THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 5

THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

ATTITUDE THE EMPLOYERS. . .THE MEN SAID TO BE HOPEFUL. Pius Aiiocl»Mon.-Elictrlc T(!«r»pb.-Copjrl«lit, / " : •' 1 London, November V. . Tag Employers' Federation demand as. one condition for the ' holding of a conference that the strike notices issued by the London branch of the Amalgamated . Society of Engineers shall be unconditionally i. withdrawn,; and . that the question as to the hours of labour : shall' be discussed upon defined lines, , each side to appoint its own chairman. .. i ~: London, November B.' 1 v..Mr.. Barnes, the' secretary ;of the v Engineers' Association, states that the engineers will; not surrender until tho ; ■ battle for eight hours has been won in ; ■ London and the provinces. The pro- ' spects of ultimate .victory,: he says,, v, daily grow "rosier." He states that' the employers shortly find them*; selvWcontending with the whole force of labour. - - •?'. -'"O' Vr -v. Thames, Monday., : 1 : ;• •• At the quarterly meeting of the Thames Miners' Union, on Saturday evening,. the j only business'of importance was the passing of a resolution, making a general levy of J Is , upon 'every member, for the purpose of . assisting the English Amalgamated Engi-. neers in their'present strike for the eight) hours a day system. The resolution was pro- ■ posed and sccondod by Messrs. Lachlan and • Freney, respectively, and was carried with' : out one dissentient vote. ' The President,; - in reply to a question by Mr, Paltridge, as : to whether the levy could be mortgaged by.v; { .:;A advancing a sum of monoy at once from the • Union's funds, so as to avoid delay in Send- , \g s i ing relief, said that ho would be prepared , ' £ to sign a cheque at once lor half the amount. of the levy, 'proYided the other officials : • wero agreeable to such a course.. Nothing y.■:], further* however, was decided upon in tha : : 'i--:: matter. V'< •'••• ■ '■' ' ' ' ' DoiVKdin, Monday. . 'v : Aba meeting of the local branch of the . " 1 Carpenters'and Joiners' Society, it was resolved to make a levy of Is per week per member, in aid of the engineers on strike, the levy to continue as long as the strike ; lasts.