The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-18

not given up hope OF arriving at a salts
factory settlement.
James Ramsay Macdonald. who repre-
sents Leicester. said that he had hoped
that there might be a possibility Of re-
opening the negotia tions and that he was
delighted that there was no necessity
for the moment Of moving for vote OF
censure or the Government.
Lloyd George said that there was nc
intention OF setting up a rowing royal
commission. but Of appointing COMMITTEES
Of inquiry. small one. and above all
one which would lead to prompt de-
cision. He was most sanguine that the
men would realize the full character of
the proposals Of the Government and that
it was intended to give them fair play and
not TO attempt TO lure out Of their hands
the great weapon of the strike.
Mr. Macd onald said that there evil
IDENTIFY had been some misnndersta nding
all around If it were possible to reopen
negotiations preliminary steps had al
ready been taken. He begged the mem
rers who had influence with railroad
directors To persuade them to try to
make IL easier for the men to declare a
truce until the inquiry were held.
Lloyd George said that il the COM
mission was accepted tomorrow the
ncmes Of the members would be an
no,nced on Saturday and the commission
could get to work by Monday. II would
sit daily As to the question of truce
all around he could not pledge himself
. more than to say that he would bring
the matter forward. He couldn't ina gine
any one interposing an obstacle II there
was TO he a truce of that kind. II was
the feeling Of every one throughout the
country. he said. to de his best to obviate
the disastrous industrial war. All parties
must have fair play by making the truce
real and effective.
THE STRIKE ORDER.
At tho National Transport Federation s
meeting tonight. called to declare for
mally u national strike. il was said that
the expla nation Of the sudden decision Of
the railroad leaders to make the settle
ment of the dispute conditional upon an
all round agreement, embracing all grades
of the transport workers. lay in the fact
that the anal lgamat ted society and other
railroad unions were cooperating with
the transport workers federation.
The text of the telegram sent out as a
signal for the beginning Of the strike
was:
Your liberty is at stake. All railway
employees must strike at once. Loyalty
to each other is victory"
The MESA ges were signed by the leaders
of the men.
DEFIANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
general meeting OF the executive COM
mittee of the Amalgamated Society Of
Railway Servants passed this resolution:
ave consider the statement made in
behalf OF his Majesty's Government
an unwarrantable threat uttered against
the railroad workers who for years have
made repeated applications to the Board
of Trade and also to Parliament to con-
slider the advisability Of amending the
Cancellation board scheme Of 1907 with a
view to so adjusting the machinery that
grievances Of the men may he remedied.
And further it shows q failure OF the Board
of Trade to amend it's own scheme and
also Of the railroad companies to give
an impartial and fair interpretati ton
the primary cause Of the present unrest
which is not limited to any one company
or grade but is common to all.
We therefore reiterate our claim that
the workers Of the railroad companies
are entitled to the same treatment from
employers as workmen employed by other
employers Of labor. And inasmuch "a
this joint meeting has already urged the
employers TO meet us with view to dis
clssing the whole position and which il
agreed TO by them would in our opinion
have settled the matter, we therefore
refuse TO accept the responsibility the
Government has attempted to throw upon
us and further respectfully but firmly
ask his Majesty's Government whether
the responsibility of the railroad com
panies - in any degree less than that OF
other employers of labor. With a full
sense of the grave step we are taking we
feel justified that our duty to those whom
we represent compels us to refuse the offer
of his Majesty's Government. and re-
body on August Is.
TROOPS SET IN MOTION At ONCE.
Immediately 2tfer the strike deClara-
ton was promulgated the War Office put
the troops DIT aldershot in movement for
London and throughout the night horse
foot and artillery have been going aboa rc
their trains. The artillery are to act az
infantry and in addition engineers and
commisssry men are being sent to London
II is only "a few weeks since the sam.
men came to the metropolis in their parade
uniforms to participate in the coronation
festival. Now they are coming in service
equipment armed with ball cartridges
They will encamp in the parks as they did
at coronation time London's own garri-
son has returned from its summer camp
The commissioners of the Metropolitan
and City police forces have issued appea Il
to citizens TO enroll as special constables
in the event of necessity. Several hun
dred men burning to WELD the baton
had volunteered before tho appeals were
published
Three thousand troops. consisting oi
detachments Of the Life Guards. the
Horse Guards. the Scots Guards. the
Grenadier Guards and the Coldstream
Guards, with twelve machine guns. ar
rived in London during the dag from
different encampments and were dis
tributed in the Tower, Chelsea and