New Britain herald., 1926-05-01
Employees Of All Vital Services, Including Transport Workers, To Be Called Out If Dispute Is Not Set tied.
All of Great Britain's Coal Mining Industry at Standstill National Emergency Is Declared.
TROOPS ORDERED n1r

TROOPS ORDERED OUT
 London, May 1 lP-T,he Brit ] ish government today moved ! attachments or troops into the
 coal mining areas Of South Wales, Lancashire and Scot i land, The movement cbarac- ! 5erlzed as "purely & precautfou-
 ary measure,' Is 10 assist the ! pelee in maintaining order dur ! ing the miners strike. London May l Oq-A genera strike in sUrporr Of the coal miners las been declared for next Tuesday. ! Tho .ccision was reached hv a trades union conference here today The conference decided to call out the employees in the vital services including the transport workers. f mo settlement Of the miners dis. pute Is reached before Tuesday. IL was announced at fhe confer ence that the trades unions wouid citer 10 maintain, bv voluntary ar Irangoment, distribution of essential IloodstuHs.
 All Miners Quit Great BritajnS coal mining indus try was at a stardsul today. win more than a million miners idle. as a result of failure by the mine own. .ers and their employers to reach an agreement regarding wages aul hours
 Dele gates Of all fbe trades unlops n the country. representing five mil Ion workers. met af Londra o moo, -o Iecida whethrr there vouId ha s general strike in spport Of the mir. erS. Such a strike would lie up aH the nations industries including inc regular transport communications
 The government has made com pl"te preparations to insure main 'snance of the essential services such as food and milk supplies. in 'ue event a general strike IS called.
 National Emergency
 King George last night signed A proclamation or national emergenc, giving the government full powers to employ troops or take any other measures necessary to maintain or der and insure the welfare Of the people.
 There is still faint hope that tho negotiations between the coal oyy,f- CTS and the miners may be reopeped but the coal s,oppage must he recorded as in effect.
 Demands of Miners.
 The position Of the dispute Is briefly this:
 A governmental subsidy WAS granted last July 70 assist the coal industry which was said 10 be los ing money This subsidy. used 10 maintain the scale of wages. expired at mldnight last night.
 Pending reorganization Of the Iu- 1ustry along the lines recently rec commended by an expert commis- sion appointed by the government. the owners were faced with tho necessity of running the mines on thetr own resources.
 They offered thc miners a uri- form national minimum wage ad DOT cont higher than that obtain ing In 1914 but representing reduction Of l5 ami oua-thlrd per cent in the present wages. The miners refused 10 accept either the wage reduction or the Iynstheninp uf hours.
 There was little news this morn. ing from the mining district pa May Day is holiday and the miners would not be working even under ordinary circumstances. The . atoppaEe appears to have been e.s ,ectcd quietly.
 The goyarumfnrS urst concern k 70 provide Tor the milk and food supply Of the motropoltan area O. London and other thtckiy- populated eeufrr,. and inc board of trade is iu- ttnslvely preparing for an emer- gency.
 Hyde Park again has heen turned into a place ot assembly for hun irads ol motor vehicles for rgHen work. recalling wartime days and prcvous big strikes.
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 Great Britain Is placed under what approaches a state of siege by The pioglamauon tbEt "a state O. emergency exists" While not a proc lamaIon Of martial law or 8 for- nal state or siege. it gives the gov crnmcnt almost unlimited powers The only limitation prescribed in he law under which the praclama ion is issued is that the government cannot declare industrial conscrip- ton or compulsory military service
 Apart from this Imitation, 1t may institute any measures it de- sires for the preservation oe peace. the securing and regulation ot sup plies ot food urL light and other necessities, and the maintenance or means of transport,
 There is not much talk ot em ploymout of troops as the govern ment is not inclined to stir the pas sions os the workers at this juno ture Of the crisis, However, it k re
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