The Sun. — 1860-11-01 (London, England)

HUDDERSFIELD COTTON SPINNERS. I stoi 51  The strike amongst the hands employed in the ',furious cotton mills in Huddersfield is unhappily „ otn the increase. The strike resulted primarily from at an objection entertained on the part of several of s' the masters in the locality to employ those hands 'who had formed an alliance with the Oldham t Uiaion, a society which has only lately begun to exercise its influence in this neighbourhood. Delegates from Oldham and other parts of Lanca- st shire have attended the meetings of the opera- st tives employed in the various mills, and the con- st, duct of the masters and the relative position of st; the men have been freely discussed, the result of se which has been that many of the operatives sst have left their employ without notice, and litigation on both sides has been resorted to in conse- :I quence. For several days during the past week the at; ( mills at which hands are still in employ have been at( surrounded by the " turnouts," and the police have st' used special efforts to prevent any breach of the at( peace by having an extra force in the affected 20: localities ; but throughout the dispute the conduct of the men generally has been of the most orderly character ; there has been nothing calling for police at, interference. Tuesday being market-day, the hands out of employ paraded the streets in procession, sti bearing placards, upon which the words, "The rights of labour," were conspicuously set forth in .1 large type. During the busiest portion of the day sty they paraded in front of the Cloth Hall, and through at( the principal streets of the town for two or three at( hours, in order to enlist the sympathies of the in- at( habitants. About one o'clock they returned quietly to st( the club-house. The procession consisted of both men, :ti!, women, and children, the women taking the lead. st( Throughout the route they were most quiet and orderly, and no demonstration, beyond a few hisses, when some of the masters made their appearance, at( was made. The masters very liberally offered, at a st! meeting on Monday evening, to reimburse the Oldham Union, to the extent of one-half the amount they have paid to the men since they have been out on strike, on condition that the men would relinquish their connection with the Oldham Union, at( and, if they considered it necessary, from all union on pure and independent grounds. Whether or s.tt: not this proposition has been favourably entertained, we are not as yet in a position to state; but we believe the men are not inclined to give way. ' Already one mill is entirely stopped, and several it, st, others are only partially employed. at  EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, AND LOSS or Two LIVES (THIS DAY).—A few minutes before _ nnmirrna af.4hn Metropolitan Railway works, by which an engine• driver s and a stoker in the employ of Messrs. Jay, the contractors, were killed, and a number of persons seriously injured. The engine was standing at the entrance to the tunnel in Maiden-lane, when in an instant it burst and scattered destruction all around. The buffers were torn off like matehwood, the driving wheels forced from their axles, and the whole engine, a very excellent one, was smashed to pieces. The poor engine-driver was dashed to a mummy, and the stoker thrown high in the air and killed instantaneously. The foreman of the works was also much injured. The shock was heard over the whole of the northern part of the metropolis.  It is stated to be the intention of the Unitarians of England to present Sir J. Bowring with a Bible, on the occasion of his marriage Tuesday next, in acknowledgment of the services he has 5... rendered His Excellency the a ~f£loo oord-Lieutenant of Ireland has offered a reward for such information as shall imer!ck. lead to the arrest of the person or persons who murdered the late Alderman Sheehy, rfuL to the total The Liverpool Town' Council,towni at their meeting yesterday instructed. the powers to prepare notices for town to carry out improveapproachesn, and in some of the crowded thoroughfares, at a 160,000. cost of from £50,000 to THE GREENWICH WATERMEN d•AND THE LORD eispute between the MA:Yoa