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Yesterday morning the Executive Committee. the.[_.
United Trades met as usual at the Paviours' Arms, John-. -.
son-street, Millbank; arid, after receiving-about £6O ineub-
soriptions, a letter was receis.ed from .Sir, J‘ohn Shelleyi in
answer to a letter from Mr. George Potter, secretary, to the
Conference, noliciting-thaopinion_of_ Sir_ John-Shelley on
the "document" insisted, upon by the masters. The fol-
lowing is Sir John Shelley's reply:—
" Ceannacrce-lodge, Gleumoriston,
Inverness, Aug. 30.
." yesterday received your letter, in which you
were so goOd as to &CIL' se D. copy of the document and coun-
terfoil which the master,beaders of the. metrokolii `require
the operatives to agree before They can obtain employ-
ment. I entirely disapprove of the course pursued by the
masters, which, if not resisted, would undoubtedly tend to
interfere with the choice as to employment, which is as
much the right of the operatives as of the masters ; and if
combinations are condemned, those wfiiiObjea to them-
ought to get a good example. You have not sent me the
opinion of Mr. Edwin James or of Mr. Marsh Nelson. I
had several tonsultiitimistwith them on the subject, and I
also had a conversation with Mr. Alderman Cubitt in the
House of Commonk before I left London for Scotland; from
what passed between us I entertained, the belief the master
builders, having 9,iien their mistake, intended 'to withdraw
the document, in which case they would have shown a de-,
sire to conciliate, -which could not fail to have a good effect,
and thus these unhappy differences -might have been ad-
justed. Hoping that the much to be desired object may
speedily be obtained, I am, sir, yours faithfully,
"JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY.
" Mr. George Potter, Sc.c."
The reading of this letter gave general satisfaction, and
the men areas determined as ever to stand firm is their rc-
cistance to the document.

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L-RICIS, SD. STAMPED, 5D

THE ANTI-STRIKE NOVEMEN7

At a preliminary meeting of the Anti-Strike
Committee and non-Society men engaged in the
building trades, held on Thursday in the Adelaide
Gallery, Lowther-arcade, Strand, Mr. Plummer
spoke as follows :—Fellow working men, the pre-
sent is a great crisis in the history of labour, and
promises to stand out as a landmark in the history
of the people. Several agitators, with more elo-
quence than sense, have persuaded a 'great
portion of the building trades to agitate for the
concession of one hour per day, the wages to re-
main undiminished, and to strike the firm of Trol-
lope and Sons for that object. They also declared
their object would not be effected until all the
'other employers had been taken in detail, and
compelled to yield the desired concession: 'This
line of policy led to the natural result' of
causing the employers to meet and take
measures, not of - aggression against the men,
but of self-defence against the unjustifiable
dictation and tyranny of the United Trades' Con-
ference. Hence the origin of the much-denounced
" declaration" or " document." This document has
been abused and denounced as tyrannical and sub-
versive of the rights and liberties of: the working
man. Bat is such the case ? I fully admit that
no employer ought to take any-unfair advantage of
the necessities of the employed, or by reason' of the
strength of his position to 'tyrannize over those in
his employ ; but I cannot for one moment see how
such can be the result of the adoption of a docu-
ment which most distinctly declares that it fully
"recognizes the right of employers and employed,'
individually, to make any tradi engagement on
which they may choose to agree." Why.this is'
a distinctive and positive acknowledgment of the
freedom of labour or the right of every working
man to dispose of his labour to the best advan-
tage; and a document which does so cannot be
termed tyrannical, or be injurious to our interests
as a class. The only persons likely to be
affected by it are those belonging to trades.' Unions
but why shOuld we be called on to defend or to sup-
port associations which have done more than every-
thing else to retard our progress, imperil our wel-
fare, and destroy our self-respect ? (Hear.) The
histery of trades' unions is one of strikes, quarrels,-
disputes, confusion, ruin and misery. (Hear, hear.)
They have seldom, if ever, effected any good or
benefit whenever they departed from their legiti-
mate object of assisting their members in sickness,
distress, or old age; and the sooner we have done
with them when they depart from their proper
sphere the better it will be for ourselves. I lament
this, because the immense sums so foolishly and
thoughtlessly squandered by trades' unions in the
support of futile strikes might have otherwise
aided in the elevation of our condition. (Loud
cheers.) Every working man is fully aware
that no, tyranny or despotism is more en-
acting or relentless than that as exercised by a
trades' union, and every working man who
desires to behold the enfranchisement of his,
class will not hesitate in denouncing the evils
inflicted by the arbitrary exercise of power on the
part of these combinations. The present strike was
made to obtain the adoption 'of the nine hours'
system, and Mr. George Potter and his friends
defend their conduct on the ground that the adop-
tion of the nine hours will lead to the intellectual,
moral, and social improvement of the operatives.
But now they are dragging the question into an-
other position altogether, and begin to talk of
regulating the hours of labour, the rate of wages,
and the like. But all the while many of your
fellow-toilers' families are starving, they are send-
ing their things to the pawnbrokers, and involving
themselves in debt at the tally and other shops. Mr.
Potter talks of the evils of machinery in displac-
ing the labour of the working man; but if machinery
be an evil, then the conference, persisting
in the strike, are doing their utmost to extend that
evil ; because the tendency of every strike
is to encourage and develop the inventive faculties
of man, and the probable result of the extended
duration of the present strike will be a more ex-
tensive introduction of machinery into the build-
ing trades. Again, he talks of the numbers of the
unemployed. Now, is it not an established fact
that every strike tends to swell their numbers, and
thus to overstock the labour-market, and thereby
tend to reduce the rate of wages. Much credit is
given is the fact that want' of the men prefer to go
on the tramp rather than sign the document ; but
what amount of good will they do by such conduct P
They will only tend to cause the country labour
markets to overflow, and they may rest assured
that they will not be welcome in the districts which
they may visit. Again, he speaks of the profits of
the employer, and declares that the working men
have too little of it. Such may sometimes be 'the
case ; but unless an employer can have sufficient re-
muneration for the capital he has embarked in a
trade, he will relinquish it for some other more
profitable, and thus leave the working man to pine
and starve. (Hear.) In fact, Mr. Potter wishes
you to be the experimental disciples of his scheme
for the new formation of society. Are you
willing to sacrifice your interests for the sake of
furthering his ambitious dreams ? (" No, no !")
Why should you allow yourselves to become the
slaves of the conference? Why should you allow it
to step between-you and your daily bread ? Why
should you allow it to ruin your employers and send
you to the workhouse ? Is it because you are in
fear of the intimidation of the conference ? Is it
because you object to sign or agree to the docu-
ment ? If so, will you allow me to say, as a work-
ing man, that if it be adopted as a shop rule by
the working men, as recommended by the Anti-
Strike Committee, I can see nothing in it which a
honest, steady, and industrious man need object to.
But what have non-society men to do with the pro-
ceedings of Mr. Potter and his friends? They have
nothing to do with the strike, and it is unfair that
they should be punished for the folly or misdeeds of
others. However, since the masters have taken
their stand on the document, there only re-
mains one thing for the non-society men to
do, and that is, boldly and openly to repudiate all
connexion with the strike, declare the mischief of
trade societies when they interfere between em-
ployers and employed, and agree to the document
if amended as proposed by the Anti-Strike Com-
mittee. By so doing so, a fair and honourable ex-
ample will be afforded to those who are so rash
and so misguided as to persist in the strike, which
can only lead to the ruin of masters and men. This
is a question of bread to all, and non-society men
cannot afford to behold their families starving, and
their homes deprived of their usual comforts merely
to support a few agitators and discontented work-
men in idleness. Let the employers know the feel-
ing which animates the non-society men •, and let
them learn that their only desire is to be allowed to
return to the work which they have never refused to
perform. It certainty was unfair that they should
ever have been thrown out of work at all; but the
thing is done ; and all that remains for you to do is
to show that you were not deserving of this severe
and harsh measure of punishment. No man who
is really steady, skilful, and industrious will ever
want employ while employment is to be obtained,
and he will always obtain wages proportionate to
his skill. If he is really clever and useful he will be
indispensable to.his employer, and that employer
will find it conducive to his interests to retain him
in his employ. No strike or anything else can
effect more for the working man, and therefore on
this ground alone they are foolish and destructive
of our interests. I have but little time for saying
much more, but let me entreat of you, as fellow.
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persisted in, will only place. them. at the mercy of
the masters. You have
and reason on your side; the press, and every right-
thinking and intelligent mind in the kingdom
are with you, and you have the support of your
own hearts. (Hear, hear.) Let who will speak in
favour of strikes, let your policy be to have nothing
to do with them. The harshness of some employers
is bad enough, but the tyranny of a strike execu-
tive is worse still. Should any real grievance
arise, not all the documents in the world will pre-
vent the men combining together to redress it.
In such a case the document would only be so much
waste paper. One word more and I have done.
Show that you are not deserving of the fate which
you are enduring, and that you will not be the
dupes of a paltry agitation, which, after boastingo!
the thousands of pounds at its command, could only
afford to give ls. ld. to the lock-outs the first week,
and nothinc, the second; and therefore I trust that
you will show your good sense by agreeing to the
amended document, and returning to work the
moment the doors are thrown open. Certainly it
will be your own fault if they remain closed, for as
soon as the masters learn your wishes I have no
doubt but that they will accede, to them, and you

IRELAND.

1)UBLIN, FRIDAY.
THE ANTI-EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION.

Although Mr. Cullen modestly declines to be set
up as the leader of a Parliamentary party, his sub-
jects in the _House of Commons appeal: to have got
their cue, and are making preparations to perfect
.themselvei in the parts they are to play in St. Ste-
phen's in the course of the next Session. Already it
is stated upwards of 2.3 of those devoted sons of the
Church have signified their intention to answer the
call of Mr. John Francis Maguire, and to attend
the gathering of the (laity which is to come off in
Dublin upon a day not yet named. Similar pro-
miles, however, have been freely dealt in for a
period of eight- or duririg which We"
tenant right craze was the staple article of Irish
agitation ; and all know how faithfully those same
representatives kept their pledge to aid the annual
Conferences by their presence and powers of speech.
But the Church, probably will be better served,
and as a proof of devotion it is boasted that the
Irish members arc willing to support "any petition
to Parliament" having for its object the extension
to Ireland of the English denominational system.
It is further stated that a deputation from this
country, backed by influential English' Roman.
Catholics, will have an interview with the Pre-
mier upon the subject before the next session of
Parliament, and that arrangements are also in con-
templation to bringthe whole subject of educational
establishments, from the lowest upwards, before
the public.
MURDER IN TUE COUNTY OF. CORK.
A letter dated Macroom, Thursday. (yesterday),
says :—" A brutal Murder was perpetrated here
last evening. The victim was• a- farmer, named
Daniel Lynch, who lived about five miles from
this town, where I:e rented a farm on the pro-
perty of Mr. R. J. Rye, of Ryecourt. Yesterday
morning he left heine for the purpose of transacting
some business in Macroom, and it is rumoured that
parties in his nelg,hboUrh)od were aware that
money was due to him, and that he expected to
receive payment. Not returning at the hour expec-
ted, some uneasiness was felt as to his safety, but,
at about 10 I'cl sck. the sound of his' horse and car
approaching his residence dispelled the fears en-
tertained by his family. The horse and car stopped
on coming up to his door, but the feelings of his
relatives may be imagined when, on approaching
the car, they discovered that Lynch, though seated
in it, was quite dead, his skull being fractured in
five or six places, and his face so mangled that his
features could scarcely be recognised. A portion of
his clothes were absent, those that remained being
saturated with blood. The body was still warm,
and apparently the outrage must have been com-
mitted within half an hour of its discovery. The
alarm was, of course, instantly spread through the
district, and the police scoured the country in every
direction. The clothes of the deceased were found
in a ditch on the roadside between his own house
and Macroom. 1 heard to-day that the coroner
had been sent for to Cork, and that he may be ex-
pected this evening or to-morrow."

LOSS OF THE MARQUIS OF DROGHEDA'S YACHT.
The Daily Express of thiS morning supplies the
following additional particulars :
" We regret to announce that the yacht of the
Marquis of Drogheda, which was wrecked off the
coast of Sligo on Saturday, was not insured. There
is no truth in the statement in the Freeman's Jour-
nal that a pilot offered his services and they were
refused. There was a pilot on board, as we stated
yesterday, but he was deceived by the absence of
the buoy, which was carried away two years ago,
and never replaced since. Who is answerable for
this ? Is there no party whose duty it is to report
such matters to the Admiralty—none who can be
made responsible for losses occasioned by such gross
neglect ? How is it that the coast-guards never
missed the buoy, or, if they did, never reported the
circumstance ? Why is it that no steps were
taken by the Harbour Commissioners or the
Admiralty ? Providentially no lives were lost.
The vessel struck the sand about 5 o'clock a.m.,
when the Marchioness of Drogheda rose and came
on deck. But there was so little apparent cause for
alarm, that the party again retired to rest, and rose
as usual for breakfast at 9 o'clock. The Marquis
was about to proceed to Sligo, accompanied by Cap-
tain Foster, but he fortunately decided on remaining
with the Marchioness of Drogheda ; for had he gone
he would never have seen the yacht again. There
was a crew of 14 or 16 persons, including servants,
who exerted themselves to the utmost to save the
marquis's property, forgetting all personal conside-
rations in their zeal and alacrity. We regret to
say that the conduct of the peasantry on shore pre-
sented a painful contrast. Instead of lending their
aid like Christians and civilised men in this emer-
gency, they remained up all night watching for the
property as it was washed ashore, every atom of
which they carried off, hiding it in potato trenches
and corn stacks, and in every conceivable place.
We hope the Marquis of Drogheda will not let the
matter rest here. His lordship has a public duty
to discharge for the sake of the yachting interest,
which it is so desirable to encourage as an impor-
tant branch of the national defences, and for the
sake of all who are engaged in the coasting trade.
Those whose duty it was to take precautions for the
protection of life and property on that coast should
be called to account for their neglect, and the land-
sharks who lie in wait for wrecks, in order to plun-
der the property of those who may be cast on shore,
should be taught that such barbarities cannot be
perpetrated in this age with impunity."