The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-21

this tho situation * complicated al Liver
root There are a number of local dis
ptiins and full harmony has not been
restored The Liverpool street cars are
now running and the electric light Is
maintained The lights were kept going
for the last wv days by enterprising
citizens. Merchants. cotton brokers. bar
risters. cergymen. tradesmen and others
formed volunteer corps and worked
at the power station. They were able
TO get mechanics to do the technical work
while tn" volunteers acted as laborers.
shovclling coal and raking ashes while
soldiers outside guarded them.
Amateur scavengers are clearing the
streets. which are fostering with filth.
There is hope Of settling the lockers
DISPUTE soon. shop owners are willing to
feinstate those who were locked out and
have issued a manifesto declaring that
they are willing 10 confer with union
delegates
In South Wales the men will resume
on Monday kilograms from all centres
declare that traffic will have returned to
normal conditions in two or three days.
Winston churchill the Home SECRETARY.
sent messages announcing the settlement
to the mayors throughout, the country.
The messages were read from many
pllpits to-day and hymns Of thank syiving
were sung.
Although tho railway men at Bristol
resume, the lockers and carmen continue
on rike
The. strike put record strain on tho
fai nj
have sent kilograms because they were
afraid to trust to tho mails and the result
Ia that there is great delay IN the delivery
Of messages An instance of this is the
fact that Dublin did MOI know that IN"
strike had been settled until o O'Clock
this morning and news of the riot in Dub
lin did not reach London until midday.
though il occurred Saturday evening.
The pressure and the delay are expect ed
to cont nueLls the mails have been seriously
behindhsnd and will not be regular for
two or three days The Postmaster Gen
eral has published a tribute to the readi-
ness of the telegraph lines 10 cope with the
situation.
Ten bodies have been found in the ruins
OF the burned freight shed at Llenelly
where there was a serious explosion
the building. 1t is feared that many more
may he dead. Numerous reports have
been made to the police of people missing
since last night. The police believe that
the deaths were caused by some one
throwing u box of 200 rounds Of ammuni-
ton into the burned building.
King George has gone TO Scotland for
grouse shooting. but he has been in con-
stant telegraphic communication with
Premier Asquith He had intended to
return to London had the strike trouble
lasted any longer. When he received the
news that the strike had been settled the
King wired his congratulations to the
Government.
One Of the most remarkable results
of the strike was the stranding of some
10000 poor holiday makers at Blackpool
and other Lancashire coast resorts. IL
is the habit of the Lancashire operatives
to spend their last penny while on hol-
day. and thus when there were no trains
to take them back home they were with
out resources Many thousands. in
Guiding ged women and children, started
on Saturday night TO walk thirty To forty
miles To their homes. relying upon char
ity for food.
1t was like great mediRval pilgrim
age Numbers tainted from exhaustion
by the way. Hundreds spent the night
on the beaches and others took refuge
In churches, chapels and theatres, which
were opened to accommodate them
Nearly all were dependent upon charity
for their food
SHEFFIELD. Aug. 2O.-A number OF
strikers supported by local mob rushed
the station at Chesterfield on Saturday
night. The police, loyal railwaymen anc
civilians made hasty barricade OF
benches and baggage barrows and de
Tended the station against the assault
There was a terrnc fight and it wal
necessary to call the troops to charge
the rioters Many were sent to the hos.
pitals and many more were slightly hur,
nv hayonets