The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-27 00:00:00

THE.:Thumat4ii,s'ristl? xx

The conference- Of the United
.Building Trades
were busilp enNag_ed yesterday in making 13repara-
tions for the payMent.of the various trades bn Strike
and eeked out,' at' their respective Club-hhuses,
theAame.plan:as s':adopted last week,'and they
hope that as theSijarrangetnents will be better un-
derstood and acted upon, they will avoid a repeti=
ton of the, disorderly- conduct A the Paviors' Arms
last 11-onday. The conferenee 'Continue fo.express
themselves confident of the spceelf and satisfactory
settlement of thodispute 'in thelf favour. 'rOr
,the:delegates now in the Picivinces they state •thr.
receive very encouraging. iritoiniation. • Two'' of
thesedelegates were last night' fo. hold a meeting
at' Birminghant, two at'Leibester; and two at IleedS,
A meeting was also to be' held at Windsor, and in
various placesemninittees have been formed foithe
twofold purpose:of Supplying the "sinews of war,".
and 'of preventing 'men coming to London froih thee
country. PoAt-office orders have been received by
the Conference from various towns for sums Varying
inamount from £5 to -£lO. - Amongst otherS, the
foll Owing towns haVesont contributions t..---Reading,
OXfOrd, Windsor,. Cardiff, Plymouth, Portsmouth;
BurtOn-on-Trent, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Liverpool,'
Brighton, Dorking, 'Woking,' &c. ome private
ladies, and gentlemen have called at the ‘PaviOrs'.
Arms, and left, in aid of the men, sums varying in.
amount from £1 to £5. A levy is made of 10 .per
'cent. upon the wages of all the men in thebuilding
trades now in employment, 'in support of -the men
on strike and locked out. - " •

To-day closes the fifth week of the strike and I
the third of the " lock out;" and, as will have been
observed, the' higher rate of pay to the former
places them in a condition of comparative prospf,
rity as compared with the great bull •of tlAr)se,
thrown out of Work by this dispute.
'The Messrs. Trollope are said to, have los'c the
services of a number of .the men who actepted
work at the beginning of the 'week, and so far, as
the original resolution of the employers is cont
cerned, it is no nearer realisation than when it was
passed.
We have stated that the Executive Committee of
the men are satignine in their expectations of a
speedy and satisfactory settleinent in their favour. ,
On the other hand, this view seems, to be some-
what confirmed by what has transpired as to the
proceedings of the employers at their moeting on
Tuesday last:. It is reported that much sympathy
was expressed for the non-society men " locked
out," and that steps were to be taken as speedily
as possible to replace them, as well as the society
men, in employment. It is quite possible, there-
fore, that some decision may be come to on; this
point at the meeting on Tuesday next. The em-
ployers state that they are quite indifferent to
the retention of the counterfoil of the .‘ declara-
tion,' but they feel themselves justified in asking
for a guarantee of some sort against arbitrary con-
duct and interference on the part of the men, and
therefore they adhere for the, present to the " docu-
ment," as it is Railed, although they say they do
not desire that assent to such a document should be
permanently insisted upon. Perhaps, however, the
'views Of the Executive Committee of: the Employ-
ers' 'Association may be most clearly gathered from
the following extract of a circular addressed to the.
members, and dated Aug. 23 :—" At a very full
and protracted meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee held to-day (August 23), it was unani-,
• mously and most cordially determined to ad-
journ until. Tuesday. Reports of a .most en-
couraging nature were received as to the moral
effect produced by the firmness and literal
consistency with which the original course ofthe
association has; been carried out. Public opinion
daily grows in our, support, and it is strongly felt
that, as we cannot afford a strike every year, so,
when we are , driven ,to it, true humanity to the,
workman and a clear view of our own interests,
unite to counsel that our measures should be tho-
roughly effectual. The committee rely upon your
being satisfied that it is only after the fullest infor-
mation and the gravest deliberation that they have
recommended this adjournment and a steady perse-
verance in the policy to which the association is
pledged, as promising the most satisfactory, and
even the speediest solution of our difficulties. They
believe that the reports of partial defection in a
great measure admit of satisfactory explanation; or
that they may have been materially exaggerated ;
and they especially venture to express the hopethat
even where a partial resumption of work may have
taken place, the employer has at least insisted on
the enforcement of the verbal declaration as indis-
pensable to the reduction of the unionists to their
proper position."