IN LANCASHIRE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1213, 23 August 1911, Page 5

IN LANCASHIRE.

HOUDAYMAKERS' PITIABLE PLIGHT. LONG TRAMPS HOME, . London, August 21. Extraordinary scenes have occurred in Lancashire owing to the recent railway strike. Several . thousands of Tvorking-class holidaymakers were stranded at Fleetwood, Morecambe, and Blackpool through the stopping of the train service.

-They trampsd towards Lancashire towns, where churches, chapels, and theatres were thrown open to afford them sleeping accommodation. Long processions of perambulators and luggage-laden persons walked thirty or forty miles. The plight of the women and children was pitiable. The local authorities, where possible, provided food. Merchants as Stokers, •■ ■ Liverpool's leading men kept the electric light and tramways running. Merchants, barristers, and clergymen _' acted as stokers in the power-hous9 under the direction of a mercantile captain, whileskilled mechanics attended to the macminery. Soldiers guarded the premises from the menacing crowd. Amateurs have been similarly doing scavenging work to conserve tho city's health. \ . Troops Still on Guard. Troops are still guarding the goods depots at Manchester and Salford. Of ninety thousand railwaymeii, doekeTS, seamen, and carters on strike at Liverpool; a third.have resumed work. The conference in regard to tho Liverpool shipping lock-out has resulted in an agreement to resume work. > COMPULSORY ARBITRATION. NEWSPAPER VIEWS! The newspapers and public generally approve the promptness and efficiency of the War Office in dealing with the strike crisis, without which tho violence' and "sabotage" on tho railways would havo been much greater. The "Daily Mail" (Unionist) says the best bulwark against a general strike is compulsory arbitration.

The "Daily News" (Liberal) blames tha Government, because, before summoning troops, it did not compel tile companies to meet the men's representatives. ;