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Show EBITISH RAILWAYS AGAIN OPEHATIHG Labor Leaders Profess Satisfaction Sat-isfaction Witli Downing Street Adjustment. ' LONDON', Oct. 6. Great Hritalii B r;ill-way r;ill-way HVBtein wan uuln tn operation today to-day jih t He rftuult of tlie Hcttlenient yesterday yes-terday of ;he great railway strike, averting avert-ing what thro;itent-(l to develop Into an omlnoii:j Bpreafl of the nut Ion' a labor troubles. Virtually every man enffased In rail way work tn London returned to M duty befon- 9 o'clock this mornfns. L-a'krs of the National t'nlon of Hall-v-fiyrne.n who directed the Htrlke whlb wan .settled yestt-rday declare their nailti-f;u-t Ion with the arraim'ment, In mos-tiaKea mos-tiaKea lo the Herald, orKan of union labor. la-bor. "The men stood four nquare, determined to K-urt; vlftory nr go down together, " declared J. II. Thomas, .seuretary of t he union and leader of the Htrike. "The aet-tlement aet-tlement bringfi home great gains." ) Ic appeals to rail wayinen to conaoll-date conaoll-date their oiganlzatlon and make their forces stronger than ever, ho as to "gain for all members a higher standard of life." .. J j. Cramp, president of the union, nays: "Willie we did not obtain the formuln we set forth in thu .strike resolution, we .obtained terms equally good, which, will glvt" the railwayman the same thing in fffcrt. Our men have broken the back of tlie lirst attack made upon the entire working clusa, and no douht this splendid Htand will save workers from a degraded standard of life." J. tlroniley, fleeretitry of the Society of Firemen a nfl Knglneers, asserts: "The settlement Is highly satisfactory. There is greater value in it than appears t Unit sight," WASHINGTON,' Oct. Tho embargo against the nailing of shipping hoard vessels ves-sels lo Great Britain was partially lifted today by the shipping bofi rd as a result of the ending of the railroad strike there. gen I s of I he board at A llantic and gulf ports were inntructed to clear and disnntcb ininK-rils te'y all vessels now completely com-pletely loaded and to proceed with the loading of vessels for which the cargo is u t the docks or hooked. The agents were Instructed, however, not to resume bookings beyond the commitments already made. There was no indication today when tho embargo would be lifted conipletelv, hut immediate action was not expected because of the congestion at the docks In (treat Hrttnln. which has resulted from the strike of railway workers. |