The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-19

PREPARE FOR FIGHT.
NEITHER SIDE WILL YIELD IN
BRITISH RAILROAD CON-
TROVERSY.
haiiway WOrkmcn are Determined to
ENFORCE Strike If Salaries arc Not
faised.-Managers Will Run Their
Trains With the Aid of Government

Trains With the Aid of Government
LONDON Aug. Meetings with
view to sett' controversy he.
tween the y companies and
their en- ss%ere held today and
'a 'on's' Sc board of trade but
wb ~ were adjourned late to-
/ e situation remained as far
~ being solved as when they ne.
a. The railway managers declared
! they had been promised protection
in running their trains and would
not yield to their men; the representa-.
tives Of the railway mems unions de-
| clared the strike would take place at
the expiration of their ultimatum to-
morrow morning.
AT Aldershot the military authori-
ties are taking every precaution to
| insure the working Of the railways in
| the event a strike is called. Every
soldier in the Aldershot command has
been placed under orders for duty.
| IT strike is declared three regi-
ments Of cavalry and three batteries
OF royal horse artillery will first be
moved diect to London to be follow
ed at short intervals by an infantry
| battalion, field artillery, the royal en-
gineers and the medical units of the
commands. Only the barracks will
be left at Aldershot.
! All the soldiers will be armed with
rifles and ball ammunition. They will
| be stationed along the railway lines
| north and south Of London while the
calvary will ne employed at stations
and also will patrol the lines so as to
be able to get quickly to any point
| of danger. Trains will be worked by
flag signals.
1t is estimated $4,000 men from
&ldershot will be prepared to move !.
in few hours, trains to accommodate
that number having been assembled
there. Similar precautions also have
been taken at all other military sta
| tions in England, Scotland and Wales
so that in case Of need every avail
able soldier will be on duty to insure
the continuance of railway traffic.
| Though the government todav
made an energetic effort to avert the
| calamity of a general railway strike.
present indications are that one will
materiaize at O'Clock tomorrow
morning when the ultimatum of the
employees expires.
In the conferences today and to-
night at the board of trade represen-
tatives Of both sides met Sidney Bux-
ton, president Of the board. but there
was no meeting between the contend
ing parties.
/ An adjournment of the conferences
until tomorrow was arranged late to-
night to enable Mr.. Buxton to see the
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unions who are now en- route TO Lon
don from Liverpool. This fact alone
leaves a glimmer of hope that the
mems ultimatum may at the last mo-
ment be extended another day and
provide an opportunity for further
negotiations. This is the governments
earnest desire but up to midnight
there was no sign Of any change in
the plans for strike.
| In the house of commons today
Winston Churchill, the home secre-
tary declared non-u unionists were en-
| titled by law to work without moles-
tation. and would be protected in the
exercise of that right.
( When the railway managers con-
ference IL the board of trade adjourn
ed tonight Sir Guy Grant, general
| manager of the Midland railway,
gave out a written statemen i'm behalf
Of the managers. 1t said:
The government having assured
the railway companies that it would
| afford them ample protection To carry
on their services. the railway COM
panieS are prepared even in the event
OF general railway strike TO give an
| effective, though restricted service"
Meetings Of railway men were held
in various provincial centres tonight.
and at all Of them resolutions were
adopted favoring a strike The lead
ers of the Labor party said that the
sentiment shown in the present dis
pute had been accumulating for years
and the laborers can not obtain ius-
''ce without using force. Wages have
not Increased with the advance in
rents and living expenses.