Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-16
BULLETS BRING QUIET
" CITY Of LIVERPOOL.
Americans Unable to Leave for Home
---Panicky Feeling in Stock Ex-
change---King George Shoot
ing Grouse.

Liverpool, Aug. l6.-Bullets brought
quiet and order in this city early today.
The mobs of hooligans who overran the
lower section and gave battle to the
police were cowed by yolleys from the
inf ly and the sabre cha. the
cavalry. Two rioters were killej. The
warming ot lead crushed tho Ia rless
element, though at daylight the
crowds hsd not entirely disper ed.
Blame for the violence is not cha ged
to the strikers by the authorities.
Tho ads of railway freight har ilers
here acc today awaiting the general
strike order to walk out.
More than l COO anxious Ao,e~,-ans
rr being cared for in the lc"' hotels
a. tns expense 81 the stear''r COM
pane and ohe'r number i: ing in
creased Ianr IS the resllY of the
strike AZ out along the docks.
They are first class caoin passengers
anxious to return home from their
holidays abroad.
Flour mill owners and bakers served
notice upon the city authorities today
that they can no longer supply flour or
bread because of strike conditions. The
supply of coal and grain is exhausted,
and with the closing of the mills the
bakers ovens will remain cold onight.
There is not enough -four in the city
to last two days, and if the railroad
strike is declared tonight there will be
small chance of getting more. The
city is on the verge of famine rs all
foodstuffs are becoming scarce, and
prices soaring. Butter, eggs and milk
are not to be had in most restaurants.
Thousands in The city are destitute.
They face starvation if conditions are
not improved.
London, Aug, 16.-The fears of q
general strike not only on all of the
railways in the country but including
members of all trades everywhere,
coupled with rumors of dissen sions
among the big American financiers
caused sem;-panicky feeling IN the
stock exchange today. Two failures
were announced in the early hours, but
they we're comparatively unimportant.
Rumors that other firms we're in
trouble, however, added to the feeling Of
fear and it was generally admitted that
if the strike situation is not clar ified
within the next twenty-four hours, real
trouble must follow.
While England is apparently on the
sve OF an industrial revolution, the
effect of which upon commerce and
business is yet beyond calculation,
King George is away on three-days
hunting trip on the Yorkshire Moors. He
is the guest of the Duke OF Deyonshire
The King has already bagged 3,470
grouse.
Uproar bordering on pandemonium
broke out in the House of Commons
today when Home Secretary Churchill
appeared. Labor members began
shouting questions at the secretary de-
manding to kroB why the police bad
been allowed to brutally club women
and children in sthe streets Of Liver
pool.
George Lanibury shouted al Churchill
demanding an inquiry into the govern
ment's methods. Churchill refused,
saying he would do nothing until order
was restored. Lanibury then, waving
his clenched fist at the cabinet officer,
thundered:
Il do not know whether you want
the peoples blood or not, but | never
knew OF such bloodthirsty lot as those
who beat down senseless women and
children in the streets OF a great city"
The late afternoon brought no change
in the strike situation. Numerous
conferences we're still in progress, but
all union railway employees throughout
Great Britain we're ready to leave their
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