By a large majority the conference of executives of unions affiliated to 'Trades Union Congress to-day' carried a resolution supporting the ation of the General Council in calling off the general strike of last May.
'The Miners Federation moved an amendment that the report made by the General Council justifying its action and the statement made the Miners' Federation censuring the General Council should be submitted to the vote of the members of the unions. This amendment was ruled out of order by the Standing Orders Committee on the ground hat the conference of the T.U.C executives should decide ment or otherwise the action Fellow Conspirators Also: Orders igned for Deportation:
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'The Catalan conspiracy trial ended to-day. Colonel Macia, leader of the Catalan Separatist plot and Count Riociotti Garibaldi, were each sentenced to two months' imprisonment Hfreighters of the American Merchant jand fined 100 franes.
The other accused, who are all catalans, with the exception of Rizzoli, an Italian, were each sentenced to a month's imprisonment, and fined 50 francs.
All the accused were ordered to! pay the cost of the and all farms found in their possession are 10 be confiscated.
The trial throughout was most theatrical and was punctuated by vehement accusations and heated deniels, Garibaldi repeatedly pro-essed hhis innocence.
'The Court was packed to-day. 'The Catalan plot itself was barely mentioned, but the prosecution dealt with the illegal possession of arms fand said that Macia, by hatching "mad adventure in' France," had vance with The Tribunal, in ment, declared that Garibaldi's complicity in the Catalan plot had. not} been established therefore, found him "not xuil but the [charge of possessing arms had been proved. All the accused were senenced under this charge.
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