Arizona republican., 1911-08-18
CANCELLATION RESENTE )
But the Government Is Pro-
 ceeding and at the Same Time Mobilizing the Mil tary for Eventualities in Case a Settlement Fails.

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 most desperate efforts by the liberal government have been made to avert the greatest conflict between capital and labor Great Britain has ever seen, but the situation is trembling in the balance tonight Members of the alli- ed trades unions have issued orders to- night calling out a hundred thousand members Aof the union. The men are asked to strike immediately"
 | Though the membership of the union is less than one sixth of the whole number of railway employees, it includes skilled wOrkmen and if they stick to- gether, they will be able to cripple the entire railway service of the United Kingdom. How many actually obeyed the strike order is not known.
 Telegrams based largely on' guess work, pouring in, state that thousands have joined the movement. In Lon don, however the strike has not wis ably affected trade tonight. Trains are moving as usual and there was but one row between union and non union men at St. Pancreas station. Later in the night the executive secretary of the union said that reports point to an
 early and decisive victory.
 England's army tonight is nearer the point of mobilization than any time since the Boer war. Fifteen thousand lsoldiers were loaded on sixty-two trains lat Aldershot late at night but the au-
 thorities refused to give their destina-
 tion. Four thousand will soon be en-
 camped in Victoria park, in London's east end and the center of the most turbulent populations; 5000 are raising tents in Regent park; another 5000 in Hyde park; 500 are guarding the gene Iral postoffice and 500 are guarding low Ter London. Capham Junction, the sta ltion, which is the center of several su- iburban lines is also guarded by troops.
 At the conclusion of a conference of Iunion leaders, with the board of trade. tonight the union men issued a state
 ment denouncing Premier Asquith's att tempt at conciliation as an unwar- lwanted threat against the railway workers. The home office has given instructions to close all taverns in pro- Ivincial cities and for the enrolment of lspecial constables. The government will pay half the expenses of these of ificers Reports from many cities say lthere is great reduction of freight traf- fife and that many lines are blocked bu the passenger service is carried on on
 some semblance of schedule time.
 ACHIEVEMENTS STRONG EFFORT. London. Aug. 17-David Lloyd George lchancellor of the exchecquer, in the house of commons tonight showed how ltenaciously the government is cling ling to the hope that the great strike
 will be settled quickly. He intimated that the laborites had failed to under lstand the position taken by the govern
 ment in moving for a royal commission Ito investigate what amendments are necessary to the agreement of 1907.
 He said there was no intention to take from the men the great weapon lof the strike. He realized the impor- ltance of acting promptly lest men think lthe government is trying to put the lwhole uestion off. The railway man lagers. he said, had understood and agreed to the proposition.
 q have not given up hope of arriv- li>y at a solution" said he. 'I ask the
 press and the public to support us. h hope the men will realize what fair lplay means
 If the royal commission is accepted, he said, it would be appointed on Sat turday and begin its sessions on Mon lday. He emphasized the importance of exercising patience and restraint, and he hoped it would be possible to con Iduct the negotiations without exasper- lating interventions from other quar- lters. |, Ramsay Mcdonald, the laborite mem- Iber, admitted that possibly there had lbeen a misunderstanding. and he call ' ed upon influential members of the house to intercede with the railway 7 managers to make it easier for the ; men to accept a truce.
 LIVERPOOL QUIET.
 Liverpool, Aug. 17-After day and nights turmoil and rioting. growing out of the strike at Liverpool tonight is comparatively quiet. Order was re- !. istored as the result of an electric light company smuggling in men. and suc- |. lceeding in starting the street service , lAn tavenrs now close at D. m. Street , car service is suspended in order to : divert the current for street residential lighting