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Show OUBLEJN Ml .latio Strike of the London Gas 5 Company's Employes W Threatened. IEES T3 BE CA.LLED OUT. Precautions Taken for the Proteo-tion Proteo-tion of the Company's Property and Non-Union Men. vn0! Oct. 3. The directors of ,,nlio'n Gas company today do-to do-to accede to tho demand made , national gas workers' union !!v union men bo employed. The rs threaten to strike. A storm has brewing between the company ie men for months. The number led is si tilnes larger than the ,.r engaged iu any of the previous 0USe strikes. The company is preparations to conduct its (SS despite ariy nciion tho may take. Long sheds beea erected within the work9 ring quarters for non-unionists ,'lindre(ls of beds have been pro-Ifor pro-Ifor their use. The authorities, are taken energetic measures to rfss any disorder. Orders have ,lv been issued that the 800 soldiers u'tham be in readiness to march at inent's notice to protect the gas iandthe men who refuse to join .strike. Each soldier has been ,1 with twenty rounds of ball cart. -pite the pacific utterances of the the troops at Chatham continue r arms. : strikers declare the reports that ihey intend to go on strike to force company to dispense with non-a non-a labor unfounded. Moreover, declare I hey made no demands 1 directors but , only suggested it Idbe an advantage to both sides if union labor were employed. Coal Miners on a Strike. o.tot, 0., Oct. 3. The Fitcliland Nelson miners struck against a re-ion re-ion of wages recently ordered, men are involved. |