Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
ENGLAND IN PERIL
FROM WORST STRIKE
IN WHOLE HISTORY
Most Serious Industrial Situation
Nation Has Ever Been
Confronted With.
200 900 MEN AND WOMEN
IELE. Want tECFT cay
100000 Strikers at Belfast Tie Up
Irish City Men Attack
Shops Showing Lights
~ Assoeia,rd rrs~~ - Eyerg y7~n'nr

~ Associated Preee - Every P7riing
London, Jan. - y "a eetimatrd that
ncariy L0O no men and women lrf Idlr
IN The United Kingdom and ireland II
cause II etrikcs IU .nriour tradcs, creating
one II thc most snr4D'F -ifY4tjrrs ~
duatr8llY bat ho country taa hnd RI
fare ia many yoars Htf u thr 'r.y~~
arc h Belfast whcrn tbc STRIKE ,nD-, rHrn'
IS continuing - yprcad
Tho rify of Belfast h5 ught b b 1r
tiIallv totai darkncss. ~ hnepHals bo.0r
the only places whore hgh'4 ,u ~ h0rr
without danger IL atta~ks Il" risrr
Evorywhcrr oIso he diapia, ~ tgh' ea.
caused either thr forirgnr the fovrolng
thr prernisr- iu et-r- where slci irne'
action Ras MT lkcu hc ypapr .-f'
f0r~cd by threat ~ -croct 'hr.r gh's
arS Iv yrW 1rrr frErH taHx
Fortunatclg arf nght Vae .ne HID
wrt bv furnv. ofhrrut-r III .,f ifrrtt
there might have born uorr rrgth
morning mon n -bo varou- uti.n'
dustrif pianfs ah0 tad remained
work eame oi' for safef. sakr ~ rrcbr'
iug having 1ocoun more srtcN-f@- 0,r.
If the morning newvpapcr- t.rarl
suspend publication he riusars Hors
crz are opposed tp m frlko nd
ondeavorlng % arrange reo'ng of
Wedneeday
There i- IN rfangr + thr ifpsfter. nr
ihc Civdn uhcr' ~ 0O0 shtpvard yorker,
4rr 1Ht nor rs london Hhrro + OnN
-hip -opairers are .trkng and ttvr rf
iieod an offer p refer the qHrstion ot
wages ~ 4 committee
To these must ~ added p O00 Ffesh're
miners OO0 south Wales miners alOOh
Edinburgh shinwrights, OOO Manches'cr
dockers. OOO South Wales shipvard men
ana 4 number n Glasgow nunicIpal work
IRIS
SHORTER HotRe DEMANDED
Except 4 London. whore The QUESTION
II one of wages. an hesc strikes arc 1lc NJ
4 demand for shorter hours, with thr same
privileges and wages as prevailed nheu
longer hours were worked
here err one hundred thousand neopic
involved II the stnkc ~ Belfast and wen
t,-,ix trades ARE affected. writes ne Bcliasf
correspondent d thc Mail
aELFAsT LLKG i DEAD cry.
THO strike i rhe most aeriou- rvrr
experienced ia this city 9f strikes iiae
correspondent wrltcs. Belfast ike a
dead eitv IT. entire social life r plralvz-
c,i. thcatrce and saloons 1rc riuscd ram
cars are not running. bakeries and iAun-
dries are closing and there werr no alter
noon papers Monday. only 80 mail
ndit.ons % morning newspapers appeared
ycsfPraav
aTaiegrauhic and -elepnon.c .9mmun
cation with outside districts -erOu.4
handicapped \ltcr inset Belfast VIII
comes 1 citv 81 candles Restaurants arr
closed and evening services annot tr
he'd ~ the churches Railway 'Aton-
are lighted with u4phtha amps yut a
their homes th" Ceopie depend on glndle-
~holld ne candle lppiy .-Il here would
30 4 plague % ..Arkne-s.
Crave EIGGERs -1IS -TTIK
The man cause of rhc trouble ..cs IS
the tact fh.4 uc worker. d electric luu
gas plants have .o.ned .ac lpvar1
workers u demanding iD-uuur -veer
Things are .n sucu state e4.3- nat
chang rusg come -oon
Graye dlggers Joined hc strike u
MonQa2
Belfast. fan - strikers attaes.a,
shops here .aat night. .cem.n- - ceEtcr
.Le!r assaults III -torus -unNlnG Ights
0nc .arge store winch generates Is El
electricity and WAS brilliantly illuminated
vas stoned bv he mot Ih, plitr L..---
show window- were smashed taa aom,H
clothing exhibited there wa, carried away
Ia another district 3 saloon was rua"r
open and liquor was taken 3. members
"a mob.
Police engaged IN dispensing rioters scr.
fired on but at last succeeded IN rstos.a.
order