Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-18
Trouble Breaks Out in
London During Demon
stration by Men.
INJURED
DURING CLASH
Strike Has Serious Effect on Value
of Pound Sterling and Foreign Ex-
changes Are. Affected-Conserva
tive Labor Leaders Still Hopeful of
Early Settlement of Dispute and
Return to Work of Miners.
BY Associated Press.

nStuin n TO WORK OF MinerSs
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 1S.-Disorders occur
red in Whitehall this Afternoon IN
connection with the coal miners
strike, during demonstration by
unemployed men who had sent. a
delegation to Premier Lloyd George
in Downing street. Several pers ms
We're injured in attempts to bresl,
thru a police Gordon, and others wers
hurt when some stone work from q
WINDOW In the treasury building fell,
Money Market Weakened.
One effect of the coal strike upon
financial London, has been the weak
eninS of the pound sterling, which
has dropped to S344 on buying or
ders to cover actual and prospective
coal shipments from United, States
to Europe. The effect has already
heen seen on continental exchanges,
all of which were again slightly
weaker today.
Persistent reports Of efforts to
settle the strike partially relieved
the spirit ofsanxious uncertainty.
John Robert Clynes, former food
controller, and one of the most mod
crate Of the labor leaders, has ex-
pressed confidence in settlement
within week if both sides could be
brought together to discuss calmly
the controversy. He advocates as the
basis of an agreement the granting
to the miners Off half their demands
and the submission of the remainder
to an impartial tribunal.
j. S. Thomas, general secretary Of
the National Union of Railway Men,
also has made a moderate statement,
and both these men are relied upon
to do their utmost to shorten the
strike.
Government One of Principals.
The position of the government is
extremely different from that OF
1912, when it interviewed between
owners and miners to settle the dis
pute. The government, as a result
Nof the war, has been placed in the
position of the directorate of the
mining industry the finances of
which it controls and, consequently.
it is interested in the prosperity of
the coal trade, which is yielding q
large sum to the exchequer. 1t is
maintained the government wholly
supports the premier's intimated
readiness to explore every avenue
towards settlement, and will facilitate
almost any movement toward the
reopeninss of negotiations.
The situation which developed in
Whitehall at the entrance to Down
ing street was an ugly one. There
were a thousand unemployed there
awaiting the return Of their delesa-
tons.
The disorder came when the unem
ployed demonstrators tried to break
thru the heavy police guard and get
into Downing street. 1t was during
this rush that the window stones
from the treasury crashed down. Po-
lice reinforcements were rushed up
and mounted police were called out
to assist the regulars.
At least two Of the police and sew
eral civilians were injured. Finally
the crowd began to throw stones.
The parapet on one side Of Down
ing street also collapsed during the
crush. A number of persons were in
jured when a crowd headed by the
red flag Of the Tottenham district
socialist and labor party, tried to
break thru the police. Eventually the
red flag was captured.
The deputation to the premier con-
sisted of fifteen heads of London
bureaus asking relief for the unem-
ployed.
Parliament May Act.
BY Tuesday, when parliament is to
reassemble, the huge labor issue will
be clearly defined and this problem
added to the Irish one.
The labor. party intends to move
an immediate adjournment to per.
NIT the discussion of the labor con-
troversy. The government probably
will assent and the parliamentary
battle will be on
Meanwhile, a creeping paralysis is
gradually numbing the nation. From
the great midlands industrial region,
the heart of British industry, comes
a steady and disheartening flow of
to close down owing to the coal
strike and the consequent idleness of
other dovetailing industries such as
the railways. upon which the fac
tories are absolutely dependent foi
their supplies.
Circle of Disaster Widens.
Each closure throws out of work
more thousands of men, and the
board Of trade estimated that in ad-
dition to 100000 miners there were
100000 men out of work on Sunday.
due to the strike.
Every day OF the walkout the ratio
of others forced out of work will in
crease, as existing supplies of mater
ial and coal are exhausted, and it
may be said that the 100000 now
thrown out of employment are only
the first to be affected, The full force
of the blow Will begin to be felt when
the new week would ordinarily send
the laborers back to their toll after
the week end holiday
With one exception the London
newspapers are standing back of the