New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-24
DEPICTS STRIKE SCENES.
Opera Singer Describes Condi-
tons in Liverpool.
TATTERED MEN IN STREETS
Another Passenger on st. Paul
Gives Impressions Many
Belated Travellers.

The St Paul Of the American Line came
10 port last evening with her cabins I'M
comfortably fun of travellers who had
bccked passage on other liners held up by
the English strikes. Her first cabin con-
tanned 200 passengers and her second 800
The steerage also was full.
Miss Percival Allen, an English opera
soprano, was one Of those IN the first
cabin who could tell of the strikes from
personal observation. Miss Allen has come
over to sing in a recital with Courtlandt
Palmer. the American composer. at Bar
Hsrbor. Me. She was 10 have sailed on
the Red Star liner iceland from Liverpool
for Boston on Tuesday. August 10. and
was in Liverpool on Monday. the 1ith, and
on Tuesday, two OF the most turbulent
days during the strike of the dock laborers
In that city.
On Sunday night Miss Allen had sung IN
a concert at BlackpCol and had gone from
there 10 Liverpool arriving at o'clock
Monday morning. She registered at the
Northwestern Hotel. which looks ont upon
the city's principal square, the scene Of
hloodshed the night before, when the
troops had fired on the strikers. She found
the streets full Of soldiers, she said and
majority Of the windows in the hotel were
broken and suffered. At breakfast she
asked if she might have a table by win
dow. but the hotel management would not
allow it because of the danger from stones
and brickbats thrown by strikers
The Liverpool papers, Miss Allen said
advised everyone TO stay within doors on
Monday unless IL was absolutely necessary
for them 10 venture forth. AL that day
the streets seemed 20 contain nobody eN-
cept soldiers and tattered, savage looking
men out of work. On her way TO the
Zeeland's pier Miss Allen saw one street
whose shops were all closed and boarded
up. She STAYED in Liverpool until : o CLOCK
Tuesday afternoon. when the steamship
company sent her word that the Zeelano
sailing had been postponed and that she
had been transferred TO the St Pau, san
ing from Southampton. She Immediately
took the train for southampton arriving
there the next day in time 20 eaten the
St Paul
Miss Allen will sing here only In one con-
cert. returning to England week from TO-
day Oh the Celtic, or week from SdIuf-
day on the Philadelphia.
Z W TAYLOR, general manager OF the
Phi1adelphia Transatlantic Steamship Com
many. another first cabin passenger on the
ST. Paul. had booked passage on the MID
newaska, Of the Atlantic Transport Line
sailing from London. The strike Of the
dock laborers. lighter men and coal pass
ers there as fin Liverpool delayed that boat
too. and hts booking was transferred 10
tho ST. Paul Mr.. Taylor had visited Tow
er Hill 10 see the professions Of strikers
and he had witnessed there an open ar
meeting Of from 5000 to 5000 laborers
from the East End.
You can't imagine what a tremendous
thing that strike was said he. About
1o5 ooo men must have walked out. and yet
tho whole affair seemed most peaceaole.
Rut + was impressed with tho resolute at
ti+,1so of .hc strikers All of them were
Getting a fat rate of siXpence an hour'
and they simply couldn't support them
solves and their families on such pay IN
view, OF the increase in the cost OF neces-
stiles You see. the English had been used
so long to paying Z cents an hour TOT SO
cslIed unslliUed labor that they didn real
izo 81 first the justice Of the demand Tor
. living wage. but the universally Of the
strike and its serious consequences woke
them up