Welsh railway strike settled

A strike among men employed by the Great Western Railway in South Wales has been settled after a meeting today between railwaymen and company officials. The strike has been escalating since its beginning earlier in the week.

The strike began after the dismissal of an engine-driver named George James for refusing to handle goods from ‘tainted’ Dublin traffic at Llanelly. Another driver, William Reynolds, then left the company in sympathy with James and was dismissed on Monday. About fifty men then stopped working on Tuesday demanding the reinstatement of the two men who had been dismissed. Despite attempts by the company to halt the strike it began spreading throughout South Wales with thousands of railway men out of work.

At the meeting the men had with them an apology from driver George James, stating that in the future he would not take any individual action or refuse to handle traffic. The feeling among the men employed in the company was that they were eager to return to work. However, it is still unknown whether James and Reynolds will be reinstated in their roles.