The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-04-15
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WALKOUT CALL ISSUED
English Strike Situation
Reaches Climax
LABOR TO LEAVE POSTS
New Orders To Triple Alliance
Goes Into Effect Friday
Night At Ten
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. !


according to The Evening stand.
ard today, have decided there can
be no renewal Of the negotiations
for strike settlement even IL
the invitation emanates from the
government or the labor leaders.
London. April 1s.-Great Britain's
triple alliance of labor" will call its
members from their posts at ten
O'Clock Friday night, it was announc.
ed here this morning at eleven
ability of the national miners fed
Grafton to reach an agreement with
the mine owners and government for
the settlement of the miners strike
which began April l.
Make Up OF Alliance.
The triple alliance" is made up OF
National Miners Federation. hav-
ing. membership Of 100000; the
National Union Of Railwaymen, with
Federation of Transport workers,
which numbers as its members q largo
number Of unions which have MEM
bership of close to 100000. It has
been estimated that il the alliance
should call a strike there would be
nearly 100000 persons idle In Eng
land as result.
The decision to strike was reached
unanimously by the transport work
general secretary of the raifwaymenss
union, said after this mornings meet
ing. "The walkout," he declared, will
take place at ten o'clock Friday
night. Many other unions have sent
applications to, join the strike, and
these are being consider0d.
Other Unions May seconse involved.
Other labor organisations may be-
tween the government and the .sfripla
alliance. The Daily y a<I deeIafed
OF the electrical tf80UD al III $ D 3
ed last night to support the triple
alliance" An electricians strike would
paralyze street cars triffic and public
lighting companies.
J. All London newspapers today dweit
by the continued uncertainty over
the industrial situation. The London
Times and the Morning Post pointed
out 1t 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.
Comments of Other Newspapers.
The Morning, Post emphasizes the
versive forces were behind the whole
movement and declared: ".The
miners demands must be resisted at
all costs"
"The situation" said the Daily Tel
egraph, "is 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 - a desperate situation. All citi-
10 oh fho
The Daily Herald, organ of labor.
said the government had banged and
bolted the door upon all hope of an
honorable settlement" and fercely at
tackled. Mr.. Lloyd George, for trick
ing the miners into delay, and def
initely casting his lot with the boss
es." The newspaper called upon the
triple alliance" to ''stand pat
Government Issues Statement.
following statement bearing upon
the labor situation: "On the event
of the threatened extension Of the
stoppage of work, the government
wishes to make it clear that they viii
use the fullest powers of the state
to protect the workers who remain
at work in any services essential to
life of the community. In any set
Element which may be reached. the
in assuring that the he position Of ofp such
workers shall not be preiudiced as
compared with their position before
the stoppage."
Postponement Of the triple alli-
ance sympathetic strike yesterday
created an acute situation with the
labor camp. 1t is understood that
the miners made peremptory de-
ms mand upon their partners IN the 81
nally when they intended to strike.
The miners. it is learned, threw IN
the faces of the triple alliance lead
ers an argument contained In the
manifesto issued by those very lead
ers. last week. charging the govern
ment and the owners with conspir-
acy to break up the trade unionist
The miners pointed out
that the the d les Of the railway
this iuncture would bring apuroxi-
mately this result. for the triple al
lance was generally considered the
most powerful industrial weapon OF
the trade unionists.
Sees Hopeful Signs.
The. presence OF Arthur Hendar-
son and John r. Ciynes at this
mornings discussion OF the triple
hopeful au sur It il declared il
some quarters that 1t was because Of
the presence OF these men at the
meeting that the decision was taken
not to bring on the strike before
Friday, in line with Mr.. Clynes re-
peated contention, sit is better Ia
think it out than fight It ont
Reports came In today 81 sporadic
outbreaks in miuine and other II
dustrial certers. None were az 4
serious nature 3 :.