LATE TELEGRAMS.
«. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. GLADSTONE AND THE EIGHT HOURS MOVEMENT. C PKIt DNITKD PIIKSS ASSOCIATION 1 .) Londox, June 17. Mr Gladstone received a deputation on the eight hours question to-day. He did not show much sympathy with the proposal, and said lie was astonished at the desire to restrict tne personal freedom of workers. The Trades Unions are incensed with Mr tiladstone's refusal to recognise the Eight Hours movement, and threaten to run a hundred candidates against the Liberals in retaliation. Later. Mr Gladstone's interview with the eight hour deputation was an animated one, and in the discussion he combated every statement advanced by the delegates. Mr Gladstone declared he would be di - graced and sink to the lowest point possible for the most unprincipled to fall if he forsook Home Rule in favor of any other matter. The Times applauds Mr Gladstone for refusing to commit himself to the demands of the Trades Council.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 151, 18 June 1892, Page 2
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