RAILWAYS CRISIS.
_——« OWNERS'? PRONOUNCEMENT. ?. "A DEEP- LAID'CAMPAIGN OF THE SOCIALISTS." UNEQUAL POSITION. UT TEI.EGKAHI—I?RES3 ' ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT. (Rec. Oct. 24,*10.28 p.m.) London, October 24. : Lord Claud Hamilton, Chairman of tho Railway Companies' Association, has issued a statement giving tho rea.-nns of tho railway companies for firißfy resisting tho demands of, tho Amalgamated Society of Railway. Servants. The state neat asserts: — The Board of Trade icontrols tho railways in many respects. :ilso the -men s hours, and there can bo -no further con- . t'rol. by an irresponsible.- body. The railways ea.unot be moved or closed,' nor, in case of the unions com inittinK a breach of faith, can the railways order a lockout, whereas the union can order a strike; thc-r tore, the n alway companies and the unions,.' if .tho lai-tor's demand. 1 -' are recognised, will be on unequal terms, and tho railways will be plnci'd at the me:!cy of the unions. . . . The demand for :ecoraition of tho Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants is only tho first move in a deep-laid campaign tit the Socialist ifoc:es, impelling the trades unions agar.ist. individualism and capital.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 5
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183RAILWAYS CRISIS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 5
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