Show END OF EGLI ENGLISH SH lock lockout LOOKOUT LOOK OUT 11 the great lockout lock out in the english iron ifon trade by which nearly one hundred thousand men were thrown out of employment has at least come to an end and nearly all the themen f men have resumed work no trade controversy ever before assumed such a magnitude as that which has just terminated and none ever threatened such disastrous consequences it is probable that nearly half a million of people are directly dependent for support upon the wages of the iron workers who were out ont as the result of the late difficulty and as the suspension of work continued continue 4 far a long period the suffering dufferin suf nerin ferin g of the poorer boorer families must have bee been n great 0 the trouble originated it will be remembered in a determination of or the iron masters to reduce the rate of wages their workmen which was compelled elied a aa they alleged by a reduction in in the value of iron the ironworkers iron workers therea thereupon hon pon assembled in their trade unions and alid after due deliberation resolved with a single exception to accept the abatement of wages and continue work upon the reduced terms with regard to the exception there is a disputed point the iron masters claim thau thai the workmen determined at a general meeting to cause the men employed in the north staffordshire district brict to refuse the reduction and to 1 strike in the event that the old wages were not paid thi them ii the design of this being to test the power of the iron masters and see eera hh h H effect it 1 would mould have ahil ofle the n J vork 1 jg ar ar th the reduced raes ra es i boum out on or thel t h s strikers rs on un the other othey hall hali it con tended that the north staff staffordshire men refused to abide by the general decision to work on reduced terms and that they inaugurated thel tile triko orv their their own myn account however that may may be 6 the iron fron masters took their own view of the case and having formed a com piete combination among themselves determined et to carry out their outrageous gramme pro for the purpose of securing a reduction of wages and striking C a terrible blow against the trade unions with this view they closed their establishments all the workmen even those who were willing to work on the reduced scale for the alleged re reason ison lson that the workers were supporting the strikers and that to get at the root of the matter they were resolved to cut off all source of supply for those openly on strike this was the great loek lock lockout lookout lock look out which has caused so much excitement throughout england the effect of which has reached even to this country when this action was taken by the iron masters and the consequences became apparent to the workmen the latter iatter iatter latter were anxious to have the borth north staffordshire men desist from a course that was likely to bring ruin upon the whole iron laboring interest and ae accordingly entreated them to rais raise etlie etile the strike and go toworu to work on the terms dictated by their employers Butt but the hernen men thus importuned importuner seem to have become obstinate and refused to recede from their demand and as the iron masters were inexorable inexorable the whole class of ironworkers iron workers were made to suffer for the doings of the north staffordshire men several atte attempts were made by bythe bytho the tho workmen to albect a reconciliation with their employers but all without avail at last A number of distinguished gentlemen amon among whom was the lord lieutenant of staffordshire endeavored to settle the difficulties by compromise A delegate of the north staffordshire men announced that if the iron fron masters would remove the loek alock lockout lock out they the workmen would resume work and leave the question of wages to arbitration the great mass of ironworkers iron workers however were at farst first indisposed to fully endorse the proposition of the delegates alluded to but finally they agreed to it on the condition that during the of the arbitration the wades paid them should be in accordance accord once vv with y ith the original scale this the employers flatly objected to holding that the rate during the interim should accord with the reduced scale it was fina finn finally ily lly proposed r vo qed ged by one of the parties inter interceding ceding ing tween between the workmen und the iro iron n masters that the new point of dispute should also be left to arbitration and ana that the men should be allowed to draw wages on account during the pro gress gross of the arbitration the iron masters assented to this proposition but the workmen emphatically rejected it and again the negotiations came to an end matters remained thus until the ath instant when the iron fron masters martens resolved to overthrow their original demand that the loek lock lockout lookout lock look out should induce the north staffordshire strikers to resume work and instead of this they accepted an assurance from the loek alock lockout men that they would not directly or indirectly contribute to the support of the strikers should the latter continue to th persist in their demand for the original scale of or wages both parties having acquiesced in this basis of adjustment the lockout lock out has terminated mina ted and the great controversy has ended with the exception of the local difficulty between the masters and men of north Staffard staffordshire shire who represent but a small portion of the iron aroh interest engaged inthe in the late trouble the only question now remaining tor for settlement is whether the north staffordshire men who seem to have been the first cause of the difficulty will raise their strike and resume work as the others have done with every source of support cut off and with no surplus means upon which to continue the strike it is probable that they will again resume work on oil the basis agreed upon between the other workmen and their employers in summing up the facts of this most remarkable controversy it will be seen that after many weeks of idleness and consequent heavy loss both to employers and employed the english engli h lockout lock out has ended as such antro centro usually do by mutual concession the iron masters lockout lock out the workmen because they held the latter responsible for a strike instituted by a small class of men belonging to the trade unions of north staffordshire in the tile end they withdrew the interdiction and therefore conceded a leading point i the wor won workmen kinen on the other ho hand a n d were determined fo to aid in the euort ort of X mthm staffordshire re thren ia wil wll v 0 hl nga g Z 1 liftee N strike r k e in n t 1 heed t e 1 co n t an ach aiu no 1 n 1 I furnish them with any support thus both parties es after much suffering and vast pecuniary pecuniary loss have done what might have been first had not both employers tt players 8 and add employed been guilty of iri fit refusing to agree to such mutual e concessions which will always regulate disputed que questions t between capi labor |