The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-18

700 At Preston. i.0oo at Doncaster. 1000
at York and 1000 at West Hartlepool
At midnight there were about 1000 out
at Horwch. 1000 at Lancashire. 1000 at
Wolverhampton. 1000 at Cardiff. 600 at
Bury. 500 at Lancaster. 500 at Stockton
and .OOo at Carlisle. There are no A CURES
from Scotland, but reports from Glasgow
and Edinburgh indicate that the Scottish
lines have joined in the strike.
None Of the figures il official Many
Of the local lines OF the Midland company
were almost without trains prior to the
strike order. and the freight Yards we're
closed.
STRIKE RIOT INSURANCE.
Iloyd's Is kept busy these days writing
strike riot insurance Policies written
against riot in Liverpool are at the rate
OF g. per cent. A country mansion near
Liverpool. believed to he Lord Derby =.
has been insured for a month for 81. $50 =
600 at the rate of 70 cents per cent. Lord
Derby is the owner OF much land in Liver
pool
1he Labor members Of Parliament met
in the House of Commons this evening q
and adopted resolutions supporting tho
railway men in their action and con-
demning the Government for not bringing
pressure on the railroad companies TO
remedy their grievances
A stir was caused in vaudeville theat re
IN Chatham Tonight when a sergeant
went on the stage and notified all soldiers
present that they were wanted at once at
the barracks of the regiment The regl-
ment had been ordered out for at rike duty.
and many of the men were out having a
| good time
The Post Office authorit az sav that they
do not expect that the NAL service will I've
| greatly hampepd by the strike. but if
necessary the existing aut tomobile service
VIII be supplemented The Postmaster
General has summoned departmental al
officials To confer
This evenings strike order has belied
the remarkable confidence of the Stock
Exchange that the worst was over. Prices
of English railway shares rallied sharply
and closed firm and the stock dealers
were quite optimistic. Questioned after
the strike order had gone out they refused
to abandon their confidence and said
that they did not believe that the unions
were able to make the strike effective
EARLIER NEGOTIATIONS
Hope that the strike on all the
| railroad lines might be averted was
| dashed in the afternoon. when the rep
resentatives Of the railway unions
| refused to accept the offer of
Premier Asquith. who offered to appoint
| royal commission to investigate the
wHrxtnr Of hn
| 1907.
The announcement of this offer and its
refusal was made after long conference
held by Premier Asquith. Sydney Buxton,
president of the Board of Trade; the man
ayers Of the different railroads and the
executive committee Of the Amalgamated
! Railway Servants Union. This had been
preceded by conference Of all the men,
bers of the unions executive committee
with Ramsay Macdonald. chairman Of
the Parliamentary Labor Committee
This latter conference was called to give
the members of the unions executive
committee an opportunity Of discussing
the situation with Mr.. Macdonald previous
to the meeting with Mr.. Buxton.
QUERIES PIT AND ANSWERED.
At the close of the second conference
| the Board Of Trade issued this sta tement:
The president Of the Board Of Trade
accompan lied by Premier Asouith and
Mesers. Mitchell and Cummings, labor
officials of the Board Of Trade, met the
executive committee OF the railway men $
union to-day and the following questions
were put
First What was the actual ground on
which tho pypCntiNa |,
| manifesto ordering general strike in
case the companies did not accedc to it's
terms,
Second-What were the actual grievances
! in connection with the agreement of 1907
Third Were those grievances sufficiently
grave to justify the action the executive
| committee has taken?
Fourth Could the grievances have been
| mended in a less drastic way:
| Fifth Could the grievances he rerneded
| in the way proposed by means of general
| railway strike,
To this the men replied "a follows
and >. The failure of the Compa MES to
observe the spirit and letter of the agree
mcnt OF 1907 and the utter impossibility Of
the mems representatives securing redres.
! of the many grievances of which the men
| compla ned.
| ,. Yes.
| 4, Yes, to the suggestion offered hy the
| committee to the railroad companies of
| August 10. to meet the Official Representatives
of the men 10 redress the many grievances
of which the men complained
| !. YES. in our opinion IL !s the only course
We have also considered the possibility of
| further questions being asked and have
| unanimously come to the conclusion that the
only way that will he now IN eh hective method
to peace II for the companies to consent to
| meet US
| Tn" president and the members Of the
| Board OF Trade retired to consider the
position. and subsequently the Premier.
accompanied by Mr.. Buxton. met the execu-
Tive committee of the union and made the
| following statement
| Il have considered carefully in consulta
tion with the president of the Board of
Trade and my colleagues in the Cabinet
the reply given by Mr.. Bellamy in your
behalf to the FIVE questions submitted by
| Mr. Buxton to YOU.
! Your answer 20 the nrSt and second IL
| The failure Of the companies to observe
| tho spirit and latter of the agreement
| OF 1907 and the utter imposS ibility Of the
| mems representatives securing redress of
the many grievances Of which the men
, compla ined, your answers to the remain
| ing questions depend upon the assumed
| correctness Of those statements and the
| first and most essential means TO establish
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