The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-06
TO WORK
English Rail Men Back to Jobs
With Big Strike Settled.
Workers Get Pay for Vacation
Base Wages on Living Costs.

Washington, Oct. e.-The embargo
against the sailing of shipping board
vessels to Great Britain was partially
lifted today by the shipping board as
strike there.
London, Oct. 6.-British railway
workers were returning to their posts
today, after both the strikers and the
government had made concessions
yesterday which ended this eountry's
greatest labor walkout.
On many of the railway lines trains
were in operation early today. In
some quarters fear was expressed that
agitators might cause further trouble.
London where the night shifts gener-
ally reported for work last night.
Keep Up "Citizens' Guard" Move.
Formation of the citizens guard"
which was instituted by Lloyd George,
is proceeding despite the strike settle
nient. Volunteers continued to enroll
today. 1t is expected the guard will
be maintained, for use in future strikes
With both sides claiming victory,
the average Briton was concerned
, chiefly with the simple fact that a
settlement had been reached.
Regardless of the partisan claims of
victory, Briton recognizes generally
| that both sides conceded some points
and granted some dbmpromises. Both
retained enough to save their faces
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| the terrible possibilities involved in a
! failure to settle the issue. ,
| Settlement followed a meeting be-
tween Premier Lloyd George. and
members of the executive board of the
National Union of Railway Men which
was arranged at last nights confer
J ence between A. Bonar Law and the
conciliation committee of the trades
/ union.
Terms OF Settlement.
The official terms of settlement~are
as follows: ~ 81. 81
j ''First-Work shall be resumed I'M
mediately. cH-s
"Second-Negotia will be re-
sumed on the understanding that they
shall be completed before the end of
the year. --.-..-.
| "Third-wages will be stabilized at
the present level until September 80,
| 1920, and at any time after August l
they may be reviewed in the light of
| circumstances then existing.
"Fourth-No adult railway men in
Great Britain shall receive less thar
/ 81 shiiiings per week, while the q st
of living is 10 per cent above the ps e
war level. -
"Fifth-The railway union agrees
that their men will work harmonious
| ly with the men who returned to work
| or who remained at work during the
| strike. Nor shall there be any vic
limitation of strikers.
SiXth-ArrearS OIL wages Will, De
paid on resumption of work"
| London. Oct 6.-The people of
Great Britain, particularly those OF
| London, will long remember the past
ten days as the most remarkable ex-
/ perience, apart from the war, in their
day. Nothing except the air raids
| has ever SO diserganized the normal
life of the country. The most strik-
ling change to the eye was that the
| population and the traffic of London
seemed suddenly to Have doubled
owing to the fact that nearly all travel
and freight traffic, which are usually
borne by railways, were thrown into
the streets. Toward the end of the
week, the government had mobilized
its picturesque collection of many
\ thousand modern and ancient vehicles
land a frequent sight in the city was
that of traction engine dragging 8
train of assorted drays and wagons
thru the streets.
The army motors undoubtedly saved
the city from intentionally short ra'
tions. The way in which the city
ditions surprised everyone. Banks and
where hundreds of employees were
of London were covered with tent.
and with searchlights playing, this
nights looked like those of wartime.
1 The most important feature of ths
/ strike was that it passed without riot
ing or loss of life. except for the. in
creased number of street accidents
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