New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16

| officials there that their disputes would
| be adjusted without serious difflculty
| through the aid of the existing arbitfa-
/ ton machinery. The temper of the rail-
way employees and the managers OF the
| lines ia rising. however. and the utmost
! tact will be required to secure settle
ment of the matters in DISPUTE.
King George is taking keen Interest
/ in the situation. and to-day his secre-
! tary, Lord Knollys. called at the Pro
mier's offices to discuss the situation
/ With Mr.. Asquith.
The grievances OF the men are not
serious compared with those upon which
/ they received concessions from their
/ employers. but the men feel that the
present moment is opportune to get
everything they want.
That the railway mems grievance IS
discomfort with the working of the con-
| Citation scheme drawn up by David
Lloyd George, then president of the
Board of Trade. and Secretary Bell Of
| the Amalgamated Society Of Railway
Servants. in 1907. is shown by the reso-
lutions adopted at the Liverpool meet
ing, which this evening declared in favor
Of a general strike Of the railway work
ers. These resolutions complain Of the
vexatious attitude Of the railway com
panies toward that scheme. No other
grievance is mentioned, but both sides
appear determined, and the present in
| dications are that a strike involving
/ 10000 will break out on the expiration
Of the mems ultimatum of twenty-four
| hours 10 the companies AS the gov
eminent was partly responsible for the
/ 1907 agreement il may be assumed that
when the president of the Board Of
Trade meets the railway representatives.
tomorrow government influence will be
used on the side of pacification.
The employment Of soldiers, while
heartily approved by the Unionist party,
threatens to involve the government in
an acute conflict with It's own support
ers The Laborites and the ultra radi-
calls are totally opposed to lending mill
tary assistance TO the police in quelling
riots Thus the only approval vouchsafed
To the Home Secretary when he an
nounced i'm the House of Commons yes
terday that a brigade of troops had been
ordered to Liverpool came from the OPP
position benches.
Postoffioe Humbly Requests.
II is even asserted that the postoffice
officials were obliged to obtain from the
strike leaders a permit TO move the
postal vans. The London waterworks
authorities also had to obtain similar
permits in order TO obtain a coal supply.
and so avert a water famine These
statements have not been contradcted.
The Atlantic Transport steamer Min
newaska. which should have sailed from
Tilbury for New York last Saturday ex-
| poets TO get away tomorrow, The =.
/ Paul, of the American Line, will sail to-
morrow.
American importers who rely upon
London for their autumn stocks will in
many cases suffer from serious delay
in deliveries. Since the dock strike COM
menced the exports for America have
been cut down To less than one-fourth
their usual quantity. The American
Consulate usually cortifies between three
and four hundred invoices a day, but
on no day since the strike was declared
has there been more than eighty in
voices presented by exporters. II is ex-
pected that some days will elapse before
the shipments resume normal proper
tons.
Cardiff, Aug. 15.-The police to-day
negro seamen, who had started an at
tack against the officers OF the shipping
companies. The police used their blllcs
freely and dozen OF the negroes were
taken to a hospital, two Of them in a
critical condition.
Manchester. Aug. l5.-The strike in the
serious consequences, though rioting has
occurred. The supplies of provisions and
of cotton for the mills are running low, and
the Retail Traders Association has APP
pealed to the Home Secretary for immed-
ATE pIOleclon pl the HlI1dTN w the move
ment of goods. The association says the
shortage OF provisions is so great that a
famine will result this week unless the city
is enabled TO get fresh supplies.
Almost all the cotton mills in Oldham
have exhausted their supplies. and will be
compelled 10 shut down unless they are
quickly renewed.
Sheffield. Aug. 15.-Railway traffic here
has been disorganzed through a strike OF
the Midland Company's signal men. Dis
orderly crowds are paradng the streets
and there have been numerous conflicts
between them and the police. In these
clashes several persons were injured.
Among other cities In the north Of Eng
land involved In railway strikes which
chiefly affect freight traffic are, In add
ton TO Liverpool and Manchester: Glss
gov. Bradford. Chester and Doncaster.
Bristol and Leicester also report troubles.
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