The Wages War.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 9, 26 August 1911, Page 5

The Wages War.

LABOUR LEADERS ANNOYED WITH THE “VICTORY.” By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. London, August 25. Tho railway companies’ revenue last week decreased by half a million. It is estimated that, with tho increased cost of working tho restricted services and tho damage to property, tiio loss was fully £89(3,000. An article published hv too La■hour leaders censures tae joint committee for describing tho abortive terminating of ttic strike as a victory.for trade unionism. It was a victory filling tho Labour stalwarts with chagrin and dismay. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in an article in tho same journal, declares that Mr. Asquith, with no adequate explanation of his proposal, plunged for a Royal Commission. The offer was right'down upon tho railwayman's representatives and more like a declaration of war than an incident in the negotiations for peace. The windows broken in tho London riots will cost the city £2OOO to replace. Tho Railway Servants’ Society estimates that strike pay will amount to £■79,000.

BRITISH PREMIER INTERVIEWED. London, August 25. Workers in all branches at Liverpool have evinced satisfaction at the termination of the disputes. Mr. Asquith, interviewed, said he hoped the result of the settlement would be tho cessation of strikes of every kind throughout the city and the strict observance of the terms agreed upon. Differences, after such a crisis were possible, but by commonsense both sides should overcome thorn and forgot the bitterness of the struggle. All the work done in calming tae riots and smoothing the angry feelings of the people had been the work of tut Home Office Commissioners.

Mr. T. O’Connor, interviewed, declared that he was convinced that Micro woud bb no further disturbance. Ho trusted the settlement would bring peace for many years to the commercial and industrial community. Mr. Charles Booth, chairman of the Shipowners’ Committee, declared that tho settlement of the. tramways difficulty did not ifnply an immediate resumption at the docks. Shipowners, ooforo cargo work resumed, would insist on guarantees from tho dockers that they would fulfil the agreement. Earlier in the day tho Shipowners’ Committee urged the tramway authorities not to yield to the’monstrous threat of a general strike, _ warning them that peace at such a price would encourage a repetition of the same methods at tho earliest convenient opportunity. The latter added that there could bo no lasting peace until the methods of tho strike committee and tho National Transport Workers’ Federation Avero discredited as hostile to the interests of sound trade unionism and a menace to the prosperity of the country.