New-York tribune., 1902-01-06
TRADES UNIONS FIGHT.
ppFPARING TO CONTEST THE TAFr
VALE DECISION.
CREMATION ROBES STILL A MATTER OF
DISPUTE EMIGRATION MR..
SHAWS PLAY.

CORONATION ROBES STILL A MATTER OF
DISPUTE EMIGRATION MIR.
sHAw's PLAY.
crorvrrht; 1902: BY The Tribune Association)
IBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNEl
Vondon Jan. 6, ] a.. m.-The trades unionist.
ere preparing vigorously to contest the claim:
of the Taft Vale Railway Company against tht
Aralgamated Society Of Railway Servants. Tht
amount claimed is about $125,0 600 This is the
conpany's estimate Of the damage it suffered BY
the alleged conspiracy and combination Of the
Amalgamated society in connection with the
recent strike on the Taft Vale railway. The
House Of Lords laid ii down that trades union
was liable for the action of its servants mem
hers. and could be made answerable for such
action in a court Of law. Every trades union
throughout the country is watching the develop
rnent Of the case with the keenest interest. The
union leaders assert that the House of Lords
decision places the whole of their funds in
ieopardv and some unions haltng between
the advisability OF securing the bulk OF their
funds on the Continent, and Of finding some
means Of putting their money safely away in
England.
CONSERVATION continues TO prevail in court
dressmakng circles owing TO the Earl Marshals
order suspending the making of peeresses coro-
the Queen has personally interested herself in
tie matter and in few days the members Of
the trade are likely TO be again hidden 10 Nor
folk House TO inspect the new model. II is be-
lieved that the authorities concerned contem-
plate reduction in the length Of trains in order
not 10 waste space on Westminster Abbey's
floor. On the other hand. it is no secret that
several women Of high degree have expressed a
strong dislike for the whole design Of their
coronation attire.
Official statistics show that 302. .S4s emigrants
left the United Kingdom for places outside OF
Europe during 1901, an increase of 4,2S7. as
compared with the figures for the previous year
AS usual, the great majority of them went to
America, the United States receiving 194,sSS.
and British North America 43,O13- The figures
in the former case show increase of 5.49I.
and in the latter decrease Of 6,994.
Among the most striking developments of the
modern drama is the growth Of the Stage So
ciety an association of earnest students and
lovers Of the drama. whose object is TO secure
the representation of plays which in the or
binary course Of events would never be pro-
duced. About FIVE hundred members Of this So
ciety assembled in the new Lyric Club yesterday
10 see George Bernard Shaw's very much criti-
cised play, Mrs. Warrens Profession" Mr..
Shaw has divided his published plays into two
categories-plays pleasant and unpleasant-and
yesterdays production belongs distinctly to the
latter category The censor has refused to
license Mrs. Warren's Profession" and he can
not be blamed. for il could hardly be presented
TO any but a select public without being misun-
derstood Its reception by the Stage Society
was, however. very lattering and fully deserved,
the dialogue being clever and witty, and the act
drT7iro Far
was especially good in a part which demanded
quite exceptional qualities.
The Standard" referring to a statistical alb
stract of the trade of the British colonies which
has just been issued, says: The main lesson
Of the return is only too plain. and it is that
the business done by England with her colo
MES is too often smaller than it should be. In
regard TO Canada, it is only natural that her
chief customer should be her close neighbor;
nor is fl surprising that the United States runs
Great Britain very close in Newfoundland and
the West Indies. It is, however. disappointing
TO see that We are excelled in Australia, and
50. too il is TO find confirmation of the rather
disquieting fact that Canada has difficulty in
attracting settlers. and that her territories re-
main empty in spite of her improved means Of
communication and the offers made to col
onists"
This mornings newspapers give prominence
20 a report Of the American consul in Liver
pool, which takes unfavorable view of Eng
lands chances n industrial competition with
the United States.
Il is estimated that the British fire insurance
companies paid last year claims amounting to
between f30.OO0.0O0 and f35O0000O
I. y. F.
ANOTHER BRITISH LOSS.