REFUSING PERMITS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1968, 27 January 1914, Page 5

REFUSING PERMITS.

HOSPITALS BEING STARVED FOR COAL,

STUDENTS TO THE RESCUE

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London, January 23. Several firms arc following the Cornwall rNnpany's example ami agreeing .to pa., an extra penny to the coal porters, who took advantage of the ex-vo-ssivo cold to j;o on strike. Union officials are refusing permits to the London County Council feeding, centres and tho Alexandra Trust, which' serves Iho very poor. The Jlelgravc Hospital for Children has been obliged to «l«se the out-patients' department. Other hospitals announce that they are without coal. Students at Middlesex Hospital, rearing football clothes, moved a hundred ions of coai, working shifts of five howrs throughout the night. Tho strikers at Soincrs-towii .dragged coal from tho carts in the streets. Hundreds of hoys assisted thorn, and afterwards picked up tho coal ami took it to their homes. THE SAME OLS) TACTICS. London, January 2fi. Meetings of strikers refused ta allow the Cornwall Company's men to resume, and decided to contribute a levy to aid the strike, THE EMPLOYERS PREPARED TO ARBITRATE. (Rec. January 26, 10.20 p.m.) London, January 26. Tho strikers contend Hint if partial resumption were permitted for the sake of hospitals and other institutions, the merchants would bo 110 worse oil i'ar tho strike, which, moreover, would he speedily defeated, owing to tho men's broken ranks. Members of the Striko Executive nevertheless will consider tho hospitals. 'To-day the strike led to an enormous demand for briquettes, coke, and wood in London. The Labour, Conciliation, mid Arbitration. Board have offered their scrvces to settle the strike and tho em-* ployers have announced their readiness to arbitrate.