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STRIKE SPREADING  !f B H  mB'B I 25,000MEN AFFECTED N. E. Traffic Dislocated CLERKS AS FIREMEN Late cm Monday night 3,OCO men, shunters, engineers, and others, in the service of the North-Eastern Railway Company came out On strike in Newcastle, Gateshead, and dis- trict. owing to a dispute with the company. It is understood the dispute is a sequel to the trouble of last year prior to the sig-ning ()f the agreement. Sunderland goods yard men decided to strike on Tuesday. Traffic was largely die- ()l'í\"alllSQt! ae a consequence, and there is a lK»ssib-iiity oi the disaffection spreading. The railway company hare if-sued. a notice g they cannot undertake the responsi- bility for any delay which may result In transit or delivery of merchandise. A iuither notice issued by the company says the passenger train service may be con-j fcicVrably curtailed. Tiie strikers held a meeting on Tuesday at wiu-jh messages promising to work were J'ea:1 from other large Northern centres, in- cluding' Sunderland, the Hartlepools, Bray- (jon, Blyth, Percy Main, and Tyne Dock. The decline to assign a definite reason for the *'ir»ke. but declare it is a protest against the generally tyrannical methods of the officials.. No meeting witli the company's representa- tives has yet been arranged., but the chief officials have gone to Newcastle to deal with tile matter.. Cause of the Dispute The strike of shunters, engineers, and others eonnecled with the goods yard traffic on the North-Lantern Railway its causing consider- able inconvenience at several Tynesiae places, and if continued any leng-th of time will have •serious consequences ou coal shipments. The strike has already developed in extent 81nee Monday, but the men entertain hopes of an amicable settlement, and the railway officials are prepared to receive the men's representatives on the matter. Oil Tuesday the manager of the North, K a stern Eaiiway issued a statement stating that, the meu left work purely because a had ehimter who had been transferred from the East end to the West end of the sidings at Gateshead refused to work there, and was accordingly sent home. Thereupon mauy others followed. The company hope the men will realise their untenable position and •teturn to work, otherwise other arrangements sill be made. Strike Becoming General A telegram received late on Tuesday night from Newcastle states that the rail way in en and Hartlepool have decided to oea-sc forthwith in support of the men 011 strike. The men on strike, held a meeting on Tues- day in the Temperance Institute, Newcastle, and t.hr, company's officio, waited at the receive any deputation that might he appointed, and the maiI U ge?. the company, Mr. Buttery,'orth, tra-velled to Newcastle from York for the same purpose. h ieared that by the morning the strike Upon the fystem will be general. It is stated tha.t clerks are taking the places of firemen on the engines. Meetings were also held at Sunderland and ai, perhaps, the largest of them, the audience being good, station employes at Wonkweartcouth, it was resolved that other sections of Sunderland North Eastern Railway Ctomjjany employee be aisked to cease work in support of those already out. The resolu. 1 ion passed v;;w, "J.IhLtt this meeting of ail jrradei of railwaymen fully appreciate the aof-ion of the møn of (Tat-eshead in ceasing "w<»rk as a protest against the tyrannical action of one official at Gateshead, and that wo pledge cur support to the men of G-ate»- head in their efforts, and also call upon the ruen ia other departments to cease work at onoe." A strike committee was also appointed to carry out arrangements. The passenger, locomotive, and mineral departments will thus be affected. On Tuesday nilt the parcel varimen of the Sunderland Station ceased working, and there was, consequently, no Idelivcl-y or collection of paj'cels. A; a meeting nn Tuesday the Hartlepool JTtilva.yaen decided to cease work imm> dia-teiy. The decision affects all grades, and altogether 1,000 men are involved, including c- r goods, loeomcitivc, and dock departments. A complete disorganisation of the t rallio is anticipated. The men of Heddon (Joe,do Station, Sunderland, a-feso decided to cease work to-day, and the passenger depart- ment. s,.af- i were considering the matter until a la.te hour. r",hz- meetings were held on Tuesday night with ■% similar object and result in other r-iacej. The effect will probably be that the >.?;>[> <■" tfhe orth-E<hLNn Railway Company's line. ::I'-w;1!héne gr(':t dIl'tc:ulty in arry-I ing on any "we fot passengers or goods. T?i& ':nen 4«e to commence, m ten o'cl?k on Tuc«jfi.y night did hot %< e o«3r.i! estimate j« that from 25,030 to );,f'¡j!:E:I:\}. ¡ v;v. it Ui^im in j sit. g i j. tha obvious I dcicriBiiiH.Uon of the men. An official notice issued on UcxlMewiay night | a; 'NI-w,labile ini'ormcd tne public of the I jirr.i-arle out-tailed service and the company's inability to undertake any responsibility jn th- circumstances for any delay that may I arise i.hci'eli-om. TRAFFIC DISLOCATED Great disio.ea.ioii of traffic was caused this; morning in Hartlepool as a result, of the j railway-men's' strike, arid shipping is j seriously affected. This -morning only two! trains for the south and oiue for the north! had got away. I The Strike Spreading j A. Darlington correspondent wires that ths Gtrike on the Nc-rth Eastern Eailway is ttiil spreading, but Darlington is not affected. Tjie drivers and ftvement at Middlesbrough refused to start to-day. and tho eastern (ventral pans of the system are no.v almost at a stand still. Trains from Newcastle t.o York and other towns north cf Darlington are most uncertain. In Spite of the A.S R.S.? I Fortunately (sayp the FinuLici.&I Tiinea "), there are several reasons for believing1 thai the trouble is et-rictly local in oharaoter, and there is no indication that the present move- ment ie being organised or even encouraged I, by the men's vsoeiety. It ie -more than probable that this rupture has occurred ;in spite of the Amalgamated fcooiefcy of Railway ♦Servants, which has always been recog- nised by the North Eastern Bail way Com- pany..When the Conciliation Boards wer-a set up by M' Lloyd George the North Eastern was left out of the arrangement. In May, 1907, Mr. Richard Bell in the Railwaymen's Charter m'ade tHe following statement.:— V; e are told, if the companies recognised the men's representative*, thai, it would interfere with the management and disci- pline of the men. Thp North Eastern is the only great trunk line that hats recog- nised us and has <kme all the negotiations I through the society for o«r ten years. ¡ There have been no complaints from that company of interference with the ma-u-age- menst or dieoipline of the mem.

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