Feb, 21.
The joint cotton conference between the employers and leaders of the employees, arranged for to-day, was held at 'Manchester and ad-Journed until Monday next operatives in the meantime will consider the employers' proposal to create a committee to consider how to reduce production costs.
There was a much more hopeful spirit present when the discussions opened to-day and an impression prevailed that a compromise would be reached on the question of reduced wages and Sgoreaned hours,
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