New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
British Rail
Strike Ends by
Compromise
Continued from page /

zation for the formation Of citizen
guards Wi! not be interfered with.
The conference in Downing Street
seemed 70 anticipate d settlement. and
after Premiei Lloyd George had ex-
pialned the new terms he left the dele
gates TO discuss them.
When the luncheon hour arrived The
Premier suggested that all stav. IN
stead OF separating. / RAID was made
on the Downing Stree commissarlat.
and tndlng 1t equal 70 the needs Of
'he large party. jovial meal followed
!he fremler's secretaries carrying the
JOINT and assisting in carving II. while
JoAes few around the table
The conference was then resumed
and at It's conclusion Secretary Thomas
rose and addressing tae Premier. sand
he could not allow the momentous
meeting so close without expressing
the appreciation OF the delegates Of
NE stasesmanlike and impartial way
the Premier and Mr.. Bonar Law had
conducted The negot lations. and then
patient consideration
The Prime Minister, acknowledged
the compliment in n genial speech. ad-
mltting that the Delegates had met all
arguments in an open minded and con
clIatory manner. He expressed the
nope that all labor organizations would
approach questions concerning their
welfare IT the same spirit for if they
dld they would then enter npon a now
era OF lrdustral peace and prosperity.
No Rioting or Bitterness
The most important feature %
the railway strike was that 1t passed
without rioting or loss of life, except
for the increased number of street acci
H.,
There were two of three unsuccessful
attempts TO wreck trains by displacing
signals or by greasIng the tracks and
few police court cases resulting from,
scutties between strke pickets AMI
pad or volunteer workmen who under
took to keep the railway services
going.
Another noteworthy fact was the
general absence OF bitterness between
the strikers and the people who sui.
tered from The strike: also gradual
softenlng Of the tone Of the newspapers.
many OF which began b. calling the
strikers BolshcVihl and proclaimjnc
that the strike must be fought. as Ger,
many had been fought, to the bitter
end.
A new feature for labor controversv
in this country was that both railway
men and the government used the
newspapers freely for advertising their
cases.
as this man an anarchist? 90 was the
question under the picture OF a railway
porter on one page of the paper. while
lines of big type OF the opposite page
set forth the wages which the govern
ment was offering to the railroad en-
ployes with the query. as this strike
justified ?"
The King cutting short ms vacation
at BalmoraI, arrived just too late to
take part in the discussions. Prime
Minister Lloyd George visited the
palace tonight to report the settle
ment of the strike.
Numbers of railway men and mem
bers OF other unions paradcd with ban
ners and bands this afternoon. Their
parks when newsboys broke INTO the
crowds shouting that the strike had
been settled.
Coastwisc shipping and the canals
enjoyed few unusually prosperous
days. The famous Carl Rosa Opera
Company travelled from Northampton
to Nottingham to-day on a canal barge
drawn by mules. Theatrical managers
IN London were discussing tho qucs-
tion Of closing their theatres when the
announcement OF the end of the strike
was made.
Manchester engineering firms en-
ploFing 10000 men would have been
forced to shut down this week had the
strike not been settled
The state visit OF Presden. Poincare
of France. scheduled TO take r'ace Oc-
tobcr l3. was postponed. but the post
ponement may now be cancelled
Under the headline 'lnsuiated. "
"The Sunday Tines calls attention to
the fact that the country is almost
ignorant Of events OF the outer world
which have occurred during the strike
because the newspapers have been pub
fishing onl strike news Many country
towns have been without newspapers.
but the government provided tele-
graphic news bulletins which were
placarded at all postoniccs
Residents Of London particularly