New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-11-03
STRIKE MAY BE PUT OFF
ARMISTICE EXPECTED.
Sympathetic Liberal attitude Too
ard Trade UnioniSm.
Especial by French Cable to The Tribunel
TCopyright, 1907. by Ths Tribune Association

TCopyright. 1907. by Ths Tribune Associaton.l
London. Nov 2.-Lloyd- Georges processes as
q peacemaler are not revealed. The northern
railway lines. which VIII be chiefly affected by
the general strike of railway servants have been
well represented in the conferences which have
taken place at the Board of Trade. and there
has been better chance for Cancellation than
there would have been if the southern lines had
been more prominent. He has taken a definite
line Of action and has warned the railway chair
men that the strike. If it comes. will be followed
by fresh legislation which will arm the Board
Of Trade with large resources for regulating
the relations Of corporations with their servants
This menace may convince the railway chairmen
that the honorable compromise proposed by him
IS e-lssiient, if not necessary.
E't5 generally expected that an armistice Will
be proclaimed Wednesday. when the COM
panies viii give provisional consent 10 Lloyd
Georges proposals. and he viii submit them TO
the representatives of the Amalganated Society.
II the chairTnen stand out he can offer Richard
Bell the promise of legislation next spring in
the direction of compulsory arbitration and sug-
gest the expediency Of putting off the strike
Meanwhile. the result of the balloting by the
Amagamated Society Will be announced at a
great meeting Tomorrow in Albert Han and
Mr. Ellis, in presiding. viii disclose the sym
pathetic attitude OF the Liberal party toward
trade unionism. Lloyd George is managing the
matter Of deepest public concern with great abil
ity and strengthening the position of the govern
ment. He is assuming that trade unionism is
one thing and socialism another and that the
government follow up the trades disputes
bill with a scheme for compulsory arbitration
without inconsistency The Lords cannot reject
a measure Of that kind without giving a ire
mendous impulse to the Prime Minister'S appeal
to the country against them
Meanwhile, the reaction in favor Of more eco
nonlical management Of local government. which
figured last spring IN the London county cleo
tons has been taken up in the provinces where
the Conservatives have won over a hundred
seats. The victory is most complete I'm Ian
cashire, but candidates standing as socialists
have been defeated everywhere. The result is
noisily proclaimed as a Waterloo for socialism,
but IS in reality uprising Of taxpayers in
favor Of lower rates and the reduction of local
expenditures Practical reforms will be as diff
cult Ira the provincial towns as they have been
eft by the municipal elections if there We're
firner leadership and closer approach to unity
There is a tariff reform cabal against Mr.. Bal
four. Without any substitute for him more
authoritative than Bonar Law, 1t will fall in
Birmingham where Mr.. Balfour will be more
subtle and ambiguous than ever. Yet the party
viii remain faction-rent and demoralized with
out a definite tariff policy defensive tactics
against trade unionism. l. n. F.