WORK AND WAGES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9091, 30 April 1890, Page 5

WORK AND WAGES.

STRIKES. THE MAT DEMONSTRATIONS; [by imcnuo seeks hapu.—cop yjhoutj [Special to Press Association.] [Received April CD at coon.] _ LONDON, April 2S, The National "Federation Trades Councilhave decided to adhere to their previous determination of holding a grand procession of the various trades in Hyde Park on May 1, as they consider it would he a breach of faith with the foreign workmen to abandon the procession ou the first for a demonstration on Sunday, May 4. Workmen in the Provinces are apathetic in tho matter. Tho majority of tho bootmakers who were ou strike have resumed work on the basis proposed by the masters; in this the latter agree to provide workshops for the men who have hitherto been employed under the sweating system. A few of the men have, however, declined to return to work until the new workshops have been actually erected.

The tailors have given notice of their intention to go out on strike on May 4.

The Directors o£ the Great Southern and Western Railway Company of Ireland are engaging blacklegs to fill the places of the men who are out on strike, and it is expected that traffic will be resumed. The signalmen who went out on strike are to be prosecuted by the Directors for deserting their posts. NEW YORK, April 23. Tbe difficulty with the Chicago carpenters is still unsettled. The masters are willing to concede the men’s demands regarding hours and wages, but decline to recognise the Trades Unions. VIENNA, April 23. The Workmen’s Executive Committee has issued a manifesto in which a request is made to the men to behave in an orderly manner during the labour celebrations on May 1, and also to use their best endeavours to preserve order, [Received April 30, at 1.20 a.m.'l LONDON, April 29, A compromise has been arranged between the Medway lightermen and tbe masters, and the men have resumed work. The sailors on Messrs Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s steamers have struck, demanding forty-eight hours as a week’s work while steamers are in harbour. The New Zealand Shipping Company have conceded the demand. The dockers endorse the demand made by the sailors. Much alarm is being felt in most European cities at the approaching labour demonstration on Thursday, and in Vienna the residents are placing their valuables in the custody of the banks.