The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-06
ROUGH DRAFT
 OF WAGE BILL
 SHOWN MINERS
Scotland Absolutely Para lyzed As Result of Miners
 Strike
Lloyd's Write Thousands of Dollars In Riot Insurance
 Barracks Without Coal
tspecia! from United Press. }

London, March 6.-At the request of the Premier, the members of the miners executive. council. conferred ing street, this afternoon. The Premier again promised the men that he would force the minimum wage scale bill through parliament if they would declare the strike off and or der the men back to work. He ap- pealed to them on the grounds of patriotism and told them that the en- tire country is we'll nigh defenseless because of the lack of fuel. In addf- ton, he made it plain that he was certain that, if the strike was called eff and if the men go back to work they will gain everything they have demanded of the employers.
 The men listened carefully to the Premier and a. general discussion of the points at i3sue followed. If pos sible, the Premier will try and bring the men and operatives together again, this afternoon or tomorrow. He showed the miners a rough draft of the minimum wage bill.
 The government iS striving earnest ly to have all questions at issue sub- mitted to Sir George Askwith.
 He has the confidense e,,s of of all all Eng Eng eral commercial, labor and statisti- cal departments of the board of trade. was able to familiarize himself with the entire coal mining industry.
 Thousands of pounds are already being paid in ''idle benefits'' to men whose places of employment have been closed through lack of fuel. This is particularly true in the smelting, railroad. textile ans engin ring trades, Fs
 Meanwhile. the price of food con tinues to advance with the quantity for Ia hair foodi1v rodnrod r7nn- dreds of families in slums of the big cities are without food and in some instances have been compelled to burn their belongings to keep warm. The stopping of railway traffic on many lines has greatly interfered with workers getting to their places of employment and the crush in the stations still remaining open ap- breaches the danger point during the rush hours.
 dollars worth of anti-riot policies dur ing the last few days.
 NEWCASTLE INDUSTRIES CLOSE.
 Newcastle, Eng, March 6.-Neariy every industry in this city has been compelled to close because of the miners strike. There is no fuel for very great Many stores have been compelled to close because their stocks were exhausted and there was no way of repl lenishing them because railway freight traffic is at stand. still
 BARRACKS UNHEATED.
 Aldershot, Eng, March 6.-The great military barracks here are ab- solutely without heat because of the coal strike. There is much complaint among the soldiers.
 SCOTLAND PARALYZED.
 Glasgow, March 6.-Scotland is ab- solutely para yzed, today, as a result of the miners strike. Shipping is at standstill, so far as coastwise traf- fic is concerned. Liners are kept run ming because they are able to coal at their ports of call but the great fleet of steam trawlers that have head quarters here are lying at anchor. their owners being unable to get coal to operate their machines.
 Only few passenger trains are running on the railways. The price of bread is going up and in many cities the authorities are arranging to throw open the schools and churches, as well as the public buildings to house the poor who are suffering greatly from cold.