Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-04-15
RIOTS BEGIN is
8 STRIKES CALLED
five Thousand Miners Loot
Shops in FifeShire, England.
MARINES DISPERsE RIOTERS
Great 5ritain's Triple Alliance Decides
to Call Out It's 100000 Members
Another Meeting to Be
Held Tonight.


London, April 14-Five thousand
miners took part in riot lasting four
hours at Thornton Junction, in Fife
shire Railway signal men were driven
from their boxes and traffic was held
up three hours. There was heavy
damage to rolling stock. Two shops
were looted. Marines and police,
rushed to the scene in motor lorries,
finally dispersed the rioters. Twenty
one arrests were made.
London, April f4.-Great Batain's
triple Alliance of Labor" will call
It's members from their posts at 10
p. m. Friday. it is announced here.
This decision follows the inability
of the National Miners federation to
reach an agreement with the mine own
ers and the government for the settle
ment of the miners strike, which be-
gan April /.
The Triple Alliance" is made up
Of the National Miners federation,
having a membership of 100000; the
National Union of Railwaymen, with
| 100000 members, and the National Fed
Grafton Of Transport Workers. which
numbers as it's members a large mum.
Der of unions which have member.
ship of close TO 100000 1t has been
estimated that, If the alliance" should
call strike, there would be nearly
100000 persons idle in Great rBlt-
ain as q result.
A conference of all labor elements
has been called for tonight in final
effort to effect peace in the coal strike,
The conference will be attended by
executives of the labor party, the
trade union congress and leaders Of
the triple alliance.
Strike Decision Unanimous.
The decision TO strike was reached
unanimously by the transport workers
and railway men, j. II. Thomas, gen.
eral secretary of the railway mems
union, said after this forenoon's meet.
ing.
1.-THE walkouts," he declared. Evil
take place Friday night. Many other
unions have sent applications to join
the strike, and these are being con-
/ sidered.
(The triple Alliance" strike no
tees were originally in effect at Tues.
day, midnight but postponement was
ordered on Tuesday,
At the conference of the mine own.
ers, the mine workers and government
officials, the miners refused to accept
Prime Minister Lloyd Georges propos.
ais for national settlement of wages
without q national pool OF profits,
which Lloyd George declared imprac-
ticable.
The only government proposal which
the miners would consider was one in
which the government offered, after
the wages question had been settled,
to give temporary assistance to miti-
gate rapid reduction of wages the
others they brushed aside, at times,
with heated arguments.
Electricians Vote Support.
Other labor organizations may be
come involved in the controversy be-
tween the government and the triple
Alliance" The Daily Mail declared
that the executive committee of the
Electrical Trades union resolved last
night TO support the Triple Alliance"
An electricians strike would paralyze
street car traffic and public lighting
companies.
All London newspapers dwell 0n the
serious injury done the country by
contipded uncertainty over the indus
trial SITUATION. The London Times and
the Morning Post point out it Is not
the actual amount of wages at present
in dispute, but the question of national
control Of the profits of industries
which is at stake. The Morning Post
emphasizes the alleged fact that "hid.
den and subversive forces we're be.
hind the whole movement" and de-
clares:
"The miners demands must be re.
sisted at all costs"