Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-18

= most desperate efforts thu } liberal gov ernment has made to | prevent the preatest conflict between capital and labor that England ever! has witness ed are trembling in ths balance to- night. IT. representatiy -es of the four organizations comprising the Amalga mated Society of Railwa V Servants is- sued a strike order toni ght calling out the 100, 900 members of their allied un- 1ons The men were q -sked to strike immediately"
 Unions Include SkiI4 d Workmen.
 Though the members ship of the un- ions is less than one-s ixth of the en- tire force of railway iworkmen. it in- cludes the highest skil jed laborers em- ployed by the compan ies, and if they all keep in line they will be able to cripple the traffic of the entire Unit ed Kingdom The 1tal question sOf the situation now is Iuow large a pro- portion Of the men vi i'll respond to the strike order. No onf can answer the question or even att smpt to Summar- 1ze the situation tor night.
 No Definite information.
 At midnight neit her the board of trade, the railway managers nor the union leaders has my definite infor- nation as to how the men were re- spending to the stri ke order.
 Trains Movi ne as Usual
 Telegrams were pouring in that a thousand men hal Il struck here and 500 at another plat ,e. but the messages were based largel. on guesswork As far as London is concerned the strike has not Visibly af fecteds traffic as yet. All trains are nov ing as usual and the only disturbance 'eported was small row between un ion and non-union men at the San 'ancras sation.
 Strikers ls sue Statement.
 Late tonight u te executive commit tee of the striker s issued a statement saying: Results from the provinces point to an earll victory" The lead CTS, however. co nld not give details sup porting this assertion.
 Chancellor off Exchequer Acts.
 The governmer 1t had been successful Sn its attempts Q Stave off the strike which had been set to begin at 8 o'clock this mori ling, and tonight Dav- td Lloyd George the chancellor of the Cxchequer, stepI ied into the breach in the house of con nmons, after the days conference at u ie board of trade had resulted in failu re in an endeavor fur ther to delay tt e walkout of the men and bring abor It an amicable settle 1nent of the COT Eroversy The chancel- Tor argued tha f today's negotiations and Premier As bquitns offer to form a royal comn1issic m to effect a settlement of the strike hs Id resulted in a misun- derstanding on the part of the men which yet mig Int be put straight.
 Propos ition Rejected.
 But the spol sesmen for the railway employees refus jed to accept Mr. Lloyd Georges view of the situation and in- sisted on call ing the strike, even though the ne gotfations had not been definitely bro1 len off. Premier As uuit1ls propoS ition was to form a roy- al commission of three members, one from the raiF way company, one from the strikers, and the third, the chair man. man well known for his inn partiality. Thee railway companies representative accepted the proposi- ton but the e mp1oyes rejected it.
 Army on the Move,
 A dramatic feature of the affair is that England 5 army is on the move Its activities might be described as nearer a mobi lization than at any time for some yesirs. The government is deploying trof IDS to meet the emergen- cy all over tf'e country At Aldershot tonight 15,00d soldiers were loaded on ,2 trains.
 Soldiers C amp in London Parks.
 The author ities refused to make pub lie their dest nations, but large pro- portion of thu .m have come to London and are enca Gnping in the parks and near the railway stations. Four thou sand infantry are in Victoria park, in the east end rof London, and the center of it's most u zrbulent population. Three thousand infantry are raising tents in Regent park;. another 5000 in Hyde park 500 ar @ guarding the. general postoffice, anti another 500 are encamp- ed at the lov,yer end of London.
 Scots Guards at Railway Station.
 The only Ynondon railway station where soldiers are in evidence is Clap ham JunctioIa,, the center of several suburban lines, which the Scots guards are picketins: Elsewhere troops are 6oing moved to stratesical points all over the country.
 Government, Prepared for Trouble.
 The governments plans to cope with the strike su e1h, fully prepared. The tunnels and ignal boxes are the chief zsoints whicn it purposes to protect against possible violence.