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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE RAILWAY STRIKE.

MONDAY,COCTOBER: 60319123

VESSELS LOADING.

THE HONGKONGO TELEGRAPH.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS:

London, Oct. 3. The executive" of the Vehicle Workers' Union discussed the situation at midnight and afterwards announced that bises, trams and taxicabs would ran to-day. Meetings of members of the Union have been arranged for midnight on Friday to consider action.

The President of the Board of Agriculture has appealed to farmers to thresh immediately all the wheat possible and transport it to local mills with the object of rendering the bread position safe and adequately providing feeding stuffs. The railwaymen were not represented at the conferences with the Premier yesterday. The attitude of the Railway- men's Executive last evening was that their effort at bridge- Budding had failed and it must be left to other unions to decide their own action. The Miners Federation was re- presented for the first time at last night's conference of trade unions, Mr. Hodges being present. The sole remaining hope of removal of the deadlock is that this conference wil mike a Epal effort to bring the parties together, but there was little evidence last night when the conference adjourned that the members were hopeful of the success of their efforts at mediation. The Premier's insistence on resumption remains obstacle to negotiations. The railwaymen's leaders refuse to admit that they are beaten and feel that ordering the men back without some deâaite assurance would be construed as an admission of defeat. They recognise however that public opinion is against them. Hence they are striving by vigorous propaganda, advertisements, leafets, articles and interview? to convert public opinion to their view, but the consensus of the newspapers is that Corts at conversion are more likely to be successful if the men resume as the public resent a pistol held at its head. There is no doubt the Government's efforts to mitigate public inconvenience, backed up by thousands of enthusiastic volunteers of all classes from peers to artisans, Las been most successful, at least in the case of London where not merely more trains are running but the food supply is so good that the Ministry of Food has announced that canned meat need no longer be rationed. One London station alone received by train and despatched to destinations two thousand horns of milk yesterday. Twelve hundred tons of potatoes were brought to London by Great Northern trains yesterday. bat tons of herrings were thrown overboard at Inverness owing to lack of transport The Federation of British In- dastries. after consultation with Government departments concerned, has taken measures to keep works going by the adoption of half-time and an elaborate system of co-operation. by the factories. at the same time minimising distress by paying an unemployment donation where unemployment is inevitable, and supplying discharged men with fuel. Another remarkable outgrowth of the strike is the impetus given to the coasting services which have been languishing in recent The offices of the District Transport Committees in Fears. London and other ports have been besieged by shippers of cargo. It is announced that Southampton and Plymouth, for the first time since the ports were closed by the war, are available for coastwise trafic in foodstaffs

Services now operating hetween London and sixteen provincial ports have all their tonnage spare requisitioned. The canals have also had a fresh lease of usefulness. The Ministry of Transport in France has placed its service at dis posal and circularised barge owners, urging them to con centrate their efforts to bring coal from the mines and also foodstuffs to the industrial districts by meats of the canals. · The response is most satisfactory. Barges long idle and in Bad repair are now in full use by ex-officers and men ex- perienced on the canals of Flanders. But the outstanding feature of the strike has been the triumph of the motor lorry and the prompt collection and distribution of foodstuffs he road convoys bas brought home to the people the value of - transport more even that the more gigantic success of lorry in the war. It is not expected that the the mo goods by road will seriously affect the railways

·Conveyance M

is no doubt that a motor transport service in fature, but di

ways will be developed. Altogether supplementing the ra

than the speaker wished to conver there is more significance in & remark made by one of the transport workers' delegates after the interview with the Prea Festerday: "We are still hopeful Mr. Lloyd George stiffened to-day because he rought he was winning." Indeed, according to labour correspondents the tone of the deputation to the Premier has been most mild. Their chief anxiety was to prevent & yupathetic strike and men like Williams and Bevan, hitherto regartied as extremists, hare played a notable part as peace. makers. Hence it is nowise certain that a sympathetic strike will be declared at to-day's conference at Caxton Hali.

Official: Up to 11.30 a.m. the men's representatives had not renewed applications for an interview with the Prime Minister. Railway traffic has markedly improved and goods trains particularly continue to numerically increase. More men are resuming. The general machinery of distribution is runcing more smoothly daily and retailers of food stocks have maintained a satisfactory level A deputation of eleven representing the unions again met the Premier at Downing Street in the morning and made a further effort at settlement prior to the full meeting of the unions concerned in the afternoon.

Mr. Thomas declares that the eleven unanimously support the railwaymen's refusal of the Government's demand for resumption of work before negotiations. At the conclusion of the Downing Street conference Mr. Browlie, the Engineers' representative or the deputation, stated that the position was much easier. The deputation proceeded to the railway. men's headquarters and is possibly returning to Downing Street later.

Official: Replying to a telegraphie inquiry by the Editor ot the "Liverpool Express" Mr. Lloyd George wired that every man who returns to work immediately will be reinstated and receive the back pay due to him.

Military have taken over Euston Station. The Great Western announce that strikers are resuming work all over the system. Present indications are that the second week-end of the strike will find a completed programine of about five ́thousand trains daily throughout the country, Isolated cases of sabotage are reported, but generally the police authorities declare that molestation is conspicuously absent. His Majesty is returning to London from Balmoral by motor. The con.. ference of unions was made more representative this after- noon by the inclusion of other anions including the Miners' Federation. A full meeting of Ministers, presided over by Mr. Lloyd George, unanimously supported the Premier's statement that no negotiations could be entered into with the Executive of the Bailwaymen's Union before the Union ordered the strikers to resume work.

The Federation of British Industries reports that at the - end of the first week of the strike the general state of employ

ment and industry appears to be excellent. There is little cessation of production except in industries where huge stocks of coal and material are necessary. "A serious fall of pro- daction is not expected for some time. The majority of the textile firms can carry on full time for a considerable time.

3,048 trains were scheduled to run to-day excluding over 00 underground and tube trains. Over 400 goods trains will ran The Food Controler states that supplies of fresh meat have increased. Supplies of fish and potatoes are better than expected Thistribution of ruger is difficult but retailers have Beer replenished with supplies of butter, cheese, margarine and tanned foods. It is officially denied that the military have

iformiston Station

PRESIDENT WILSON IN DANGER.

nerve

Washington, Oct. & President Wilson's physician has summoned a specialist for consultation. Though this is announced as merely a precautionary measure and the President's condition is described as not alarming last night's bulletin says Presiden Wilson is a very sick man."

Later.

After two hours consultation a bulletin was issued at noon that President Wilson was unchanged. Philadelphia's neurologist. Dr. Dercum, who examined President Wilson on Thursday, is of opinion that his condition is grave.

FIGHTING THE BOLSHEVIKS.

London, Oct. 3

A Polish military mission bas arrived at General Denikin's headquarters at Taganrog with the object of form. · ing a Polish alliance with General Denikin.

Polish troops supported by tanks have occupied Dunaburg on the south bank of the Drina. They took prisoner seven hundred and captured much war material.

The deputation, accompanied by Mr. Staart Bunning M.P., and Mr. Bowerman, returned to Downing Street at five o'clock The Railwaymen's Executive arrived there & quarter of an hour later, apparently in the best of spirits. Mr. Clynes and Mr. Sexton left Downing Street at 7.15 and proceeded to the conference of the unions. Mr. Cirnes in, an interview said the position was very much easier.

The general exemplary conduct of the strike hitherto has been carred by ugly incidents. A train from Bristol to Paddington this morning narrowly escaped wrecking bear Swindes owing to a rail-and a large piece of timber being fixed to the rails. The train smashed the obstruction. Several cases of savage attacks on volunteer workers are re- ported. Viniol was thrown at a volunteer at Clapham whose eyes may be permanently injured.

The conference of the Railwaymen's Executive and the deputation of eleven with the Premier at Downing Street was broken off at nine in the evening. Mr. Thomas said no settlement had been reached and he had nothing farther to say. A Downing Street official message says: The Railwaymen's Union rejected the Government offer of arbitration, also the seven days' truce suggested by the Government. The Govern- ment has appealed for a citizen army to meet, the crisis.

A Downing Street official message says: The series of meet- ings of the Premier and Mr. Bonar Law, which commenced on 1st. last. at the instance of the deputation of trade unionists headed by Mr. Gosling, ended this afternoon. The Government on 2nd. proposed the following as a basis on which negotiations could be continued.-Firstly. "upon the strikers returning to work negotiations should be taken up where they were broken p on the 26th September; secondly, according to the Premi- er's offer of the 26th September the Government guarantee that there will be no reduction of wages until the 1st March, 1990, and any time after 31st. Dec., 1919, they will be ready to discuss in view of the circumstances then existing a possible extension of that date: thirdly, the Government is prepared to discuss with the railwaymen any unfairness or hardship affecting any particular grade of workmen through the opera- tion of the scheme of standardisation already proposed by the Government and to consider any anomaly as between various grades is the application of the per centage of increase pro- posed to each grade; fourthly, in the event of failure to agree on any question arising out of the matter mentioned in paragraph three, the point of difference shall be referred to arbitration.

The National Union of Railwaymen refused these terins. At this morning's meeting the Premier proposed a truce of the strike for a few days in order that negotiations might be resumed. The Railwaymen's Caion agreed but only if the Government was prepared to work out the basis of standardisa- tion which should operate similarly to various grades as in the case of those grades for which a settlement was effected. The Government rejected this proposal because the grades referred to were settled as claimed by the railwaymen on their special merits and on the understanding that the other grades now in dispute would be treated on their merits and because. the demand now made was only a repetition of the origina scheme which had already been declined The Premier then made the following counter-proposals.-The Government is prepared to agree to a truce of seven days cmnting from the Full resumption of work in order to discuss: firstly, the period of standardisation of wages and, secondly, any alleged unfair. ness or hardship affecting any particular grade of workmen through the operation of the scheme of standardisation al- ready proposed by the Government and any anomalies as between various grades in the application of the percentage of increase proposed for each grade. In the event of failure to agree upon any question arising out of the matters men- tinned in firstly and secondly the Government was prepared to submit the disputed. questions to arbitration. The Premier further indicated that if the railwaymen returned to work on this basis arrears of wages would be paid to them. If at the end of five days after full resumption of work the representa- tives of the men concluded that negotiations could not be brought to a satisfactory issue they should undertake to give forty-eight hours' notice before any cessation of work occurr ed. If negotiations were again broken off the men should.. agree to hand over all plant in good working order and run all trains to destination, the men should agree to work harmoniously with the railway servants who remained or returned to work and the Railway Executive should agree to undertake that there would be no victimisation by the strik ers. The National Union of Railwaymen rejected this pro posal and the Conference terminated."

The following is the text of an appeal to citizens.—“Iz · the opinion of the Government the circumstances of the present crisis are such that special measures abould be taken to secure the liberty of all peaceable citizens and to protect them in the pursuit of their ordinary work and special work undertaken to maintain the supply of food and the other necessaries of the community. The numbers of the regular police forces and the existing small forces of special constabulary are insuficient for this purpose. The Government therefore invite all Lords Lieutenant, Lord Mayors, Mayors, Chairmen of County Councils, Chairmen of Standing Joint Committees and Watch Committees, Chief Constables, Town Clerks and other local officers to take steps for the formation in all coun- ties, cities and boroughs of citizen guards to undertake to act in co-operation with the police in the duty of the protection and maintenance of order.. They request that in each county, city and borough the officers above named should form forthwith a committee for the organisation and recruitment of such citizen guard: If the food and existence of the nation are to be safeguarded in the face of the mense, by which they are confronted to-day it is essential that all citizens who are willing to contribute labour should be allowed to do so without interference or apprehension. The Government there- fore appeals to all well affected men to come forward in order that they may assist to preserve and guarantee the security of those without whose continued and unmolested exertions the life of the nation cannot be maintained.”

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EUROPE, U.S.A., ETC.

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Ecuador.....P. M. S...Oct. Wakasa M...N. Y. K....Oct. Akita M...N. Y. K....Oct... Bessie Dollar R. D. - ...Oct. 10) Nile C. M. ...Oct. 111 Nagato M...N. Y. K....Oct. 11 Karori M...N. Y. K...Oct. 14, Manila M...0. S. R...Oct. 15: Eurymedon B. & S...Oct. 16) Shidzuoka M. N. Y. K....Oct. 17 Tamba M. .N. Y. K....Oct. 19 Prinzessin ...P. & 0. ...Oct. 21 Iconium...A. L. ...Oct. 92 Seattle Spirit A. L. ...Oct. 25 Shinyo M....T. K. K...Oct 28 Celebes M....0.S. K...Oct. 30 E. of Russia C. P. O. S. Oct. 30 Nanking.....C. M. S. Oct. 31

Luzon M......O. S. E.

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Wheatland ...A. L. ...Nov. Khiva P. & 0....Nəv, Suwa M.......N. Y. K...Nov. 1 Colombia... P. M. S....Nov. 4 Seiyo M.......T. K. K...Nor. 5:1 E. of Japan...C. P. O. S....Nov. 5 Africa M ..............O. S. K... Nov. 13 Persia M. T. K. K....Nov. 14: Hartland. A. L ...Nor. 14 Aki M. ...N. Y. K. Nov. 19 China ...C. M. ...Nov. 22. Korea M.......T. K. K....Nov. 26 E of Asia.C. P. O. S....Nov. 27 Siberia M...T. K. K....Nov. 28 Endicott. A. L. Nov. 30 C. of Newcastle B. & S....Nov. 30 Nishmaha ...A. In ...Nov. 30 Seattle M....Q. S. E. M. of Nov. St. Albans...E & A. E of Nov. Alps M ..0.S. E. ...E. of Nov. Venezuela.P. M. S...Dec. 2 Nippon M....T. K. K. ...Dec. 6 Montague. A. L ...Dec. 15 Tenyo M. T. K. K...Dec. 18 Monteagle C. F. O. S... Dec. 19 Crevecoue I...A. L ...Dec. 20 Grace Dollar R. S. Ist half Dec.

JAPAN, COAST PORTS. ETC.

Dilwara Haihang Loksang

P. & 0. ...Oct.

6

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7

J. M. Co....Oct.

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...Oct. .Oct.

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Shantung...B. & S. Kanchow...B. & S. Yatshing J. M. Co....Oct. Soshu M.....O. S. K.Oct. Sunning ....B. & S. ..Oct. Chaksang ..J. M. Co. ...Oct. 9 Nanking M....O. S. K...Oct. 10 Yoensang

J. M. Co....Oct. 10 D. L. Co...Oct. 10 .B. & S. ...Oct. 10

Haitan... Kaifong

Tean.......

B. & S.

...Oct. 11

...Oct. 12

Amakusa M. O. S. K. Huichow .B. & S.

Laisang

...Oct. 14

J. M. Co....Oct. 14 Quinnebaug...D. L. Co....Oct. 14 Indo M. .O. S. K....Oct. 14 Tjibodas J.C.J. L....Oct. 15 Fooksang ...J. M. Co....Oct. 17 Gregory A....P. & Q. ...Oct. 17 Loongsang ...J. M. Co. ...Oct 17 Aki M.......... N. Y. K...Oct. 18 Shinryu M... N. Y. K....Oct. 21 Tjimanoek J.C.J. L. ...Oct. 28 Tenshin M....N. Y. K....E. of Oct. Konagawa M. N. Y. K. E. of Oct. Shisen M...O. 8. K...Nov. 1 Tükini ........J.C.J. L. ...Nov. 3 Tüliwong......J. C. J. L... Nov, Tango M....... N. Y. K... Nov. 22

WATER RETURN.

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