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Show BRITISH LABORERS LOYAL TOTHE CROWN Almost an Entire Absence of Wage Disputes; Problem Prob-lem to Be Solved. NEW YORK, Oct. S. Labor conditions in England, as brought out before the recent re-cent convention at Birmingham of the British trades unions, showed almost an entire absence of wage and labor disputes dis-putes and a marked loyalty to the government gov-ernment on the part of the organized workers, according to W. D. Mahon, a delegate from the American Federation of La Lor lo the British convention, who arrived here today oir the steamer St. Louis from Liverpool. Mr. Mahon, international president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Rail way Employees, and Matthew Wall, president of the Photo Engravers' union, were named by the last convention of the American federation as its representatives to the British convention. conven-tion. Mr. Wall was with Mr. Mahon on the St. Louis. "There hae been a large increase in the ranks of organized men in England during dur-ing the last year," Mr. Mahon said, "and the organizations are generally recognized recog-nized by the government. "The question as to how the problem of women employees, who are now taking the places of men in a great many Industries, Indus-tries, will be solved when the war ends is receiving some attention. Among the shipyards, where they are turning out a submarine a day, in addition to the vast volume of other work, there are about 14.000 women employed. These women get men's wages; they are doing men's work, and wear menls clothing, even to the heavy boots." Mr. Mahon said that after the convention conven-tion he visited Ireland, where he found a bitter feeling of resentment against proposed pro-posed conscription. |