The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-06
Possibility of Early End
ing of Strike Seen in
Action Today-Tra rams
port Workers Ready
to Assist Miners Un-
ion-Grave Situation
Confronts Great Brit
ain.

dlIl.
London, April 6.-Decision to sup
port the British miners in their strike
was reached by the transport workers
federation at a meeting held here this
morning.
The vote taken was unanimously in
favor of lending aid to the miners. Ii
was decided to meet in conference at
once with members of the national
union of railway men and the miners
union for the purpose of securing ac-
tion on the strike situation by the
triple alliance"
Members of the miners union, the
national union of railway men and the
transport workers federation, held
separate meetings here today intend
ing later TO meet in joint session to
determine the attitude of the triple
alliance toward supporting the strike
of British miners.
The growing indications this morn
ing that an agreement might not be
reached by these organizations. 1t
was confidently expected that sailors,
firemen, stevedoreS and some sections
of the dock workers union were not
prepared to pledge unreseryed sup
port to the miners.
Hope Not Abandoned
Hope for a peaceful solution of the
admittedly serious situation before the
country was declared today not to
have been abandoned in responsible
quarters. Vernon Hartshorn, mem
ber OF the house of commons, and
leader Of the miners union, took a
pessimistic view of the situation last
night
prime minister Lloyd George" he
declared, has banged the door against
an agreement There will be no meet
ing of the miners and the owners on
the lines he has suggested"
The general tone of yesterdays de-
bate in the House of Commons, how
ever. was interpreted here as suggest
ing that the government and the men
directly involved in the strike were
trying to find way to bridge the gulf.
fIation's Control Suggested
The Daily Mail said today that
if the government would resume con-
troll Of the mines for a limited period
and would help the owners and the
nj ers il arriving at some reasonable
rial fer urifying the admittedly es-
sertial wage cuts throughout the
Country, the threatened industrial
t2.alysis could yet be averted.
What the railway men, miners and
all workers refuse to accept without
kick" said C. T. Cramp. president
of the railwaymen's union, to the
Daily Mail, is a reduction of their
standards of life to a level below that
enjoyed in 1914"
Announcement was made yesterday
by the Liverpool Chamber of Com
merce that Germany was Offering
steam coal from the Ruhr district at
54 shillings per ton. C. I. f., Liverpool
Large English coal orders also have
been placed in Canada.
Food centers will be created In
Hyde Park. Regents Park and Batter
sea Park. in addition to those in Ken
sington Gardens. it has been an
nounced here. The government has
stopped all leaves of absence from the
army.
Discussing the situation confronted
by the mining industry Finley Gibson
secretary of the South Wales Owners
Association declares the amount ex-
pended on wages alone during jan
uary and February was greater than
the total proceeds of the industry.
Notwithstanding the reduction of the
output bonus wage from three shill-
ings and six pence per day to one
shilling and six pence the showing In
February was even worse than in
January. $3.50
The aggregate loss, he points out.
was 2.0S2.5780 pounds compared with
1863 .666 pounds in January, the out
put in February being $685. tons
compared with 3,166,000 tons. This
amounts to loss of seventeen shill-
ings and one pence per ton against
loss of thirteen shillings and seven
pence in January.
An effort to bring the miners and
the employers together again was
made by David Lloyd George. British
premier, this morning. 1t was an
nounced he had written to the presi-.
! ident of the mining association ana
the secretary of the miners fedora
ton asking them to again meet and
resume negotiations.
The minister's letters called atten-
tion 10 his speecff; in the, house of
COMMONS. withS Regards TO + tesirabil-
it%of nsgotiations being fBsHmed, and
concluded; 81 desire to repeat that the
government tenders the use Of its
good officeship in bringing the parties
together"
The rioters repeatedly broke
through the police Gordon. and sllcs
ceeded in cutting electric light wikH6I
throwing the town into darkness IS.