New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-15
Hope of AVerting a Railroad
Strike or All Lines Is Now
Considered Small.
TROOPS FIRE INTO MOB
Home Secretary Announces in
House of Commons Dispatch
of Infantry Brigade and
Cavalry to Liverpool.

fare is sdllllllS III INTENSITY anu al Cd
Further scenes of violence were wit
messed in Liverpool yesterday, and news
from all parts Of the country indicates
q great growth of the strike fever among
the railway men.
In labor circles the view is enter
tanned. not without reason. that the
POSITION Of the railway workers is now
the key 10 the whole situation.
The Amalgamated Society Of Railway
Servants has under consideration a pro-
g decision on this head will be arrived
a. almost Immediately.
Speaking generally. the present move
mont is an attempt 10 secure for less
well organized groups of labor the i'm
proved conditions which already have
been secured by the more highly organ
tied groups.
London. Aug 14-To-night there ap-
pears little hope Of sverting a great rail-
road strike which probably will be ac
companied by a general labor revolt that
Will have a tremendous effect on the
trade Of the United Kingdom.
At a meeting held in London to-day by
the managers Of all railroads having ter
minals here il was resolved that the
time had arrived 10 resist the mems en-
croachments The managers contend
that the mon by striking will violate the
agreement arrived al after the railway
s-l, all 4
putes We're 70 be referred to conciliation
boards or an arbitrator. This agree
ment. they say was TO run until 1914.
unless either side gave notice Of its ter
mination. which has not been done.
To-day's meeting was unanimous that
the only way 20 terminate constant dis
location Of business would he 10 take
firm stand and refuse all concessions to
the men. one manager. in an interview
after the meeting, expressed the fear
that there will be grave troubles on all
The railway systems Of the country be-
fore the present week is ended. He said
the railroads We're preparing to run the
best services they could under the cir
cumstances. with the aid Of police pro-
lection for those of their employees who
IRE sun willing TO work.
Sectional strikes OF railway men were
declared tonight al Manchester. Liver
pool. sheffield and other places. Some
of the railway lines already have given
notice Of their inability adequately TO
handle freight traffic.
Winston Churchill, the Home secre-
ta~v. announced in the House OF Com
mons this afternoon that the govern
, lnent had ordered a complete brigade OF
infantry and two regiments Of cavalry
10 proceed TO Liverpool This force is
considered sufficient for all emergencies.
The government. he said, is determined
10 preserve public order and viii pro-
vide the police with effective military
s!d in dealing with the strikers.
The locomotive engineers adopted
resolution to-day in favor Of national
strike. This followed the action Of the
1000 London railway men employed on
the Midland. Great Central and Metro
politan lines. who last night decided 10
call general strike on all the surface
rauwavs and subway lines in the London
district next SATURDAY unless their
grievances were adjusted in the mean
time.
Great quantities OF meat and pro-
visions held up al the docks and the
railway stations last week were found.
when discharged this morning, 10 be
damaged. and were taken out TO sea and
thrown overheard. The meat ships are
being coaled and the refrigerator plants
started again.
As yet il has been impossible TO ascer-
ain precisely how many railway men
&eady are on strike. but the largest
-srnber is in Manchester. where strike
order was issued tonight 10 the en-
ployes Of the London q North western
The Midland and the Great Central lines.
According TO the strike leaders twenty
thousand men Of all classes are out IN
Liverpool. twenty-five thousand in BIZ
Eenhead and the surrounding dlstrlcts'
While in Sheffield. Glasgow, Bristol anu
Birmingham there are small strikes IN
-'ch lhe NUMBER OF men OO' o0
thirty thousand.
Leeds is threatened with a genera
railway strike but it is not hk@y taal
us men will be ordered out before next
sfs The movement against the ran
"sysis alleged 70 be due 20 the cohciiia-
ucn schene concluded in 1907. when Ihe
men complain helps the companies 20
e'aoe the demands Of the men III
sofne cases, however, strikes are pei"s
esased through sympathy, the worKinen
refusing to handle traffic from to"h"
We're their brethren are out.
Liverpool. Aug 1.-THE strike commune
. y O'Clock tonight declared gehei a.
i ttrlke nf AL ~ rar,nr4 WORKERS. incIudlns