The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-07
Mobs Reassemble, Traffic Is
Suspended and Newspa-
pers Unable to Publish
ADDITIONAL TROOPS
GUARD RAND CLUB
Resolution Adopted To Recall Strike
Month Hence Should Grievances
Not Be Adequately Settled.
Suggest Gladstone Recall

johannesburg, July 6.-rhe settle
ment of the strike among tile gold
miners in the Rand district. which the
government arranged with commit
tee of strikers yesterday has proved
ineffective, although comparative order
was preserved over night and today.
The mobs reassembled today. All
trains and street cars suspended serv-
ice the crews refusing to work and
no newspapers were able to publish.
Additional troops guarded the Rand
club. the scene of serious encounters
saturday A great mob assembled there
hooting and jeering the troops. Up to
midnight there had been no serious
trouble but armed police everywhere
were guarding property
At n mass meeting this evening to
celebrate the strikers victory, the
leaders strongly deprecated the pro-
posal to employ force TO liberate the
rioters arrested during the disturb
ances. The suggestion that Governor
ed was greeted with cheers.
Rayor Accepting Settlement
A ballot of the Amalgamated Society
of Engineers of the Whole Reef gave
a vast majority in favor of accepting
the proposed settlement. The council
of the society adopted resolution
to call strike a month hence should
the grievances not be adequately re-
dressed
The opinion is general that the gov
ernment has made serious blunders
throughout the present trying situa-
tion. The federated unions are flushed
with success and the trades unionists
leaders have commanded the newspa-
pers TO cease publication until further
notice. They count on the government S
fear of the natives, 100000 of whom
are locked in the compounds at the
mines, who might start looting and
settlement failed to stipulate when the
men should return 10 1crE titus leav-
ing matters in a chaotic condition.
Casualties resulting from the fight :.
ing Saturday are now estimated al ITO.
Two officers. three soldiers and several
policemen were wounded
Dtrlke Leaders Lack ROVER
Strike leaders apparently lacked
power tonight to get the men to ae-
cept terms dissatisfaction is ex-
pressed. A spirit of anarchy has been
aroused which is difficult to control
A great crowd of strikers wearing red
badges surrounded the Carlton hotel
while the terms OF settlement were be-
ing arranged last night. When the
leaders announced from the balcony
that a settlement had been reached
they were greeted with shouts of
What about the dead?' you've been
bought" 4al
The editors of the various newspa
pers conferred with the federated
unions leaders tonight with the result
that the Typographical union will pub
lish paper giving colorless reports OF
events.
Except at the times of the Jameson
raid in 1896 and the outbreak of the
war in 1899, this city has not exper-
fenced such a day of terrorism as Sat
urday. The mobs in the business Sec
tion caused less fear than desperadoes
who were threatening to dynamite the
homes of the wealthy. All places of
business We're closed and guarded by
troops while bands of citizens armed
with rifles patrolled the residential
quarter
Rand Club Attacked
The strikers first made a raid on the
Rand club, whose members are mine
owners. Three times the drag goons scat
tered the mob, which quickly reformed.
The troops then fired two volleys di-
rectly into the rioters ranks and the
rioters fled. leaving behind many
killed and wounded
After almost three hours fighting
delegates from the strike committee
marched through the streets under a
white flag, ordering the men to return
to their homes.
The strike leaders said at midnight that
the terms of settlement were being ac-
cepted all along the reef.
Recall Demanded
/ Pretoria, Transvaal, July G--The recall
of the governor general of the Union of
South Africa, Visconnt Gladstone, because
he employed troops to suppress the strike,