LABOUR UPHEAVAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 83, 5 October 1910, Page 7

LABOUR UPHEAVAL.

COTTON TRADE LOCK-OUT. OPERATIVES' DEMANDS. A JOINT CONFERENCE SUGGESTED By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON, 4th October. The cotton operatives demanded that Howe, the grinder whose dismissal was the cause of the lock-out, should be fonnd work at another mill, and the employers replied that they would recommend the mill-owners to give Howe the first vacancy. The operatives' reply to this was that they must insist on Howe's employment as a preliminary to arbitration. Mr. Askwith, Board of Trade secretary, also suggests the holding of a joint conference prior to arbitration, to discuss powers conferred under the Brooklands decision to alter the working conditions. The operatives have agreed to this. A MISUNDERSTANDING. MILLS OPEN, BUT CLOSE AGAIN. LONDON, 4th October. Some of the cotton mills, believing a settlement had been reached on Sunday, opened yesterday, but closed again an hour later. The error led to the Doxology and Te i)eum being sung in some churches and chapels. CLIFTON COLLIERY MINERS. TERMS OF SETTLEMENT REJECTED. LONDON, 4th October. Nine hundred miners at the Clifton Colliery, Nottinghamshire, after being on strike for a year in consequence of a readjustment of wages owing to the instalment of new machinery, have now rejected an offer of amended terms. The Miners' ■ Association has already I paid £30,000 strike pay. GERMAN METAL-WORKERS. PROSPECT OF AN EXTENSIVE STRHvE. LONDON, 4th October. - There is a prospect of a lock-out in the German metal-working industry which will affect 630,000 employees. The outlook is regarded as gloomy and electricians in many centres threaten to strike in sympathy with the metalworkers. CONCESSIONS OFFERED. (Received October 5, 11 a.m.) BERLIN 4th October. The German shipbuilders have offered concessions which, if accepted, will- avert the threatened lock-out in the metal industry. RAILWAYMEN'S CONGRESS. EIGHT-HOUR DAY WANTED. (Received October 5, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, 4th October. At the congress , of the Amalgamated Railway Society Mr. Barry demanded the establishment of the eight-hours system on the railways. COMPENSATION TO WORKMEN. (Received October 5, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, 4th October. The Miners' Federation Conference, now sitting at- Edinburgh, demanded a minimum payment of 15s a week under the Compensation Act for all classes of adult labour. SYDNEY SLAUGHTERMEN. A HITCH IN THE SETTLEMENT. DISMISSAL OF NON-UNIONISTS DEMANDED. (Received October 5, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. • Fresh troublei has arisen in connection with the slaughtering dispute. The men demanded the dismissal of non-unionists before restarting work, but the employers refuse to comply with the demand.