THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADE.
On Monday the shops of the master builders were opened to the men. The latter arrived in considerable numbers at the building establish- ments, but at the sight of the " document," the greater part of them returned to their homes. Those who remained were comparatively few. It has been estimated that about 3000 men have resumed work under the new conditions. Some of the employers accepted the men without in- sisting on the document. The pickets of the workmen have been very active in dissuading non-society men, skilled and unskilled, from return- ing to work. The Conference declared a dividend on Monday-12s. to the skilled and 88. to the unskilled workmen lately in the employ of the Messrs. Trollops, and 4s. to others.
The united coachmakers now propose not to work either by the piece or by the day for more than ten hours and a half. The counterpane weavers in Bolton have arranged for a strike unless the manufactfirers a-ill grant an advance of wages. Strikes have occurred. at Lincoln and Cambridge.
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