The North-Eastern Railway Company seem to have beaten their men.
By recalling heaps of dismissed drivers, and engaging anybody who knew anything about an engine, they have kept their traffic going, and have now signified that after April they will take none of those who struck back into employ—rather a harsh resolve. The Train confirms the suspicion we expressed last week, that the men really struck in a rage at the harsh language of the foreman, who called one of them "a fool." The Great Eastern has, we see, yielded without fighting, giving the Brighton terms, i.e.,. 10 hours, 7s. 6d. a day as maximum pay, and right of appeal on supersession ; and the workmen express them- selves most warmly about the courtesy of the Superintendent. If this feeling spread, we shall have soldiers and sailors objecting to be damned, and then where will the world and the Duke of Cambridge be ?
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