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Show LOCKOUT WILL AFFECT 50,000 Tndon, Sept. 2. Lockout notices were posted at all the federated ship yards today, advising the members of the Boilermakers' society that their services would de dispensed with after af-ter today. Fifty thousand men are directly di-rectly affected. The troiiile is duo to a strike yesterday yes-terday of the riveters employed at tho Walker ship yard at Newcastleon-T.ne. Newcastleon-T.ne. The employers hold that tills constituted a breach of the agreement between the owners and tho workmen and declare that those lorked out will not be allowed to resume work until tlie Boilermakers' society guarantees a fulllllimnt of the terms of the national na-tional agreement for the prevention of strikes and walkouts. |