The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-23 00:00:00

THE STRIKE AT MANCHESTER.

The only cheap in the situation is, that the opera-
tives et Mean. Poole, and Co., Bradford-street, who had
accepted the reduetka offered by the employen, bat who
bed reported at a public meeting that they were earalag
higher wages, have bees persuaded to strike. They pave
notice, yesterday moraiag, to their employers, that they
would cease working In [oarless dip, if the original prices

ware sot restored tithes.
The third weekly muting of the factory operatives .
strike and their friends was held in the People's Institute
es Wednesday, bat was of • less isteresting character than
111000 that had,preceded it.
Thelbousrazy opened the business by again cautioning
the operatives oat of work to be cautions is their daily
webs fee proonsiase) through the streets, to be peaceable,
muissidier give issalts or tate notice of insults from other
peg*. They had with them at meant • greater amount
et psi& sympathy than turnouts ever lied before, end they
se& le be careful to rreseres it. He then read the reply
of the masters to the memorial of the committee, sad own. I
'tented upon it, but disclaimed any intention to give a rsply.l
The reply, he said, would maim from the committee, after,
due ceesideration sad we is drawing it up. He took credit
for the operatives that, by their own teammate course in'
addressing their employers, they had elicited from them an
answer eharsoterised by a Mee of moderation which was
usesstrand Whisk mistreated strongly with the spirit in
whisk . KISS* had personally treated them, when he
thsoWthe siesseld lido the fire and refused to entertain it.
lb* stsoileill had
evidently made as fting between the
UM sod their employ that might ad to a favourable
hems. It was sot wall that in any eatabliehment there
distil be ill feeling on one side, and seers, tyranny, eel
eighth ea the ether, and he hoped, from the toes of the
sesslese ellaileniest now published, they might look forward
to better doge, (Applause.) In this statement the
nesters said Oleg could not give the prices they
were new mils Wen the Mess paid by the masters is
ether twos wile Iblellpht up to the same standard. Bet
this was Sew laaffestra Did the masters recollect 1863,
whoa illeepratlese el Preston aro& against the wealthiest
illiliselietna is Lioadidu there, who were paying the lowest
pills d coq mese= is the district ? They thes said that
their" was set gee of wages, but whether the mason
be siestas is their owe establishments; and they,
the amen of Idereekesitir, tins entered into a emnbioatios
and subscribed mess% use to help the turnouts, but to help
the meters of Pesten to crush their own workp=
(Cheers.) Such was the oesditet of the man who sow
of bringing wages at Manchester down to the studied
of other towns, sales, the wages of other towns could be
brought up to the Manchester standard. He concluded byl
moving that, notwithstanding the statement of the masters
to the effect that a redaction of otiose was the only alum.
ties, the operatives on strike still adhere to their first me.
egotism, that short time was the better remedy, and that
they promise to do all they ma Ludlam short Wu ia Mkt
dktricts.
This resolution wee eieculed sod seeded.
The 8201laTAIIT said asotker resoisties had bees pew
pared, pledging the operatives to resist arty vedeedso la
their wages, and to use all legitimate mesas dir obtaining'
sympathy and support from the publis to enable then
to carry out that resistance. He thought, however, as their
reply to the masons' address bad as yet bees drawn up,
this reeolution had better he withheld for the pewit.
A costawinication from the Barbers' Seeksty was reed,
pronsishig their assistance to the men on strike, bat impress-
ing a hope that the operatives who wished to support their
own prices would sot patronise the haUposay shaving
b4l:(Applause and laughter.)
4; 811CURILItt —The meeting laughs, but it is no laugh
lag matter. They are quite right. (Hear' hear.)
An OPISATiVII said the workmen at Melon. Pedal's
mill had just had a shop meeting, and wished to state the
rash.
The 81011Wealti said it bad not been intended to go
into that business till the next meeting, but he might INS
well cow angeluses that the heads at Pooley's m bled
agreed to strike, and would give the requisite noden sea
inernieg. He hoped, however, that the business media he
settled before that notice had expired, so that the spear
Wm at Pooley's would not bawl occasion to eases work.
There was one ether shop working at lower prices, and that,
was the large mill of the Ozford.road Twist Company. The
hands had submitted to a reduction there, aid Mr. Cooke, one
of the firm, was so proud of his soma is redwing them that
be had boasted of it at Messrs. Kennedy's mill, and said
hie workpeople were perfectly satisfied. That was a fair
challenge to the operatives on strike to fetch them hands
out if the could, and it remained to be saes what sold be
dew. (Meow)
• rile 'beaks if 'ks and three cheers were gives to Pooley's
Mods, and it wee immunised that the operatives of Messrs.
peas and Thompson, whose notice expired es thews.
gins night, had agreed to work another week on the old
mos, so that their strike would be postponed till seat
loseisy.
The meeting was the adjourned till next Wednesday.

BEEIOI/11 ACCIDENT ON THE STAGE.—Os Tuesday
"Teeing last an accident, which might bars beta attended
with fatal resalta, seemed to HMIs. Julie, at the inymostb
Theatre. Shortly after abs bad append in the introduc-
WM WWI r the fairy extravaganza of the "Good Woman
la as West," her dress accidentally essaht nd the
imatetials (tarlatan) being of a light combustible Sr.,Oharaeter
sits woo absent fasmataammaly enveloped is flamer. All
sow« a mind appeared at the earns time to desert her,
sad ebb iiesbed to the aide of the sup, where she as
eight by s Sall sad powerful man named Hooper. Her
Mass of (Nosy, however, wee sash that be was suable to
held ber • she pushed him aside. and rushed "moss the stage
samdepeil to Me isms' at be burning dress. At its other
MA" she w:eriptts by • OM nested Fitch, bat after ha
bad boss imaatiabiseadeavour to bold bar sad put
set the imam tete bassi( away from him also. Mr.
Nsweembe, sa satiag the mesident from the hest of the
Ames, where be happened to be standing beamed mthe
=sad baling arrived be summed.' la tbrowing
Sallie Mw, sad the fire was sztimpahhed. Dr. Fos
and Mr. WYNM, the samme, were used hr, sad arrived
a few allsat.s. when it was feed this An had been
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