GREAT MUNITIONS STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 264, 27 July 1918, Page 7

GREAT MUNITIONS STRIKE

OV'R EIGHTY THOUSAND HANDS IDLE THE EMBARGO ISSUE ■ ■ V London, July 25. Sixty thousand men in the Birmingham uvea iet't work to-night, and arc determined not to return until the skilled Inborn' embargo is 'withdrawn or suspended pending iicsolintions. 'J'ho strikers incltido tho electrical workers, and consequently many aro unable to work owing to'the.lack of current'; It is. estimated that 150,000 workers aro pfFcctcd in the Birmingham area. The factories in Coventry continue open, .although they nro disorganised by the withdrawal ot 16,000 workers. A mass Meeting at Barrow decided to abido by tho decision of. tho. National Conference. ' ' The •.Nottingham engineers; advise tho men to remain at work, but the District Engineers' Executive is not satisfied as to the necessity of tho embargo, and is calling a mass meeting ■. to consider tho position— Aus.-N.Z. Gable Assn. 81,000 WORKERS IDLE ...... London, July 25. The number of strikers ill Coventry and Birmingham is estimated at 81,000. Those in Birmingham include 15,000 endiners and 5000 women. It-is understood, that tho-Government has'decided that men who decline to work must join the Army. The Woolwich engineers sent a message to the Coventry strikers, telling them that they, will earn tho. blessing of the Kaiser and his army of,murderers,— "Tho Times." PRIVATE CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS POSITION BECOMING, MOKE . i SEIUOUS, (Rec. July 2G,"'11. p.m.) London, July 2G It is estimated that 30 per cent, of the munition workers in the Birmingham district have been rendered idle, including many unskilled and semi-skilled workers who liavo been thrown out of | .work-owing to the strike....Some ,of.:the ' biggest' munition establishments, howeve have maintained .night shifts despite defections, as a. considerable body of the workers strongly oppose the strike Thi Black Country workmen are coming out. ' Tho position is thus becoming more serious." ! • • • Mr. Churchill and Mv. Barnes are privately conferring with the Trades Union Advistr.v Committee this afternoon. Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. • SETTLEMENT iN SIGHT ■ TRADES UNION DECISION. (Bee.- July 27. 1.25 a.m.) ■ 1 London, July 20. The Press Bureau states: "The Trade Union Advisory Committee, .after hearing Mr. Churchill's statement, dedared that tho notice issued by the Coventry firm was unofficial, unauthorised,' inaccurate, and misleading. Tho committee decided to ask Mr. Churchill to instruct the firm to cancel this perversion of tne Government's uolicy. The committee further. resolved that after the men resumed work it would request the Government to appoint a Committee of Inquiry representing the Government, and employers and workers. The committee also strongly urges men to resume immediately, ,inasmn\h as the Government .had - rigreed to., t-!y;'.. coin-, mittee's proposal/'—Au3.-N".Z. . Cable Afen.-Keuter. MOB RULE IN AMERICA EMPHATIC DENUNCIATION BY THE •PRESIDENT. (Eec-.-Jul.YM.2Gr.7vlo--p.nl.) , i,, ..VYa.slj.ijigtppi, July.. 25. President "Wilson" has issued a statement denouncing' mob' rulo in the Uiiitsd States and calling .oii his countrymen to show the world that-while they are fighting for the democracy abroad they are not destroying.it at/fome. .The statement contains an. emphatic denunciation of tho recent lynchings of negroes and. a German named Pracgor as a blow at the heart of ordered law and human' jus-tice.—Aus.-N.Z.-Cable Assn.