The Engineers' Strike.
The London Amalgamated Society of Engineers has agreed to the holding of a conference, provided the lock-out and strike notices are with drawn. Mr Barnes, secretary of the Engineers' Society, states that the unions are likely to have a rough time. A member of the Engineers' Sociniy, who was spnt to Kiel, Germany, to advocate the cause of the strikers, was arrested, and compelled to leave the town. The boilermakers who recently -truck have decided to continue the strike until eight hours have been conceded to them, in spite of the decision of the Boilermakers' Society not to grant them strike pay because of their refusal to accppt a compromise with the employers, by., which the 1892 agreement was reverted to. The railway employees have requested a reply to their demand for night hours by November 16 h. If the demand is not conoeded it is proposed to refer the question to arbitration.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 October 1897, Page 2
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156The Engineers' Strike. Manawatu Herald, 28 October 1897, Page 2
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