Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-02
MAY STARYE ENGLAND.
Railway Servants Plan to Tie Up
 Every Road In Britain.
GENERAL STRIKE IS ORDERED
One Hundred Thousand Men Decide to Stop Work to Secure Recognition of union-British Food Supply Threat ened-Companies Are Obstinate.

ened-Companies Are Obstinate.
 London, Nov. 2. - Threatening the
 cessation of ali food supplies to the interior cities and towns of England and Scotland, strike was decided up-
 on by the executive committee of the
 Amalgamated Society of Railway Serv-
 ants to tie up every car and locomotive
 on the railroads of England, Ireland,
 Scotland and Wales. The government,
 through David Lloyd George, president of the board of trade, is making last effort to avert strike, but the lead CTS of the railroad men have abandon ed all hope and declare openly for war.
 In anticipation of desperate strug gle the railroads are equipping great camps at various points along their entire systems. These camps will be run on military lines, with kitchens and liberal provisions free to armies of strike breakers.
 The crisis has been precipitated by the stiff necked action of the council of the Railway Companies association in refusing to recognize the union. For more than six months the members have obstinately refused to treat with their employees. They have repulsed every delegation and said they will in- vite test of strength before they weigh a single grievance. As result of this arrogant stand there is a grow i'm fnr tI,n ant ership of all railroads in the three king doms, and Lord Brassey has declared himself in favor of the change.
 Prices Already Raised.
 It is almost impossible to overesti ,mate the seriousness of the situation confronting England and Scotland. Ire land will provide all the provisions necessary to a protracted strike within its own boundaries, and the coast line of Wales removes almost all danger | of food troubles there. But the whole | interior of England and Scotland must | suffer great hardship in strike. For | now impending has been the night mare of all English army and naval | heads. One of the chief reasons for | the tremendous naval building pro- gramme is to guard against such a stoppage of food supplies as that now imminent in time of world peace.
 The cities in the interior have never more than few days supply of food staples on hand, and with all the rail- roads out of mission the situation will become serious within twenty-four hours. Already shop keepers have talk nn advantage of the crisis to raise the prices of all foodstuffs, and in anticipa- ton of food riots the government has taken steps to concentrate regiments h the interior cities. One proposal ad Ianced by government official was hat lines of automobiles be run from he coast to all distributing points, but his was abandoned when it was found hat all the automobiles in England would not be sufficient to keep the one 'ity of Birmingham regularly supplied with food.
 Men Outwit Companies.
 The railroad men have effected a powerful organization, and so far they lave outwitted the corporations. Lord 'laud Hamilton has been directing he fight for the railroads, and he has 'een a jealous advocate of opposition O every demand of the allied work nen. Hamilton was confident the fire nen and engineers would hold aloof rom the other workers. He depended pon this for backdOwn of the dis ffected employees, but few days ago
 union was effected. with the firemen nd engineers enthusiastically SUD- , orting every demand of the men,