The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25

on their employees that they will! close
their factories II the Golfers strike,
and the authorities In one distric,
have appealed to the government for
troops.
The miners have been promised sup
port by the Federation of Transport
Workers. which embraces tho railway
men and draymen. Tho representa-
tives OF continental mine unions; have
indicated that they will endeavor to
prevent shipments of coal to England
II strike Is enforced, and the French
and Belgian delegates to the confer
ence of international Mine Workers
are reported TO favor strike which
will involve the whole of Europe.
situation Is Serious.
It VIII be seen from all these things
no serious the situation Is Not only
would strike throw more than l.
0o0.006 men out of work in the mining
district but it would cause untold
loss 70 trade and produce widespread
suffering from the cold. but through
the closing of factories for lack OF
fuel. I would increase the multitude
of unemployed.
Many industries which were fore
warned on the prospect of q strike
have been laying in huge supplies of
coal. This Is attested by the noun
famous supplies in railroad yards and
factories. So great has the demand
been for coal supplies that all the
surplus has been exhausted.
It Is apparent that a certain section
OF labor aGitators favor a strike
among other reasons, because of their
belief that the government will notify
the mine owners that It will take over
the collieries and work them pending
a settlement OF the trouble. There is
nothing whatever in the attitude of
the government to justify this view.
which is advanced only by the extreme
socialist element.
Calls Portraits Fakes.
An animated discussion has started
over the contention Of NJ. H. Spiel
mann. the Shakespearean authority.
that many OF the existing portraits of
the Bard OF Avon are fakes. This
claim was made by Mr.. spielmann in
recent lecture. The conclusion 10
be drawn from other lectures by the
same authority is that only two OF the
portraits are unqueStionably authentic
representations of Shakespeare These
are the Droesout engraving, printed
In the first collected edition OF Shakes
peare's works, and the bust in the
church at Stratford on-Avon. Mr..
Spielmann clans that the marriage
picture is fake, and he casts doubt
on the authenticity of the death mask,
which is valued at $4,000.
When "Shakespeare's England"
which is to be produced for the bene-
fit of the Shakespeare memorial fund,
closes at Earls Court In the summer,
Mrs, CORVALLIS West, who is ct tbs
head of the undertaking will go to
New York and present the show there,
and afterwards take 1t to Berlin. She
told the correspondent OF The Times
Dispatch to-day that she thought there
probably were more lovers of Shakes
peare in America and Germany than
in Englan nd. She thinks 1t will be
difficult to get place in New York
of sufficient area to present the show.
as 1t requires thirty acres in Earls
Court, where there are also large
buildings with Indoor attractions. Mrs.
West, who, despite the fact that she
is grandmother, Is remarkably
youthful looking, said that since she
began organizing the exhibition she
had given up society and went to the
Office every day at II o'clock, and
worked until I in tho evening Mrs.
West was originally Jennie jerome. OF