers possessed by tho Board of Trade are insufficient to prevent a strike, then tho Government ought to summon Parliament in order to strengthen thohamle of tho Board of Trade, and enable it to act effectively.

Mr Bell, in an interview, declared that tho olive branch had been held out often enough. •"Wβ are now asking the men to strike, and the matter is in their hands."

(Received October 16th, 12.7 a.m.) Tho "Daily Chronicle"' says the uation looks to Mr Lloyd-George, in the event of a strike, to ask Parliament for fresh legislation if necessary. Mr Lloyd-Georgo states that it would be madness for him to cay anything at tho present juncture. The situation is exceedingly delicate.