London, June 10.
Representatives of the cotton employers and operatives have resumed negotiations at Manchester with regard to the amount of the reduction in wages. The proceedings are expected to be prolonged, but optimism prevails as regards a satisfactory issue.
June 11.
The Manchester cotton dispute conference which opened yesterday lasted nine hours. The difference between the employers' and employees' figures for the proposed reduction in wages was at the start 93 pence. This was later diminished to 11 pence, namely, the employers desiring a 53 pence and the employees only a 42 pence reduction in the pound. The employers declined arbitration and the conference adjourned till Tuesday.—Reuter.
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