The evening world., 1911-06-29
CORE OF BIG OCEAN LINERS
MAY BE DELAYED.

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serious menace to navigation. The big
llghtships In the mouth Of the Mersey
ire deserted to-day. their crews having
olned the strikers. The Government Is
rowing everything to replace these men
Iecause unless the craft are at their
nchorages with their lights set by
!ghtfall incoming steamers will be In
anger OF missing the harbor entrance
nd pillng up on the rocks.
Factories in a dozen cities shut down
MS morning because Of a lack Of raw
Materials. and the railroads have re-
iuced the number of their goods rains
o a minimum because there 10 no
.reight available at the seaports.
II the strike is not settled by Saturday
n score of ocean liners whose passenger
l'sts are complete with tourists return
Ing from the coronation will DO held
mere.
The Canadian Pacific Railway and the
Allan Line yielded to-day to the strik-
ers' demands. The Cunard Line Is ex-
pected to follow suit. TIT stewards of
the Empress OF Britain have returned to
work. and the loading Of the Tunisian
has been resumed.
The stewards OF the Itrabic OF the
White Star Line. due to sail for Boston
on Saturday. and to the Bowie n
Suevic OF the same line quit to-day and
have picketed their ships.
The Cunard steamship Company this
afternoon agreed to recognize all the
seanmen's unions. including the dock
ers' equalization. The strikers are re-
turnink to work.
HULL. England. June 2s.-with the
harbor filled with all class OF freight
steamers. many with p%erishable car
goes, and business completely at a
standstill because of the dock work.
ers and seamen's combined strike. the
Board Of Trade to-day began an ener-
getic effort to settle the trouble. The
ship owners are defiant and insist they
can operate II their strikebreakers are
given protection. There were numer-
Gus incipient riots to-day. but the po-
lice and military on guard adopted the
sternest measures and managed to pre-
vent serious trouble
LIVERPOOL. June 28.-Every bit OF
shipping In the local harbor. with the
exception OF half a dozen mail tenders,
is tied up to-day. The situation is 80
serious that the effort OF the Board
OF Trade to settle the strike is being
aided by a volunteer committee of city
officials and by the city authorities.
The strikers declare that under no cir
cumst,nces will they go back to work
until their union is recognized and
more substantial concessions are made
than are already promised.
II strike breakers are imported II will
be necessary to call out the military to
preserve order. as the strikers are In
on ugly mood and promise trouble.
GOVERNMENT ALARMED, TRIES
TO SETTLE STRIKE.
GLASGOW. June 2s-There was con-
siderable rioting among the dock strik-
ers, to-day following an attempt by the
companies to operate with non union
men. All through n harbor shipping
IL At q standstill.
SOUTHAMPTON, June 2s.-The entire
harbor Is congested with vessels OF all
kinds whose crews have Joined the strike
OF the dock ~laborers. The local hotels
are damned with tourists anxious to
return home. but unless there Is a
change In the situation within the next
forty-elght hours all sailings will have
TO be cancelled. The Government Is
alarmed over the situation and is CO.
operating with the Board of Trade In an
attempt to settle the strike. which
seems to nave settled down to the Ques-
ton of recognition OF the union.