Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-05

| ices. hui nobody was reported hurt.
The Dover cross-channel steamer
service Is functioninS, with one
steamer each way between Dover and
! Calais and Dover and Ostend.
Financial London continues at
work despite the strike, and those
employees of the banks not sleeping
on The premises are being conveyed
| to and from their homes in chara-
| Danes.
The Stock Exchange is continuing
| with the regular settlement. but new
business is meaGer, and it ia difficult
to get quotations. The financial
papers, which usually contain col
umns OF tick er quotations and reports
of all the markets, appeared today as
four page typewriter sheets.
Exchange Market Lively.
The exchange market continues
lively, with another slump of the
French franc to 1874 to the pound and
in the Belgian franc to 100. The sell
ing appeared to come from all quar-
ters New York exchange was com
paratively steady at Sass 9-16.
The Trades Union Congress an
nounced that union workers Will In
no case refuse to unload foodstuffs
d1Nu UlSulCdl SuphiieS ifpih SIipS III
British ports. However. in many
ships food is loaded with miscellane
Gus cargoes IN such a manner that
1t Is impossible to get the food out
without removing the other cargo.
Consequently 1t is conceivable that
many food cargoes cannot be handled.
Traffic Less Congested.
The second day Of the strike saW
a remarkable falling off in the crowds
bound for London from all parts of
The suburban area. Progress on the
main roads TO the city was easier
than yesterday and there were fewer
traffic jams at the vita! spots. The
reason for this was that thousands
of people were informed by their
employers Yesterday that they need
not report for duty. as little business
can proceed at present.
Yesterdays bright sunshine in
London save way today to a slowly
increasing fog and damp and rainy
atmosphere. but up to noon the popu-
lace seemed still 10 fbe taking the
strike conditions philosophically.
The first official services TO bc real.
~ affected by the strike are the
telephone and postal services. 1t was
announced this morning that these
lays will be inevitable unless all
messages and telephone calls are
considerably reduced.
kilograms Are Limited.
The public is asked to avoid send
ing kilograms or making telephone
calls unless they are urgent. No
foreign or colonial parcel mail can
be accepted and no ietter or inland
mail packet over eight ounces will
be allowed.
There had been rumors ahoat of
fresh attempt TO resume neGotia tiOna
looking toward settlement of the
strike, but these apparently were not
based on fact, for the deadlock con-
tinues. Both the trade unionists and
the government claim that things are
going satisfactorily, to their respective
viewpoints. That thu call TO strike
was widely responded 70 by the work
ers is obvious. but some industries,
or at least some sections of them,
continue working; whether granted
permission of the trades unions or of
their own volition is not clear. Thus
early IL Is uncertain the amount and
quality Of the volunteer help being
enlisted to keep the utilities serv-
ices going.
transport workers are lukewarm to
the strike and that these gradually
may filter back to work. Rut this
is one of many rumors that cannot
be verified.
There has as yet been no shortage
of food felt and the governments ar
|rangements for the distribution of
'necessar ies seems to he running
smoothly. Great Britain, however.
is so largely dependent on imported
foods that If the strike continues and
there is a stoppase of shipping there
is bound to be q shortage which may
lead to close rationing. =
Toughs Routed by Police.
The orderliness with which the
strike opened was somewhat alarm
ingly broken in the Fast London dis
trict yesterday in the Poplar. Can
ningtown and Blackwell districts.
Yhe police say that the mobs which
gave them trouble were not legitimate
trade unionists. but toughs of a dan
eerous type. They began their dis
order by holding mp street traffic dur
ing the day and compelling cabs con
veying workers to halt. They did
little harm 10 the occupants. Late
in the evening the mob grew danger