The Globe of last night gives some of the latest
particulars respect- ing the "strike" in the building trade : "This morning our reporter had an interview with Mr. George Potter and one or two other ' leaders' of the present movement, with a view to obtain information in reference to the arrangements said to be in progress between the masters and the men. Mr. Potter and his friends assert that the statements which have been published are in- correct. They say that no deputations from the various branches of the trade have waited upon Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, and they deny that a disposition has been shown to accept the proposal of the masters, that payment shall be made by the hour. They admit, however, that a 'few' masons waited upon the masters a day or two ago, when the proposal was made, but they assert that the great body of men, in all branches, are determined not to resume work until the proposal is withdrawn. The claim put forward by Mr. Potter and his coadjutors is that there shall be a maximum day of hours fixed, and that they shall be paid upon the old system. They say, also, that they are willing to continue work on the old terms, namely, 5s. 6d. a day of ten hours, until the nine-hour question is settled. These leaders of the movement deny that they are urging the men to resist the masters, and assert that the contrary is the case, namely, that the leaders themselves are not unwilling to listen to terms of compromise, but that the great body of the men are so decided upon the point that they will listen to nothing of the kind. A meeting of the masons is to be held to-night to take the masters' proposal into consideration."
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