Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-18
SCOT RAIL MEN 70
AID COAL STRIKERS
Send Word to English Work
ers They Will Cease
Work Today
MANY PLANTS IDLE
PARALYSIS CT Trade Creeps on Islands
Parliament Meets Tome rrOw-Pa
pcrS Back England.

London, Oct. 1S-The Scottish
| railway councils have telegraphed to
he executives of the National Miners
| Union that THE railway men of Scot
! iar,f are prepared to cease work at
r,,Cn tGmomow in surpOr. CT the
M m'neIs'
:! Great Britain has ,e:stered the most
fa:efu period of he: internal affairs
s.nce the hours when tie declaration
| of war against Germany was being DE-
rated by the nation.
Today a series of momentcrS con-
ferer1es will begin. out of which VII
come the decision Of organized labor.
mass of 5000 900 workers. AZ 10
>he attitude to be taken toward the
strike cf 100000 c2al miners.
The Transport WorEerS' Union will
hrla one meeting and the parliament
sarv committee Of the Trades Union
Corr:e<s Will confer with the nation
Al executive committee Of the Labor
party. These two assemblies VIII de
eide roughly, whether organized "a
Dor * to array itself aga;ns: the
much gre3'ter, but uror@anizcd mass
which constitutes the res; of British
society. a decision to DO 50 Is what
the Government most fearS.
BY Tuesday, when Parliament is
to rea.semb!e, the huge labor issue
VII. be clearly defined and this prob
,em added to the Irish one.
The Labor party i'ste@ls 20 move
an immc&.1ate adiournmert in order TO
permit the discussion Of he labor
controversy the Government, Prob
atlv Wi assert and the Parliament
AIRY Eal.tle Will be on.
Mearwhi,e. i creep:r" paralysis is
gradually numtin" the limbs, CT the
nation. F'rnm me great M:dlardS IN
dustral region. the heart Of british
industry. GENES Il steady and d!Sh"ar-
tenn. flew cf rcpor:S of mill at.er
mil being forced to close dcwn. CIV
irg to the cca. strike ard thc. conSc-
Gucn. iG,cncSS of cher dovcta:.ln%
industries. such a. the railways. upon
With the factories are absolutely de-
pendent for their supplies. Each
closure throws cut Of work m2rc
thousands Of men ard ,he Board of
Trade estimated that in addIi@Cn I"
roughly l.nOO.000 miners cher" were
cocoon men out Of work on Sunday
duc TO thc strike.
Every day of the wa!kcu' the ratio
Of c:hg:s forced olt Of work WI! IN
crease. as cx;Siin" supplies Cf MA
terial and csa! are exhausted, and i
may Dc said that the 100000 now
thrown out cf employment are only
/ the first 10 be affected.
With just one exception the Lon
den newspapers are starh'n% back
of inc Government and the urorga-
! nized masses. advising the Cabinet
to make this the great ties: between
organized and unorganized .tG: e:s.
The general public is urged to back
tp the Covc-nmcr>. to economic IN
everything and not to worry.
The Sunday Dispatch alone su"-
~cstS surrender. advising THAT the
! Govcrnmcrs immediately grant the
miners raise of two shiII;n">. point
in~ ou. that three mcaths of ncgot:a-
ticn preceded the dec:s,Cn 10 strike as
evidence Of the miners reluctance to
strike 1t was forced upon th2 Dispatch
SAYS to decHerc The strike because
ne~3t;qt:on had proven it TT t:y
The Su"y!av. 0'rscrvernadvis2s the
| Government and the people - rcSi5'-
ur,f;ncl,ing.y. to keep COO! and to
"see il through" rs Grca: Britain
id the great war
CcgTrra u EatiUT the N9Nc'l'''e"t
and Premier Lloyd George on the
firm stand that has been taken
against the miners, the Times says
the pubGic welcomes this test. at Ia:t
bccacse i, precipitates the whole lab
or question.
Horatio BG:tcm!ey. the no'Sr thun-
idcr<hes... who rpmh!cs IN evc:y
edition Of John Bu |, came cut Str"nr:
for democracy in the Sunday Peter :
LAX which has i large scIrcn'at' on
!. among the middle classes. II" DE-
clhred the m;ness to be striking
against that institution and urged