The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-24 00:00:00

A meeting of London trades' delegates was held
lath remise at the Seam Hotel, Haworth-street. The
following were represented :—Amalpronted lofftwls
Association. Olsegow Trades Council, Cupenters (ux
lodge.), Mallows ((our lodges), Currier!? Society, Braes
Weet-ead Boot 'Omen, Farriers' Society,
Joiners, sad Pre Polishers. The chair was taken by Mr.
COMMON.
Mr. Morita!, a delegate from the Millmee's Association,
admired the media& Hs said the men of Beath. Stag-
foedaltiro were w to submit their care. to **ratios,
which they believid to be the only way of efleo. !Costae-
' meat of their diffesesess. In sabmltting to that eases
they would, however, ale that upright men were selected.
He advocated united= ea the safeguard of their intonate,
sad the expellees. of the principle cot only consisted in
the good which ft conferred on the men whom they repre-
sented, but oa the men of future generations likewise. Eng-
glishmea should steed together in all cases of Orniegleg,
sail if they did to Is this case they would succeed.
Mr. Sinnuarrox, in the course of some obesrvatioas, said
the masters, geserelly spealds& were not so hard as they
were repreemampi. Be firmly believed that the masters
were to meet the working men as common
grosofe, to get en understanding of this terrible affair.
A DILIMATI is the body of the room asked the speaker
if be had say antithetic information that the masters WON
willing to meet the men ?
Mr. Ernithrwros maid the masters had told him they
would.
The Daman asked who were the =stow ?
Mr. Itumunrott said he did not think it would
be right to give thaw ; however, if any triad
wished at the dose of the proceedings to get information
oa the point, be would be happy to give the gentlemen's
names. ( Applause.)
Mr. Case= (Amalgamated Engineers) proposed, " That
this meeting regrets extremely the great wearing sod bad
feeling which the cruel sot of the employers in locking out
so many thousands of their workmen has crested, and hopes
that the workmen in the iron trade will agree to submit
the whole question unconditionally to arbithatios." He
said the wad " uocooditithally " had crept into the re.
solution since be bad beard of it, and he decidedly objected
to proposing it. (Apple.) If the objectionable expres-
sion were knocked out he would have much pleasure is
suPPattu the resolution.
The delegates requested Mr. Cromer to erase the word
" uncondathoal," said he did so with the sanction of the
chairman.
Mr. Newton, Secretary of the Charm Trades' Union,
wee asked to mooed the resolution ; but Le refused to do
es, in oonsequthee of the alteration in it. wording.
Mr. ODOM, Secretary of the London Trades' Union,
wooded the resolution. If the parties were willing to
submit their grievances to arbitration they should sot
attempt to fetter those whom they selected. (Hear, hoer.)
All concerned should have full authority to make any sug-
gestion they might deem advisable—in fact, it would be no
arbitration if everything were not unconditional. They 1
should work well together in this effort, which was on
to ameliorate the condition of the workman. Is as !
excellent article which appeared in the Dail)! Nun, it was
staled that better iron exited in Belgium end Holland and
near the confines of Trance than was to he found in England,
and aotwithateadieg the natural austere potweered by
the former othatries, the insaufaetwed irea here was su-
perior to the other, clearly showing the superiority of the
British workroom. (Applause.)
Ile Term learpenters' secretary) moved the following
erthadmest: —"That, in the opinion of this meetieg, the
course adopted by the ironmastere tooompel the North Staf-
fordshire peddlers to accept a reduction in their wages, by
inflicting the miseries of a general lock-out on the families
of the Itap who are so participators in the dispute, is najos-
tillable and creel, and with a view to remove any grounds
which may exile tor their contisaiog to inflict snob distress,
this meeting recommeods the North Staffordshire men to
submit the question of their wages to arbitration when the
molten open their works and allow the men now locked out
to resume work."
Mr. HOWELL (Bricklayers' Society) seconded the mead.
men'.
The questions as to the adoption of the resolution or
anthadmeut were put to the meeting, when the former was
carried by • majority.
Mr. Cope (Boot and Shoemakers' Society) proposed the
following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. HOWICLI,
and corned :—" That in the event of the employers re-
fusing to accept arbitration as a meths of an amicable set.
tlemeot of the question, we, the delegates present, pledge
ourselves to use every mesas in our power to support the
men on strike."
The proceedings teamiested with • vote of thanks to the
chairman.

(fon OU3 WOLVERHAMPTON CORRESPONDIMT.)
There ia a hitch is the arrangement between the firm of
Messrs. Lloyd and Foster, of Wednesbury, and their men.
The affair drew together a numerous meeting of the mea at 1
the (heat Western Hotel, Wedoesbury, last night The I
explanatioa given by Messrs. Lloyd and Foster's men was an
follows:—They were mot 'for by their employers on the
previous forenoon and asked to sign a declaration whereby
they agreed to mfraio from 'ending any aid, either directly
or indirectly, to North Staffordshire. They deolinsd to
sign, and then, they say, they were told that they might
take it to the executive, and obtain their ar-
mature on the behalf of the men, and the copy
of the declaration was written out by one of the clerks of
the firm. This was taken to the executive offices, where
we taw it, and at the same time saw also the reply of the
secretary of the executive. This reply was as we stated
yesterday. We believe that Messrs. Lloyd and Foster deny
that they were prepared to resume on such terms
as those described; but when the fact of the copy
of the declaration having been sent to Bristly.
bill was mentioned yesterday to one of the members
of the committee of the Ironmastene AiwociatMo, be
remarked that he lied been informed on Monday by ow of the
members of the firm named, Bathe thought that be should
have to set on a portion of his works. The men iumert their
belief that their employers were itflueosed in their ultimate
yesterday by the committee of the usoolation, who met
afternoon ie Wolverhampton, but we are not
aware that they expressed this opinion from other than
mere conjecture.
Mears. John Brown (Limited), and Mean. Comet,
of Sheffield, having both resumed work in their steel mills,
Mr. Isaac Jenks, of the Minerva Works, Wolverhampton,
lies also set on ono of his mills for rolling steel, but neither
of these firms have begun in their creeds pertrionta.

The New:conk Chronicle of yesterday says We are
glad to see that there is at lees* some prospect of • speedy
termination of the unhappy difference between the ironmth
tare and their workmen. Mr. C. M. Palmer, the owner of
the intensive ironworks at Jarrow, and the chairman of the
committee of Northern Ironmasters, has written • calm
and sensible letter, in which be expresses his approval of
the proposition made by the workmen's delegates at
the Conterenoe at York, viz., that the troili-
sm of the worth would oaths to hare say
comedian with the workmen of Staffordshire. if
the northern irostthaters would, on their part, agree to
separate from the masters of Staffordshire. He believes if
the mea " will hold meetings and parr resolutions, free
from restrictions sad reservations, is favour of the course
suggested, mid empower their delegates to speak bt their
name,' the committee of masters will thiertaia the pro-
posal, ' and • speedy settlement of the present diffi-
sully may be arranged.' This is • very fair pro.
vocal, and one which the zees should at ones adopt.
This stherthes ot the north from the south ie the comes
which we have advocated from the beginning el this
nefortnnate collision between capitol and labour; sod we
bare pressed it upon both masters and men, as the only
means of solving the present difficulty, and preventieg
similar complication io the future. The mea wisely
adopted oar sampetion, sad made the thopositioa to the
masters at York, hat the Don-attecidasee of the Stafford-
shire delegates proveated the oonferesee from taking any
Atrwthewub2:47ll:toat mtilettcuoPytit Iron masters will
be held in Newcastle to-day (Thendayhesed we tan that
Mr. Patmer's iroggestion will meet with the coesideratma
which it dwarves at their heeds, and that they will adopt it
es the baste el a negotiation which may speedily psi se end
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immediately esseened is the struggle, mad dimmers= to
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