The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-23
SETTLE STRIKES AFTER RIOTS
LOOTING ~ WALES AND WEST
ENGLAND: MANY HURT.

Lloyd George Scourges Daborites in the
Commons for stirring Cp workers ~
Violence Bitter shot for keir Har.
die-Thc Government Commission.
Sp,oiii C1bie Dsspa,chss N THE Sun.
LoNpoN. Aug. 22.-What apparently Is
a settlement of the troubles between the
Northeastern Railway Company and its
employees has been reached tonight
after conference bet ween the company e
officials and the strikers delegates at
York The latter accepted the company q
offer to roinstate the men on the condition
that the loyal men should not be molested
and deferred consideration Of the COM
pany's stipulation respecting the adop-
ton of the recommendations to be made
by the commissioners appointed 10 in
quire into the working of cancellation
boards and other matters. Tho leaders
will advise the men TO resume work
There have been disturbances ,at many
/ places on tho line of the Northeastern to-
day Men at work were attacked ut
Darlington. Bishop Auckland and West
Hartlepool Fifteen hundred more troops
have been sent to Darlington.
| The rioting has been renewed in south
Wales. Many shops in Ebbwvale and
Bryn Mawr including jewellers. have been
wrecked and looted. The police made
several charges upon the mobs. but we're
not able to control them. Soldiers were
called upon and the rioting put down for
a time. hut it is feared that the repression
is merely temporary.
There is rioting also a. Tredegar and
other places. A general spirit Of dis
order and loot thirst appears to possess
the populac" Of the mining villages. and
there has been great damage TO property.
Thirty persons are in hospitals as a result
Of the fights between mobs and police at
Ebbw Vale. Rhymney and Tredegar in
Monmouthshirc. The clashes took place
at an early hour this morning. when the
rioters looted the stores of Jews and
defied the police. The mob fought the
policemen gleefully. but the sight Of the
military forces everywhere had u SOLDERING
effect
The Amalgama.ed Society OF Railway
Servants sent kilograms in the morning
to the striking men of the North Eastern
Railway saving that assurances have
been received from the railroad company
that the men would be put back in their
old positions. The men on this road re-
manned out, as there was some dispute
over the exact nature Of their reinstate
ment 10y the railroad The men will hold
a meeting az Newcastle this afternoon to
consider their position and the assurances
of tn" railroad company.
At swansea the railroad men have gone
on strike again. They alleGe that only
go out Of the 800 men on the Midland Rail
way who struck have been reinstated in
their old positions. The strike was de-
clared at q o'clock this morning The
dock trade is al standstill
In the House Of Lords this afternoon
Viscount HPldane. the War Secretary
announced the names Of the royal com
missioners appointed 10 inquire into the
working of the conciliation boards and
other matters connected with the big
railroad strike The members Of the com.
mission are: The Right Hon. Sir David
Harrel. formerly Commissioner of the
Dublin Metropolitan Police and Under
Secretary for Ireland from 1870? to 1902
chairman: Sir Thomas Ratclife Ellis
secretary Of the Coal Owners Associa
ton; Arthur Henderson. Labor NJ T. for
Durham; Sir Gahriel Beale. solicitor OF
the Midland company and chief labor
, correspondent o' IN" Board of Trade
and John Burnett formerly labor score.
;ary of the Board Of Trade
Prime Minister Asluth rose in the
House Of Commons IBIS afternoon and
moved that an Adjournment he taken
to October Is In making this motion
he said that when tho disturbance in the
industrial sky appeared week ago
yesterday he fel' it would not be con-
sistent with its duty if the House ad-
iourned. Happily. he said. the clouds
had lifted and host iltles had ceased
, The contending parties had agreed to ar
immediate Investigation of the case by al
impartial tribunal.
Premier Asquith SAID the thanks Of the
nation we're due 20 all who had contribute,
toward bringing about peace in the pres
ent trouble. The present, he said. wa, 4
moment when the fewer words sad II
regard to the past the better,
, Ramsay Macdonald the Labor loader
- who followed Mr., >squi'h, said tho events
Of IN" past week had shown thai ma,
must receive an ai"puai" wage before
, he could fulfil his duties a u citizen
9 no settlement, N" N"CHi'f'l, "b@ one
, which could hr accepted bv both sides
II was a guarantee of peace. hut It mus
-" earn ed ont honestly and fairly h,
both sides The men would. he believed
have no reason to express regret at III,
, arrangement which had been accepte,
:. for them on Saturday night
The office which had played the mos
dabolicnl part in the whole unrest. sai'
Mr. Macdonald, vas the Hon" Offce
The action Of the Home Secretary ,Mr
> Churchill had been one of fissy inter
. ference
Sydney Buxton. the President of IN
Board OF Trade, said his department va
not making an effort to settle the shor
- sea traders dispute In reference to IN
Northeastern deadlock Mr. Buxton said
deputation from the Amalgamated So
ciaty Of Railway Servants was now o
the way to York and would confer wit
n representatives Of the company this after
noon The Railway Commission, Mr.
Buxton announced. would meet immedi
=, ately IL will sit continuously until II