The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-24
ENGLAND, April 3.
LONDON SOCIALISM.
The Movement Making Great Progress.
sympathy Expressed for Their
Belgian Brothers.
For The Enquirer.

For The Enquirer.
LONDON, April 1.-The report of the
Associated Iron Molders of Scotland, is
sued last week, shows that after an ex-
istence of fifty Five years it is IN danger
of collapsing, not from want of members,
but from the drain on the funds during
the depression. This danger seems to
have opened the eyes of the executive,
and in their address to the members
they support the eight hour working
day and the abolition of over time.
They also wish machinery to be Sub
servient to man, and not man subservi-
ent to it )" and they ask why it should
not be used to facilitate and curtail the
labor of the toilers
The Wednesburg filters are still on
strike. The masters have intimated
that they are prepared to meet the men
| if the latter will submit to the 10 per
cent reduction. The men declined to
do so. A movement is on foot in Dud-
ley to form federation of trades among
the different sections of the iron indus
tries. Strikes are also on at the Preston
and Lancaster iron foundries against re-
ductions. The Cleveland ironmasters
are about to issue notice of a reduction
of wages at all the blast furnaces in the
district, which for this purpose includes
the whole of the north of England. The
notice will apply not only to the men
actually engaged at the blast furnaces,
but to mechanics in and about the
works.
The compCsitors at the Herald, Chron-
icle and Echo Offices at Worcester have
come out on strike against the lntroduc-
ton of so much apprenticeship labor in
the offices, which is slowly taking the
place of the adult labor.
The Socialist movement in England is
making great progress. The govern
ment prosecution of Burns, Hyndman.
Champion and Williams, of the Social
Democratic Federation, for sedition in
connection with the riots Of the eighth
of February, has raised good deal of
public sympathy for them, and will GER
tainlY not increace the prestige of the
lberal(2) government in the eyes of the
workers. Successful meetings have
been hold by the local branches of the
Social Democratic Federation in. Man
chester and Glasgow the meeting at the
latter town being composed of about 40
600 people at which resolutions, as those
passed at Hyde Park on the twenty frs
of February, we're carried with only five
dissentients. The police authorities in
Manchester have threatened to suppress
any more open air meeting of large
character. Free Speech Thus the So
cial Democrats have succeeded in agl-
tating the three principle industrial CEN
ters Of Great Britain Londun, Man
chester and Glasgow. Burns, Cham
pion, Hvndman and Williams will be
tried at the Old Bailey on the sixth. l
will keep you informed as to the pro-
gress and result of the trial.
This evening the council of the Social
Democratic Federation passed the fol-
lowing resolution of sympathy with the
Belgium strikers, who have been 30
ruthlessly shot down by the gendarmes
/ and soldiers:
Resolved, That this meeting of the
General Council of the Social Demo
cratic Federation expresses its sYmpa,
thy for the victime of the soldiery and
police in Belgium and hopes they will
soon become members of the Socialist
party.
Resolved, That this Council further
assures the Social Democrats of thai
country that their comrades in Great
Britain will never slacken their efforts
to organize the working classes for ma
tionsl and international combination tc
overthrow the capitalist system all oveI
the world" ID. W. LEE.