TRANSPORT STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1920, Page 5

TRANSPORT STRIKE.

LONDON WORKERS TO STOP. 25,000 MEN INVOLVED. Received Oct. 18, 12.45 a.m. : . London, Oct. 17. Delegates representing 25,000 London commercial road transport workers have given notice of a strike on the 23rd for a minimum of 87s weekly, and carried ft resolution to carry out any instructions to support the miners. , Illuminated skysigna advertisements in London are prohibited, and streets and shops will be darkened similar to war time. Gas, electricity and catt factories have been restricted to one-ha-U of their recent average supply.

LORD HAIG'S APPEAL. tOYAXTY OF ALL CLASSES. SOME MIXERS DISFAVOR STRIKE. Keteived Oct. 18, 12.10 a.m. London, Oct. 17. The enthusiasm among all classes in offering to assist the State exceeds that shown dnring the 1919 railway strike. lard Haig, presiding at the Seventeenth Lancers old comrades® dinner, appealed to ex-servicemen to stand united in the crisis, which was threatening the country with' ruin from foolish anji reckless action. The strike is not general in Derbyshire, and many in Yorkshire and Notts struck with reluctance. The strike fund in Lancashire Will suffice for thrc* weeks. Mif. J. R. Clynes recommends a compromise, the acceptance of one and a half of <the wage demand immediately, remitting the other half to a tribunal, which both sides agree ought to settle the whole system of payment of wages. —Aus.>&Z. Cable Assn.

many workers affected. [VAST UNEMPLOYMENT FEARED. :• Received Oct. 18, 12.45 a.m. j _ London, Oct. 17. i 1$ is estimated a quarter of a million [•tin platers, iron, steely oil, chemical and patent fuel workers in South Wales ■Will be rendered idle within a week. Several thousand are unemployed in Nottingham.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asm. lUHDS FOR STRIKERS. MONEY FOR WEEKS AHEAD, Received Oct. 18, 12.45 a.m. London, Oct. 17. Although the strike funds in Wales and Yorkshire are limited those of Derbyshire will provide an allowance for nine weeks, Notts' for six, and those of Qannock Ohase for five weeks. Leicestershire's funds amount to £45/000 with eight thousand members. Newspapers point out that the cooperative Wholesale Society gives indefinite credit to strikers, and accepts credit notes from miners' organisations. —Aus.-JLZ. Cable Assn.

SUFFERERS BY THE STRIKE, FOREIGN EXPORTS STOPPED. SOME MINERS RESENT STRIKE. Received Oct. 17, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 15. The first sufferers by the strike will be France, Italy, Sweden, and Norway, owing to the stoppage of coal shipments. Italy is particularly dependent on English coal, while Norway is eo hard put to find supplies that Bhe sent ships to Australia to get coal. Thousands of workers in the potteries will be the first English sufferers, as the employers are unable to lay in stocks of coal. The Cannock Chase miners bitterly resent the strike decision, and say that while they voted against the datum they never intended their vote to mean down tools. The Prince has postponed liis visit to the City until the 2tfth, owing to the strike.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SEEKING SETTLEMENT. OTHER WORKERS MAY INTERVENE. Received Oct. 17, 5.5 p.m. London Oct. 16. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress meets on October 20 to seek means of ending the strike. It is understood the transporters and railwaymen also hope to intervene successfully. Householders are being rationed with coal.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FIGHT TO BITTER END. London, Oct. 15. After the miners' conference had decided to strike, Mr. Smillie (president of the Miners' Federation) made a passionate appeal for unity. He expressed regret that a strike had been forced by the obduracy of the Government and their unwillingness to recognise the equity of the miners' demands. He had taken certain steps in the hope of averting a great industrial struggle. He would now fight with them to the bitter end. The conference agreed to permit sufficient workers to remain to keep the [nines in order.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

EMBARGO ON COAL EXPORT. London, Oot. 15. In order to conserve eoal for home requirements, the Government lias placed an embargo upon export from the United Kingdom, co take immediate effect. The Government is in every way prepared to cope with the situation. It has sufficient railway coal supplies to enable a full service to be maintained for nn appreciable period, and it has completed all details for the transport of food by road and by sea if necessary. If the men's leaders are able to make ft further conference with the Government, or are able to show that they can lead the men, who are now apparently I forcing their hands, Mr. Lloyd George wili be willing to meet them.—Aus.-IT.Z.