The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-20
.BIG STRIKE
 IS SETTLED
ENGLISH RAILWAY LABOR TROu- BILE ENDED AND MEN WILL RE-
 TURN TO WORK.
Wave of Relief Sweeps Over Entire Country When Good News is Flashed by Thousands
 of TeIegrams.

London, AuM 19.-A tremendous wave of relief swept over England to- might when at Il o'clock announce lment was made from the board of trade that the railway strike had been |settled and that the men would re- turn to work immediagely.
 Telegrams were dispatched to all important railroad towns bearing the information and these crossed in transit messages to London describ- ing strike riots in Llanelly and the smaller points in khe kingdom.
 The cabinet had been working night and day since the strike threat tened to arrange compromise. Most |of the credit for the ultimate sue cess of their efforts appears to rest on the shoulders of Chancellor Lloyd |George who in his statements to par lament and in an interview with the managers and the men worked for con- Iciliation when all others of the in. terested parties seemed to have aban- doned hope of a peaceful settlement. A joint committee of five members composed of two representatives ot the railway companies, two of the workmen and non-partisan chair man. will be appointed Tuesday to investigate the workings of the con Iciliation act of 1907 which, the men claim, is the root of all their griev- lances. This device overcomes the mems objections to royal commits sion, which they contend always has been in practice synonym for de. 1 lay.
 So far as technical advantage in the compromise goes, it appears to De in the mems favor, particularly as tSs managers consent to meet their reps lresentatives.
 The official statement concerning the agreement says the managers lconsented to this scheme in view of certain representations made them by the government, including a prom ise of legislation to permit of an In crease of railway rates. The men claim victory for unionism in the point lof recognition of unions.
 Messages were sent to l.S0o prancR. es of the labor unions tonight saying:
 The joint committee has settled the strike. It is victory for trade unionism. All men must return to work immediately.
 1 As a result of the settlement, the soldiers posted at strategic railwa, points about the country w-- be withdrawn.
 Tncre is no doubt that today's af fray at Llanelly, Waies, Tn which rh, troops fired on a mob, killing twC men and wounding two others. hat much influence in ending the strike.
 The liberal government had almos it's existence at stake, because c the strike, as it depends on worstini lclasses for power. The shooting o Icitizens by soldiers occurs less Il the United Kingdom than in any otl CTS country, and is particularly re Ipungant to all classes.
 The settlement of the strike brougn little change over the contirs.ons o Friday. The mems boast that the, would tie up all the railroads in tn
 kingdom, and the managers promise
 to maintain curtailed but adequat lseryice both failed of realization m
 men estimated the numbers of tn
 fellows on strike today at 2oe,bv,
 while the railway managers held ev
 en that to be an exaggeration.
 Traffic to the South of England wa
 we'll maintained. while in the mort and in Wales, it was greatly crippled
 The scarcity of food has not begu
 to be felt in London. In this cir
 tonight life moved almosr 4 it's no
 nal channels.
 The settlement was reached at
 conference between David Lloy
 George and executives of the raj
 waymen's societies.