The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-13
STRIKE
TO BE CALLED
FRIDAY NIGHT.
Great Britain S Triple Alliance
of Labor Will Call Members
From Posts at 10 O'clock
Follows Deadlock.
100000 TO Be IDLE
fBy Associated Press)

LONDON, April 13.-Great Britain's
triple alliance of labor" will call its
members from their posts at IL
o'clock Friday night, it was announced
here this morning at II o'clock. This
decision follows the inability Of the
National Miners Federation to reach
an agreement with the mine owners
and the government for the settle
ment of the miners strike which be-
gan April 1.
THE triple alliance" is made up of
the national miners federation, hav.
ing membership of 100000: the Ma
tional Union of Railwaymen. with
100000 members and the National
Federation of Transport Workers
which numbers as its members a
large number of unions which have
membership of close to 100000. 1t
has been estimated that if the "alli.
ance" should call strike there would
be nearly 100000 persons idle in
England as a result. The decision to
strike was reached unanimously by
the transport workers and railway
men, ]. H. Thomas, general secretary
of the railwaymen's union said after
this mornings gathering.
THE Walkout," he declared, will
| take place at 10 o'clock Friday night
Many other unions have sent applica-
| tons to join the strike, and these are
being considered"
May Involve Others
Other labor organizations may be-
come involved in the controversy be-
| tween the government and the triple
alliance. The Daily Mail declared to-
day that the executive committee of
the electrical trades union resolved
last night to support the triple al
lance. An electricians strike would
paralyze street car traffic and public
lighting companies.
All London newspapers today dwelt
on the serious injury done the country
| by continued uncertainty over the in
dustrial situation. The London Times
and the Morning Post pointed out it
was not the actual amount of the
wages at present in dispute but the
question of national control of the
profits of industries which was at
stake. The Morning Post emphasized
the alleged fact that hidden and sub
versive forces were behind the whole
movement" and declared: The min
ers' demands must be resisted at all
costs"
Situation Confused
THE situation" said the Daily Tele-
! graph, sis too confused to permit of
prediction and members of the triple
alliance themselves probably have no
clear idea as to what must be done.
! 1t is a desperate situation. All citi-
zens should prepare for the worst"
| The Daily Express urged the govern
ment to open direct negotiations with
the triple alliance" instead OF acting
; through an Intermediary as hereto
fore, and speculated on the course
member unions of the alliance" would
pursue.
The London Times and other papers
believed the National union OF rail-
way men and the National Federation
OF Transport Workers were embar-
rassed" at the obstinacy Of the miners.
The Daily Herald organ OF labor.
said the government, had banged and
tolted the door upon all hore Of an
honorable settlement" and fiercely at
tackled Mr.. Lloyd George for "tricking
the miners into delay, and definitely
casting his lot with the bosses. The
newspaper called upon the triple al
lance" to stand pat.
Government Statement
The government today issued the
following statement bearing upon the
labor situation:
I'm the event Of the threatened ex-
tension of the stoppage of work, the
government wishes to make II clear
that they will use the fullest powers Of
the state to protect workers who re-
main at work in any services essen
tial to the life of the community In
any settlement which may be reached,
the government will give IT'S sup
port to assuring that the position of
such workers shall not be prejudioed
as compared with their position be-
fore the stoppage."
Reafhrnation by the triple alliance
OF its pledge to support the miners.
through the announcement that its
members would cease work Friday
night, keeps the industrial sky still
dark Many observers, however.
found reinsurance today in the fact
that the days to intervene before the
strike becomes effective leave oppor-
tunities for several available agencies
TO tender their good offices in an ef-
fort to bring the opposing forces to
the conference table again. One of the
many uncertainties of the situation is
whether the three-cornered negotia-
: tions, to which the owners, the min
erss and the government have been
parties, are really at an end.
The postponement of the triple al
lance sympathetic strike yesterday
created an acute situation within the
labor camp.
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