MILITARY WITHDRAWN

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 12, 30 August 1911, Page 5

MILITARY WITHDRAWN

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association.

London ,August 29. The military have heen withdrawn from Liverpool, and work is normal. Mr Williams complained that the lack of uniformity of procedure in conciliation boards and the delay in establishing the machinery of various arbitrations had cost the Railway men’s Society £130,000. The hitch in the scheme lay in the companies claiming the solo right to interpret awards, and declaring that the men had nothing to do with it. That was one cause ol the strike. Another was the limitation of present machinery to hours and wages, which were only a small poition of the grievances which had brought about the strike. There had been a great delay in reaching the awards, in some instances fifteen to eighteen months elapsing between initiation and settlement. He suggested a board for each company, instead of sectional boards, which were costly, to prepare evidence. The failure of the settlement of disputes was largely due to want of freedom in urging the men’s claims, where the secretary was in the employ of a company. A national board was required, equally representing the companies and the men, with an independent chairman, to settle disputes wbei individual hoards fail. .tiou of the unions was the kc" ... of the situation. A section of the South Wales minors has issued a manifesto urging that the present is an opportune time to make a bold stroke for a minimum wage.