Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-17
Troops Pouring Into the City to Put
Down Increasing Disorder-Guard
for Steamer Landing.
FIERCE MOB ATTACKS MEN
ESCORTING PRISON VANS
Hussars Fire Into Crowd, Killing One and Wound
ing Many-Charge Mob With Drawn Sabres
Rioters Include 5000 Members of
the toughest Element.

I in the unusual measures that have
been taken by the government to meet
an unusual situation.
Two conferences were held to-day
| in the offices OF Premier ASquith in
Downing street. at which the Premier
secured the views Of some of the most
| influential representatives OF the big
! Industries and also of all the import
ant heads of trade unions. sydney
! Buxton, the president of the board OF
| trade has invited the representatives
of all the railway companies and of
the railway employees to meet him to-
morrow with view to adjusting their
| differences.
! That Intervention by the government
, with a view to amelorating conditions has
not come a moment too soon Is plain
from the fact that the Amalgamated So
ciety of Railway Servants tonight.
despite the agreement entered into with
the railway companies In 1907, decided to
call a general railway strike throughout
the country and gave the companies "a
| hours to decide whether they were willing
to negotiate for an adjustment
That the railway mems grievance Is
discomfort with the working of the con
Citation scheme drawn up by David
LloYd-Cieorge. then president Of the board
of trade and Secretary Bell of the
Amalgamated Society Of Railway Ser
wants. In 1897, l. shown by the resolutions
adopted at the Liverpool meeting which
this evening declared in favor Of a gen
eral strike of the railway workers. These
resolutions complain of the vexatious
attitude Of the railway companies toward
l-
toned, but both sides appear determined
: and the present indications are that a
strike involving 10000 will break out on
the expiration Of the mems ultimatum of
! q hours to the companies.
The situation has become so serious
that already there Is talk Of parliament
proloneing its session In order TO pass
special legislation dealing with Industrial
problems.
King George Is taking keen interest in
the situation and to-day his secretary
Lori Knolys called at the premier's Of
fees to discuss the situation with Mr.
Asquth.
DISORDER IN I.ONDON
London, Aug l5.-Liverpool, the storm
I center of the strike which Is menacing
the trade Of Great Britain, was under
arms to-day. In addition TO her own po-
lice and reinforcements from the sur
rounding cities 1000 troops of infantry
and cavalry under General Mackinnon
Wood were quartered in the city. These
troops. as was shown during the riots of
: the early morning, We're prepared to back
= up the police with force of arms in main
k tanning order.
d The riot In Great Homer street. while
It not directly connected with the strike
|. had a good effect in It's outcome as the
n rowdy element WAS subdued The trouble
V began when a constable arrested a man
= for having assaulted a woman. Roughs
: rescued the prisoner from the officer and
g police reserves hurried to the scene
- could not control the mob, whlcn vented
. It's fury in wreckiug the shops Of the
# neighborhood. The 200 troops were
brought TO the scene. The soldiers were
at once made the targets of bricks bot
ties and other missiles hurled from roofs
ana windows of nearby buildings. Several
soldier police received shocking wounds
= bayonet charge was ordered, and wheI
this failed to clear the streets, an order
i to fire into the air was given TWO vol
= leys were discharged over the heads OF
? the rioters with great moral effect
:. bayonet charges but none was mt by bull
l., let's Many of the mob were arrested
q This forenoon things were somewhat
n quictcr The response TO the mid
e night appeal by tho strike committee
for general strike OF all transport
workers, including the railway men
twas not unanimous. and trucks con-
tnued to move In the streets unde'
on I'd 1,f1 al
% work on some of the docks. However,
tho Cunard steamer Caronia, due t'
., sail from Liverpool for New York to-
~ day. with other liners was sim II
- the stream unable to get away.
Il MEN RETURN TO WORK.
$. There was little change in the sit
le uation at London. a few more doci
l. laborers returned to work, and th'
carriers employed by the biz
railway lines, resumed their duties
The settlement made with these met
was not permanent. and a resumption
- OF the general strike. particularly OF
,, the docks, was possible Mt any mo
!" ment.
- The grievances of the men are no
> serious compared with those upol
i, winch they received concessions iron
Ia their employers, but the men felt tina
the moment was opportune to &c
everything that they wanted
Tho number OF railway striker
~ throughout the country Increased td
'h day and In some places the passenge
IL service was disorganized.
ho AT Manchester the streets were quie
NJ as were those of London last week, a
" the carriers having gone out
u, The only success won thus far by tn
Ell employers was at Glasgow. where IN
hg street railway strike has collapsed
30 ASQU1TH HOLDS CONFERENCE.
To-day Premier Asquth held cor
ference at his Office with the 9th,
ministers and the labor leaders, when IL
"A whole question was discussed The cor
NJ ference was officially described as an 'ir
formal exchange of views as to the DR.,
'r- sent unrest and the possibilities
shortening or preventing industrial di
'ts putes."