Show 1 1 lio lie I 1 ondon strike the label gazette ot of london for or the month of july glies agles the cadies led up to ohp strike of the ani alga mated solety society of engineers tor for an eight hour diy daiy without in of pay it appears that up tip to june i 4 ninety five employers of engin engineering cering libor labor including many lima flims engage I 1 in other trades and only employing engineers hod hid adopted tho eight leour in london on th ohp otner hand iuan inan of 0 the principal engineering gi firms firmi in london had refused to concede the reduction of hours and had bad themselves to me tie employers pl fedei atlon of engineering associations with a view to an organized r resistance es istance during the past month about sixty more employers emp amplo loers era in london have conceded the men a demands railing the total number of firing working under the eight hour system in london to betm een and jeo employing from to workmen ot ol the classes concerned of this total about 3 wet e already employed employ ed under the eight hour ls system stein in government or private workshops before the beginning of 0 the plezent mo movement lement on june juna it a mooting meeting of the employers federation was mas held at carlisto Carl islo to consider the question at which most moat of the important cen centers of the trade represented at tho the same time th the joint cOmmit committee tte of the men a unions decided decided to give notice to tareo london farma connected with the employ eia federation that their membria would be withdrawn it if their beims were not granted and this decision of the committee was iati fled by meetings of the men inen engaged in these theae shops I 1 ihlia hole notices handed in on june and on oil july ad Engin pes d in the emp employment loment of thieo other london firms also voted in tavoi ot of a strike and handed la in their notices on july ls a joint meeting of representatives ot the employers tion of engineering the associated ship builders and the iron fiade employers association was held at manches tel when it was Res resolved Resol olied cd that in the event ot of the luem luebbeis beis of the trade unions represented by the joint committee of those unions tor for securing a reduction of tile the working hours in london from eltty lour four to doity eight per week going out on stillie as aa in any workshop belonging to a member of the federated employers notice will immedi atel bo be glen gien by tho th niem membris bels of the associations affiliated to the federation that a reduction of hands handi of 25 per cent will take place of the members of such unions in fit their employ mcK as soon as the men ceased work in tho the selected london lockout lock out notices affecting 25 pr cent of the membris of the allied unions posted by the emp employ loeis eis the amalgamated society of Engin ceis at once give that in alt all cases in which notices ot of lockout lock out were issued to 26 25 per cent ot of their mern beig the remaining 75 per cent should hind in notices to mae cease ft aik oik at tile the same time and should at once canse any overtime the e promises to bo be stubbornly contested as both sides bides are libe liberally rilly supplied with money ind and are organized ux EK |