Thomas Sydenham Cogley
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 112
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. STRIKES AS (10NSPIRA0IES--MODERN DOCTRINE. 6. Acts of 5 Geo. 4, c. 95, 6 Geo. 4, c. 129. 7. Intimidation and coercion. 8. The right to strike. 6. Acts 5 Geo. 4, c. 1)5, Geo. i, c. 129. The act of 5 Geo. 4, c. 95, inter alia provided "That journeymen, workmen, or other persons, who shall enter into combination to obtain an advance, or to fix the rate of wages, or to lessen or. alter the hours or duration of the time of working, or to decrease the quantity of work, or to induce another to depart from his service before the end of the time or term for which he is hired, or, not being hired, to refuse to enter into work or employment, or to regulate the mode of carrying on any manufacture, trade, or business; or the management thereof, shall not thereafter be subject or liable to any indictment or prosecution for conspiracy, or to any other criminal information or punishment whatever, under the common or the statute law." ( 2.) "( 5.) By violence to person or property, by threats or by intimidation, wilfully or maliciously to force another to depart from his hiring or work before the time for which he is hired, or to return his work before finished." "Wilfully or maliciously to use or employ violence to the person or property, threats or intimidation towards another on account of his not complying with trade Union rules. "By violence to the person or property, by threats, or by intimidation, wilfully and maliciously to force any master or mistress manufacturer, his or their foreman or agent, to make any alteration in their mode of carrying on their business. "Conspiring for any of the purposes before mentioned." This act was in force for but one year, when it was repealed by the act of 6 George 4, ...
