A DEMAND FROM GLASGOW

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 28, 1 February 1919, Page 5

A DEMAND FROM GLASGOW

GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO

INTERVENE

EIGHT HOURS' DAY FOR THE

RAILWAYS.

(IDS. AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN. AND RKUTER.)

(Received February 1, 2.30 p.m.)

LONDON, 30th January

The Press Bureau states : The Lord Provost of Glasgow telegraphed to the Government stating that a deputation appointed by a large meeting had requested him to. urge the Government to intervene with the employers to secure a forty-hour week, without reduction of wages. The deputation stated that constitutional methods had been pursued hitherto ; but .failing the Government's consideration of the present request, any other methods would be adopted that would be likely to advance their cause.

Mr. Bonar Law, in, reply, stated that the dispute had been dealt with by the employers and duly-elected trades union representatives. The Government was therefore unable to intervene. Such action would only undermine the authority of the men's chosen representatives, and destroy the co-operation of the employers and employed, upon which, the hope of industrial peace depends.

Representatives of the Railways Executive Committee and of the railwaymen's unions have signed an agreement establishing the principle of the eight-hour day.

Australian soldiers and army officers assisted the police to suppress the Glasgow riots.