LABOR ITEMS.
London, October 25. The Amalgamated Society of Engineers have agreed to hold a conference, provided the lock-out and strike notices are withdrawn. Mr Barnes, secretary of the Engineers’ Society, states that the unions are likely to have a rough time. A member of the Engineers’ Society, who was sent to Kiel, Germany, to advocate the cause of the strikers, was arrested and compelled to leave the town. The boilermakers who recently struck have decided to continue the strike until eight hours is conceded them, in spite of the decision of the Boilermakers’ Society not to grant strike pay because of their refusal to accept a compromise with the employers by which thei 1892 agreement was reverted to. The railway employees have requested a reply to their demand for eight hours by November 16th. IE a demand is not conceded it is proposed to refer the question to arbitration. The South Wales miners have passed a resolution granting assistance to the engineers on strike. Rome, Oct. 23, The Italian Socialists have decided to grant assistance to the English strikers. Sydney, Oct. 25. The strike of Lucknow miners shows signs of collapsing. With one exception the surfacemen have returned to work, having made arrangements aa to terms.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 3199, 28 October 1897, Page 1
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