The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-17
NEW CIVIL WAR
MEhACESENGLANO
-seee TROOPS MUSTERED Al Al
prRSHoT TO aIEIr EXPECT
Ep UPRISING.
LIVERPOOL. IS SIAkNlNO
s-
BREAD >trrLN - .o>E ND
>rRINE or Ieo.oaa RAILROAD
-MsN PREVENTED RtIttF
FOR ttTh.
LIVERPOOL IS STARVING

JsttN@H'tNs Aux N'sat .N
thousand troops made $50 81 aetA a.
n ntS from praos.ea..3 eeery oeSach
If the service. oa~r, tax stas c@ryr3dsc>
ana equipped fuf SEQ SER are
being ffe,til.aed az a siefSi4et ss-Ete}lt
10 be rushed to the rTSlys.e rs-strrs n.
the great labor Wa~ tEat aas "ssa
tacitly declared thrVae as :he "st'a
Kingdom and to rroGe.s ttt n,eaSf"
supply II food ;bat ss&H@S 5fsseea
the people ana starvation
At the conference held TODAY III thc
instance ot the govern ment @nd
boards of trade ~ London aud i.iN-
srpooj only served fa widen The
brfach betu cen the railway men ana
tho companies. and to-aas tr}tlcH!
situation has reached It's climax, Ihe
strik.. fever has spread lIke 0ra 10 iae
renotest corners 81 the country.
Liverpool already y a the starN a.
lion point The bread suppl. at
counted to-day Sufficient Ia last TWO
days is praciieajl! exhausted Tonight
The majority at the restaurants are
closed. Euttef and eggs are selling
at @ cents higher THAN yesterday. aud
all other provisions have advanced
prapervionatelE,
Clashes bet"e eH troops aud suik
ers are expected hours The ranks
of the men are being sNeHed oontiu-
uaIly IS NoFkmcu in other lines of
5nGustr> GO ont "a sSHpa;h$
Bg daylight there viii lie enough
troops bivuuaced al A{dtfsHut To cope
ILL
hut what may o-ear Wh5e tn sol -
diers are being Distributed -oHdon
fears t. cNcu conjecture
Conference i'ruitics..
sidney Buxton. presl3eH; - the
his conference With the railway mems
multaneouslN the same report came
from the government officers who
had been iu conference WIKI the ni =
neials Of the railroad eompau{
seizure Of tfto raif~at limos VIII ne
made ny TIE government # necessary
for thv transportation II troops Ia
ine Various scenes Of DISORDER The
New YORK branch If The ANA ga
mated Society %! Ra8Way servants
adopted resolution isfe to-day nor
10 handle amy trans COM ing 80
diers and police ~ the strlke areas
and III is said that the same action
VIII be taken for other branches
Practically aH ~ the railroads ar,
refusing e. boob passengers for fdN
srpool and London The sigma mpr
struck today al both cities
The merchants and miltefs ~ Man
chester have appealed for military
protection and twe regiments Of cav
airy ana two regiments Of infantry
are en- route IL that city
100000 Men on strike
One hundred Thousand railroad mel
will he idle tomorrow il Is estimate,
tonight seventy thousand men q
tho totl membership or the Asso
tiated Society ut Locomotive Eugi
neers ana Firemen are unjonsts an,
fully 80 Gee more dissatisfied en-
ployes Will have Joined than ny morn
ing The society extends to ever,
railroad ia The United Kingdom.
Five hundred infantfYmen and rs
cavalry were sent 10 Cardiff Wales
tonight IN response 90 aD urgent re
-nuaSi fur protection from the Iorl
Mayor,
INTENSE str-t through t7tt
ne country to-day was fully rehecte
In tho House of Commons whore ia
strike WAS the oyershadoU Issue
George l.Aushgry. the Socialist, a.
tackled 'thc policy Of using troops +
aueH the disorder az "a tioodthirst
ceeice
Secretary Churchill retorte3 that "a
All costs tn" Cos eminent pou}d q
afi in ats power IL protect the Zoo
supply af the eeantrY and The non
gHouiSts Dartd fIesd- George ehar
eeilor ~ the eNchequer. seconded ~
declaration.