Evening star., 1921-04-05
TRANSPORT UNIONS
WEIGH STRIKE PLAN
Debate for Three Hours on
Movement to Join Brit
ish Miners.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. April 5.-For three hours
this morning the 400 delegates of the
National Transport Workers Fedora
tion assembled here to consider the
attitude of the organization toward
the strike of the British miners de-
bated the strike question without
reaching a decision. The conferees
1890 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
During the session.. the transport
workers delegates heard the view
points of their leaders presented, to-
gether with those of other prominent
labor men. including John r. Clynes,
chairman of the parliamentary labor
party. ..
This afternoon the national execu-
tive board of the transport workers
continued consideration in, secret ses-
sion of the question of joining the
miners in their strike. The executive
body will probably. have recommends
mems attitude at tomorrow's plenary
session of the delegate body.
No Signs of Yielding.
Meanwhile. there has been no de-
Walton from the uncomprom,sins
fight to the finish" attitude which
apparently has been taken by the
three parties to the conIroversy-the
miners, the owners and the govern
ment. From representatives of each
there have been declarations of a will
lingness to make any reasonable con-
cessions in order to avert a general
industrial tie up. but no one thus far
has volunteered to take the first step
toward a resumption of negotiations.
uYhilo ronroaont q tfvpa nf tho preaS
were strictly excluded from this
mornings meeting OF the transport
mems delegates, IL was noticeable
that John N. Clynes and other speak
ers similarly, regarded as moderates
failed to evoke the same measure OF
applause and enthusiasm given to.
other speakers known to have lean
ingS toward direct action.
The delegates at today's confer
ence were unmistakably in bad hu-
to warrant hopes of an amicabie out
come of tomorrow's decision" meet
ings Of the transport delegateA and
the National Union Of Railway Men.
WIN Address Parliament.
The British government ds most
anxious to probe every suggestion in
order to see if solution OF the coal
strike might be found. the prime min
lister. Mr.. Lloyd George. told the
house Of commons yesterday In, an
swer to a-question concerning the
coal crisis.
When the house of commons met to-
day Premier Lloyd George was pre-
pared to make a statement on the
coal crisis. and it was expected that
debate would follow. The Daily
Graphic declared this morning that 1t
was probable the government would
offer to postpone relinquishing con-
troll of the mines for a month. and as
serted that faint hopes of peace"
might be seen in this direction.
The Daily Herald, organ Of labor.
asserts that large numbers Of troops
are being brought back to England
from Ireland. and a Malta dispatch to
Reuters Limited, states sthat an In
.fantry battalion which has reached
there from Mesopotamia has been
ordered to. England. presumably In
connection with the crisis,
Desperate efforts continue to save
more mines from being flooded.
Students at Birmingham University
have volunteered to run pumps In
mines throughout that district, while
Baron Bledisloe and his son arc oper-
ating pumps in their coiliery at Lyd-
noy.