The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-14
ENGLISH STRIKE
OUTLOOK SERIOUS
FEDERATION OF GENERAL
WORKERS, 100000 STRONG
MAY JOIN STRIKERS.

MAY JOIN STRIKERS.
London-(By A. P.)-The Fedora
tion of General Workers, represent
ing 100000 persons in over 100 in
dustries outside the Triple Alliance
decided today to support the "Tripl,
Alliance" in its strike in the interes
of the striking miners.
Conference Ends Without Results
The conference this morning be-
tween Lloyd George and officials o.
the Triple Alliance" which has call
ed the strike for Friday night, wa.
concluded within two hours without
any apparent progress towards set
tlement
Premier Lloyd George is reported
to have made long statement, ask
ing the railway and transport mer
to not precipitate a crisis.
Conditions Very Serious
A manifesto issued by the miners
federation seems to render possibility
of renewed negotiations hopeless
apart from such yielding on the side
OF the government as the miners say
they can hardly expect. The govern
ment had met the miners half way
by agreeing to give such financial as
..J
start the regulation of wages on a
national basis. The miners, however,
insisted on acceptance also of the
pooling of profits, which the govern
ment has declared impossible.
This attitude is depriving the min
ers of any support in the press and
apparently is tending to ALLEVIATE the
sympathy of large section of the
public.
Organized labor is steadily consoli-
dating on the side of the miners.
The amalgamated society of loco
motive men and firemen decided to-
day to strike with the triple alliance.
The executive of the railway clerks
association also recommended joining
the strike. Electrical workers Of
London threaten to strike
There is still some question as to
whether strike Of all the members
of the triple alliance is possible Fri
day. According to the constitutions
of the respective section, the railway
men may be called ON to strike with
out ballot but the transport workers
are required to take a ballot.
A manifesto issued tonight by the
triple alliance contends that such re-
ductions are made in the miners
earnings as mo trade union in the
past ever accepted" and declares that
if accepted, "it would be a. disgrace to
trade unionism.'
It continues: "The miners fedora
tion fully realize that the position of
the industry is as bad as it has ever
been. They are prepared to do their
share in helping the industry by ac-
scepting reduction in wages of a ma
tional and uniform character, but not
such as will reduce the miners. below
their pre-war standard of living"
The first statement respecting the
grounds of the miners refusal Of the !
governments offer shows that the re-
lection was due to the governments I
refusal to concede national pool of /
mining profits, which the statement
declares, is "the one essential condi- :
tion of settlement"
The miners, the statement says, are
being asked to allow their methods of
national negotiations to be DESTROYED
and to accept a reduction in wages
which would bring them down in
many districts to far less than their
pre-war standard of living.
Men Getting Out of Hand
It is understood that the miners
made peremptory demand upon
their partners in the alliance this
that they declare finally
they intended to strike, and
if so when.
The miners, it is learned, threw in ,
the faces of the alliance leaders an !
argument contained in the manifesto
issued by those very leaders last !
week charging the government and the
owners with conspiracy to break up :
The trade unionist movement +
If the triple alliance is beaten the !,
whole movement is beaten" was one
# the contentious voiced, it is said ,
Under the pressure of these claims '
he new strike decision was made. e
While the discussionss were going '
N among the several parties to the a
ontroversy reports were coming in
f sporadic outbreaks in mining and
ther Industrial centers None of
hese, however, had any serious as n
ect. f.
Most of these outbreaks occurred S
asst night as the time originally ser tt
or the railway men and transport S
7orkers' strike drew near A large r
ontingent of the West Fife miners, d
eaded by pipers, held a demonstra- n
ion at Markinch during which a jew T
Try shop was entered and a number ff
articles taken. They then proceed II
to Thornton and tried to bring out al
1e railway men there. NJ
The marchers got out of hand,
mashed windows and threw stones.
body af marines was rushed up
nd dispersed the crowd. Freight az
aims were looted during the night pl
nd the district is now under military 81
uard. n;
At Glyn Corrwg, near the Meath, al
Tales, mine official going to col a. a.
cry was surrunded by demonstrators 1n
I'D turned back. The crowd later pi
mashed the windows of his home.
All London newspapers today dwelt
i the serious injury done the coun-
Y by continued uncertainty over the si
dl1Stria1 Situation The T T.ondo,, M