SATISFACTORY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 79, 10 April 1913, Page 5

SATISFACTORY.

RAILWAY STRIKE SETTLED MEN RESUME FORTHWITH. [By Electric Telegraph—Copvkicht] [United Phess Association.] Sydney, April 9. The railway strike is over. The men accepted the Government's Royal Commission, with some modification and the provision that there should be no victimisation. They will resume forthwith, acceptance of theSclshrdl cmfw vbg The mass meeting which carried the acceptance of the Royal Commission lasted three hours. After conferring with Mr Carmichael and obtaining certain modifications of the terms of the Comimssion, Mr Catts, the secretary of the Railwaymen's Union, and several members of the Labour Council addressed the meeting, strongly advocating the adoption and carrying of the resolution accepting the amended terms. This was done. An enthusiastic demonstration followed. The modifications which turned the scale were that the conditions of labor about the railway goods-shed should bo dealt witii prior to the subjects covered in the order of reference of the Commission, and that there should bo no victimisation. All parties are gratified with the settlement. The men's leaders claim that the railwaymen .demonstrated their unity, solidarity and strength, and impressed the public with their grievances. They obtained from the Government constitutional means for the ventilating and remedying of their grievances, which were denied by the Arbitration Court. Out of 700 strikers there were only half-a-dozen defections. Others state that.there were signs of wavering among a number of strikers, who would have resumed duty in the morning, and, failing acceptance of the Commission, the strike would have broken down.

The men will resume on regular shifts, but it will be Friday before the goods service is properly restored, vi •'.:

The terms of the Commission covers enquiry into and operation and effect of the industrial awards upon the whole railway service, and provides that in the event of the conviction of an employee by the Arbitration Court for striking such conviction should not justify dismissal.

"BLACK WEDNESDAY."

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Sydney, April 10

Business people regard the cessation of the strike as ending a condition which was verging on industrial paralysis, and tlireatenijig iM; to i ,culwiriat,) in a sort of Black" Wednesday".