The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-08-17
CONDITIONS ARE
GROWING WORSE
Great Britain Faces Posi-.
bic General Strike.
REFUSE TO HAUL TROOPS

Railroad Men Notify Their superiors
OF Their Determination Not to Han
die Trains Employed in Conveying
Soldiers and Police Through the
Sections Affected by Strike.
London, Aug. 17.-There is little. II
any, abatement of the strike fever
that has spread throughout Great
Britain. At some points. such as the
London docks, conditions continue to
improve, but this Is Offset by out
breaks elsewhere. With the exception
Of at Liverpool, where there was riot
Ing nearly all night, the men general
ly are orderly and beyond picketing
and peaceably inducing men to join
the unions, did not interfere with
those desiring to work.
The fighting at Liverpool, which re-
suited In the death of two rioters, who
were shot by Hussars in defending
five prison vans occupied by riot
prisoners whom the mob attempted
unsuccessfully to release. has not
tended thus far to improve the situa-
tion except as 1t has helped to keep
the peaceably disposed outside the
strike area. This enabled the police
70 more easily handle those who were
causing trouble.
Refuse to Haul Troops.
The railway men at various centers
notified their superiors of their de-
termination not to handle trains en-
ployed In conveying soldiers and po-
hce through the strike areas.
A report Is current that the govern
msnt is likely to respond to this ac-
ton OF the men with a proclamation
Of martial law on all railways and re-
placing the strikers with men from
the Royal Engineers army service
corps.
Passengers for Manchester were in
formed at the booking offices that the
railway companies were unable to
= guarantee them transportation fur
ther than Crewe. which Is about twen-
ty-five miles southwest Of Manchester.
The continued riOting on the Mer-
Oey port was not calculated to restore
confidence elsewhere and men at 9TH
or ports were refusing to discharge
steamers diverted from Liverpool.
Glasgow. for example. which had just
disposed of a street railway strike,
now has dock strike as result of
the men declining to remove cargo
of fruit from a steamer gent from the
Nerssy.
Further ominous Signs.
Another ominous sign was the
choice BY the leaders of the railway
workers OF Liverpool as the city from
which 20 direct the threatened general
strike on the railways which was de-
clareA by the executives of the Anal
gamated Society OF Railway Servants,
The Society OF Locomotive Engineers
and Firemen and the General Rail.
way Workers unions, to become effec-
tive within twenty-four hours unless
IN the interim the companies express
. willingness to negotiate for a settle.
ment a. grievances.
Liverpool. Aug. 17.-This city Is
nearing the starvation point, and un.
less q railway strike is averted two
days moro will find the bread supply
exhausted. The only bread now in
the city 10 that displayed In the shop
windows. Some restaurants already
have been closed because their man.
ayers could not obtain sufficient pro
visions. All the necessities In food
have advanced greatly in price The
price of eggs went up 8 cents dozen
ana butter made the same advance
per pound. No steamers for America
are likely to sail from this port this
week. a. they cannot obtain coal sup
plies.