INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 17, 3 January 1912, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

HAIL WAY UNIONS COALESCE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) £ United Press Association.) 'London, January 2. Four of tli 3 railway workers’ unions have prepared a scheme of amalgamation.. 1 lie now organisation will have a membership of ISO,I HU). Tae present executives will be retained for two years. THE SPINNING TRADE. London, December 2. Sir G. R. Askwitli opens separate conferences of masters and men at .Manchester. The men are in holiday mood. There are indications that both sides arc more ready for a settlement. J t is suggested that the weavers should withdraw from tae position they have taken up' regarding nonunionists, and that the masters concede 5 per cent, advance in wages. ENGLISH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS (Received 3, 9 a.m.) London, January 2. The arbitrator has ordered the railway workshop labourers at Harwich a minimum wage of Cl and' those earning more an additional shilling. MERCANTILE MARINE HOURS. (Received 3, 9 a.m.) London, January 2. Tom Mann, in a speech in London, said the tim,o had come to demand a reduction of hours in the Mercantile Marine, which was only obtainable at ports. The transport workers were already organising for the purpose. ACTORS WANT A RISE. Melbourne, January 2. The Actors’ Union is claiming a minimum of Co weekly, the management to provide all the wardrobe and pay for rehearsals. London, January 2. The trade union agitation against increasing the hours of the Thames ship-building men continues. The receiver lias written to Mr Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, asking that the Thames Ironworks be made Admiralty contractors without the intervention of northern firms, thus preserving the eight hours day. NEWCASTLE MINERS AND THEIR LEADERS. WHAT THE LEADERS CLAIM TO DO. (Received 3, 9.50 a.m.) Sydney, January 3. The leaders of the Newcastle miners deny Mr Brown’s statement regarding delegates. Mr Watson, president of the Colliery Employers’ Federation, declares that the fact is that the leaders of the Federation very often saved off disasters in the district and restrained the miners from taking action, which would have been fully justified. • Ho'added that an understanding between the proprietors was almost completed for the appointment of a joint committee to settle disputes ap they arise, to endeavour by peaceful negotiations to secilre happier relations than have existed for many yearsl past. He is hopeful that this year kvill sec the end of the hostility between the proprietors and men, and happy and peaceful relationship established.