Evening journal., 1921-04-09
LABOR CRISIS
BEFORE BRITISH
CABINET TODAY
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tinued adamant in this regard.

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tinued adamant in this regard.
Scores Of factories. steel mills and
other industries have begun to go
upon short time schedules. or close
down entirely because OF the coal
shortage
Lloyd George and other cabinet
members have decided TO forego
their usual weekend vacation and
remain in London.
Widespread violence was reported
today in connection with the miners
strike.
An airdrome at New Castle was
dismantled and equipment destroyed.
Telegraph poles and svires were
felled near Shields.
Extensive incendiaries occurred
last night in Northumberland Hay
stacks used for feeding pit ponies I'm
the Bedlington coliiery were burned
and quantities OF wheat. barley and
oats were destroyed in other dis
/ tricts.
Sporadic outbreaks OF looting oc-
I CURED in some parts OF the strike
area
With Great Britain tottering on
| the verge of the greatest Industrial
war In history the government con-
/ tinued its efforts today 90 avert the
] plunge into tho abyss
Premier Lloyd George received a
/ special deputation OF the Triple
/ Alliance" in secret conference. The
. meeting adjourned shortly before
noon. and while the labor leaders re-
fused 10 discuss what had transpired.
an bore a serious mien and indicated
that no progress had been made to-
ward hating the general strike Of
railway and transport workers call
ed for midnight Tuesday in support
Of the miners strike.
Immediately after the conference
with the labor representative. Lloyd
/ George called into consultation the
. Marquis OF Londonderry vice-presi-
dent Of the Air Council and Sir H. ~
T Trenchard. air marshal The coun-
try's air forces were included in the
military mobilization order and are
D expected 90 be utilized for communi-
. cation with remote districts and
: transportation OF food.
5 What was regarded as a very sig
, nifcant incident was the fact that
q King George and Queen Mary today
moved from Windsor Castle 90
d. Buckingham Palace in London.
The fact that the Triple Alliance
D leaders consented TO meet the Pre-
o mier after yesterdays general strike
Idecision-which would call out near
% ly 10000 workers including the
miners now on strike-was accepted
as good omen In official circles. The
meeting was ostensibly for the pur
pose Of formally conveying the strike
decision 90 the government but there
was a feeling that 10 also represent
ed a disposition on the part OF the
laborites TO negotiate II they saw
! their wal clear TO do so.
Refusal of the railway and trans
port workers Of Liverpool and othe
centers 10 accept the general strik
decision was pointed to n oihcia
quarters as indicating the correct
$ ness Of the governments statemen
@ that not more than so per cent o
20 the men will respond 10 the strik
@ order. Meantime. there has been
% big response to the Kings call 70
o volunteers for a defense force.
% Drill halls were presenting scene
@ similar TO those in August, 1914, a
20 the outbreak of the world war.
n Destruction Of mines through ces
10 sation Of pumping continued TO groV
> Most Of the mines in the Rhond
10 Valley were said TO be badly flooded
All pumping had ceased I'm the Car
y diff district Glasgow already wa
Il experiencing a coal famine. II wa
]. estimated that fully $1,000 person
d were out OF work in Scotland an
e that this number would increase q
r Q OOO. 600 if the general strike wen
through.
is THE approaching strike is IN
opening Of a general. decisive wa
4 between capital and labor" Ramsa
.e Macdonald. labor leader in Parlia
.r ment declared i'm an interview wit
Z, the United Press today.
h Macdonald added that II the gen
P; eral strike is not averted British In
't dustry will be paralyzed within
week.
y There may be some head break
ID ing hut IL will not be the result q
Ie deliberate. planned Bolshevism.'
Sc The workers now thoroughly dis
.e trust the government.
l. THE miners, determined TO have
living wage. are forced 70 figh
&c against the owners contemplate
IN reductions The other workers rea
ize their fight is coming All orgar
Is lied labor realizes this is their figl
and accepts IL as such. II the ger
m eral strike is not halted. all Britis
industry will be at a standstill with
'' I'm a week.
"The present situation is regarde
iy as a general war opened by th
ne EMPLOYERS for the subsection Of Oh
d. workers. for which the owners an
ie the government have been preparin
for months The miners were M
prepared.
"The employers selected the poll
of attack. planning not only TO owe
W whelm the regiment Of miners bl
i to smash the entire army Of labo
British workmen. like soldiers in u
ad field awaiting an attack under M
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