Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-04
British Cabinet Succeeds in Its
Efforts to Settle the Coal
Miners Strike.
EMERGENCY ACT IS PASSED
Government Ready for Any continoen.
ey-irish Everywhere Deeply AZ
feotsd by MacSwiney's Death
Prince Paul Offered Greek
Throne American Farm
ers' "striIsc" by Hold
ing Wheat.
sy EDWARD W. PlckARp.


Excepting for our presidential cam
paign. Of whose closing days there is
little or nothing to say, the affairs Of
Great Britain supl,f:ea the most inter
esting and important news of the
week. The strike of the coal miners.
With Its threats of further and greater
economic troubles. added to the Irish
problem, gave the British enough to
worry over and these two matters con-
tfnued to draw the attention, sympa-
thetic or otherwise, of the English
speaking world
Prime Minister Lloyd George and
his cabinet were unremitting in their
efforts to settle the miners strike, and
on Thursday 1t was announced that
they had succeeded, if the miners
would accept the plan. After repeated
conferences with the labor leaders
tentative agreement was reached.
The settlement upon which the min
ers' delegates, coal mine owners, and
the government are agreed is very
complicated one. Briefly the men get
sliding advance of two shillings to
one shilling six pence, according to
age as was originally demanded.
The miners and owners solemnly
edge to cooperate to secure an In
creased output of coal. National and
district committees are to Ike estab-
lilshed Immediately to control the out
put and a Joint national wage board
Will be established at the earliest pos
stble time before March 81 for reguIa-
ton Of wages for the whole industry,
with regard to profits Of the industry
and the principles on which profits
sahould be- dealt with.
The miners executive committee was
to submit the settlement to the miners
federation for approval. 30 the return
Of the Den to the pits will not be de-
layed.
The railway men and transport
workers, in view of the hopeful char
acter of the negotiations, postponed
any action looking to sympathetic
strike.
Though very optimistic, the govern
msot made ready FOR all contingencies
By rushing through to final passage its
emergency bill. This arms the govern
nnent with added powers to enforce
the law In case the strike continues
and the rail and transport men be-
come involved. Though 1t was passed
By large majority. some concessions
were demanded and received by the Ia
Dor party. The law as enacted pro.
vfdes that nothing in the net shall be
construed as authorizing the procla-
nation Of any form Of compulsory mill
itafy service or industrial cOnscrip-
/ ton or make 1t ali Offense for any per.
son to participate in strike or peace
fully persuade any other person to
participate In strike.
Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor Of
Cork, finally succeeded In starving
himself to death In Brixton jail, a
martyr" In the cause of Irish free
dom. The second death among the
hunger strikers in prison in Cork also
WAS recorded. These events deeply
stirred all the Irish, in Ireland and
America a. well, and there were nu-
pnesens masses and other ceremonies
y eQnneqtion with the deaths. The
Otlb authorities took every precau-
HNas1e Susrd against outbreaks, and
ReQ151ly they were seconded in this
" III wiser among the Sim Fein
leaders. Fer the latter know that
.tAeas would but bring on more 10.
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