THE CLYDE. LOCK OUT.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 60, 27 August 1877, Page 2

THE CLYDE. LOCK OUT.

The Clydp lock-out took effect pn May l&whpn about 10,000.menw,ere dismissed I from the shipbuilding yards in the upper reaqh.es of the Clyde district. The number, it is believed, will be trebled in. thp. course, of a few days. Probably the larger number, would have been, locked, out at once but for the existence of time contracts— that ip to say, contracts be-.. tween the employers and their men for tlie, execution of a certain class of work, with, which, theip can be no interference. It is expected, however, that even the largest of these, contracts will) soon expire and unless an, arrangement is meantime come to no, similar contrflcts^ will be entered into. Of course, forempn and apprentices have been, retained, as the masters hope that with their assistance they will be, able to clear off the. pressing work op hand,. Public opinion is. very muph divided as to, the propriety of the lock out. The boiler-makers, it ip said, are likely to make a demand for an>ad« dition of- 10. per., cent, on, their wages beforp resuming, work. At, a, meeting of shipwrights, held on, Saturday, at, Patrick, one of the suburbs of Glasgow, it was reported, that a, communication, had' been, received by thp. Executive Committee, stating that Her. Majpsty's Government were prepared to, employ large numbers, of shipwrights for the Navj, the terms offered being L6B 8s 6d per annum for Jour ypars, and L 73 jer annum for the

next ten years, food and clothing to be providod by Government. At a largelyattended mpeting of the Clyde ship, wrights, held in Patrick, Glasgow, it was. resolved to agree, as proposed by neutral parties, to submit the dispute to arbitra tion.