Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
STRIKE is
BUTPARTIAL SUCCESS
Strikers Claim 10000 Are Out.
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Scarcely any of the railway lines
centering at London afforded COM
plete service and the underground
and tube systems were affected to
some extent. Commuters this morn
ing in many cases took the street rail-
ways and buses to avoid the crush At
the railway stations and IN the TUBES
where tho elevator men caused trou-
Bile by joining the strikers after work
ing fer two hours.
Iondon's elaborate underground
system including the metropolitan
district railways had difficulty In OPP
Grating because of the strike OF the
men at one station, Eastman. through
which no trains could pass. Thus at
times traffic was held up for q consid-
cradle period.
The union leaders this afternoon
expressed themselves as satisfied with
the response to. the strike order. They
claimed that 100000 men had quit
work.
James Henry Thomas, labor mem
Der of parliament for Derby, and as
sistant secretary of the Amalagmated
Society OF Railway Servants issued
statement in which he asserted that
the strikers had almost paralyzed the
whole railway system of the United
Kingdom.
Meeting oday Without Result.
| The government proposal for royal
commission was considered by joint
commission of railway societies during
the forenoon, but the men did not
change or alter their position that the
managers must deal directly with
Them, in the slightest degree.
The Great Western railway and the
Great Central railway appeared to be
the most seriously affected. The Of
ficials of the former candidly con.
fessed their ability to afford the usual
service, but claimed that the modified
schedule which was drawn up when
the strike threatened was working
smoothly. Thoops were in control OF
their largest stations at Paddington
while the police and troops guarded
| the signal boxes and locomotive ana
car works.
| Only one train came In over the
Great Central this morning. The other
lines were getting their trains IN and
out of the city, and those running 70
the south coast were selling return
tickets, and continued some Of theiI
excursion trains though they abandon
ed q permanent suburban service IN
order to maintain that on the Longer
lines.
/, Many roads succeeded during thu
night in clearing their lines of perish
able fruit by keeping the freight trains
running at passenger speed.
1! Entire Country Tied Up.
! Conditions In the provinces were
somewhat more, serious than in an9
about London. Early In the day wore
came from Birmingham that Wes
England was completely cut off. Pas.
senger trains on the Midland railway n
other directions were running as usual
! but freight car traffic on SOM
branches had been stopped. There wa!
some disorder at Birmingham.
l. At Manchester business was at
Istandstill, while at Liverpool the chaos
WAS complete. With the exception of :
few incoming trains all were late. TIL
train service at liverpool was prac
ideally suspended.
The three passenger stations In tina
|city We're besieged with passengers ant
baggage belonging chiefly to Ameri
cans, who had gone there with the hopt
LOT getting passage to America on out
going liners.
Commons to Remain in Session.
So critical does the government re
lgard the strike situation and so ur'
lgent may be the need Of instant legis'
lation that the cabinet has decided tht.
,afternoon that parliament should no
Iadjourn today as mas been arranged.
Chancellor Davis Lloyd George, whit
was leaiing the government forces u
the house of commons In the absenct
Iof Premier Asquith made the an
lnouncement just before the lower
lchambers session was suspended fol
luncheon. He stated:
I'm view Of the very troubled and