The strike of engine-drivers which was threatened last week by
Mr. Bromley because some members of his union had suffered in an affray at Mallow did not take place. The larger railway union declined to support . the strike, the Labour leaders disapproved ,of it, and at -last the executive committee ,of Mr. Bromley's own society threw him over and informed the Prime. Minister that they only wanted a full inquiry into the Mallow affair. The committee naively admitted,. that they . were influenced by the general indignation which. Mr. Bromley's most improper threats had roused.. It is, however, significant that the Associated, Society of Locomotive Engineers does not mean to , be •ruled by its paid secretary as Russia •is ruled by Lenin. Mr. Bromley has been, talking as if he alone had the power to stop the railway service and paralyse the community. It would be intolerable if any one man or group of men had such power. Mr. Bromley, however, is clearly not the autocrat that he professes to be.
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