Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-15
ENGLAND MOVES TO
MEET CRISIS CAUSED
BY MINERS STRIKE
Puts Embargo on Export OF Coal
70 Conserve Supply
for Home
INDUSTRIES PREPARE
TO QUIT OPERATIONS
nv A.-ooiate,i Press N Rvary Ev,nlnr

~ AFsociatNsi Press N Eyrry kvHninR
London. Oct - The british g0veTn
nent this morning pu' IN embargo ~
The export of coal from The Lnlted hing
dom. effective Immediately The emfargn
is designed to cnnsrrvr supplies !oT tnfnr
tsn. he move being 'he resuli r ihrea' e
coal miners strike. n'RinninF ref'
Monday
The miners conference todny DECIDED
IN view If the unsatisfac'ory reply MADE
by the government H. tHc nInrrr .1'r-'
Communication that 'to inning dss'r'
30 informed by telegraph 'taf 'hr
ro,lrse vas for WORK r We rlrrrF ~ r fr
tOrnorrow.
II was announced that srUe = ~ re-.
in the engineering experiments
remain al work 20 krcr hr UIors p o~frr
MANY of fhe BrifisA rtusfrier r''-'
m the ron and strel .rarrhes ard SOME
II the shipbuldirn ond % g1rcerirg u'rss
already are arranging ~ c.rss aov'
The question whether ~ railway Trr
would unite Ulfh he rrcro gas 'rf *i'.-
pert of dcep public ~oro"rn ''dav uT' r0
Indication ~ - 10 cnIrsc nas for'hofr ming
from the railway In'on
The government has made ever rrer-
aration to maintain 'rsf rlppi'"' tn0
tho provision ~ other rercssarfrf
ne TIfFffNfFF f' '''a-
noon sslIed y statement sevng me r.
srncer services roIld rr' ~ ~i-'. .rd
tho Frst two m hrro d.rs ef strike
flIll zervicc beng kept .u to ALLOW thr
r,cnple ~ travel horre hftnr tra' rrHs-'ir'
fae subsided however nere Fl IL a
reduction IL r,assrrgrf -or. ~e ~ anvEner.
from 10 ~ 70 per cent
American shipping itoard ofiieial7 nere
we're told by the British ~0ai -onrnIi~r'
donartnert this after 0or thai M order
prohibiting The cnaiIrg ~ tpreiEn -hirs
ySas le-llnd ~ enable the ~hecking Ip cf
/ ayeilsble a1lDpilee Iha 8fhrtals acre
plvoD asgiJrsrcfs fhai after has had fser
done r,as.4er ger and mail oar-1ng yo-zsPi-
yould receivc first Consideration Ell tie
allocatIon IL stocks ~ land
Washington. Oct ; The uIrn around
~ American shIps ln British ports shi not
- slowed 10 bv the cmuargo plarrd n
the expor- ~ coal IT, he British govern
rnent. officials of the shipping tnard said
today Il Was explained That most Amfrl-
can vessels clearing for I'll giisn ports coal
ior the round trip on taLs sldr- Io rnee'
.arv crnprupnrIes the board na-s an ade1ilaiF
reserye sIupiy OF bunker coal on the otnei
side.
The Shipping Board officials were a.sc
assured that there would - no dlscTimi-
nation against american and other foreign
shIDs IL these riasses Anticipating
strike ne shipping Board has arTanZel
with the French government t1r supple
~ bunker 01al at BreSt. Fnlrn ne
lieved viii be sufficient ~ meet ne snip
ping Board requHemen-s. u addlrioE
10 TINS source there Is considerable private
iy owned American rJal IL Rotterdam
and Copenhagen
New York. Oct IS he mpend.n.
strike oi British coai miners. fogetne
with the embargo On exports anu uunke
fuel. viii tend 70 tighten ne situation Z
the United states, steamship rpal mel
sand here touAy
majority 7f he ships enEaEed
Transatlantic trade have heretofore ~
: -led only sufficient t4e. .1r le sne "a
v0vage. bunAerIng on The other side iu
the return home Orders ere l-,lleu tot4
for virtually ail ships TOW ioaGlng 'ar %
United Kingdom - -aAe -,.rhcrE- lf
~ -pr back home even 81 ,he -ir-lGre
cargo space
An official oi one II -aa coA. eScaa1ga
-gday saId ,h4t ruai shipped s1raa4
loaded under afhrlal o,ru.ts anl IA
for some tirue ne ieua-l .0r sNpurt r.l
has far exceeded the facilities tor .oa,.iu
Il on the Atlantic >es.l--a