Wages Award: Strike Likely to Begin at Any Moment "London, Jan. 1%
The railway companies having refused to" make any" concession trid adopted "an uncompromising attitude, the Associated Booiety Locomotive Engineers and ire-then has officially announced thas trike is. inevitable and may Commence at any time. The union perfecting. arrangements. [or one Jan. 1.
In connexion with the threaten-railway" strike, the. aceretary "the Associated. Society Locomotive Engineers, and. Fizemen Inter announced that a strike Cannot. occur' immediately. SSertod "that would stp' all fge0ds trafic into London 1nd paa-Singer trate, The Society comprises 3,000 rivers and "fremeny but. as the National Union of Railwaymen, which" has. ne cepted the Wages Board's award, claims to have st Considerable, number of drivers fend firemen in ite mombersh iby" the companies "might. be enabled tovrun modified services, bohooed: that, failing a settlement, the stiiko will synchro. mize with the coming into' opera" tion of the findings of the Wages Bonrds which' the companies may! decree' at any time after January London, Jan, 13, The General Council of the Trade Union Congress has intervened in the railway dispute and decided to appoint 'a committee to meet the railway managers and the executive of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, with w view to, ending the deadlock or at least corponing the operation of the, fages Board's award, see "pending catia Reuter. 9 pending - negotiations. London, The General Cou rades Union Conj leved the adjourned pending further developments. Tt was decided. to. appoint an emergency committee iF niocessney.—Reuter, Impending Mine Trouble London, Jan, 14 ballot of Yorkshivo and Northumberland minors, "has resulted overwhelmingly in favour fof termination of the National Wages Agreement, The result of 4 ballot to be taken throughout the country will be announced on Thursday and is expected to be Tan, 18, H. Thomas, x... the of the National Union of Railwaymen, in a state-cent,/the members of the Union. would iis sienatare of the award of rath. Conssquently only 30 [the Union endorsed, Me, Thomas expected the Union to honour the fenilorsement, regardless of the consequences, but. the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers Jana Fi festo Inst Vight, says that the official date jand time for the cessation of work hive been tent to all the branches in order to secure simultancou Stoppnze throughout the country jand exhorts the members to strike. jab the appointed hour.—Reuter.
Arthur Henderson's Significant it to Railwaymen London, Jan. 16.
At the close of a contereneo of port exployzrs and the Transport: warkerf Union, on the Tatter's claim for an increnso of dockers? wages throughout the country by oad sh@llingn a day,. it" was announced that the employers had informed the Union that they wor unable lin the pivsont, condition of trade to concede any increase in wages. The Union is
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