Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-18
Railroad Traffic Completely
Demoralized and About
100000 Employees Have Quit
Work in Response to Order
COFFINs ARE CARRIED
IN AUTOS WHERE NEEDED
London and Other Cities
Threatened by Famine I'm
less Some Way is Found Fol
Transporting Supplies.
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London. Aug 1N-Tnc ught bee
tween the railroad companies ana the
striking employee i- on in dead v1i-
nest today Thousands have "h'N'd
me strike order aud other thousands
u,, rputiuIr et work. The come
usuis are upcratius th,I principal
trains under modified e.hoduirs
Tho gotsrumout and "a, board %
Trad, ur, continuing tu,ir efforts too
wprd peace. bat the uid deadlock ''-
tween th, uuiou~ and iI. manager
urpsars Co. bat, TrlssrEted itself ln"
managers bad u prolonged Wr"tiuE
With tucmp'r- ut th, board r' TRADE.
boat az far as .puld pr IcHruoI th"
railroad companies declined 90 nudge
usm their stand cot making uo further
concessions hcNoud sunmuun- ihv
dispute tn the ruNH commission sug-
g,st,d ny the government
Tho chief oitirs of England are
armed camps Thr stations, work
shops signal posts. tunnels and
bridges are guarded bt soldiers.
Clerks have been pressed into service
fn aid the non striker iu moving the
trains Despite me efforts OF the
,otnpanlrs freight rafN, is drnorD-
iyrd ana tho short1Rr oi food supplies
threatens d fauin, af some puinia.
1hrrr has hpru rotlug at njrmlng-
ham. Darby. shrtnold and at iian"liy.
Wales Tho guNcrnW no Views th' iu-
tustflI vur us $50 grave thlt uurla
uout did not adjourn us mad been
expected to-day, put viii continue pre-
pared to adopt M, 'mrre,n,, ''eislH-
iion the moment 10 BE- necessary.
tn, union leaders This afternoon oN-
rr,ssrl themselves satisfied With the
response &C. thr rtrik, order They
,mimrd 2oU. 600 men mad quit and
the government utuuusal iur 90 royal
commission was considered Dos Joint
committees ot the railway socicui'F
during thc forenoon. hut th, men did
not change or altof tnsir position,
hat th. mlunpor. must dcrI directly
with them, iu TN, slightest degree
Tho Great Western railway nnd Tho
Great central railway appeared Co be-
most seriously affected The officials
uf the former uu, cyndidly confessed
th,r inability Go afford the usuJi
service
Troups were iu control of their
London station ut putdupton whit,
nal hoXcs and lotomotiNr car works
The Great Western hus fnur ptiucipal
iuutrs covering lu general WAY tho
route from Dover and London tp IiN-
,rpool and connecting the ocean
parts with London, south Wales, ~,
VI ilahds ana the west oi England
only one train came tn over the
Great Central railway this morulng.
The other lines Wer, getting their
trains in ana out of tH" station and
those running 90 thu south coast were
selling return tiokets and continued
their excursion trains MppN roads
succeeded during ia" uight Ina clear
ms their lines OF p,rishahle frejsht
hN krrplug their freight trains nun
ming a. passenger speed
Tho conditions n tur provinces
were somewhat moro serious than Iu
and about London Earl iu tho day
word umc from Ui.mmrham that
west England was rluui,t"l, yut orf
Thrr" was some disordp 90 rrwtng-
ham
A. Manchester busiupss WAS ht a
staudstIU as the steamers wore -tll
out TODAY, Whil, at iI,,rptw tho
chuus was complete. with th, ,Nr,u.
ton ~ feW incoming trains ,ll pf
which were late the train service ut
Liverpool was practicnll, suspended
Throughout Wales, Whcr, tu, uu-
ions are strong, ther, was almost re-
total stuppagc Of traffl, No trims
were ualo to get Through 90 FIsh-
guard.
As the daN progressed more selg-
opls reports came in Tho threat O.
call general strike Of teamstou
throughout the cpuutr, is Thought
hkoiv no' to hc enforced as tho men
appear satiNfed With the settlement
recently reached
The first of series of meetings ur-
ranscd hy the Amulgamut,d society
of Halfway Servants was held this
afternoon and was addressed by As.
sistant secretary Thomas Ho blamed
the government for thr strike aud
slruuelv appealed Go an railroad men
90 loin the Rreat fight for smlncipa-
ton The speakrr deprecated tho
riotIng which, he said. placed the
strongest argument In ths hands of
their enemy
THIS af'"lnoon there have been uo
dFosdors W the chief railway dcpots
- Gf wagons tu move coal me-