Number of Demands London, June 4. ight owing' to a dispute with regard to wages id working conditions. The strike is disavowed by the National Union of Railwaymen, whose members will remain at work and prevent a general stoppage, but the situation is complicated by the action of the Locomotive Society, which has sent a strong letter to the railway companies giving a time-limit for satisfaction of a number of demands in connexion with anomalies arising from the last strike settlement and threatening drastic action if they' are not conceded.
June 5.
The authorities had not received information of the operation of the threatened railway strike midnight up to two o'clock on the following morning.
The strike of the railway shopmen developed rapidly during the night and as a result many tube services have been considerably affected and to-day city workers were much delayed.
Underground. railway companies in London officially state that train service is being maintained on all lines, but that it has been necessary to close some' of the least important stations in order to conserve power for the benefit of long distance passengers.
Forty per cent. of the shopmen at the Lots Road power house and station were working this morning.
As regards the Great Western Railway only shopmen are involved. The traffic was hitherto not affected.
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