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Show EETTLEMTKT OT FTTTKB GBEAILY KELIEVES OOTJNTBY I.ONTiON. A u. IV A sreat wave of r!lf swept ovr the country Saturday niicht. when, shortly after U o'chnk. the announcement was natl from the boar! of tml or Ore) that the railway strike hsi been settled and that the men would return to work at one-. I Telegram were quickly dispatched to I all Important railroad towns hearing- the Information and crossed In transit messages mes-sages t London describing rmts In Uanelly and smaller town In th kingdom. king-dom. The rahfnet had been working- night and dav sine th strike waa threatened to arrange a compromise 'between th railway rail-way manarer and their employee. Moat of th credit for th ultimate success f their efforts appears t rest upon the Phoulders of David Uovd-Oeorge. who. In his statements to parliament and In an Interview with the managers and the men. worked for eoncillation when all others of the-interested parties seemed to hav given It un, A Joint committee of five members composed of two representative of the railway companies, two of the men and a non-partisan chairman, will be appointed appoint-ed Tuesday to Investigate th worklnr of th conciliation act of lf)7. which th men claim 1 th root of their grievances. This device overcomes th men' 'objections 'objec-tions to a royal commission, whloh they contend always has been In practice a synonym for delav. So Tar aa technical advantage hi th compromise goes, it appears to be In the men's favor, particularly as th managers consent to meet their representatives. Th official statement concerning th agreement agree-ment says th managers consented to this scheme la view of certain representations repre-sentations mad by the government. In- I eluding- a promts of legislation to permit ! an Increase In railway rates. Th men claim victory for unionism on th point of recognition of unions, which wa one of the most vital principle at stake. |