Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-04-10
Operators
In Parleys
Agreement for Negotiations
Reached by Both Factions
In British Coal Iieup-
Conditions Secret. u
Water Damages Mines
ns The Associated Pres..

| London, April 9.--An agreement
was reached tonight by the striking
coal miners and the mine owners
for conference for the purpose Of
sndcavoring to settle the strike.
The executive body of the rninerz
had instructed the sminers to refrain
from action endangering the mines.
The menace to the coal mines from
the stoppage of pumping was exc
planned by mining authorities as beA
ing most serious.
The extent of the danger Is sugs
gested by reports that water Is rush.
ing into the Glamorgan coIlieries at
the rate of 5000 gallons minute and
INTO the Naval colliery at the rate of
1000 gallons an hour.
Frank Hodges, secretary Of the
miners union. said the conference
with the mine owners had been ar
ranged without conditions being stips
ulated.
Safety Units" Formed.
London, April o.-Recruiting Of
volunteer workers and safety units''
! was energetically begun by the gov
ernment today and other plans were
! perfected to meet the threat of a
widespread industrial tieup next
Tuesday growing out of the miners
strike and involving directly approxi-
mately 100000 workers,
Meanwhile, however. reports from
various parts of England, Scotland
and Wales indicate that the triple
alliance executive hoard may have
more to do than the mere issuance
Of its strike decree in order to bring
about a general cessation OF work
! by the railway men and the trans
/ port workers, who, with the miners,
make up the membership OF this big
labor organization. ..r
Rail Men Oppose Strike.
From the Glasgow, Liverpool,
| Cardiff, Edinburgh and several other
important locals of the national
union of railwaymen comes word
that the rank and file are challenging
the right Of the railwaymen's ma
tional executive body to call a strike
without balloting by the men. Some
of these local bodies of railway
workers declare the miners resist
ance to the cuts in their wages,
which brought about the strike iii
the coal industry is justihable, but
they do not consider that they have
anything to thank the miners fori
and therefore should not be stain-
peded into a sympathetic walkout.
! This apparent lack of solidarity,
it was commented by observers, may
account for the silence which the
labor naintajned after the confer
enceg which they had this morning
with the prime minister.
After two-fours' conference the
only statement for the press was that
a dcputation might return to Down
ing street later i'll the day.
Reservists Are Called.
Preparations for meeting the emer~
gency created by the threatened
walk out were speeded up this MORN
ing. Although there was little evil
dence of these activities noticeable,
all reservists were under instructions
to report at their places of joining"
without waiting for individual no.
tlce from the authorities.
The governments proclamation
calling up army and navy reserves
for service during the strike involved
loyal citizens, including those sery-
ing territorial forces, capable of bear
ing arms and between the ages of lS
and 40 to report at the nearest terri
torial drill hall for the purpose of
being commissioned or attcsted for
temporary military service with the
regular army in new units called
defense units" -....
The reservists were asked TO
bring uniforms, if possible, one days
food, blankets, mess kits and other
service gear.