The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-01 00:00:00

THE STRIKE AND LOCIC-OUT IN The
IRON TRADE.

(From the Staffordshire Advertiser of today.)
We regret to state that the efforts of the Lord.
Lisatreast al the musty to terminate the dispute bete*
dhe paddlers of North Staffordshire sad their
have Ma from the men rejecting a most moderate aq,
weal made by his loolehip, to which he bad provieury
teased the mesa of the representatives of the male.
North and South 13Iafferdshire.
We have gives at lesgib a report of a caterer* at lit*
on Wecloseday, brought about by Lord Lichfield ben*
the proprietor. of the ironworks of North Staffordniresk
the delegates from the paddlers at the Merest work 1,
accordance with the arm of the men the meager of' q„
ironworks wen inelndod from the onference. 86
point to be semidered wee—What special cireancitia*
mined in North Staffs:mbar* entitling the paddlers 40
to • higher mate al wages than those given is other fa
tricts? We need sot Nihon*, the statements sod sea
meats made moot ; sufilos it to say that the mes met
no pops& whatever, and that the manors poegfy
fled the mesa name work at the rate of wagur
sepal by the ma of South Staffordshire, aid that oag
qualm a whether there are any special eircemiteam
Ninth Iththoodebir• which entitle the men to a high* ab
al wades than in the other district. be left to ethitegke
Al this mentingh toa, the men dimialmed the oh
malt by their repeusesteilve, Mr. Baker, at the my,
lag of the Leaden Trades' Council, to rim the qesr*
antaltelegtia but M inestidag of the same bay oe Wert
maw wash(;. ft was represented that the mesticsat gat
doff euedsotheo had tamed to submit to nineties, *
mph en brae which were *amiable, whereas *a Its
W seer propend arbitrative at all.
Oa itrezeday, however, the Kul of Lichfield ninth(
be bells masters and min a proposal, whirl Oa the User
appeals perfectly topsail and free from object*. car*
olds, that the North Staffordshire ram ebonld re to
the wages' question to be determined by arbitratiao, pi*
alba ths men shoal& be paid by adman as mar g
his lordship'. invitation, the following tatwetiol irea
noadeve met him at the Swan Hotel, Stafford, eases
yesterday r—Kr. W. O. Penn, H.P. (John Bradley so
Sons), obairman of the South Staffordshire Imams
Association ; Mr. Jamas Began (John Begun as 8.01
Mr. G. J. Booker (Ohthlagtos may), Mr. P. se,*
Mar of Dudley's egad), Mr. W. K. Sparrow, lit w,
/knows, Mr. T. T. Beenna B. Tborneecroto seale.).
Mr. J. P. Hunt, Mr. Walter Williams, jou., bowel*
cretary of the South Staffordshire Association. Koala
bream was reprossated by Mr. W. 8. Soden (Sleltra*
Iron Company,. the chairman of the North Blthesia*
Irounnstere Amoration ;Yr. W. Mathews, Mr. B. Bank
Mr. J. Bates. Ir. J. Ball, and Mr. W. S. Nall.' Mb*
end Son). Mr. J. G. N. Alleys. represented the Ball*
Company, Derbyeldro, who have natal in the brat.
After a diseneethe of the matter, the masters reprint*
the radio of both arras of Staffordshire and also
shim senented to Lord ladtheld's proposal, sal sipst
tared Averment to that effect. It was also agreed tier
the menu should soma Lord Lichfield's proposal, thous
rastorawould leave to tole lordship the choice of arbileam
Mr. W. Mathew., of the Clough Hall Ireencen,lr
Wore the document was formally exerted, bat ha ha
needy glees hi entire meat to its terms, sad the oodi
Staffradahlrie masters were prepared to morn their eats
as the North Seafordeltire men accepting the to
bit:arm so proposed.
Prom the rang district croiretary, Mr. Peter BM* al
understand that a cordial vote of thanks wee pawl * Jul
Lichfield for his Wad intervention and for his doe* I
briog about an amicable arrangement of the dime. lb
following roselotion weeds° adopted That if the War
Staffordehbe Dm** will open their wen ka sad lei the
ream work fa South Staffordshire, and if the
Nash Staffordshire will give the wee of North
the old ranee wagon, they will submit the whole quasi b
arbitrates."
Mesa while a meeting of paddlers from the radon&
teen of North Staffordshire wee convened for 12 ea.*
at the Tom Hall, Healey, and two bodies of ansitieli
each marched is menthe from Tanstall and 8010,
and they, with thine from the neighbourhood of Baba
ociatituted a meeting of puddler. of from sit I. am
hundred maa. The meeting began about 1 idea. lb.
George Bradford. draper of Hanley, an Win SSW d
the Hanley Tows Council, 'ad who has thisigissillin
the channel of communication henries the led of IMAM
sad the men on strike, presided. It bad bees
agreed, at a meeting of the District Union, thol:
ebooki be admitted, bat by the shows =salsas aled
the meeting they were derma to withdraw.
Soon after this natation had been pared Lord Liethil
arrived from Stafford with the agreement, sigeel by Its
North Staffordshire boomeaters, oonsentior that its as
should retina to work, ranivieg a draw of 40a , pet lid
until arbitrators should decide upon the wages too be OM
Bas lordship explained the agreement, and submitted LW
the miring for their oonsideratioo. Mr. Bradford; bb
ifS onapied the chair, requested the men not to art
sad to let the desidoe rest with thruster, and not el
the ineontive. Ann some consideration, the chain
asked the men whether they were wisbfol to aide by *8
proportion which had been laid before them by his tot
Alp, Not a dean bead was held ap is its Wen, let
may hand was held up for the resolution preroody pool
—for renaming work at the old rate of wires, and dm
eabotittiag to arbitration. Lord Lichfield expend a
mairictioa that the propotal be had made was reascail
mid jest, and that by their refusing to entertain b liof
would have the mobile verdict against them. His
toe
returned to Stafford in the searing, where he lib
met the masters, and communicated to them the gads
of the ma, expressing his deep disappointment that
Itb
attempt at mediation had met with so uneacomsfal aMA
Lord Lichfield added that be felt an earnest desire that*
deplorable state of things brought about by the lackeeth
South Staffordshire should be termisated, if such aam
could be adopted without prejudiong tin position sl4Ol
North Staffordshire masters, and we bear that it is pie
hie that an early meeting of the South Staffordshire tral
will be called to eamider this questiaa.

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Yesterday afternoon Mr. Samuel Griffiths Add*
'boat 3,000 people Iran the balcony of a tale
mates house in the centre of lilac*. About nee
Mid
the 3,000 wen ironworkers, the rest Wog chiefly
Mr. Griffiths condemned the lock-out es " hard ai
unjustifiable," end said that by the
which he bad no doubt they would pas,bith4
would " remove aid hurl back the impala*
that had been oast upon the moo," that they au
finding money to sustain the strike in North 3111.
foreskin. That strike he condemned as In salad tr
lambuses to a neressery reduction of wage*. Be mid dlci
the force of public opinion would compel the mates*,
open their works after that meeting had mode a 1.
declaration that they wen cot doing that which bad *
alleged by the mestere as a *dilation for the loa2
His 'path ossurpied sheerly two hoard His text, lei
was—" Reopen the works next Tuesday." Mr. G
proposed the following resolution, end two motieesvetiZ
same amt. ad they were parsed by the
.beat dOO out of the whole number of ironwork's'
ppdni
"That this meeting, Lawrie( the primal strike is Ni
13taffordebire to be the mom of the misery sad
which exists in the Back Country, hononiably and bowel
Pledgee Itself sot to eabectibe mosey to the North eta*
shire men as long as they continue this strike, maid
that the ireseseetere of South Stalordthire open the dra
fir the we. of the Black Country to resume their vedflll
the drop of the =ad December, next Tuesday mcrehre

lock.mat to the earth terminated on Ttoridal,P.
bon works at lliddloebre, Wittoo-park, SooWilk
Camesit, Jarrow, sod Walker, commencing wort.
vloady arranged, cm the maim of that day.

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