The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-10-17

there were no dispute IN existence, and "
the employers wonld come 10 IL, allow the .
per cant 70 bea matter Of srhitetion.
Then the master had fret 70 agree to a.
low them 70 20 10 Ct the 10 per cent. re6uc-
ton Yss, the mAstsF 20 allow them TO
agree 70 70 in at the 10 per cent reduction.
Aeoordine 70 yonr advice it would have
been necessary for the masters TO allow the
men 70 70 10 at the 10 although they h.d
said Is per csntf And vsry large number
OF the nsstsrs agreed 10 that !; ~ agreed 10
it.
Lord Elcho-Ous Of how manyf 50 or
40 altogether.
Earl Or LIch8eld-Did the men 70 IL in
the eass Of those suployerst fes.
Lord Elcho-And vas the Eve per cent.
submitted to Arbitration BY those employ
srs3 No IL never was asked.
Then have those men worked ever since9
Yes, since then. Ns- t-
Then the ont break has not bssns in those
pstes No but vhers the men played OIL.
You said that you recommended 10 per
cent. when the masters proposed Is why
did you 0bjsct to the reduction Of Is per
cent. l thought Is be very strong. The
men had only been advanced as ths rate Of
ten per cent. from time to time, and thought
1t very srong 70 reduce them Is per cent,
and believe this confidently, that n the
masters had come aud asked 10 per cent.
Or five per cent. from time to time, in three
different sums, or two different sums, the
men would never have hesitated at that, and
took that course Of advising the men In
order thai the men might DO Appeased 70
prevent, If possible their coming oat.
believe lha, If they went on to work u the
10 per cent, submitting the five per cent.
TO arbitration, the men would resume work,
and there weuld be no strike aa sA.
From your knowledge Of the state Of trade,
irrespective Of whether rises bad been BY 10
per cent. or reductions had been BY 10 per
cent. previously, did yeu consider shat q
ed bv the state of trade NJ that timef dld
consider thar it was not justified
Do you think so still l think 90 still ~
faF a. my informstion goes
Mr.. Mathews If the fact Is admitted that
q reduction OF %. O ton has occurred in the
Wigan district, do you think that IL per
cent redaetio IN wages N too muchf The
2s. q ton has not bean made manifest TO me,
and unless there are other lists OF prices
than those which know AID have the op-
Portunity Of seeing, do net belisvs il
Then you wonld not believe Mr. Hewlett's
evidence yesterday, that there 10 . reduc-
ton Of q. ton In the price3 lam 1ot 60
Ing to say whether believe Mr. Hewlett or
not. see the trade price manifest every
day published, and Jake particular inter-
est IN Il, and have learned privately, ~ far
as can, and have not learnt shat 10 has
gone to the extent Of 2s. ton
Il may happen that Mr.. Hewlett cannot
get the trade price Il may.
He is . very good authority ne 70 what he
can sell his Goals at, aud, stating ~ he does,
that the price Of coal il red1ced %. . ton,
do you think the Is per cent 10 too -auch
reduction in wages Not il Goals are re-
duced % . ton.
think that you ststsd that trade 10 very
bad in South Statfordsb re, and that probs.
bly, there will be o reduction OF wages theres
Do you know Mr.. Kanef
have known him, and met him some
years ago.
You do not act with him have seen
him and acted with him on some matters.
II were to say to you that Mr.. Kane has
BEEN through South Staffordshirs In the
face u falling market In iron, and advised
the men to strike, do you thiak that dis
Greet coursef | am Tvs Q judge Of Mr..
Kane's acts. bur viii tell you what have
done myself in Scotland. There was pro-
posal Of q reduction In the commencement
Of this year. When | returned homo found
the men all on notice for reduction. Tue
notice had expired Al a very large public
meeting advised the men 20 accept the re-
duct;on. Since that again another fall has
taken place. Wages has fallen in ScotlsDo
from 5s. to 3s. They are even now getting
employment at So. or So. 6d dag. have
ADVISED the mea TO accept d. reduction.
Mr.. Kane may have motives for his conduct,
which do not know.
You would not endorse Mr.. Kane's policy
such Is have described it " yoaf No;
not as ycu have described il. | think II was
sheer madness at the present moment on the
part Of the ironmaster's men 20 strike.
And they are ous on q strike N South
under tbs advice Of Mr.. Kanef
l DO not know how that ID.
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