Berkshire Chronicle Reading 10-1919

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Tne strikers ....-mbW
lllorniDg, at tire ..........IUrr
I II Oxford Street, aIId I..a.4
,.nK'eeded to the
)f
(; round, where a meetl •
~" t \I rdu,r

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h'~~ It guard OIl the <1. .R., t
Mr. A. Rar.e jn
to1',
IIlp n's point of
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o cder of society whioh f11 ha
t otneO to befo I'll tbe w r, had
k«n down
" nd they had g9t, td lIild i\ nE'W .... orl4~
H u t tben was a iliffer.,ot bPt
n till' point
.. r \ lew of lhe Go ernjuent a emplOll'T •
tlop o,.-ners and oon.t""~K ot lIl.ir lin' und
H e 0\¢1!K1 which the work-e .... MJd ti,em.
~~lv8ll·. 'l'he" .people, n til"
t, bad al·
ways · ~n lrflng 10 a pol-tion lbe ",ork'-f8
lo th ir position, and tid "'Ira E'<l thl.'lIl II
I\n. iDferior ty1,)e, ()f
lower burnan "tUlle,
than ~ey mIt \tpoa t )~"!'I"
ThAt ....as
no,," being Chall'-'~ed~'ht UP t<\ the hilt.
The •...orkeJ'll replied
.. Ood IIlade tbeDI
(Ill. precisely the same plaD. t
. ..erG all
f t.h. same lIesh 'and blood, 8IId they had
the ril!'bt to. equal op;, rtunfty it h anybody
else. It Wail becauSft oC thl!! th the Labour
JOovement was cha1~Dl: ug thl' i ling ord.. r.
'fhl.'y ref", ed thllt till'
houM
anv. ~till!­
lUI\ attached to thelD, Ihtlr .. il'PS.
Ih ~i r
b ildren. It wa a Itt'" t cry r r in tiee and
equily which wna find ng .expr ion
the
railway men'
trikE'.
hey could not
TOOoruRruction until t ey IItet 0 n co mmon
10".,1 to discu
the
nditioh of life. As
raH"'jlymen. iliey COllI Sl't an example 19
_ the. rest. of the 'World
Thert> nlU~1 be DO
tJooliganilltll. ThE' rai wa,men bad lmd. a
blow in the' lace from u.P" Gov nDll'nt Ilnd
,"ore not !loin\{ 10 .tan it. Th ·railw:aymeu
!,pl aside their 'laill\ll until.the natinn was
t hrough with the wa. But tbl'J did not
"..a nt to go- on for ev r ",ith
war bonus.
They aid not want to be IIny, ttf'r or IIny
WOI'I!8 . off 11\o.n other men iD
imil nl' posi·
t ion., bu t t.hey did W nt Il t" • .taFrl for ull
railway . It WM, of oors.e, iJltended , that
lhe standa.rdisation ~JI Illd be 011 an upwllrd
basis. bat wh"t the
l'l.'rnmeDt hn(! 98ered
wou Id actll"l1v mean Q. reduction In Uleir
A\wIdard of livin...
he f.>lIeculive ('om mit.
'leo ...er..e di~lI'ul!ted wi h lb" pro~ls. and
kne.... -perfectly well U. t if U,PV handed t bern
on t.o t.he 1'anll: eDd fil~ OlNA wOllld be
trouble al~ over the Ollntr". In order to
/laTe the country fro
a lfen~1 IIpbearllJ
they ~d it back
d ask.ed for a reC'on·
~ideratlon. The work~!l'~ werft 1I0t ll'Oinll' t9
llf' degraded fro m the position t r had beli! .
'l' b t Wall whv'the . ""i\wllym~ were gOiDg
ballk IIp lbeir executive.
The el,airman anqolln~Pd that th .. Loco·
monvft Enainl"f'fft and Fi",~Q'H A. Mciil·
tion had decided. to hade tit m 110. atu id
~heel'8 . and erie!! of " That' t.h, siu/( t. gi>e
!em."
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Mr. CanDon (plall'tayer) saill t heT
"bollt tD-..asaure the general p.blic:, i
would onb 11"8 N>aIIOnabli!llee8 and COOllDon·
lie nee, lbat the I_bollr moveraent ,,8& the
only mOl"eOl"n t which ,was l!Qinlf to 81ne the
wo rld And bri"l{ it to ,,- bill-latr ~t ..tU8 of
ci.ililltllion.
They l'I.&d been olrl by the
C"'.o .... rnment that lhey e"uld either tnb
• b ~ ir nffer or \l!I\ve it . . and Itft WIUI pll!l\8ed
10 f<IIj lhe rail wl\vmen had left it

TO USERS.
I:d i1m: ~f the "Chrouicle..··
, riting to
It 'ou til'
to do all tht"~
i61y ~ to

u"t' of gas.

t h~

11. rN'lll red O\ltpn of ~ f
h)' t ht' collier' • thl!

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\I or ks is much bellnJ t
W hi lst the railwa, etrtte
rl>,.) " il l be l' . eel at 011
,ho1l ld it hull' only for a
,. )h><:k of eOal will lie ari.
.\IId in Ih" , wintt'r •. w
the
~~I ... I'" at Its ma.xunlPa- 'We

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or no r~I" 't"S to ~
the po.iti on lilt"' 011 will
I iou, thn n it is at tho p
nt

a fill'" ~hou1d be e~ ref1l1 not
fl ame to rise Ilbon' tlle
of
" lIou ld turn oft' the lift, 01'
.t- consumpti9 n,' "'hen t

to,

fI '
abOllld
"".lIul \ he ides of the

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and M;ana.pr.

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' '' '' I'I ~ Ix>i llg Inllintained. . '

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'-'H I ) ' con u~r to
lotO
m ex:ee ive r UD\I ,til' !',
If eve\)' coll!i1uDer
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lipt' (.:
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to do.so, It

iDa,.

water supply••
\0, ,wei tfl ay' not be ~

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Ild t~J.' "Can

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t li ~ t l'Ouble
to ,'nrw ll Ihe

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that there .... 9 It oJLlie rJ)~ consideration, and
were l'repa.reci to gin it that coru;ideratioli;
oalv loy U<lb discussip}\. CIIn. tbe lIiff@reDee<I
in Pay which are bounl! to Ilrise betw~n
one trade and another, lia l'em!'die<l.-Ed.,

" Chronicle.'1

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EMPLOYEaS AND
EMPLOYED.

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READING, AWAliCE FORIIED.
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MR. IWWE'S

W9rltls LarfUI Jeweller.

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to

witb othel'8j dJfIi.
<1".1 " 11 ' '' l'pl,I'S, )'r~eipan:t of
<",,\ gtll~ "f the latter ~in~

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lip

O>'Jdooked

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lte8ding.

[Mr, 'Curti ha
the ('rooil']
point tluit there was no »ropO£1\I to rl.'duce
railwavmen'~ wege:, until the dCe of food·
I¢n/f ',had nlateriull • eereaaed. There
GOuld therefore be D~ j \I~H6(:ano" for j)
lightning ~trlke .
Tlie overl.\menl I1greed

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·lir. Silllluo nd , (ch9fker) n.<k 'if til .. 1'ail.
Wnvm en were !?0lnl! lo necPpl 11 , eonriitil'lIs
We Ill'ef'lNl with 10llrl ni of" 0:'"
Mr. Campbe\1 edvOl'... ted 1001< I( upon lit.,
matter u a "MIlt'" hnliday, "tUnA: aWI\Y >l"nd
dO~II . all}, Iitlle iob tbey wa.nl
to, I\-nd then
t'n"',lnll' Uleml!t\lve~ •
~r, Tan.ner also spoke.
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frolll , .,.<1.,;- Inp t own ill'lil'erits
cr d l(t\\I1 ... t·Ol U Hft· nci ng at 7
• 111 :_ ;I nn th ~~ r,'f' lI l" '.d tO~' n 'C() I ~
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IIWt"l·p."'\.)(lrily until
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II. laTgely attl'ndtd Ulel'ting of the
\II.... hel<l i l ~ undAy I'lterrleOn
}(9C~tion. Ground, Rl'ading,
e l>r.l>Ct'oeA·iioD
tbereto bei.ug
the
Dl.'r. Tber wa. ft
deAl
I:II~e used with. repr to Mr.
and i\j{rettt de, I WRa made of tt:;~:~~rn~:e~~~
that t'hl.'re w8.!l going to be a '
in e.rtain Jrradl.'.; notWalt 1<08
bf.~Ter, that thi. wns DOt an. actoa
oD.lI i\ poMib1e s;rienace, an.d in any ev,enl
..p.lld Dot . oper~te for 8 very ooniiderable
hm& and tiU pr!ee.~ ~d falll.'n \1batanti.ally.
Mr. 0011$$ 8&ld. he wI\.!! pro
to be chair.
Dian of' t1la.t wondlll'ful mass meet.iDjf. He
oo u Id. _ure t heJ!l ' that be D I'>r, felt 8uah
emotum . before In ha. !if6.
Thia was 1\
bettie With the (JoveMlla. .t,
Utlb' with
that wil:o ,wi.zard , ()f a l..1er.
yrl O'e o;p,
rhoee ~blect. w.th. ot;be.to -,mllllh
"be ra11,,·aymen'. 'lftIOD.
.. Sunda
llerald" bad ]lilt the q.e.Uoa " Whv th~
alri1.e .,.ould ~ftiL" •If tjl~
~tid it
woull}. no~ flri.1. Tl\t Tr.lpf" AI~iance ....(\8
1l&q.1WC 1.0 !.he baJaOCt'.
.. OW" humble
MrYant. will gp on. In the bit
end." added
~. 00114.': with emph"" ""e life af the
l'IIJl."II.J'i1 • WII!! IIt~~14.'Ii;
tically no
tram.1l wt"re rUDa •..,.
OoV81'RmHlt
lhoucht tMJ we.... ~ to
't the uniOn.,
" I _nt ·to _ .Y ___ l'
e-with the
mailed.ji.t 8i/1iBat
bo
'l!'0111d k.eer liB 11JIMr ' " lb.
la, lI&id
t;
lllt'ir loc:a OOWlcil . . . a y
'. t bQdy.
" '.l']jE. OLD !:OOIA{. 0.0
n T GO."
I(r. TIUlJlet' pfopn..II
.tioll -'pJ~.
inl -the rail ••ym.it te
~he Execu.
tive Committee nntil tis.
Wl\8 brought
t;(. II 51:'('(' !>inl ....... B
W
that
thi w the culmieatioe '"
Ih:istory
tb~ old l'«iaI _8~_ uUllt 11'& It the ~

SPECIALS IN READING.
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-RAUY AT ERL ICH PARK.

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millf'
d Il-Q)" evidence of 011 an. rcbiiot ('on.
IIPirac:y the .. elu U, nged him te produce It

ThUs wn • . a · fiRM fOT t lt4 II ifhRI( of the
~ltOOl dog. UUdE'f the Go
nt 8Cw-nw.
11) I;pml.'\ft tbr lower ,ra"-, 13!. would be

tak·t'u off thp .,..el!8.
Il~. t.onll, oj .tb~ AIDA

(If) Kaci~~ftI IUId

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ted Society
1'1"-0. 1Iedndt>d. He

\11 their sr de d a .Pl'CItIm-.me thev were
ff":'
b"(\J ~ed 1nlb, but it waa .obvious
i p.st
th: ~w~ ~d be
off
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