The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-11
NO DEFINITE
PROPOSALS
YET IN SIGHT
Labor Official Says Some
thing Tangible May Be
Forthcoming Tomorrow
PARLEYS PROCEEDING
Only One Passenger Injured
in Express Train Wreck
Near New Castle

London. May ll.--LP)-Peace neeo-
tiat,ons in Great Britain's general
strike can be definitely said to be
going on under the surface.
ihey have not yet reached an Of
liciaI status. and what results they
VIII achieve remains to be seen. hut
man high in the labor ranks stated
late this afternoon that parleys were
proceeding. They were in such q del
icate state. however, he added, that
nothing further could be said for the
moment.
He said it was possible something
tangible would be forthcoming TO-
morrow but emphasized that nothing
definite was in sight now.
A government communique, issued
at o'clock tonight. says:
There is as yet little sign of gem
erai collapse of the strike, and the
trades union congress is believed to
oe making efforts to call out certain
trades still at work.
1T can be definitely stated that
there is growing disaffection among
the strikers with the policy Of the
general strike, and considerable un-
easiness as to its ultimate results"
FOUR KILLED IN
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
London. May ll.-R)-The first
case Of serious sabotage since the
general strike began was reported to-
day.
The famous "Flying Scotchman," an
express from Edinburgh to London.
one of the fastest trains in Great
Britain. was wreck yesterday near
New Castle, and the authorities today
claimed a rail had been deliberately
loosencd.
The train was being run by a vol.
unteer crew. replacing railwaymen.
Luckily the engineer had slowed to u
bare six miles an hour, and only one
passenger was injured.
Four Deaths In "a Hours
Four deaths from railway accidents
have occurred in the last "a hours.
Three passengers were killed and
number hurt when 4 train manned
by volunteers collided with freight
train near Edinburgh, and in another
accident at Cambridge one person was
killed and two were injured.
King George held private coun.
Gil at Buckingham Palace this morn
ing. Whether it was for ratification
OF further emergency measures was
not disclosed.
A government spokesman. outlining
the situation at the beginning Of the
eighth day Of the strike, said there
had been important defections among
the raiwaymen but that the main
body of strikers remained out.
The whole country was quiet, he
added. The improvised transporta-
tion services were steadily expanding
and the measures Of protection for
the volunteers had proved efficacious.
Much interest is being displayed in
the activities of the various labor
leaders, and especially in a general
meeting Of these men scheduled for
formula for ending the trouble will
be discussed.
No indication has come from either
side that peace is in sight.
Daily Mail Is Issued
notwithstanding the governments
action in Communicating the news
print supply not in the hands Of pub-
fishers, the Daily Mail brought out
its first London edition this morning.
In its leading article the paper
suggests that "as it is not denied by
any one that the general strike is
Illegal" the "trades union congress
has no legal sanction, its orders are
contrary to the law, and it should be-
dissolved" The Mail also urges that
1.-The 500 soviet agents IN Great Brit.
ain be deported."
Sir Johnson Simon's declaration
that the strike is illegal is declared
by the government spokesman to have
caused many trade unionists to re.
turn to work unconditinnallN