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Show first tlms in history th oorapsnles hsd rscocnlsed th principle of collective bersalnlns;, thereby conceding wbst always al-ways hu boon vital principle of trades unionist. While not accepting to terms of th air re m en t between the implovMi and the men as final settlement of the 1st ters demands, iha re lutloo oonchided that th nn had decided to return to work and trust to th com pan lea to gtv effort to th spirit and Utter of th agreement. Th sink lead era, la a pnanlfesto asking ask-ing th men loyally to accept the acre ment, point i out that th companies have a reed to abide by th find I ns of th commission, even if it rscommsad recoimttion of their union. "We have no hesitation In aarlnf " the manifesto declare, "that 1n addition to ha vlns; won official recognition In ne-fotlatlng ne-fotlatlng th present dispute, our srl-denrs srl-denrs before the commission will be euch that it Justifies us In sarins; that before manr weeks the railway workers will -have won th charter Ion enjoyed hjr very other ctaes in th community." ENGLISH STRIKE IS SETTLED AND NORMAL CONDITIONS RETURNING; UNIONS CLAIM VICTORY LONDON, Aug. Jl. Railway men throughout th kingdom ar returning te work and It is hoped within a few days te have th transit systam under normal conditions. Following th announcement Saturday that the railway managers and their employe em-ploye bad agreed to permit a commission commis-sion to settle their difficulties came the news last night that there was great hope of ending the dockers' strlks at Liverpool- No rioting as a result of tabor troubles was reported Sunday, except at Dublin, when the police and conatables came Into collision with a mob whtnh waa In sympathy with striking newsboys who were endeavoring to prvnt the distribution distri-bution of newspapers. Several shops were looted. Th railway workers held ' meetings throughout the country Sunday te celebrate cele-brate what they term a victory ever the railway companies. With the exception of 4004 men of th Northeastern Railway oompany. which was not a party to the setuemnf agreement, and 1000 Mancnaa-tr Mancnaa-tr men. all stations passed resolutions in favor of a resumption of work. The Northeastern company's employees demand de-mand an eight-hour day and a two shilling shil-ling weekly advance in wage, with a minimum weekly wage of II shillings, about H.M. Betnrg tg Work. ... Although service en the other line has not been completely restored, th men In moat cases presented themselves for duty and -i a start was made toward remedying the disorder caused by th strike. During the day some : progress waa made In clearing the lines i of freight trains, but It will be several days before normal conditions are restored. re-stored. Because of th telegraph blocked, th man if as to ef the strike leadars calling on the men to return to work, did not reach some points until this morning and during th night, there wer disturbances' at numerous nu-merous plane. Wit h toe exception of L an-liy. Wale, however, there wer no serious riots. At Uanelly th death Hat aa a result ef the disturbances of Saturday and Saturday Sat-urday night, but due chiefly to an explosion explo-sion In th freight shed, which the mob set on fir, reached twelve. Three of these were shot by the troops Saturdsy morning. Th police believe that th explosion ex-plosion was csuaed by a box of cartridges, looted from tbe troop train and thrown into the fire. Many Znjnred la Hospitals. Many persons were seriously Injured by th explosion snd sr In tb hoapltala , alight thousand troops remained at Llanelly but the town wa quiet. The officer offi-cer In command says that roughs and. not strikers were responsible for the rloflng. The prospects for a settlement of th Ltvrpool dock strike are brighter ss the shipowners hav agreed to meet representatives of th men when they all return to work. While th atrik commute has ordered the men not to return to work, pending tbe result of the, negotiations. Tom Mann, the leeder of the etrike, aatd he had reason to be 1 lev .that he would set a Joint meeting of th shipowners and men today. He was hopeful there would be a settlement snd declared It probable the dockers would be back at work Wednesday. Th steamer Celtic and Caronla both sailed fmm Liverpool Sunday wun full passenger lists, while more passengers passen-gers ar awaiting them at Queens town. The Philadelphia called at Queens town today to-day and took th mail and many pa ss-ger. ss-ger. Th Carman I a landed her passes-igers passes-igers and mail at Plymouth. I Big Ibor Meeting. A meeting of 40.000 trade unionists ef London was held at Hyde park Sunday. Sun-day. Labor leaders congratulated th railway men on their victory and a resolution, which was read from numr ous platforms, pointed out that for the. |