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V o l . 91. No. 3010. L o n d o n , Ja n u a r y 15, 1898.
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C hronicle of th e Week ! Page
The Engineering’ Dispute—The Engineers at the York Election — A Question for Canada—Does Prohibition Prohibit ?—A Little “ Klondyke ” for Architects^— British Policy in China: Equality o f Opportunity— The Concert and C re te— Court-Martial o f Major Esterhazy—The Strategic Value o f Cables—The Cable V ia the Cape— Mr. Balfour and our Volunteers— Fresh Fighting in Uganda —The Plymouth Election-Another Outbreak on the Frontier.. . . 77 L e aders:
The Letter o f the Catholic Bishops
And a Crucial Question on Anglican Orders .. . . . . 8r The Voice o f United Ireland . . 82
CONTENTS.
L e a d e r s (Continued):
Page
The French in Africa . . . . 83 How the Cathedral Stands . . 84 The New Gallery . . . . ..85 N otes ... _ — — ..86 R eviews :
Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Allingham, 1854-1870 The Commandments Explained
87
According to the Teaching and Doctrine of the Catholic Church 88 Robert Lee . . .. _ . . . . 8g The Flower of the Mind . . . . 89 The Lady’s Walk . . . . ..89 Brother Azarias .. m . . ..89 Illustrated Explanation of the
Commandments . . . . . . 9 0 Marriage and Divorce in the Angli
can Church . . . . . . . . 90 The Reading of the Holy Gospels 91
Correspondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre spondent) . . ... _ _ News from Ireland _ _ News from France . . L etters to th e E ditor :
“ The Month” and Father Taun ton . . Homage and Fealty : A Correc tion .. The Secret o f Plain Song The Epiphany .. The Irish Catholic University Ques
Page t i o n ......................... The Greek Eta Historical Research Society The Vindication o f the Bull “ Apos-
tolicse Curse ” : Opinions of the Press . . . . .. . . . . 102
Books o f the Week . . Alleged to be Humour M arriages Social and Political
Page . . 104 . . 105 . . IQ5 . . 106
SU PPLEM EN T . N ews from th e Schools:
The New Departure in Catholic
Secondary Education . . A Catholic College in 1830 The Pope and Manitoba .. The Education Act N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster
S o u th w a r k ..................................... Birmingham.. L i v e r p o o l ..................................... Northampton
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
DISPUTE. E
THE ENGINEERING
XCEPT that several more firms have joined the lock-out there is no definite news to record. The collapse of the strike is probably retarded by the vague hope that when Paliament meets something may be done for the cause of the men. Specially it is hoped that pressure may be brought to bear upon those employers who, having Government contracts, have failed to deliver the work in time in consequence of the strike. The Government will, no doubt, be called upon to exact the full penalties, but as all the employers are protected by a strike clause, which says that a strike of their workmen may be a sufficient excuse for delay, a very nice point will arise. Is a lock-out, in the meaning of the contract, to be construed as a strike ? The masters will urge that only 25 per cent, of the men were locked out, and that if the matter had ended there the contracts could have been fulfilled in time. The other 75 per cent, of the men are admittedly on strike. At any rate there will be plenty of opportunity for electioneering speeches, and probably for an amendment to the Address. Meanwhile it is announced that, in consequence of the extension of the lock-out and the increased strain upon the finances of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, the executive council have decided that each member at work throughout the United Kingdom shall pay one day’s wages per week in the form of a levy on behalf of the men lockedout and on strike. It is estimated that the increased levy will bring in a sum of ^14,000, which, added to the £ 6,000 received on the average from outside subscriptions, would make the Society’s total income £ 2 0 ,0 0 0 per week. The weekly expenditure amounts to about ¿£27,000, leaving a deficit of ¿£7,000. The Clyde shipbuilders are considering the question whether it would not be advisable to shut down their works for a time.
THE ENGINEERS
AT THE YORK ELECTION.
Mr. John Burns, in a long manifesto to the electors of York, called upon all friends of the men on strike to oppose the return of the Liberal candidate, Sir Christopher N e w Series Vol. LIX., No. 2,V 9
Furness. Mr. Burns declares that the choice of such a candidate throws all considerations of foreign and home policy into the shade. “ If he will do this, then vote as such an act of reparation warrants and the political qualifications of each candidate may best please you. But so long as Sir Christopher Furness continues the lock-out and thereby approves the starving of women and children, and the compulsory idleness of their bread-winners, he should be strenuously opposed by all workmen, irrespective of their social, religious, or political views. It is not necessary in doing this to agree with all or any of the views of the other candidate— Lord Charles Beresford. This, however, must be said, and it is sufficient. He is not a member of Colonel Dyer’s federation, and is not directly involved in a lock-out.” Sir Christopher is a member of the Employers’ Federation, and so has locked out some of the men who were in his employment. Mr. Burns credits him with good intentions, but says he must give an earnest of his sincerity which all the world can understand. He must withdraw the lock-out notices against his own work-people. “ The question raised by one of the candidates seeking your votes, forced upon you by his presence and upon which you have to vote, is— Shall organized labour live ? Is labour’s right of combination to be maintained ? Is mere money to dominate industry and finally to enslave industrial mankind ? In a word, British labour can now avert, by political action, the slow, sure, and inevitable undoing by organized anonymous capital of all the past achievements, present benefits, and future prospects of trade unionism. Collective bargaining by labour is at stake; the elementary protection of the industrially oppressed is threatened. Now is the time, opportunity, and justification for an effective protest by workmen against the authors of the wanton lock-out in the engineering trade.” So challenged, the Liberal candidate replied that to desert the Federation now would be to proclaim himself a black-leg. He declares that he has always done his best to bring about a just and reasonable settlement, and was in favour of a conference with an independent chairman. “ I may lose the election, but I will not earn the engineers’ contempt and the contempt of all honest people by turning black-leg just for the purpose of winning a certain number of votes.” This adroit use of the term black-leg, together with an intimation that if the Federation did not see its way to accept the compromise put forward by T h e S h ip p in g W o r ld, he should feel free to reconsider his position as one of its members, quite satisfied the local engineers, and in spite of the disapproval of both Mr. Burns and Mr. Barnes, they have decided to accept
