Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-06
BRITISH MINERS
FLY RED FLAG
Thousands Of Strikers Join
In Attack on Po-
I lice
yT1KERS STOP PUMPS
Disorders Reported at Several Points
Troops Being Conecntrated-Pre-
micr Defends His Acticn

London, April 6.-R; ot.ng brok
out last night in connection with III
coal strike in Cowdenoeath, in Fife
shire, Scotland, according &c Contra
News dispatch from Dunifcrmlin.
The police attacked Tie striker:
with batons, but the strikers hoiste>
the red flag and besiegcd the Po':c,
Station. The situation is assuming ;
critical aspect, the dispatch says.
The trouble arose when the striker:
captured the under-manager of n,'
who refused to cease manning tn
pumps. The police responded to cal
for aid and rescued the Il1n, but IN
police were surrounded by the min ors
whose forces had 10y this time beei
increased to thousands.
The stoppage of all coai mining IL
Great Britain is an accomplished fac:
and the question :he publ: is conslne,
ing anxiousfy last night is whethe'
the paralysis will extend to the rail-
ways and other means Of transpor.
and even spread among tn. worker"
generally.
Both Houses of Parliament discus
sed the situation Yesterday withoui
taking any steps to relieve it. The Ma
tional Transport Workers Federation
delegates, conferred without reaching
decision as to whether to call 2
strike in that line in support of the
miners. The three branches of t: ;
Triple Alliance, the railway men, I'll.
transport workers and the miners
will meet separately tomorrow VII IN
promises to be decisive day.
The most serious feature of the
position continue to be the threat OF
ruin of the mines by flooding. The
miners took strong measures in sev.
cral places yesterday against the own
ers, who are protecting tfeir prop
crty. There was successful attack
on the guardian of an important mi1e
near Edinburgh, Scotland. a 1,000
miners marched to the pit head CT the
Ocean Galleries in Rhondda, Wales,
and successfully demanded the with
tlrawal of all officials working the
pumps. The referees in several towns
have refused the applications of strik
ing miners for unemployment pay.
Four hundred delegates, represen,
ing 35 unions and 100000 workers,
attended the meeting of the transport,
mems delegates, which was preceded
oy a session of their executive com
mittee.
The Government is concentrating
troops in Kensington Gardens in sna
fashionable West End district, sup
posedly in connection witS plans 10
maintain order in the event Of strike
disturbances. This location was a huge
supply depot during the railway strik''
OF 1919 and probably vii. serve as the
nucleus for such work if the transpor'
men support the miners. Soldiers Were
going into camp there .oeay equip
ped with arps, stell helmets and tus
wartime paraphernalia.
The big park presented scene y
animation with tents going up. lorr;e:
unloading food and other supplies ant
squads moving at sharp command
from their officers. While ,n;s preeau
tionary measure IS oeing taken thcr
is no ground to believe disorders ar
likely.
In rioting at the Har: Hill Collier
les. near Edinburgh, where 500 miner
armed with pit props ana stones s
tackled and overwhelmed the polio
and volunteer pump workers, five p'
licemen and several civilians were il
jured, while plant was wrecked an
adjacent haystacks set afire, In Wes
Benhar. Scotland. similar scenes OF
CURED. The police were called in 5r
were overpcwered.
In several other places striking nil
ers forced volunteers to cease work
Premier Lloyd George, replying
the House of Commons today in Il
debate On the coal situation, declare
that wha. all wanted was to arrive
pac;fication in a very dangerous 1.
pute, if it could be done in W:
compatible with the interests of :
naticn as a whole. He contchded, ho'