THE LABOUR WAR.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 388, 19 August 1911, Page 5

THE LABOUR WAR.

ENGLAND PARALYSED. RAILWAY' MEN '•OUT." Abbreviated Press Association Cables. i Jjondon, Last Night, i A Labour war lias been declared by | the Secretary of the Amalgamated J Society of Railway Servants in Engi land. Fife- n hundred telegrams i javiii;; the signal wore despatched, j The i'rime Minister says the Govj ernminf will net, allow paralysis of I the railway ;er\ice. The joint e.XeCU- ! t IV! rep! led thill t lII' statement; was an unwarrantable ihival against railway v.'i'i'Hi is. Mr S,!oy11 G>-orge announced thai uegot ja ( inns for a ae it lenient have been ;e i-.pi in d. The Government did not. intend a loxing commission to stave oIV ti.i evil hour, and proposed it f-bonm consist <if three members •: p: e; i i;; - or. the companies and the m.i r. v.-itb an independent chairman, r-.-iit. should meet forthwith and' ;n rive at, a prompt decision. Tlie Labour Party promised to do ' hi ir best, for peace. Troops are arriving in and departing from London, and have been despatched to Leeds, Hradford and Liverpool. it is expected the whole of the transport workers, of (he Kingdom will be called out by Tuesday. Liverpool scavengers have struck, and, famine and pestilence hovers over that, pi eat city. The sale ~f buttled beer has been stein id to prevent the use of bottles •\ ill da-Id mob assaulted a beer <i>vry i'iv'yi r ami burst, the barrels, indulg in,', in a drunkan orgy. (-all iei"u s. ironworks, and cotton work.-- have closed, and .signal wires have !>> en i i;t on the railways. Colonel Seely, rpenk lllg in tho House (if I'miiiiie;!'. iToniisiai where practicable a imp i.- : 111 be blown before li)e reading ei ti c Riot Act and said it. was lindesi: able that the first volley bred by ; i cans should lie blank cartridge. The hshisg mdusfry is paralysed. Special eem-taides are. being sworn i n. M r Ton. Visum, replying to tho Shipowners' federal ton. hopes negotiations will be resi!nn dm a few days. The West of England is isolated from t lie M inlands. Many industries have slopped in the North ot !'. ne; iai; d. M any {, v: Mortals have bet n ordered to I'etiil a Ca villi S. Mr Wm: ton t'burchiU snys tho Government is lal. in;; :*t«»ps to issue suppi ies of food and t uel. The Railway Managers, after interviewing Mr diixton, decline to meet t] i e men until they change their attit 111 1 e. The House of Commons specially re-assembles on Tuesday.