Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-08-21 | Page 1 | Strikers in England Go Back to Work

STRIKERS IN BUD GO, BACKTOVORK ; Railroads Rapidly Restor. 1 ing Normal Serrice; Men ' Expect Wage Advance. i - . - i LONDON. Aug. It. The railroada . were rapidly restoring normal aervtes to- day, and the managera eonndently expected ex-pected that by evening all Iraea would be 1 operating almost aa amoothly aa before the general atrlke of the roede of Greet , Britain waa ordered last Thursday night. There were aome hltchea, but theae were ' believed to be but temporary obetaeleo to ; a formal pact aaeurtng a better working i arrangement between employere and em-ployeea em-ployeea satisfactory to both eldee. The settlement brought about Saturday evening through the good offlcee of the government ' and the board of trade provided pro-vided for the appointment of sectional conciliation boards representing both par-, par-, tlea and which shall undertake to adjuet all Immediate dtfferencee. Tomorrow the membership of a special eommtaaton of Inquiry will be announced. Thle commission commis-sion will assume the burden of working, out a permanent agreement. The men expect an advance In wagea. oonceselona regarding, the consideration of future grievances and recognition of their unions. Heretofore the railroad companies have poeltlvely refused to treat with the reajreeentatlvee of the unions ewho were not In their own employ. em-ploy. ' Oa the other band, the m pontes have been assured that at the next session parliament will propose legislation providing pro-viding that aa Increase In the coot of labor due to aa Improvement of eon- dltlone- wlH be, a Justification for a reasonable rea-sonable adeasjce of railway rates within the legal maalmuaa. j The men on the Vondnej A northwestern northwest-ern toed were atlD on strike today aad there was some trouble' on the Midland railway. ' ' . " r""""7 The Midland OBssJoyoag returning to work-thit monilngSfound that In aome cases they were ant to be reinstated exaotly m -fwslr okt poaltloas, U .wtiUh men ' who had remaJaed loyal had i been promoted, f When the etrlkere dutoovered. that they -had met thetr, eenlorlty, they refuaed Inferior positions pending a reference ref-erence of the eUffteultr to tae.nnleej ak-ecutlvea.-. - - v , . ' Oraat nnmbeie of guaeda. migtuama. ftremen- and etgnalmea returned, to work at -Mmnehestar. but- the porter -ean-tere and freight handlers earns Is id eot .Additional .Ad-ditional trsope w.rs ssat- to Maaaheeter to assist In relieving the oowgeetioa of freight at the rallwar statlona. Of.WO..-tet Of.WO..-tet atrlkera at Liverpool, more than one-third one-third reported for work early , today and tbe number Isli eased hourly. .