ami 



'ie proposed plan to be imprartiea- 

 <mmi*ion would !* i\\ 



I a hill (. 



an aggrieved eonsuin. r 

 -i from a war thai fa 



Miuply. .\ 



...-alth ,i. 



^^^Mnally en* 



.n hi* hand, a Ml 



1'. wa* a 



that luu Iwrn long 

 ion and of negotiations 



ad- 



of educational reform in the metropolis. 



f t he existing 

 ions was still strong anotii; 



-ted also to bring in a lull in pro- 

 inanUation of secondary edut 



tin* i.ii. 



Tl>* f'-r.-i.-n prisaaHMdt I - : - ! . i t biuiting 1 



n prion that 

 v. wnf 



i on tin- trade 



i.: ..-h a mm- 



th- priii 



- division on the second reading ..f thr 

 1 thr parh frnn- 



posscssing the same <|iialifi< . 



.mil Lit. r in the session 



s|gn< .a.ln- w.-i \,x fi.rih 



H uith iiiilignat H.IJ ami 



the existing procedurr that r ..t.la- 



rniittnl ti 



Insulting i* -*| n< in nt <>f the consid- 



/ ii-hi|>. ami praying that t! 



questions with some 

 MJ of 



'illuirM. M iliffrrriit fr.'iu th< 

 as to strike aghaM 



r the dii:- . was that 



M opponent* . f woman -\ilr.t-.- m tl.. II. HI . f 



ease with which the bill 



* venttin: from 



the rerminous-per>M>ii hi II. 



4 unclean trnni| at thr put*! 

 'nt was prorogue*! on AI . 



. In the early part of the year 

 that 



The fair- VMM rMolution 



< ,- 

 that the 







:; 



wan im 

 union. T 



1 1 men I 



nt. 



refuted to recognixe the 



f thr lU^tnl ..f Traile 

 ! n thr p: 



IH he wa flerrrlT a*- 

 iamrnt. who wrrr nppland- 

 irty. whil< 



.ii-l nni.-h fault with tho 

 in thr 

 I* thr fair-wage* rr*v 

 :.and forrclaininp 



k. |.T*4I1! Wh 



!u> uso in piihlir 

 i* pnpor. Bararian 



iini. 'tit-- ko<l that only 



manufaclim .-r pnxiuction >hould 



mrnta on. ana in mu IM 

 n noiradr 

 t mtr of wagw prr% 



in the trade. The 



:'- 

 ... 



|. !!., H ... ? . 



i,. r in which the fair-wage* raaola* 



a_ 



.. ii ,:. fa r. i rt n Juli .- : li 



by all the Govenrn. 

 the al ministration of the n-^,luti. : 



that the dr|nm. i.t- U.I. 

 as a whole, lot .. 



..- :.- - .... .1, - ' . ' ' 



... 



! 



a* alleged lhal there wa* no unif-ru 



part- 



- gnu-rally Interpreted it at meaning the rate 

 f wagw gratrally accepted as current in ihedts- 



rried on. and in this the 

 comn. >i ti 



i current 

 thfOMfc ui n.. ..i tt] tor BH I 



. undue employment of 

 and 



tated that the i 

 nd on wb* > . n forcing 



t ions not reoognized in the trade or * 

 thr usual conditions of emplovn 



of contract i* customary . where the 



ti that particular par! Thei 



i^ht that it would be advantage*. 

 li-t of t);. with 



thr nut tire of tin ir ruiirart*. \ Par- 



tit fn in t. >libed, 



thr pulilir would know the name* of firms 

 Government work. 



of I he most determined trials of strength be- 



aJistsever 



IHIH! lMgan rarly in July. The masters in the en* 

 gineering trade had formed an Kmplo)-rV Frdera- 

 lie parpose of einaiici|w 



tieers. one of the strongest and richest of the 

 trades unions, having a membership of 90.000 and 

 a fur "00 available for fighting purposes. 



.Mr. and the men eKoss a time 

 when the . firms had many orders to fill 



am) a prospect of brisk trade ahead. The engineers 



ndon made a demand for an eight-hoars dav. 

 raising a popular issue w : raployers* Ped- 



eration coulif not meet with good 

 in that particular li a 

 of tlu-m had airrmiy cranted the eight-hoar* day 



ut tin rin r business. The employ, 



ers were aware that the demand for London was 

 the prelude to a general movement, and they took 

 prompt and strong measures, They posted not 



n London, twt on the northeast coast, and at 



r the discharge of 35 per cent, of the men, 

 hoping thus ti- Mipply for the maint. 



in U>nd<>n. 'The unions soon 

 retaliated by ca he remaining 75 per cent. 



tnke embraced the whole country, stopping 

 the building of ships and most of the dependent 

 trades, The boilermakers. however, refused to 

 take part in the struggle. Roth men and employers 

 were confident The strike and lockout 



lated till the clow of 'the year, with disastrous 

 effect* on the com mcrcialand' industrial business of 

 the country. At first 80.000 men were thrown out 



