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Show UH LABOR WINS Ii HBLISH HOUSE Exciting Scenes During Debate; De-bate; Breaking of Pledges Openly Charged. LONDON, Aug. a. Tho trades disputes dis-putes bill, which is a direct outcome of the TaiTvnlo decision that trados unions funds arc liable for tho illegal acts of individual mombcrs of a union, passed the committee stago in tho House of. Commons this' morning and was reported report-ed to the House amid ministerial cheers. Considerable cxeitontcnt marked the debate, de-bate, during which several amendment's opposed by tho Government wero defeated de-feated by narrow- majorities, in ono case tho Government being saved from dofcat by a fow Unionist votes. Thero was a somewhat extraordinary scone after midnight, following Prime Minister Campbeil-JBannorman's refusal to accept Lord liobcrc Cocil's motion to roport progress, Lord Robort saying that tho Primo Minister had pledged himself that tho debato should not con-tiuuo con-tiuuo after 11 o'clock. When tho motion mo-tion was defeated by a Government majority of 212 Mr. Balfour accused tho Pnmo Minister of doliberatcly brcaking his pledgo. He declined to t,ako further part in tho proceedings, and invited his followers to loavc tne House. Tho invitation of the former Prime Minister was accoptod by all of tho throe scoro of members of the opposition opposi-tion present, amid ironical Ministerial, Nationalist and Laborite cheering. A. few of those who left the chamber returned re-turned (subsequently, but the front opposition op-position bonch remained empty and several Liberals and Endicals took scats on it amid Radical cheering. Tho debate then proceeded without interest to its close. Ju place of tho clause iu tho original bill exempting tho funds of a union from damages when illogal acts have been committed without tho authority of the union, a clause was adopted giving giv-ing a trade union, whether of workmen or employers, complcto immunity from claims for damages for illegal acts committed com-mitted during a strike. |