BRITISH RAILWAY TROUBLE.
RESISTANCE TO DEMANDS. THE REASON WHY. Received October 24, 10.27 p.m. LONDON, October 24. Lord Claud Hamilton, Chairman of the Railway Companies Association, has issued a statement giving reasons for the Railway Companies, firmly resisting the demands of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. The Board of Trade, the statement declares, controls the railway, and in many respects alr,o the men's hours, and there was no further control by an irresponsible body. The railways cannot be moved or closed, nor in the case of the unions committing a breach of faith ean the railways order a lock-out, whereas a union can order a strike. Therefore the Railway Companies and unions—if the latter's demands are recognised—would be on unequal terms, and the railways would be placed at the mercy of tha unions. The statement concludes: "The demand for recognition is only the first move in a deep laid campaign of the Socialist forces impelling trades unions against individualism and capitals.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8864, 25 October 1907, Page 5
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162BRITISH RAILWAY TROUBLE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8864, 25 October 1907, Page 5
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