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BRITISH STRIKE
TOSTART TUESDAY
RaIIWaymen and Transport Work.
erS to JUN Miners.
WILL CALL ARMY RESERVE
Lloyd &C. Will Fight Strike AID
Relies Oh Volunteer Workers and
Reserves.

Lloyd &C. Will Fight Strike AID
Relies Oh Volunteer Workers and
Reserves.
London, April 9.-Great Britain APP
pears to be face to face with an il
duStrial crisis Of unprecedented Do
portions.
The National Union of Na;Iwaymrn
and the Federation f TRANSPORT
Workers decided to strike Tuesday
morning in support of til" miners. Il; l.
ing reopening negotiations or set
Element II tn coal strike.
This brings tie entire power OF t!.p
labor Triple Alliance" lth" miners,
TRANSPORT worker ;,.3,i ru.lWaymvl, J.
3IO,OG0 mem into l., :,..atrSt indus
trial conflict III IAAanl for many
years.
The intention OF I'll" gsrV, rnment to
issue an appeal for volunteers for the
transport and other essential services,
in view of t." strike. was announced
in the house Of commons by David
Lloyd George, the prime mini ;ter.
y royal prOcii nation would call up
the army and navy reserves, he said.
The governm mt also intends to en-
roll special ConstHllg> and form i Spe-
cial emergency force Tor 4 rrricd of
ninety days to aid I'll" police in the
execution OF their duty.
After recountin& the day.. events
from which he drew tie cen l.. Lon the
Miners, Federation is determined to
allow the mines to 20 to &, :truction
iii the belief by such action it viii be
able to intimiGate the nation INFO sur
reader. Mr.. Lloyd George declared it
.,;,s the duty of the government, as
the trustees Of the nation, to prevent
this catastrophe.
He then announced the measures 10
be taken and read the kings emer-
C,ncy proclamation.
]. Austen Chamberlain, the govern
ment leader, moved. the kin.S message
be taken under consideration Monday.
Amid cries OF today" the motion was
agreed to and the house adjourned.
The decision by the prime minister,
at the suggestion of the more mOder-
ate labor interests to invite the min
erS and owners to 4 con, ference, at
which the first subject for discussion
would be the resumption of pumping
To clear the mines of water. led the
public to believe a settlement WAS in
sight and the impending strike. prom
Using to be the greatest in the history
If the country, would be avertvd.
The miners proved adamanr. insist
ing there should he no re. friction re-
gardirg the questions to be discussed
by the con:ereeS. An eXchau.~ of let
tiers between them and M. Lloyd
George failed to change their minds.
Thus it came to he Eu"Nn that
Il deadlock had been rtachGtt and
apparently nothing short g L back
down by the government G IL avert
the Industrial upheaval
The triple alliance has :; member
ship of S00,0p miners 300,U 900 railway
men and 100000 transport workers. 1t
is the child of Robert Smillie, its pres
ident since its formation in 1915, who
recently resigned the craftsmanship of
the Miners Federation.
Considerable opposition to the strike
among the rank and file of the rail
waymen appeared. The Liverpool I'M
ion telegrapheG to J. II. Thomas, gen
eral secretary of the RailWaymen'S
Union, declaring the Liverpool men
would not strike unless Il ballot Of
the men favored such action.