The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-09
Great Britain Confront
ed by Unparalleled In
dust~ial Tieup-Faint
Hopes Still Enter
tanned of P e a c e f u |
Termination - Revo-
luton is. Hinted b y
Labor Leaders.

London. April 9.-Represontativcs
of the National Federation Of Trans
port Workers called upon Prime Min
lister Lloyd George this morning for
the purpose Of conveying to him the
decision of the two unions to sup
pert the striking miners. There was
prevailing here an impression that the
conversation between the labor lead
erS ana the prime minister might re-
suit in some new move toward the
Soiutic-' of the industrial situation
which Yesterday assumed threatening
proportions.
There was no sign of a panic in the
stock exchange yesterday. The tend.
ency being quietly firm and, there be.
ing no selling oil Importance.
Reservists Called
All army reserVists have been called
10 the eolors except those residing in
ireland and men serving on the clyil
police force.
The Daily Graphic says Americans
in England are flooding steamship
companies with applications for berths
To the United States.
"A revolutionary tides is Snrging up
and carrying us with it," one of the
leading figures OF the triple alliance
OF labor told the Daily Mails special
labor correspondent last night. The
newspaper declares this maybe taken
as an Indication of the miners point
blank refusal OF Premier Lloyd
Georges proposal to frsf dss"ro~ -
safety of mines affected by the strike,
although many responsible labor Of
ficers personally profess anxiety to
arrive at peacelul solution Ol tbs
situation
Apprehension of the effect of a ma.
tion-wide strike on the chances of
the Labor party at the next general
election is expressed and. 1t is sug.
gested that this fear may play part
in the conversations to be held be.
tween government officials and lead
ers of the workingmen.
PEPPER Is Pessimistic
I'VE see no hope to save the ma
tion." said the Daily Telegraph, in an
editorial commenting on the fact that
the triple alliance" will call its men
from their posts Tuesday if the contro-
yersy is not settled by that time 9th.
er newspapers, however. declare that
calm reflection and a respite of four
days may reveal new possibilities in
the direction of peace. a. is stated
in some quarters that the actual call
ing OF the strike was deferred until
Tuesday night so that it might be
possible to bring about q resumption
of negotiations.
The Daily Graphic suspects that the
forces of labor are "indulglng in their
old tactics OF sabre rattling." and re-
ports the action of the Liverpool
branch of the National Union of Rail-
waymen in declaring unless ballot
of the men favor it, such action is
regarded everywhere as the first mur-
mur of opposition.
Business Mismanaeed
The London Times says: THE
business has been mismanaged
throughout by all. parties concerned.
The government has been too hasty
and the mine owners have demanded
unreasonable and sudden wage redHc-
tions causing the. mass OF neutral
opinion to swing in favor of the revO
lutionary labor wing
Parliamentary labor party leaders
and the executive committee OF the
trades union congress held a confer
ence in the house of commons here
this morning to consider the indus
trial situation. II was believed the
conference would determine whether
n special session of delegates of the
congress should be convened to de-
termine the attitude of affiliated
unions. with a membership of 6,0O0.-
900 workers toward the "triple alli-
ance" strike must be decided
The congress is the British counter
part OF the American Federation Of
Labor and includes the unions form
ing the triple alliance" Should it
be convened, it Is probable it win
rconfine its action to passing reso-
luton declaring the triple alliance
walkout justified. thus putting the
whole trade unionist organization be.
hind the strikers. It is said that the
congress would leave the question OF
actually calling strike among steel
workers. ship builders and other
trades TO the decision of the execu-
tive committee OF the individusl
anions.
Preparations Speeded Up
london. April 9.--Government prep
arations for meeting the emergency
created by the threatened walkout Of
hundreds OF thousands Of workers on
next Tuesday midnight were spseded
up today Although there was little
evidence OF those activities notice
able, all reservists were instructed to
report AZ their places Of Joining with.
out waiting fer individual notice from
fae auth oritiees M
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