Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-18
] ATTEMPT MADE TO ~. (.
SEND DELEGATES
TO LLOYD GEORGE
Transport and Railroad Men
Decide Not to Take Ac-
ton at Once.
AVAILABLE COAL 10,
rs CONFISCATED
General Public Already Be
gun to Feel Effects of the
81 Strike. .


London. Oct. I8.-(By the Associat-
ed Observation-Disclosures oc.urraa in
'''iss' -
Wnitenali tnls alterhoon IN connec-
ton with the coal miners strike dur
ing a demonstration NV unemnloved
men who had sent a delegation to
Premier Lloyd George I'M Downing
street. -
Several persons were injured in at
tempts to break through a police cor
don and others were hurt when stone
work from a vAindow m ,tt,a treasury
building fell.
Hr.. w rt,
Ni"rAs lls lane'
Ihe transport workers and railway
men We're marking time today in the
matter of deciding whether they
wouio lena tnelr support 10 the strlk-
7rhe~ e anneared r inc,ined mt 80 +.ko
action ncndinp ,1ossihia 7nrnnosais nm
IN which the povarnnnant an1 tho
miners could negotiate ,-.sN~-'S
The country awaited anxiouslv a re-
mort of 4ha noaatina ~ +ha "n,,nci, ~
transnort unrEars u,h;oh ;nnI,,aos
more than twentv nn;nns cnvarsTs
,the docEars +he hus and IT,. ~, 1orLe
ers the comrnercia, road transnnrt
men and The coal trimmers at the
norts
The council, however, after a pri-
y,ofo. poootinO jorrno6 1nti1 fopoor.
row u,;thomt annonncine its noIicv
Meanwhile T a Thnnoas Iohn
c,vnes and otber nron;nent lahnr
,oodars aro ,1ro;ne ~ nodarotio, nni1
oononronoise whiia Tho governn1an+ Lot
II he known Il was readv 10 nepot:ate
two other n,eetinps which n,ieht
have vital effect en tha s;tnat;nn
ware exnec,ad - hs ,haid tnd.1 Gna
Was confaranca hatwean tha +rans.
mort workers erec1Itive and the. na
f;onaI' 'nninn If raiiwavmen,s axecu.
tivas Tha other n,ass. joint maatine .
Of, the execmtives 81 the labor party.
the labor members Of parliament and
the trade union congress. which would
bring together all the big labor lead
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f:.. talt weatnei. wnicn uen.anoeu eieiie'
lires UT warmer ciothils'
Coal Confsscated.
All available supplies of coal have
been placed under government control.
FINANCE AHec1ed. =. i
One effect of the coal strike upon
financial London has been the weak
ening of the pound sterling; which
has dropped to $3.44 on buying orders
to cover actual and prospective ccal
shipments from the United States ~
Europe. The effect has already been
seen on continental exchange, all OF
which moved against Great Britain
late last week and which was again
slightly weaker today.
Persistent reports >of efforts to set
tie the coal miners strike partially
relieved the 1e,irit of anxious iuncer-
tainty Of the British nation today.
For the moment, these reports seem
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