Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-06
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. SCHEDULED TRIPS
EARLY ON TUESDAY
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Men Return on Agreement
Wage Status Be Settled
by October 81.
GUARANTEE NO REDUCTIONS.
BEFORE SEPTEMBER IN 1921
Greatest Industrial Crisis in Eng
lands History STAYED OFF
for Time.
ERIC GEDDES MAY REsIGy
negotiations Were Completed Re.
tween Factions Without Miotsfs..
OF transportation Being Present
ERIC GEDDEs MAY REs1G,
BY L. II. AIURDoCK.

IL. H MURDOCH.
| LoNDoN, Oct. 5.-A truce was nepo.
.d.eu .his afternoon in the great test
IA struggle in the history OF
".h "hen Premier Lloyd George
Nnure" sonar Law, for the gov
49,. "en. reached compromise with
the railway mems union and the In
termediary union REPRESENTATIVE 49,.
conferece at 10 Downing street -
The men agreed to return to n,oru
forthwith pending negotiations of ,b.,
| wage status under the guarantee that
shere Will be a settlement by October
81, and conditionally upon the covepn.
ments guarantee that there viii .ba
e her rsauGti0n so SaSn In wages before Septem-
The men. received the addttrona,
guarantee gu d,1 from the government that
than about $3.50 weekly fnstead.eoS
ABOUT 34.4O paid them before the war
as as long as the cost OF living is NOT
,vaS war iaSn ieSn, lio per cent above the pre-
This agreement slaves Off the great.
fS. fio, Industrial hss a Crisis the British ma
or any time except the war in Tie
past century. .--.te
Meet Each Other Half way.
me two warning sides have met each
The government has yielded to tho
| strikers insistence by guaranteeing Ito
Keep UP wages. The rail men yielded
eH s, hi,;tnI!g hir,e;tnr!ning to work pending the
Meanwhile the crisis in the negotia-
oions Is only postponed until the end
OF & me month. But the situation As
IS likely at that time, In which case
the aas controversy will be delayed a whole
Both sides were mobilizing the en-
tire nation for the bitterest trades
union struggle known to the English
speaking races. All British unions had
general strike and the government
was marshaiing. citizens army and
al, civic au,horites auth at the same time
strength Of the country. satt5
Other Unions Threaten Action. X
However. the danger on labor's side
OF the unions being destroyed through
me ion suffering PUBLIC made their posi-
governments side OF paraiyzing Indus.
try just recovering from the war. and
also of precipitating revolution
alternating SO. ooo.ooo unionists. the bet bet
ter half OF the country's labor rank and
me- me- Were isSo SO great that both sides saw
ALSO thsre Is doubt whether the
government could have counted upon
aTy st9ngse t9r g mos9 q in II. this sa
diers being workers themselves.
Strong arm" ideas OF Sir Eric
the one side and the radical views
of laSars extremists on the other,
we're both defeated. 3st
Deny Geddes VIII Resign.
Sir Eric was not present at the: fnar'
negotiations. The report tonight is
that he will resign. but that is denied,
The most remarkable development,
of the strike was the moderation. the
ability, the persistence. and the level
headedness of the Intern ediary labor-
ties representing all the leading trades
outside the. rail men, struggling for
bread and butter. s.~
Remarkable also was the utter lack
Of disorder and violence on the part
system Of government transport.
which saved millions from suffering
and famine.
The settlement came In the nick OF
The final conference was not marked
by the previous bitterness. both sides
exchanging felicitations at the close;
crowd that packed Downing Street.
Garry News to the King. ,stsG
Premier Lloyd George after tho set
Element Immediately hastened to
King OF the outcome. The King I'M
moral yesterday had called the Privy
Council for the emergency.
James Henry Thomas the rail mems
sposesman, spos man, leaving the nnal confer
Its nil over. boys. Work will 4be
A big labor mass-meeting at Albert
Hall tonight ratified tho settlement.
meeting at birmingham. not Knowing
OF the agreement. had condemned the
governments position and demanded
Tho railways promise complets
restoration OF service by Tuesday 80