The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-08 00:00:00

THE WAGES MOVEMENT.

PRESTON, FEB..7.—The initiative has been taken in a
movement which, it is hoped, may result in bringing
together the masters and men, who have been so long
estranged. The following memorial, which is to be
signed by the mayor, the clergy, and the chief inhabi-
tants of the town, is to be presented to-morrow—whe-
ther to a general meeting of the Masters' Association
specially convened for the purpose, or to the committee,
has not yet transpired :

` TO THE MASTER MANUFACTURERS OF PRESTON.

"Gentlemen,—A crisis has arrived in the condition of
the town which impels us to address you in the language
of respectful but earnest entreaty. Disastrous as the con-
sequences of the long suspension of factory labour have
already proved, we ieel persuaded that a longer suspension
of that labour will prove infinitely more disastrous, if not,
in many respects, permanently ruinous. Our observation
leads us to believe that the losses and sufferings necessarily
attendant upon the cessation of industrial activity to so
great an extent have become so aggravated and intolerable
as to produce a general, sincere, and strong desire for the
resumption of work. We believe that a large proportion
of your people are most anxious for the opportunity which
you alone can afford them to resume their work ; not those
only who were forced against their will into the bondage
of a union, but many also who now see their error in
forming or encouraging such a union. On the grounds
therefore alike of policy and of humanity, we entreat you
to take the first step in what we trust will be a return to
peace and prosperity, by opening your mills for actual
work without further delay, and without previous formal
conditions. And we entertain a sanguine hope that such
a step on your part will be found prudent as well as.snso,r,s7
passionate, and issue, under the Divine blessing, in the
mutual benefit of yourselves and
gentlemen, &c. Mr
your people. w
At the meeting of the board of guardians
by the
Ashworth asked what course washetomi
pursuedellsbeing opened'
relief committees in the es'ent of t.
The Chairman replied that they mwuesrt
i carryn
t out
matter. th e
law ; they had no discretionaryer
power
board could not
If the people had work .g t
number of families in receipt of
give them relief. The natrao
out-door relief during
tiotpast week was 1,836 the cost
being 2801. This time
.
1., year the relief only amounted
to 125/ The number stow in the workhouses of this
union is 892,
against 660 at the corresponding period of
last year.
The income this week from the various districts sub-
to the power-loom weavers is 2,1841., and in-
cludes g
scribin
the following sums :—Blackburn, 6401. to the
relief fund, and 301. to the emigration fund ; Stockport,
2621. ; Hyde, 2001. ; Ashton-under-Lyne, 140/. ; Preston,
127/• 1251. to the relief fund, and 5/. to, 1271. ;
the emigration fund ; Oidham, 95/. ; Staleybridge, 631.;
Church Parish, 50/. ; Accrington, 411• , roy s • D 1 den,
1281. ; Bolton, 25/. ; Clitheroe, 25/

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