The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-08-18
STRIKES THREATEN COMPLETE
TlE-uP OF RAILWAYS-GOVERN-
MENT RESPONDS TO ACTION.
ORDERLY OUTSIDE OF LIVERPOOL
Already Food Supplies Are Greatly
Reduced and Prices Are BEING In
cressed-Liverpool Faces d Bread
Famine.

London, Aug. l7-There was little,
if any, abatement of the strike fey.
er that has spread through Great
Britain today. At some points, such
as the london docks, conditions con
tinued to improve, but this was off
set oy outbreaks elsewhere.
The railway men at various cen
ters today notified their superiors of
their determination not to handle
trains employed in conveying sol
diers and police through the strike
areas.
A report was current this after
noon that rhe government was likely
to respond 20 this action OF the men
with a proclamation of martial law
on all railways and replacing the
strikers with men from the Royal
Engineers Army Service Corps.
Liverpool Short Of Food
Unless a railway strike is ayerted,
two DAYS more will find the bread
supply Of Liverpool exhausted Res
taurams already have been closed
because their managers could not oh
tain sufficient provisions. All the
necessaries in food have advanced
greatly in price Today the price Of
eggs went up eight cents a dozen and
butter made the same advance. These
are merely samples of the tax i'm
posed on the housekeepers by the
strike
No steamers for America are likely
to sail from this port this week as
they cannot obtain Goa supplies The
MALL, for America were forwarded 10
Queenstown to catch the Soulhhamp-
ton boat
Orderly Outside Of Liverpool.
With the exception of at Liverpool,
where there was rioting nearly all
night, the men generally are orderly.
and beyond pickering and peaceably
inducing men to Join the unions did
not interfere with those desiring to
work
rha fighting at Liverpool last nigh
which resulted in the death of two
rioters, who were shot by Hussars in
defending five prison vans occupied
by riot prisoners whom the mob at.
tempted msuccesrully to release, has
sOt tended thus far 10 improve the
situation except As it has helped to
keep the peaceably disposed outside
the strike area This enabled the
police 70 more easily handle those
who were causing trouble
Refuse to Unload Ships.
Teams We're busy today removing
goods from the railway stations to
business houses. They were unmo-
Tested Along the docks. however.
work Was at standstill aud the
men showed an ugly spirit The
continued riOting on the Mersey port
was not calculated to restore conf
denCe elsewhere and men at other
ports were refusing to discharge
steamers diverted from Liverpool.
Glasgow. for example which had iusr
disposed OF a street railway strike.
now has dock strike as a result of
the men declining 10 remove a cargo
of fruit from steamer sent from
the Mersey
Another distressing sign was the
choice by the leaders of the railway
workers of Liverpool as the city from
which TO direct the threatened gen
eral strike on the railway, which was
declared last night by the executives /.
of the Almalgamated Society OF Rail I.
way Servants the Society of Loco F.
motive Engineers and Firemen, and /
General Railway Workers Union. .
to become effective within twenty .
N1IfUOh T1/cuu,