Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-09
Tuesday Midnight 2,OG9,0
VIII Be Idle as Wage
Cut Protest
CALL MILITARY OUl
Labsr TO Make Final Peace Move in
Farley With Premier Today-Papers
Condemn Strikers

II London. April 9.--Tuesday mid
y night, unlcS2 thc,e is some new de-
velcpmcnt meantime, will see the
commencement Of the greatest Ia
bor struggle in the country's his
tory.
Approximately 100000 workers
then will have ceased their duties in
protest against what they consider
to he an organized attempt on the
part c. employers to enforce a gen.
eral reduction in wages.
This is the central fact of the la
bor situation as it developed today
in IN eakdown in the miners con-
Z ference and consequent decision
by the triple alliance-made up Of
miners ard, railway and transport
worEers-for the first time since it
was organized that it's entire men,
berah;p. roughly estimated at
l,OC0GG0 miners and 100000 each
from The railway and transport work
ers' organizations, should quit work
in s1nport of the strike of the mi
nerS.
The Governments standpoint as
voiced by Premier LLOYD George in
brief speech in the House of Com
mons yesterday afternoon, is that
the action of the miners and the
othc~ members Of the triple alliance
s45s egrr~atte!hpt' cy direct action TO in
tiraiGatc Rariamcnt: and the nation.
Tht Premier announced the military
and ,,her measures which the Gov
ernment intended to take to defeat
this attempt.
The standpoint Of the miners is
ths.t the sudden removal of ccnt"ol
of the coal mines is the result Ct a
pact between the Government and
the miI;e owners to enable the own
crS to enforce an unjustifable reduc-
ton in wages The attitude Of the
railway men is trat unless there is
Supnolt>o of the miners At the present
s tim, {; similar dilemma will happen
to Tie railway men on some future
occasion where the railways are re-
Leased from Government control.
The refusal Of the miners to yield
on TIE question Of permitting pump
men to return to the mines had as
its motive :: conviction that the with
-drawal of the pump men is the only
weaDor in their hands. They ar
gucd th:t few weeks cessation of
work will net really iniure the de-
prcs:c condition Of industry, have
anne 'stocks os coal on the surface
They declare that the mine own
c~s have BROUGHT this fate upon
themselves by including the pump
>men ;mong these whose contracts
will % cancelled unless they accept
rev wa@c trcms made not through
joiru discussion. but by the mine
owne"s themselves. The arguments
Of the miners find absolutely no SUD-
port. except on the part Of the ey-
trem" Socialist.' newspapers. All
the oil newspapers condemn them
st"Gnc,v.
Til. momen'orS proclamation by
the Premier Of state of industrial
war was made in the House Of Com
mons il quiet brt serious tones. Mr..
How'd George read It from a pre-
pared document. A similar tate
ment was made in the House OF
Lords By Earl Curzon~os Hsdlt ton.
4 daputation of The r":na. mar.
and tbs transport worG : VI; visit
the Premier tomorrow n",n:S to
convey TO him tha de"is;-r cf the
triple /: 'ance 20 bacl, the miners
In scr quarters this j ! being
regarded as ncw nea"" move. Like
wise Of interest is ~ authorized
statemc, iss.cl -, :.i@lt to The
crect tnat the G-vern~ ~'cat sti'l is
wiling tc call conference. as pre-
viorsly suggested. to discuss the
question of pumping the mines.
4 Supplement- Of the London Ga.
4 zetta last night contains all the nee
essay prociamations calling GU
the reserves. The GaZette stat!
that steps are being taken to nut i:
to force all the Governments pre-
ca,tiorary measures 10 insure TIL
operation OF the public services arc
to maintain food supplies.