Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-13
MANY CAUSES FOR
ENGLISH UNREST
STRIKES HAVE BEEN LONG AND
CAREFULLY PLANNED.
RECRUITERS UNSUCCESSFUL
If Ideal OF Workers L. Ever Reached,
u Supreme Power VIII BE In
Control.

have been advanced for the Industrial
unrest that has afflicted England this
summer, one Of the most popular be-
Ing that the continued hot weather
got On the mems nerves. making them
irritable and dissatisfied. Those, how
ever who have made closer study
Of The troubles have found that tho
strikes were long and carefully plan
ned outbreaks against grievances.
which the men, rightly or wrongly,
complain that they have been suf-
fering from for the last four or five
| years
For a number Of years a small band
| OF determined men have been trying
to organize the workers for great
national strike to be followed some
OF them believe, by a still greater in
ternatlonal one. They have not been
as successful in England in getting
recruits for the unions as have the
| leaders in some other countries, but
as many Of the unionsts Join in
strike when one is declared, the
unions WELD great power particu-
larly since they have learned what
can be gained by working together.
The success Of the strike of lockers
I'm London, which preceded the rail-
way strike was due entirely to a new
organization, the National Transport
| Workers Federation, formed for the
purpose OF bringing all men handling
freight under one head.
Thus far the lockers, many Of the
watermen, and seamen have come in
and in the strike Just concluded they
had the support Of the teamsters. The
official organizer of the lockers
strike was William Orbell, but the
man whose organizing ability made
him the master of the situation was
Harry Gosling, an old hand at the
game of striking, having been one Of
the chief lieutenants OF John Burns in
the strike of 1889, when the dockers
with Honest John" now a cabinet
minister, at their head. marched
through the West End started rioting
and did lot Of damage
Mr.. Burns played very different
role in the recent strike. Instead Of
/
maker and with his colleague. Win
ston Churchill, met the dockers,
brought about settlement and aft
erward went through the dock dis
trict explaining the agreement to the
men. While Costing did the organiz-
ing this time, a Nerltable firebrand
Ben Tillett, kept up the enthusia SIN OF
the strikers. Tillett has spent the
greater part Of his life talking TO
workingmen and describes himself as
IAN agitator-an agitator for better
conditions for the workers"
The railway workers. who for the
first time went to battle with their
ranks closed, except of course for
that two-thirds, who are not members
Of the unions. had what might be
called general staff to lead them.
Heretofore the Associated Society OF
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
have not associated themselves with
other organizations of railway work
ers, and even now there is n fight
on between them and the Amalgamat-
ed Society of Railway Servants. which
Is to be ventilated at the Trades
union Congress to be held at New.
castle-on-Tyne in September.
The servants who include the con-
ductors porters and other workers
In similar capacities, complain of the
methods of the engineers and fire
men. However, in the late fight both
these unions Joined with the Cen
eral Railway Workers Union and the
Signalmens' and Pointsmens Union,
SO that all were represented in the
conferences. which brought about
peace. The servants were represent
ed by j. II. Thomas, member of the
House of Commons for Derby, ]. l.. |
Williams and \. Bellamy; the engin-
GERS and fremen by A. Fox; the gem
eral workers by Thomas Lowth and
the Signalmen and Pointsmen by S. ,
Charlton. All these men ara sincere
trades unionists, and IL they ever
reach their ideal, a federation of all
unions and every worker on the rail-
ways trades unionist, their power
will be supreme One Of the prob
lens they will have to solve before
this is realized however. is the diff
ference between the railroad men Of
the North and those of the South OF
England. The strike Just concluded
gathered its strength from the North. !
The men of London and the Southern
counties had no heart In the struggle. !
They are not as saving as their North |
ern brothers and could not afford a
s'oppage of work. Besides which the /
London worker is satisfied with an
occasional holiday. while the North |
erner. like all the workers In the in |
dustrial districts want an annual holi- /
day Of a couple cf weeks at least. and |
II he cannot get IT otherwise is not adj
verse to going on strike for the time
being.
Between these men. who would tie |
up the industries ~ the country 10 OBJ |
tain their ends stood the government. |
when the situation commenced to |
look serious the Prime Minister |
stepped In. To promise trade unlon- /
fefe a rosa1 co.,, r,iesion IN consider I