The sun., 1919-01-29
BRITISH STRIKERS
NUMBER 10000
London Dock Trouble Near
Settlement and Clyde Stu
alton Improves.
ALIENS MOST ACTIVE
Government to Authorize %
Per Cent. Addition to Beer
Production.
ALIENS MOST ACTIVE

London Times SerriPe.
Copyright 1919; all rights reserved
LONDON, Jan. rs. - The number ~
strikers in Great Britain. It was stated
this afternoon is 5000. The London
dock trouble is expected to be settled
quickly and the Clyde prospects also are
| improved.
In Belfast. where one newspaper has
been compelled TO suspend publication.
| the shpyard workers are reported 10 bo
beginning to comprehend that they are
| being made the tools OF the Glasgow
revolu,ionaries Many Of these e1tren-
lists are also aliens. Incidentally refer
| ring to one of the minor causes OF dis
quiet, II Is announced that the Govern
ment probably will authorize the pro
duction of 25 per cent. more beer with
| two degrees greater gravity.
The feature of some of the strikes
| is that they started at the instigation
of the shop stewards against the orders
of their union leaders, thus showing a
tendency to ignore their leaders. also any
| agreements made 10y them.
| LONDON. Jan. 2s.-lt is estimated that
| nearly 200, 900 men and women are idle
| In the United Kingdom and ireland be-
| cause OF strikes In various trades. Great
ing one of the most serious situations
| industrially that the country has had to
face in many years. Half the strikers
| are in Belfast where the strike move
| ment Is continuing to spread.
Tho city of Belfast BY night Ia now
| in virtually total darkness. the hospitals
being the only places where lights can he
| shown without danger of attacks by
| strikers. Everywhere else the display "
| light has caused either the stonng or
| the stormng OF the premises. In cases
where such drastic action was not
taken the people were forced by threats
| TO screen their lights. Even In the pr-
vate houses 1t is not considered safe TO
| use more than one candle, and the sup
| ply of candles Is diminishing rapidly.
! Fortunately last night was snowy and
wet by turns. otherwise it is considered
| there might have been more trouble. This
morning men in various of the sT Her
| industrial plants who had remancl at
work came out for safetys sake. 70
| picketing having become more eNtens sc.
| one of the morning newspapers was
| forced to suspend publication. Ths
shipyard workers are opposed TO tho
strike and are endeavoring to arrange a
| meeting for Wednesday.
There is no change In the situation on
| the Clyde, where 90, 600 shipyard work
ers are out nor In London where 1900
| ship rapairers are striking and have re-
| fused an offer to refer the question Of
! wages to a committee.
| To these must he added $4,000 Fife
shire miners, 5000 South Wales miners,
5000 Edinburgh shipwrishts. 1000 Man
! chester lockers, 1000 South Wales ship
yard men and number Of Glasgow mu-
! uitipal workers.
| Except In London. where the question
at stake is one OF wages. all these strikes
are due to demand for shorter hours
with the same privileges and wages as
prevailed when longer hours were
worked
There are 100000 people involved in
the strike at Belfast and twenty.s K
trades are affected, writes the Belfast
correspondent Of the Mail
The strike is the most serious cva-
experienced in this city Of strikes" 'Ns
correspondent writes Belfast Is ilE.
dead city. Its entire social NE 4,
paralyZed, theatres and saloons 80
! closed. tram cars are not runulF va
keries and laundries are CLOSING ard
there We're no afternoon papers on Mon.
day. Only two small editions Of morn
Ing newspapers appeared yesterday
Photographic and telephone Comnu-
niCation with outside districts Is 4er!-
ousIy handicapped. After sunset Be.tas at
| becomes a city of candles Restaurants
are closed and evening services cannot
be held by the churches. Railway sta
tons are lighted with naphtha LAMPS.
| but in their homes the people depend
upon candles. Should the candle s,Ipp'v
! fail there will be plague OF darkness.
The main cause Of the trouble lies n
the fact that the workers in electric AID
gas plants have Joined the snjpyarl
workers in demanding IA forty hour wees.
Things are In such state OF chaos ,ts;
a change must come soon. Grave i.Egerr
Joined the strike on Monday