The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-15
STRIKE FEVER HAS
 SEIZED LONDON

l London, August 1.-The strike fever has become epidemic in Great Britain. From enc end of the country to the other men I either have struck or are threatening to | do so. Even the women and girls in the smaller factories of the larger cities are demanding better conditions of labor. | The streets of London are resuming their normal appearance. The van men began work early in the day. At the docks only portion of the men returned to work and good deal of uneasiness prevailed, as many of the men refused to accept the settlement arranged by their leaders and demanded unconditional sur render on the part of their employers. At the railway stations many of the DOT ters and carters are demanding greater concessions than has been agreed upon.
 The railway men throughout the coun- try have assumed threatening attitude and complete tie up of the railroad is possible. Today the locomotive engineers adopted resolution favoring a gen eral strike. This followed the action of POO London railway employees on the Mid land, Great Central and Metropolitan
 lines who last night decided to call a general strike on all surface railway and subway lines in the London district next Saturday unless their grievances were ad- justed in the meantime.
 On Friday 50 of the leading ship own CTS formally notified the lockers union that unless all sections of the strikers resumed work by noon today, steps would be taken to stop all work at the port.
 Many of the strikers accepted the ulti- matum and returned to work this morn-
 rg, but the coal handlers generally re- fused to obey the order of the union officials to resume their occupations. Ac- cordingly the employers resolved to carry out their threats.
 The Cunard officials announced this aft ernoon that the steamer Caronia will be unable to sail for New York tomorrow. Between 2O0O and 5000 saloon passengers, the greater number of them Americans, will be delayed.
 Christian street. located in a rough quarter of Liverpool. was the scene of rioting this afternoon. Police and sol diers quickly routed the mob.
 Merchants are boarding up their store windows with the expectation of fur ther trouble tonight.
 Liverpool, August 15.-The troops strikers here early this morning. Bay
 
 disorderly element
 After the rioters had wrecked prop erty in Great Homer street, the dis trict troops were called out and or dered to fire. Several volleys were fred The mob hid in courts and threw bottles at the soldiers who made bay onet charges in the darKness and fired volleys up the courts. Six soldiers and two policemen were injured The casualties among the rioters Is not known Gen. Mackinnon Wood direct ed the troops. The rioters were hood lums, no strikers being among them.
 Liverpool, August 1.-The strike committee at midnight declared a gem eral strike of all transport worke CTS. This includes the railroad men, who up to last night had refused to go out. To- night there apears little hope of avoiding a great railroad strike, ac- companied by general labor revolt.
 The strike will be effective on all the local steamboats and Merzy fer ries.
 Seven thousand dockers. struck to- night at Birkenhead. During the day the lockout threatened by the shipown- CTS became Effective and S0,000 men were refused employment until they decide to abide by the terms of re- cent agreement