New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Britain Claims
Battle Is Won
I'm Rail Strike
Engineers Decide Against
Sympathetic Walkout;
the Transit Situation i'm
London Much Improved
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En-Op pedn Bureau
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LONDON, Sept. 30.-The government
and the forces opposed to the railway
strike were eXultant over to- days de-
vclopments. Although there is COM
perativey little increase in the num-
Der of volunteer" trains. two under
ground lines started q skeleton service
The executive committee Of the Anal
gamated Society of Engineers decided
against Il sympathetic strike The
transportation facilities for the Lon
don workers are improving steadily and
the government, backed by public sup
pert. seems to be winning the fight
The Railwaymen's Union will not ad-
NIT weakening, and Secretary j. II.
Thomas to-day declared the methods
employed by the government had made
him decide not to refuse any offers of
sympathetic strikes. This means that
the decision. which will be reached in
regard to the stoppagc of tramcars.
buses and taxis, will be accepted by
the railwaymen, who hitherto had
urged these workers to stay at their
posts.
The first important acts Of sabotage
in connection with the strike took
place to-day when attempts were made
to derail trains in various parts Of the
country. In one instance the signal
lights were changed from red to
green, but no loss of life occurred.
In most of the cases where violence
was used it was clearly the fault Of
unruly mobs rather than of the organ
lied strike pickets. However, the gov
ernment stationed additional troops a.
danger points this afternoon.
Thomas is thoroughly frightened
and is calling up his reserves" a gov
ernmcnt supporter declared tonight.
"When the British public woke up this
morning and found its milk supply
delivered it signiied the breaking Of
the strike
The disorganization of industry due
to the stoppage of the trains continues.
despite the fact that the newspapers
tonight claim that the strikers are
beaten.
Americas action in stopping sail
ngs to England has helped to bring
home the seriousness of the situation
to the public
j. II. Bromley, president of the loco
| motive engineers, declared to The Trib-
une correspondent tonight, I'VE have
won the fight already" SO the strike
passed into the fifth day with both
sides processing undated confidence
and predicting victory.
LONDON. Sept so (By The Asso-
clated Press The employment OF SOL
diers as armed guards on the trains is
bitterly resented by the strikers in
some places. who apparently fear the
troops may be used as strikebreakers
The men of the Severn Tunnel branch
of the National Union of Railwaymen.
have given the government forty-e ght
hours notice to withdraw the troops
guarding the tunnel Unless the troops
are withdrawn, the pumpmen are to be
called out.
The governments intention to keep
open at all costs the main railroad
arteries of the country upon which
food trains run and to which passenger
coaches are attached was announced,
These routes comprise those between
London and birmingham. Manchester.
Liverpool. Yarmouth. Hull. Bristol,
southampton, Plymouth and Dover
Passengers arriving AT Southampton
yesterday from New York on board tie
White Star steamer Adratic have been
sent by special train to London
Two hydroairplanes left Southamp-
ton for Havrc yesterday with passen-
gers and mail.
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