T.U.C. Declares for Striker rs: Employers Blamed for Dispute: Government Intervention Neweastle, Sept. 5. £10,000 has siveady been pro-Over 00. delegates from parts of Great Britain' are atten Sept. 7. Eeg'thg anneal wstingss of toe There was an exciting interlude Glaeral Count of the Trade Union yesterday afternoon to the meeting Gangrene, "The. celepates roprecent jof the Trade Union Congress. A ver 3,060,000 trade unionists. crowd of unemployed marched Mir Bromley Gri his opening' ad-up to. the building, accompaniaress'deatt Taygely with' the anes: jed by bands playing lively there cotton strike, before going on tunes. They congregated out-Sdiapedde of more: general matters, side the hall and requested that a Ho declared that the Congress Jdeputation from them should be re-could "not stand. aside from the jeeived by the Congress.
Strike Because it was a. ease in Two hundred police were called thick exploiting financiers had ime lout and marshalled the demonstra:
fried the cotton industry and tors away from the building, though grefore the "operative rightly they allowed a letter to be delivered, Fefeeet' starvation level of wages which informed the delegates that.
He then went. on to. say" teat ithe deputation wished to come in the hoped that that" Congress would Jand make a statement proposing emphatically. declare that the "smash the new economies pro-Trade Union 'Polley of rising posed by the National -Govern-wages and shortening hours" was Therenly sound effective policy for 'A proposal to admit the deputaeating' with the economic crisis tion and to allow them to address Beiain" and throughout the the assembly was defeated after worl Hong debate, during which the Se-Ho declared that the present Jcretary for General Purposes pointed Natloal Government, had poser: out that the Congress represented fda renetiongry every department of public ite, unemployed as well as employed workers and had passed a resolu-then_ mentioned the recent Hien dealing with their grievances. Imperial, "Economic Conference at Olan and na that ho consider: The decision was received in good that any success achieved there art by the unemployed, who peacefully dispersed, though a few jeered auld be only temporary.
Finally 'Me Bromley sid that he and hooted as the delegates later left the hall—Reuter. epponed' aerimination ayaine: Ruosia ax "a friendly, Power Manchester, Sept. 8. hom we have so mich sympathy.
'The cotton situation in Lancashire "Reuter: tock a serious turn to-day owing to a vote by the spinning section of the trade 'A representative of the striking to refuse a reduction of mill workers of Lancashire' yester: wages. It. therefore seems hat, unless mediation can ay "addressed the Oth Trade Union Congress in session hero and be effected they will Join the wea outlined the strikers' cage. ing' section which is' already out pointed out that the w respontted loyally to, th 'The employers had proposed to Their lenders ud" ave Yes reduce wages by 2-0d in gt and a demands of the employers, ballot was taken on the proposal by clared that enormous. di@ieutl the operatives of the Spinners' fe also being experienced by 1 Amalgamation, "Tt resulted in manufacturers and have been necen-30,001 voting in favour of a cessa-Tuated by their lack of organise: tien of work and only" 1,818 option. posing that course. Over' 75 per cent. of the workers voted.—Reuter.
The Congress was asked to vote London, Sept. 8. support and. encouragement and sympathy to the striking thousands Both parties to the dispute in the Lancashire, who are fighting for manufacturing section of the La the cause of travel unionism, leashive cotton industry have express-fed willingness to attend a meeting to Mr. Hayy invmediatey proposed be called by the Minister for Labour resolution" placing full "respon-with a view to effecting a settle: ibility for the textile eonfet on ment.
employers ati. The Cote Sept. 9.
undertook also to. support by hora and and mean the coke Sir Henry Betterton, Minister of Labour, has definitely' invited both on their part" The resolution was unions, "'necepting the challenge idea to meet hin representative. at Adopted "unanimously. A pub Manchester on September 13, Subscription for. the. strike The "Ministry. of Labour will undertaken and 21,000 rain represented by its Conciliation Off Congress" will "resume to-day—ect, Mr. Leggett, who is already in Havas, Manchester and has been consulting with the leaders of the employers London, Sept. 6.
And employees, Government to adopt a policy Lead Resolutions calling upon the 'The immediate response of the Trade Union Congress which is ing to the abolition of war' debts of tariff ba providing for and reparations sad' the lowering acting at Newentle to raise fonds by the Trade Gnioniste as satis or the striking weavers Jo Tega Planning on a "iatge' scale tory. "£14,000 has already been sub-developments, such as housing and seribed, slum clearance at home," for. the Dublic control of banking and mono-'The Secretary of the Operative olistie industries, and. for the Spinners' Union says thats strike taxation "of land "Values" were ig' not yet certain in that depart unanimously carried to-day at the ment, He declares that yesterday's Trade Union Congress.—Reuter. ballot, which ave an overwhelming majority in favour of a cessation of Sept. 6. work, will arnly be enforced if. the Efforts at mediation in the cot-employers make a move to introduce ton dispute ave going on following the' proposed. 25 per cent. reduction upon the letter from Sir Henry of wages, but he says the workers Bettorton, Minister of Labour, 10 thave no objection to negotiating for oth sides, 'What they consider a more Teason-'The contents of this letter have ble figure. Meanwhile, the Master now been made public.. They show Cotton Spinners' Ascociation that the Minister advocated the taking stock of the situation and haz appointment of a special committee decided to post-date the notice of in the industry to deal with such Seduction in wages for a month and matters as wages and coneilistion {to resume negotiations with the disputes, as the present dispute employees: union-—Reuter.
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