News Of The Week
T HE menace of a great labour war has passed away for the moment. The railway strike was settled on Saturday week, a normal service has now been resumed on all the railways, and......
The Settlement Was For The Most Part Loyally Accepted By
the strikers, the majority of whom returned to work on Monday ; but on the North Eastern, where "recognition "had already been granted and the conciliation scheme does not......
The General Railway Strike Which Began On The Morning Of
Friday week only lasted till the evening of the following day. The strike leaders claimed that more than 200,000 men had come out, and traffic was paralyzed in the Midlands and......
On Tuesday Mr. Asquith Announced The Names Of The Members
of the Commission of Inquiry. They are Sir David Harrel, formerly Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland, who has since acted for the Board of Trade in several important......
Meantime Negotiations Had Been Resumed Between The Com-...
the Strike Committees at the Board of Trade in view of an alleged misunderstanding over the Government's offer of a Commission on the previous Thursday. The Prime Minister in......
Negotiations Were At Once Reopened, And Late On Saturday...
an agreement was arrived at and signed by the repre. sentatives of the companies and the men. All the men who went out are to be reinstated at the earliest possible moment, and......
The Liverpool Shipowners Strongly Urged The Tramways...
reinstatement, on the ground that any further concession to the Strike Committee would perpetuate unrest, while the transport workers threatened a national strike if the men......
