The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-13
Triple Alliance of Labor
Proposes to Walk Out
to Aid Miners
100000 PEOPLE
MAY BECOME IDLE
British Government De.
clares Other Workers
Will Be Protected

London, April l3 tBy the Associated
Press sl.-Great Britsin's triple alliance
of labor" will call its members from
their posts at 10 o'clock Friday night
it was announced here this morning al
! II o'clock. The decision follows the
inability Of the National Miners feder.
alton to reach an agreement with the
mine owners and the government for
the settlement of the miners strike
which began April l.
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 Federation
Of Transport Workers, which numbers
as its members unions which have a
membership of close TO 100000. 1t has
been estimated that If the alliance
should call strike there would be
nearly 100000 persons idle in Eng
land as a result.
The decision to strike was reached
unanimously by the transport work
ers and railwaymen. !. II, Thomas,
general secretary of the rail@aymen's
union, said
"The walIout," he declared, "will
take place at 10 O'Clock Friday night.
Many other unions have sent applica
tions to join the strike and these are
being considered"
Other labor organizations may be.
come involved in the controversy be-
tween the government and the triple
alliance. The Daily Mail declared to
day that the executive committee Of
the Electrical Trades union resolved
last night to support the alliance. An
strike would paralyze the
street car traffic and public lighting
The resfhrmation by the triple ALI
ance of its pledge to support the min |
ers, through the announcement that
its members would cease work Fri
day night, keeps the industrial sky
still dark. Many observers, however, I
found reinsurance to-day in the fact /
that the days to intervene before the /
strike becomes effective leave opportu
mites for available agencies 20 tender
their good offices in an effort to bring I
the opposing forces to the conference
table again.
There has been no specific statement
from either side that It considered the
terminated, and the as
is that all three parties are
hopeful that one Of the others will in
ute a new move.
The government to-day issued the
ollowing statement
"In the event of the threatened eX-
ention Of the stoppsge Of work, the
government wish TO make il clear that
hey will use the fullest powers of the
tate TO protect the workers who re-
main at work in any service essential
o the life Of the community"
The miners. il is learned. threw in
he faces of the triple alliance lead
rs an argument contained in the man
festo issued by those leaders last :
week, charging the government and the {
wners with conspiracy TO break up the
rade unionists movement. The min
rs pointed out that the desertion of
he rsilwaymen and the transport
rorkers at this iuncture would bring !,
pproximately this result for the ALI ;
nee was generally considered the most
owerful industrial weapon Of the trade =
IF the triple alliance Is beaten the
hole movement is beaten was one P
the contentious voiced. y