Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-16
All-Night Fights in the
Streets of Liver
pool.
HUSSARS OPEN FIRE
Feared All Railways in King
dom Will Be Tied Up in
"a Hours.

London, Aug. 16.-There was little
If any abatement OF the strike fever
that has spread through Great Britain
today. AT some points, such as Lon
don docks, conditions continue to i'm
prove. but this was Offset by out
breaks elsewhere With the excep-
ton of at Liverpool, where there was
rioting nearly all last night, the men
generally are orderly, and beyond
picketlng and peaceably inducing men
to join unions, did not interfere with
those desiring work.
TWO RIOTERS KILLED.
Fighting at Liverpool last night.
which resulted in the death of two
rioters. who were shot by Hussars I'm
defending two prison vans occupied bv
riot prisoners whom mobs attempted
unsuccessfully to release, has not
tended thus far to improve the situa-
tion, except as it has helped to keep
the peaceably disposed outside the
strike area.
Today teams are busy removing
goods from railway stations to bust
ness houses. They were unmoIested.
MEN IN UGLY MOOD.
Along the docks, however. work is
at standstill, and the men showed
ugly spirits. Continued rioting on
Mersey port was calculated to restore
confidence elsewhere, and men at 9th
er ports were refusing to discharge
steamers diverted from LIVERPOOL.
Glasgow, for example, which had Just
disposed Of a railway strike. now has
dock strike as a result of the men
declining to remove a cargo Of fruit
from a steamer sent from Mersey.
ULTIMATUM FROM RAILROADERS.
Another ominous sign was the
choice by the leaders of the railway
workers OF Liverpool as the city from
which to direct the threatened gen
eral strike on the railways, which was
declared last night by the executives of
the Amalgamated Society of Railway
Servants, the Society of Locomotive
Engineers and Firemen, and the Gen.
eral Railway Workers union. TO be.
come effective within "a hours. unless
In the interim the companies express
a Willingness to negotiate for a settle
ment of their grievances.
GOVERNMENT PowERLEsS
The threat to tie up all the RAILWAY
lines in the United Kingdow hag
caused more uneasiness than all tho
other strike movements combined. for
1t was known If the effort was success.
ful it would completely cut of the food
supply from the greater part of the
The government has exertcd
every influence to avert such a calam.
ity. The trade of Manchester has been
dislocated by a strike IN
the transport service. The striking
freight handlers at birmingham re.
turned to work today
SUFFERING AMONG POoR.
Smaller and spasmodic strikes which
have broken out in every variety OF
industry throughout the country have
caused the greatest suffering, as the
poorest class was engaged in these
employments, and few DAYS without
work means that they must 90 hungry.
MAY HAVE MARITAL LAW.
Railway men at various centers To-
lay notified their superiors OF their
determination not to handle trains EN-.
Dloyed In conveying soldiers, and the
police through the strike areas report.
ID the government may proclaim mar
ial law on all railways, and replace
he strikers. with men from the royal
engineers army service corps.
STEAMERS ARE HELD.
Liverpool. Aug. 16.-This city is
hearing the starvation point. and IN
ess the railway strike Is ayerted two
lays will find the bread supply ex
lausted. No steamers for America
ire likely to sail this week, as they