THE BIG LOCK-OUT.
EARLY SETTLEMENT UNLIKELY,
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE IN BELFAST <Elec. Tel Copyright—United Prws Assn (Australian and N Z Cable association. LONDON, March 13. The engineers' lock-out is proceeding quietly. The only development was at Dundee, where the engineers urged the executive to bring out all the associated unions. Extremists at Glasgow, Sheffield) and other principal centres are markedly active, endeavoring to enlarge the scope of the dispute, but, seemingly, with little likelihood of success. London headquarters of the Communist Party continues to issue defiant manifestoes, urging the workers .not to permit a repetition of the Miners' Black Friday. The English union officials state that members stand solid on the main issues, but the union funds are seriously depleted owing to the enormous unemployment drain. , Mr. Clynes takesi a gloomy view, and thinks that there are no prospects for an early settlement. He urges'Government intervention and the appointment of a Court of Inquiry. The amalgamated engineers' unions at Belfast unanimously decided to strike in support of the engineers of, Britain. Twenty-five shops and two thousand men will be affected.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15773, 14 March 1922, Page 3
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