New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-14
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The extent to which the strike of the
coal miners already has affected indus
try was shown in figures given out by
the Board Of Trade to-day. These re-
vealed that the. coal output for the
week ended April 2 was I,950,1oo tons,
contrasted with 100000 tons for the
previous week The Federation OF
iron and Steel Manufacturers an
nounced that thirty furnaces were in
susl blast April IL, contrasted with 10y
APRIL l. All probably will be damped
down by the end of the week.
Way Opened for Negotiations
LONDON, April 10 (Hy The Assoc
ciated Press Premier Lloyd George
has provided the leaders of the Triple
Alliance with another opening tor re,
newal of negotiations in the miners
strike and the general strike OF raii-
waymen and transport workers In sup
port of it by asking for the grounds
Of their refusal of the governments
offer And any influence the labor
leaders who are outside the orbit OF
the actual CVHiiiSt may NC a"iS ~ SN~A~
on the disputants seems for the mo-
ment to be the remaining slender
thread upon which industrial peace
hangs.
That such attempts at mediation will
continue and that there are still two
days before the general strike be-
comes operative are the only hopeful
signs.
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after full meeting of the Cabinet
tonight, and after the formal council
Lord Rirkenhead, Sir Robert S. Horne,
Sir Eric Geddes, remained long in
consultation with the Prime Minister.
Meetings have been called for to-
morrow of the Parliamentary Labor
party and other similar bodies, and
also of the Federation of General Work
ers, representing 100000 workers in
more than one hundred industries out
side the Triple Alliance, to decide their
attitude.
A manifesto issued by the Miners
Federation tonight seems to render
any possibility Of renewed negotiations
hopeless, apart from such yielding on
the part of the government as the
miners them selves say they can hardly
expect The government yesterday met
the miners halfway by agreeing to give
such financial assistance as would be
necessary to start the regulation Of
wages on a national basis. The miners,
however, insisted on acceptance also of
the pooling of profits, which the gov
eminent throughout has declared to be
impossible.
Much of Public Alienated
This irreconcilable attitude is de-
rriving the miners Of any support in
the press, and apparently is tending
to ALLEVIATE the sympathy of q large
section of the public who had been i'm
pressed during the course of the dispute
with the justice of the miners claim
for greater consideration than the own
ers had givep in recent wage offers.
The government proposal was that
wages should be fixed on a national
basis, and that committees in each dis
trlct, composed equally of owners and
MN srs, should consider exceptional
cases requiring assistance from the
state. Many owners criticised the gov
eminent for going too far in this
respect.
While the miners are thus losing the
support Of the general public, organ
ICED labor is steadily consolidating on
the side of the miners. The AnaIga-
mated Society Of Locomotive Men and
Firemen, whose attitude previously
had been doubtful. decided to-day to
strike with the Triple Alliance. The
executive of the Railway Clerks Asso-
citation also recommended joining the
strike. The Electrical Workers of Lon
don. but not of the whole kingdom,
threaten to strike.
Transport Men Must Ballot
There is still some question as to
whether a strike Of all the members
OF the Triple Alliance is possible Fri
day. According to the constitutions
ofsthe respective sections, the railway
men may be called upon to strike with
out ballot, bat the, transport workers
are required to take q ballot before a
strike is called.
A manifesto issued late tonight by
the Triple Alliance, in which this body
ernphatically supports the miners
claims, contends shat such reductions
in the miners earnings mo trade union
in the past ever accepted" and de-
clares that, if accepted, sit would be a
diSRrace to the trade unionism of the
wofld."
1T continues: 1.-THE Miners Fedora
tien fully realizes that the present
position of the industry is as bad as
it has ever been in its history. They
arg prepared to do their share in help
Ing the industry by accepting reduc-
ti0n In wages of a national and uniform
character, but not such as will reduce
thA miners below their pre-war stand
ard Of living.
awe are fighting for trade union
rights as they are understood by all