A W eek ly N ew spaper and R eview .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

F rorn ih e B r i e f o j H i s H o li? ie s s P i u s IX . to The Tablet, J u n e 4, 18 70.

V o l . 90. No. 2999. L o n d o n , O c t o b e r 30, 1897.

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C hronicle of t h e W e e k ! Page

The Engineering Dispute—The E Position of the Boilermakers —

Italy and the Triple Alliance— In Honour o f the Canadian Prem ie r— Lawyers at Westminster Abbey—Spain and the United States— The King of Benin— Sir H . Campbell-Bannerman at Stirling— Reforms in China— Death o f the Duchess of Teck—The Weakness o f the Opposition— A French View of the Boer— The Mayoralty of Greater New York — The Condition of Cuba— Mr. Courtney and Voluntary Schools 677 L e a d e r s :

Catholics and the School Board 63i Catholics and Politics in Italy . . 681 Dr. Johnson’s Prayers . . . . 682

CONTENTS.

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The Cardinal at Arles . . . . 684’ Notes . . . . — — . . 686 R ev iew s :

Alfred Lord Tennyson . . . . 687* Ten Years in Anglican Orders . . 683 Johnsonian Miscellanies . . . 689 The Pomp of the Lavilettes . . 689 The Story of Babington's Con­

spiracy .. . . . . •• 690 War and a Wheel . . . . . . 690 Unkist, Unkind . . . . . . 690 The Irish University Question . . 690 C orrespondence .

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . — — 693 N a.ws from Ireland ... — 695 News from France . . . . . . 696 L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :

The Ornaments Rubric . . . . 697

L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r (Con­

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tinued : Wanted Winnowed Accounts of

the Catholic Missions . . . . 697 “ Catholics ’’ and “ Romans ” . . 698 Catholic Chaplains for the Navy 698 Auxentius of Milan . . . . 698 Bimetallism and Just Money . . 698 St. Gordon . . . . . . . . 698 Anglicans Abroad . . . . . . 698 Barcelona^ .. . . . . . . 698 To Ritualistic Protestants . . 699 On Catholic Literature . . . . 699 The Centenary of Edmund Burke 700 The “ Sayings o f Christ . . . 701 The Red Mass . . . . . . 702 O b it u a r y ........................................ 702 Books of the Week . . . . . . 703 So c ia l a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 704

SU PPLEM EN T . Page N ews from t h e S chools:

Education Schemes . . . . 709 Education by Syndicate . . . . 710 Kindergarten Certificates . . 710 The Technical Instruction Acts 710 R e l i g i o n in Australian State

Schools . . . . . . . . 710 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . . . 7 ir

Southw ark ....................................... 711 L i v e r p o o l ....................................... 71 r Nottingham.. . . . . . . 712 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 712 Catholic Evidence Lectures . . 712 The Cardinal’s Lectures ip E ssex.. 713 Lord Salisbury’s Tithe Act and the

Landowners

Death of the Lady Abbess o f Stan-

brook . . . . . . . . 7x4.

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for the shorter day, if it is to be immediately revived in the subsequent discussion ; on the other hand, if that demand is abandoned, it does not appear what is left to discuss. According to The Times, in spite of the large sum contributed to the support of the strike by sympathizers at home and abroad, the position of the men is becoming critical. If the correspondent is rightly informed, of the ¿300,000 available for strike pay at the commencement of the struggle, ¿£250,000 has already been expended. The levies, amounting to 5s. per man, now being paid by the men still at work bring in a sum of ¿£i 1,000, and the average weekly amount received in contributions and donations from outside sources is estimated at ¿£6,oco. The total sum required per week to pay the men on strike is ¿£26,000, which necessitates the withdrawal of close upon ¿£10,000 from the Society’s funds. The following are the latest returns of the cumber of men now idle throughout the country: Engineers, 29,000; allied workers, 20,000; labourers, 28,000; nonunionists, 6,000; total, 83,000.

C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .

THE Board of Trade has made a direct

attempt to bring the masters and the d i s p u t e . men t0 conference. Sir Courtenay Boyle, in a letter addressed to the representa­

tives of the two parties, after dwelling upon the lamentable effects of the dispute upon the trade of the country, goes on to try to formulate a common ground, if not for agreement, at least for discussion. He notes the complaint of the employers that they are seriously handicapped in their business by the action of the Union or its members, and also that the demand for a 48 hours’ week with 54 hours’ pay, was put forward, and a strike ordered, without any consultation with the employers. He notes, on the other hand, the fear of the men that the emnloyers are influenced by a desire to ruin the trade-unions. He accordingly proposes as a basis for an arrangement the following four heads of agreement: “ (1) The Employers’ Federation, while disavowing any intention of interfering with the legitimate action of tradeunions, will admit no right of interference with the management of their business. The trade-unions on their part, while maintaining their right of combination, disavow any intention of interfering with the management of the business of the employers. (2) The demand for a 48 hours’ week made by the Joint Committee on the Federated Employers in London without previous request for a conference with the employers is withdrawn. (3) A conference between representatives of the Employers’ Federation and the engineering unions concerned in the dispute shall be held forthwith to discuss and settle the hours of labour. (4) The constitution of the conference shall be arranged between the chairmen or other selected representatives of the parties.” On the side of the men, it is urged that the proposed withdrawal of the demand for a 48 hours’ week ought to be accompanied by a withdrawal of the lock-out notices on the other side. They also urge that an impartial chairman ought tobe appointed, and contend that without some sort of umpire a conference would lead to nothing. The Federated Employers insist that before a conference can be held to any purpose, it must be understood that the demand for a 48 hours’ weekwith 54 hours’ pay, is abandoned absolutely. On the one hand, it is hard to see what object there could be in getting the men to withdraw the demand

THE POSITION

OF THE BOILERMAKERS.

Meanwhile, a very anomalous state of things is reported from the headquarters of the boilermakers. It will be remembered that the Executive of the Society came to

an agreement with the Federated Employers, by which the London men were to return to work upon terms accepted as satisfactory. This the London section of the men have refused to do, and in consequence all the ship-repairing yards on the Thames are closed. The Executive of the Union has addressed a strong letter of remonstrance to the London men, in which they say that for some time past they have known that certain of the London men have been “ affected by strike-fever,” and anxious to involve the Society in a “ disastrous and ruinous dispute.” “ It has been with considerable difficulty,” the letter continues, “ that we have succeeded in preventing the members before referred to causing trouble; but they appeared bent on doing mischief, and, unfortunately, a favourable opportunity occurred when the London dock-owners posted notices that they were going to increase the working hours to fifty-four to all classes of their workmen. The negotiations with the employers are then described, resulting in the notices being withdrawn and the 1892 agreement being restored, any other questions subsequently arising to be adjusted in conference. This arrangement the men have repudiated. “ Your conduct (the circular continues) is certainly strange and unjustifiable. You have not only violated the society’s rules, but gone directly in opposition to the recent vote of the society that declared by a majority of more than eight to one that the

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