THE RAILWAY STRIKE.
SETTLEMENT REACHED.
DRIVER TO BE REINSTATED,
STRIKE LEADERS UNPOPULAR.
Bv Tclocraph-Prcss Association-Copyright London, Decembor 15. The magistrate, Mr. Chester Jones, has found that Knox was not drunk.
Tho Homo Secretary, Mr. Reginald M'Kennn, 'has advised his Majosty tho King to grant Knox a frco pardon. Tho striko is now settled, and Knox has been reinstated.
Tho strikers will resume but will be fined six days' pay. ' The mon's representatives agreed not to strike in-tho futuro without giving legal notice.
The men employed during tho striko have accepted compensation in lieu of continued employment.
Tho strikers aro dissatisfied with tho sotitamenx, and deci&vc that their leaders havo sold them aga'm.
It was previousJy reported that Knox was disorderly in a tram-car, and assaulted the police. His disration by tho companv was the original causo of tho strike, as tho men contended thnt the evidence on the point that he had been the worse for liquor was not sufficiently clear to warrant the charge being made a cause for disrating him. FINES FOR STRIKERS. AGGREGATE £7000. (Rec. December IG, 9.5 p.m.) London, December 16. The strikers' fines will aggregate seven thousand sterling. Many sectional meetings have been held at which the strikers wrathfully denounced tho leaders' settlement. ... i.....■,' A COSTLY STRIKE. N.E.R. LOSES £50,000.* London, December 15. , The striko cost the North-Eastern Railway Company £50,000. A.S.R.S. FIGHTING FUND. .INVESTMENTS IN RAILWAY STOCK. London, December 15. The Society of Amalgamated Railway Servants has £48,656' of its fighting fund invested in British railways. Every strike depreciates the stock. THE 1911 SETTLEMENT. ALLEGED BREACHES. London, December 15. At the request of the Midland Railway Directors and the Amalgamated Society. •6f Railway Servants, the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Sydney Buxton, has appointed a commissioner to inquire into the alleged breaches of the 1911 settlement.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1625, 17 December 1912, Page 7
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304THE RAILWAY STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1625, 17 December 1912, Page 7
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