Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-19
TBy Morning Iaurnai Special Leased wire. I

London, Aug. ls.--Scores of thou
sands Of railway employees throughout
the United Kingdom are on strike to-
night and traffic everywhere Is bad
ly disorganized. N
The leaders Of the Amalgamated
society of railway servants declared
Nthat 220,00 men, or nearly half the
total employees OF the railways Of
England, Ireland. Scotland and
Wales, have answered their call to
stop work. Managers of the rail-
ways say these figures are greatly ex-
aggerated.
There is no method by which the
verification of either assertion is pos
sible, but it is apparent that the rail-
way service all over the country is
demoralized, limited passenger SER
vice being possible only with the
greatest difficulty. Never before have
the ministers OF British government
made such earnest efforts to ward off
a great labor war, yet tonight. they
have been unable 10 stay a move
mont that promises to entail incon-
venience. possibly misery to mill
lions.
London has the appearance of an
armed camp. for on all sides are to
be seen soldiers, rifles In hand and
leaden bullets In their belts, while
from the dome of St Paul's Cathedral
the engineers are keeping in COM
munication with the general staff by
photographic signals In the day time,
and by electric flashes ut night.
The whole of today WAS spent by
Premier Asqulth, David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer,
and sydney Buxton, president OF the
board OF trade, in fruitless conferen-
ces with the leaders on both sides. Mr..
Asquith is far from we'll and went
into the country Thursday night to
recuperate, but he came In town to-
day to aid in the negotiations
An official statement at the home
office late tonight says the strike has
developed all over the country and
produced widespread though only
partial dislocation Of the railway SER
vices. 1t Is added that. as far as the
present information goes, over two
thirds Of the railway men remain at
their posts and the companies are
receiving numerous applications for
employment
The statement notes the absence of
serious disorders and says the milf
tary authorities have the situation
thoroughly under control. II also re-
fors to the settlement of the London
dock strike and says there will be a
resumption of unloading of eargoes
tomorrow,
The statement concludes by an
nounclug that Mr. Lloyd George and
Mr.. Buxton stlll are endeavoring to
arrange an amicable settlement OF the
railway trouble
Underground Men May Strike.
one of the gravest features of the
situation Is a threatened strike by the
employees of the underground rail-
ways Hundreds of thousands OF per-
sons use the tubes to get to and from
their business and their stoppage
would greatly Increase the suffering
and Generalization caused by the
strike on the steam roads.
Thus far, according to the officials
of the underground lines only five
hundred of their employees have
struck. This is but small percentage
OF the men but their detection already
has curtailed the service and only Il
few trains were running tonight.
The underground strikers held
mass meeting tonight and adopted a
resolution not to return to work until
satisfactory terms have been ar
ranged through their executives or
until all the other railway men who
have struck are restored to their po-
stions under government guarantees.
Mr.. Churchill the home secretary,
tonight asked T. r. O'Connor and
Colonel Gerald Kyffin-Taylor, men,
bers of parliament FOR Liverpool, to
recommend measurements the gov
ernment should take to settle tho
strike there and restore good rela-
tons Mr.. Churchill also requested
that they consult with the Lord May
or of Liverpool and report concern
ing the food supply and general con-
dtions. Mr.. O'Connor and Colonel
Kyffn-T Taylor started Immediately for
Liverpool. In addition to his appeal
TO the members of the national re-