The two features of the dispute] that have surprised us most are not the boldness with which Mr. Baldwin jand his Government have come out fon the side of the mine-owners in face of their unpopularity and the tedium attached to their demands, Jand the way that the strikers have, until now, resisted the persuasions Jand threats of the Government. In the printing trades in particular it is a definitely set down in the rule books that no dispute can take place without ballet of the wombers and. the xiving of due notice to the em-players, "Yet the unconstitutional all out by the Excenrive Committees /was responded to in every part of ithe country in defiance of all the agreements with the employers, and the fact that this industry is governed by a joint industrial coun jof employers. and employed. Thi ]Government has persistently pointed cout to the strikers that they are liable for damages by this breach of contract, and offered them a complete Jamnegty if they will return to work, with an additional guarantee that they shall be protected from [victimization or the lose of any union benefits. But more -than 95 per Jcent. of them have stood firm and are still on the streets.
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