Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-19
R|0T|NG IN
ENGLAND TODAY
Troops Fire Into Mob at
Llanelly, Killing Two and
Wounding Others
SERVICE MAINTAINED ON ROADS
Workingmen Suffering More
Than Are the Owners Of
Railroads.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
London, Aug. 19.-Tne strike de.
clared by the Amalgamated Society OF
Railway Servants, and their allied
societies was attended with compara-
lively little rioting today though the
afternoon brought reports of blood
shed at Llanelly, Wales, where troops
fired a bomb on a mob, killing two
men and wounding two others. Short
| ly before this news was received here
the home Office issued an optimistic
bulletin on the strike situation. In
some cases passing trains have been
| stoned and some distractions put in
! their way, but all of these obstruc-
! tions We're discovered in time to avert
accidents.
Clerks Fill Places Of Strikers.
Six hundred clerks today agreed to
fill the places of strikers and were
assigned to duty. at the signal boxes.
An official of the railroad mems
union stated today that if the strike
was protracted, the Amalgamated So
ciety of Engine Drivers and Firemen
intended to feel the pulse of the Amer,
| ican Locomotive Engineers organiza-
! ton and ask the latter for assistance.
Stranded Americans Get Away.
More stranded Americans are get
ting away this week than had been eX
pected. Special trains to connect
with the Celtic at Liverpool and the
Minneapolis at Southampton left Eus
ton Station promptly on time. David
Lloyd-George, chancellor of the ex-
| chequer, has now taken charge OF the
situation for the government and
through the good offices OF James
Ramsay Macdonald and NJ. P. Farm
ham, of the Laobr Party, succeeded In
inducing the officials of the unions to
meet him at noon today.
Prospects for an early settlement
seemed brighter today.
Spasmodic riots on small scale
continued at scattered points through
out the country, but London remained
calm. The railway centers were close
ly picketed by representatives OF the
unions but these were presented BY
the soldiers and police from having
any intercourse with the men at work
Stations Deserted.
The railway stations presented a
rather deserted appearance during the
forenoon, most of the porters being
out. Few persons attempted to travel
Freight was moved in small quaint
ties from the stations under armed
escorts and more important still, Lon
don's supply of milk was not appreci
ably reduced. The Great Central
Railway Lines, which were completelE
paralyzed yesterday, resumed opera
tions today. The Great Western rail
road, on which most of the men re-
mained loyal, maintained a good serv
ice and the company in manifesto
thanking their employees announced
that all who refused to strike would
be given double pay during the strike
period. The Midland railway aban
doned it's excursion trains but sent
it's trains to Scotland on modified
schedules.
The Great Northern also kept fair
lily good service, but like the othel
lines running north, was unable to &C
cept goods.
| Fishing Operations Stopped.
This compelled a cessation of fish
ing operations and the fishing fleets
! in the Firth of Forth and on the eas'
coast were tied up.
These features of the strike, affect
ling as they do, the working classes
helped to make the strike unpopular
with those not directly concerned. Ths
workers are suffering much more thai
others, as all the roads have beel
compelled to discontinue the usua
cheap fares to workingmen.
The curtailment of the suburban
service did not affect the city as seri
ously as it would have few year
ago. The splendid street railway sup
| ply transportation for the district!
all around the metropolis and thes'
lines are reaping a benefit from thu
strike. Their cars were crowded
Throughout the day.
Although a number of men in thu
underground tubes systems Joined thu
strikers today the companies with tht
assistance of their Office and shol
staffs, maintained service except OF
the North London railway, and ole
and very small concerns, which sus
lpended operation.
| The other lines received many ap
plications for work and promised tt
have their normal schedules in opera
tion this afternoon.
| The strikers are. meeting with NOR
success outside London. At Birming
ham, freight was moved today onl!
with the assistance of strong force'
of police.
4 The strike is general in Dublin
where the unions claim that 80 pc
cent of the employees are out.
4 In west Wales there was an almos
complete stoppage, while in Edin
burgh and at other Scottish points th'
companies experienced the creates
difficulty in keeping their trains NOV
ing.
i Dock Strike Settled.
The final settlement of the Londol
dock strike further eased the situs
finn 90 II insurod a continuance n