LETTERS ON THE STRIKE.
[Wo print a number of letters which have reached us dealing with the strike. Host of them, its is apparent, were written before tho settlement.] • THE CLAIM FOR INDEMNITY. Sir,—l read, with no small degree of astonishment, and considerable indignation, the latest demands of tho tramwaymen, as given in tho papers this morning. They know they havo broken tho law, and have the barefaced impudence to ask those against whom they have committed tho offence to pay the penalty of their offence. Why, sir, it would be just as reasonable for a man,, found guilty of burglary, to flsk the Judge to inflict the penalty of the crime on the injured householder. What, are tlio tramwaymen thinking of to be leii by such empty-headed claptrap, as this? It is simply disgusting—l am, etc., . - J.R. -■[The demand for indemnity was withdrawn by tho "reasonable men" who put ft, forward.l
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 6
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152LETTERS ON THE STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 6
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