THE STRIKE OVER.

Thames Star, Volume LIX, Issue 16787, 14 May 1926, Page 5

THE STRIKE OVER.

RENEWAL OF SUBSIDY. VICTORY FOR COMMON-SENSE. CONFERENCE TO-DAY. (A. and N.Z. Cable.) LONDON, Mat 12. ' It Is officially announced that the general strike has terminated. The settlement is based on the following memorandum drawn up by Sir Herbert Samuel, acting entirely on hia ,Own initiative: ; Firstly, the renewal of the subsidy ! for a reasonable period. Secondly, the creation of a Mining Wages Board. Thirdly, no revision of a previous wage unless it can be assured that, the .Coal Commission’s plans for reorganisation will be effectively adopted. The Trades Union Council accepted jthis. . Mr Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, in a dignified speech in the House of Commons, said: “It is a victory for ..common-sense; we must not look backwards but forwards, and work in a spirit of co-operation, leaving all vindictiveness behind.’’ Mr Ramsay MacDonald paid a tribute to the large spirit of Mr Baldwin's statement, and he said the Labour Party would do nothing to cause a breach. It is officially stated that the miners will not resume work, pending the .delegates’ conference on Friday. The effect- of the strike on the Exchequer is shown by the returns. There was a £7,000,000 diminution in revenue last week, compared with the corresponding week of last year. Faces were suddenly wreathed in jsmiles as the news of the calling off Of the strike winged its way throughout the country, though there was no Sign of undue jubilation, on account of the public composure, which has characterised the past days and especially the efficiency of the emergency -measures which reached the apex of -perfection to-day. Even the weather was in kindly -mood, and thousands of people proceeded to work in tolerable comfort: The arrivals at Victoria Station were attracted by chalk notices: “No -.more volunteers wanted.” Skelton staffs in factories and workshops immediately busied themselves in anticipation of normal working to-morrow. Within an hour of the announcement machinery was humming in several offices.

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. NO CONDITIONS CONCEDED. (A. and N. Z. Cable.) LONDON, May 13. It is officially announced the general ■strike has terminated without the -Government conceding any conditions. •The settlement - resulted from a conference between the members of the ■Cabinet and Council of Trades Union ■Congress. The miners’ officials made it clear -that they dissociate themselves from •the decision of the Council. The executive of the Miners’ Fed.eration despatched the following telegram to all districts: —“Miners must not resume work pending the decision of the National Conference, to be held -in London on Friday.” The King’s Message. The King sent the following message to the people:—“The nation has just passed through a period of extreme anxiety. Now that the general strike has ended, it is supremely -Important to bring together all my •people to confront the difficult task remaining and requiring the co-opera-tion of all able and well-disposed men throughout the country. Even with ■such help a solution is difficult, but -not impossible. Let us forget whatever elements of bitterness the past few days created, only remembering how steady and orderly the country ■remained through a severe test, and forthwith addressing ourselves to the -task of securing a lasting peace, because in forgetting the past we look .only to the future with the hopefulness of a united people.” The news of the settlement of the Strike caused dismay in Russia. Business in England is returning to (normal.