AFTER THE STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1221, 1 September 1911, Page 5

AFTER THE STRIKE.

A SERIOUS HITCH. TROUBLE ON GREAT EASTERN SYSTEM. STRIKE INQUIRY EVIDENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Rec. September 1. 1.15 .-.m.) London, August 31. The officials of the Great Eastern Railway Company declare that they are carrying out the agreement made with the men as fast as possible. They intend to retain tho men promoted. The Board of Trade has counselled tho men to wait a few days, but tho men demand reinstatement by Friday. They have requested the Joint Strike Executive to fulfil their promise to call out all the railway bands. It is alleged that tho company has shifted ina.ny men to posts far distant from their homes, thus involving them in 10 Mr. J. H. Thomas, Labour M.P. for Derby, sought to bring tho matter before tho Strike Inquiry Commission, But his application was rejected as. outside tho scope of reference. STRIKE PREVENTION. SOME INTERESTING VIEWS. (Rec. September J, 0.15 a.m.) London, August 30. Mr. White, secretary of the men's side of the Midland Conciliation Board, testified before tho Strike Commission that the men had been unfairly treated nftci sending him information' for submission to tho board. He believed that if Mr. Askwith, of the Board of Trade, without any binding powers, could settle strikes it would be equally possible for an unbiased national board to settlo, them. Mr. Henderson declared that tho argument was fallacious. He doubted whether Mr. Askwith would be so. successful in preventing a strike as in settling one. A serious stoppage had an effect which was unobtainable otherwise. Mr. White charged tho Midland Company with exerting pressure to secure a settlement unfavourable to the men. Another witness before the Commission stated that he wanted freedom for the unions to make conditions as to tho resumption of work. Ho thought tho men should loyally obey the awards, and contended that a proper conciliation system would minimiso strikes, but he could not guarantee that it would prevent them entirely. RICH AND POOR. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE'S ADVICE. London, August 30. Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of tho Exchequer, in laying the foundation-stone of a church at Neath, Wales, said a great wave of impatience with economic conditions prevailed. It was imperative thatChurches should undertake. tho improvement of tho people's material welfare. Ananias had made a falfo property return in order to reduce his contribu-. tions to the community, and there wero many men of this typo to-day. Multitudes, in spite of their grinding toil, did not earn enough to keep body and soul together, while there were others, who toiled not, neither did they spin, possessing superabundance. He had been accused of setting class against class. If it was a criminal offence to uall attention to existing inequalities, all he could say was that social conditions called for immediate readjustment. . Mr. Lloyd-Georgo advised the well-to-do to try to keep their families on a pittance, like the millions of. workers had to do; it would cure thom of tho sin of uncharitableness. The nation had just emerged from what might have been a catastrophe. If they neglected tho lesson, the next struggle would bo infinitely worse. / SHIPBUILDING TRADE WAGES. (Rec. August 31. 10.10 p.m.) London, August 30. A conference has .taken place at Edinburgh between a, committee representing the shipyard trades unions and tho Shipbuilding Employers' Federation. It was decided to recommend tho acceptance of a proposed increase of fivo per cent, in tho piecework rates and a shilling a week in the time rates. LLANELLY RIOTS.. COMPENSATION CLAIMS. ■ (Rec. August 31, 10.10 p.m.) London,-August 31. The compensation claims in connection with the anti-Jewish riots in South Wales exceed .£IO,OOO. A verdict of accidentally killed was returned in tho inquest on tho victim of the Llanelly truck explosion. The evidence showed that tho goods-shed was fired in five places. A Birkenhead picket has been fined JGIOO for intimidation. NATIONAL COAL STRIKE. PROPOSAL GAINING FAVOUR. London, August 30. The mnnifesto issued' by tho Rhondda miners, to the effect that the present is an opportune time to make a bold stroke for a minimum wage, was issued after tho South Wales Miners' Federation executive had declined a national strike issue. This result was due to the executive being divided within itself. Tho moderates, under "Mabon" (Mr. William Abraham, M.P.), had considerable difficulty in restraining the extremists.

The manifesto asked the branches to send delegates to a meeting on Saturday nest with definite instructions.

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain will in October discuss the question of a national British coal Strike in December for a minimum wage.

The unrest regarding non-unionists is spreading to the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire collieries.

l'ho trade union has authorised the men in one pit to give a. fortnight's notice that they will strike unless non-union-ists are discharged.

Several big companies aro already declining to engage non-unionists. TRADES UNION RESPONSIBILITIES. London, August 30. ' The Association of the Chnmbers of Commerce, sitting in Dublin, unanimously demanded that a special commission should inquire regarding the working of the Trades Disputes Act, which, it was alleged, wliilc authorising peaceful picketing, had also relieved the trade unions of responsibility, and made possible the intimidation and violence witnessed during the recent strikes. The magistrates at Liverpool have invited the co-operation of the Justices throughout the United Kingdom to secure the repeal of the picketing section.