RAILWAYS TROUBLE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 28, 28 October 1907, Page 5

RAILWAYS TROUBLE.

;::/v ; conference. ; i MR. LLOYD-GEORGE AND THE : : ; ■:-.: ~■'■• 'MR. BELL ON OWNERS' MANIFESTO. BY TEUMIUPH—rniSS ASSOCIATION-T-COPTltianT. :'■■'■•; '''■' ■ (Rcc. ! Ocfc.27, 4.32 p.m.) .- ;r 1... .•;.■-.•, .-..'■ Lontton, October .26. . The Board' -of' .Trade,-, announces -th.il; Mr: Lloyd-floorgo had ' a conference,. lasting an hbur : andia.'h'alf, with the directors of -tlw various .railway 'companies.. >■■ .. .■■■■■.: ■ •.■ ' The conference adjourned in order to en: ablo those l present ito consider various suggestions, that wero submitted, .with a vie.v to facilitating a-.settlement of the questions raised. between• the : employees and tho companies; - ;iV:i. :° ■'. ... < '■■ ..j, :.. -; ' ,; - ;■■■ ■■■"'■ ■ --'■ Ocober 23. Mr. Richard Bell; M.P.) Secretary of the Amalgamated .Society of. Railway Servants, declares that';.the, manifesto, issued by., Lori Claud -Hamilton (Chairman of.lhe Railway Companies' Association), in connection with the raihyay. trouble, ...has embarrassed; tha efforts. of. : Mr, Llpyd-Goorge. ; (President a : tho Board, pf.-Trad.o) .forr.an.amicahlo settlement. '.J-.. Mr.; Bell, adds that the, manifesto js'a hugq compilation of .inaccuracies. ~..-. i 'Lord- .Claud -.Hamilton's, manifesto stated :— ''The 'Board" of' Trade "controls the railways in many respects, also tho' men's'hours, and there: can,be ..no further control, by an irresponsible body." The railways cannot be moved or l blosod; ; nor,' in ense of: the , unions committing a breach.of faith, 1 can the railways order, a' lockout, whereas the union' can order a sti iko;-, therefore,,. the ..railway companies and ; tho:unipns,- if/the.lattor'B, demands are recognised,' will'bc on unequal terms, and 1 the roil-' ways'' will'-be 'placed atiiihe ■mercy of .the: 'Unions.■„.-.!. recognition of, the'AmnlgainVfcd'Society',of Railway .Servants is'only 'the'-first : m'6yb'm"a de'en-laid campaign , pfirtho . Socialisti'foTces", impelling ; the:;trades mnions against'individualism and, capital!",.. : ,