Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-08-17
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been taken at all other military sta
tions in England, Scotland and Wales.
so that i'm case of need every aVailabie
soldier will be on duty to insure the
continuance Of railway traffic.
Though the government today made
an energetic attempt to avert the ca
lamity of n general railway strike. the
present indications are that one Will
materialize at 3 o'clock tomorrow
morning when the ultimatum of the
employees expires. Conferences We're
held today and tonight at the Board
of Trade with representatives of both
sides to the dispute by sydney Bux-
ton. president of the board. but they
did not result in a meeting between
the contending parties. An adjourn
ment of the conferences untll tomor-
row was arranged late tonight to en-
able Mr.. Buxton to see the executives
of the three railway mems unions
now en- route to London from Liver
pool.
In the House of Commons today
Winston Spencer Churchill, the Home
secretary, said that nom unionists were
entitled by law to work without
molestation, and that they would be
protected in the exercise of that right.
The chancellor of the eXchequer, David
Lloyd George. also declared that the
government was determined to protect
the railways and the food supply Al
all cost and would not depart in the
smallest degree from its determine
ton TO protect life and property.
Nj. I-loyd-George tonight in the
4 a,fi iFya
of what the governments policy Of
protection of the railways would be
The government this time, seemingly,
he1gcd on the statements made by him
and Mr.. Churchill during the day. The
chancellor said:
Tho government is bound to protect
life and property. but its responsibility
does not END there. 1t must do all III
its power to see that fair play is given
the community at large. Nothing IS
further from the mind of the govern
ment than even to convey the impres-
sion that it would intervene in the III
terests of any party.
When the delegates of the employees
left the Board of Trade at II O'clock
tonight a reporter asked them: What
is going to happen now?"
To this Delegate Louts replied: \
strike
Meetings of railway men We're held
in various provincial centers tonight
and at all Of them enthusiastic resoiu-
tons were passed favoring a strike.
1t is understood that as a result of to-
days conferences the government IS
hopeful Of arranging settlement OF
the railway differences and that there
will be no need to prolOng the session
of Parliament.
London. Aug 16.-fhe ultimatum of
the railwaymen's societies demanding
that their employers meet them in
conference for the consideration of
grievances will expire at S A. NJ to.
morrow, when the strike on all the
railways in the United Kingdom is
scheduled to become effective Up to
this evening the managers had not
indicated purpose to meet the
wishes of the strike leaders.
Semc Of the managers of the prin-
cipal roads predict that many of the
men. particularly the older ones, Will
ignore the strike order. They declared
that yesterdays proclamation was the
first notice they had received that the
men had any grievance.
Sir James Inglis. manager of the
Great Western Railway, said:
1T is unlikely that the companies
will give way to the men AT all. We
would rather close down the whole
system"
Four societies joined in the ultima
tum. including the Associated Society
of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
with n membership of about 2O,O0. The
total membership of the four societies
is about 100000 and it is supposed that
10000 other railway men are union
members.
While the total number of men en-
ploycd on the 27 principal railways is
100000. majority of the skilled Ia
bnrers are union men. In the event OF
a strike the leaders hope to obtain the
support of the unions of railway clerks
and railway telegraphers-
The unions have funds amounting te
SO. los. 900 and claim TO have made ar
rangements by which they can dis
burse eight weeks strike pay.
George Lansbury, the Socialist mem-
her FOR Bow and Bromley division of
Tower hamlets, who wants to drive
the government from power and I'M
peach the ministers because they call
ed ont the troops TO suppress strike
riots, created a scene in the House OF
Commons this afternoon by accusing
the supporters of the policy OF utlliz-
ing the troops of commencing the
butchery of the innocents.'
II never knew such a. bloodthlfstF
gang, he shouted across the House.
and was proceeding to denounee Home
Secretary Churchill when he was
sharply called to order by Speaker
Lowther.
Mr.. Churchill informed the House
that nom Unionists were entitled by
law to work without molestation and
that as far as it was in the power OF
the police, they would be protected III
tbe exercise of that right. This was in
reply to the question of whether in the
event of railway strike the govern
ment would take the necessary meas
ures to protect all employees desiring
| to continue at work.
The railway managers who held a
second conference with the Board OF
I n.