THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADE.
The struggle in the building trade between the employers and society men has assumed somewhat of a new form. The employers have sought, and in some measures succeeded in finding, hands in the provinces. The Conference of society men, on the other hand, have used their utmost efforts to waylay, persuade, intimidate, and repel the new hands. In many cases they have succeeded. The employers have bad recourse to stratagems to bring their hands safely to work. In one case policemen are employed to guard men at work, and stand like sentinels over them. The Conference has " called off" workmen engaged in the country, and men have left their work without giving any notice. The workmen who have gone in have accepted the declaration. Still the numbers on strike have not diminished. Funds come in—the society's coffers have to yield up their stores in addition to the contributions from the trades generally. The original movers in this unhappy business, the Con- ference men at the Pavior's Arms, are as determined as ever.
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