The issues involved in the building deadlock are set forth
from the masters' point of view by a correspondent of the Times in Tuesday's issue. In January the London master builders, irritated by the " lightning " strikes—i.e., strikes suddenly adopted if any man failed to produce a Union ticket—decided to lock out all employees who declined to sign a personal guarantee pledging themselves under a money penalty to work harmoniously with their fellow- workmen, whether Unionists or non-Unionists. This demand they have now definitely abandoned, and expressed their willingness to accept the assurance given by the Unions represented on the National Conciliation Board of the industry that they will be responsible for the behaviour of their members. But the men have declined to accept the settlement on these lines approved by the Conciliation Board, and refuse to con- cede the right of the masters to employ non-Unionists.
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