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Show PAH A LYSIS Ii ENGLAND IS COMPLETE Stagnation of Industry ' Prevails Throughout ! United Kingdom ns 1 Rail Strike Keeps Grip. Fearful Outlook Is Por-, Por-, trayed by Advices From ! Great Centers; Bread- line Immediate Result. I LONDON. Sept. An oJ!;c:..l .a'.e;:;ent IsseJ from iKuiKi'K tret .it .'i o loci t lu.i a '. " rnooa i vy: ' ' The tx-Af Mc M!n.-.t:on nn i c h-i : : e J . V oo 1 1 distribution a r r-wi(;e".e::M are proceeding ':,.ooth ly." Tl:e supe r.r.tcntl'-nt of t':e North Rrh rauiw.iy reports par-UaI par-UaI ne r-.' : r e of the t r .v. : i s la Scot lnd oa Sa tur .lay .' :id Iv.ind.iy. bi.t there l r.o pro prct of r siukii;; the trlrv London .: d At a i:.er'.::;e of : r..crs l:i Ldln br.rh tt'.ay It announrrd that ninety p-r cent of the railway n:ca in otlatul were nvt BY L. R. 'Ur.DOCH. Universal Service ttaff Corr?-pondeut. :..! ,..(.' -j l.i ' I" ), j.t. 'J. I !! n..l s-.,r na!n:i j'rf.niis t !: r u i. ' . I ! 1 1 t '. i : - i K in S 'in: t y. Ail l... - I - r a - tU-meut ;:'' 1 I ; t - . 1 ly i:.-- id . s ; i n i ' r. -I'1.-, 1 1 I'M h M' ! !.- M r'. -T- ari'l Mn-! Mn-! 'o crn Tin-n t ;i -rt t .. ' ti r . Kvorv at tt-:: a' n 1 1 a i " n - mi'! U.-t-' l..ie ' be.'ii ti:ai) i:i I h" l:i L' ' h"ur ha- r i : - i . j Tiie otip inilHun railway in- n now i . 1 1 -i a re ln-nii'l to il ra w nt ht-r hn inl ml of , thou'-an'K "f workfr into t!- ni:i--l-! s' rorn " " ' " 1 t o morrow , T!m- -rrat in-lnsl rial rrnt'-rs of I.oi1'!1, ; Main- lie. t rr. Hi r in i n li:i in a ml G la-iow !are paralyzed through th inability to I supply thy norkfr inatrrial itli wliii'h to wnrk. j ('ollieres ;i n 1 factories already are elosing all over tli-"1 Iaii'l, throwing out h u ml reds of tliouan-ls of niiners arnl othrr worki-r. The country stan-ls aghast at the extent of the uVnioralizat ion that followed fol-lowed t he breneh lu'Mwn t lie voru-inent voru-inent and labor. GREAT CITIES ARE NEARLY ISOLATED. Loii.lon ns well as otlitT rt-at British Brit-ish t-itics nn nearly isolate.! from tlie rest of the country. Occasionally lorries or one of the hnndful of trains running (to supi'ly hosjiitals) filter through, hut they r.Tin almost like a mockery in the trrrililr industrial paralysis. The eivi'rnniont, powerless to acl, made no serious attempt to move the trains today. With no hope of settling the dispul.' in sinht, the bulk of (lie 4",000,0iu i.non, women and children populating Britain f.'u-o hunger and cold. The onlv way this catastrophe can he averted is fur the government to establish at once a hastily improvis.'d transport scheme on a huge scale. But to carry out such it scheme, the militarv would have to be enlisted and that possibility is the nightmare haunting haunt-ing the British people, for there is no Vdling to what lengths embattled labor will go to prevent the government from using soldiers to act as ''scabs, BREADLINES LIKELY TO BE RESUMED. lAindon and other cities already are feeling the pangs of hunger--! lie hunger hun-ger of wartime no eggs, no sugar, and onlv morsels of meal and bivad. Tomorrow probably will see the re-siimplion re-siimplion of I he long miserable br-ad- ' (Continued on Tago 5. Column I.) PfiLfSlo IfJ ENGLAND COMPLETE (Continued From Pafie One.) lines so familiar in the dnrk days of the witr. The food scarcity already is noticeable on this, tho first day after tho beginning of tho gigantic tie-up, and no ia the lack of fuel. London is almost dark tonight, lighting light-ing having been curtailed to the utmost minimum neeeHHnry. Tho effect on the population, too, whs evident today. Yesterday Yes-terday 'h smiles of London's unsuspecting unsuspect-ing millions have owruight turned to gloom. The full meaning of the crisis is realized today. The people expect a long drawn out struggle which may decide far more than the futun; status of the government and labor. I'nofficially it is announced that parliament par-liament will bo summoned this week in tho event no settlement is forthcoming. forth-coming. Labor estimates are that the railway men have a $7,1)11(1,1)00 strike fund and can hold out t hree weeks, whereupon they will face famine. Other workers either already thrown out of their jobs or bound to be thrown out booausc of the transportation tie-up, have no such resources except their individual in-dividual savings. CONTINUED PARALYSIS WOULD SPELL DISASTER. lint three weeks of the present parnlysis would mean disaster, the extent ex-tent and consequents of which would stagger the imagination. The an t horit ies concede that even if it lasts but five days it will strike a mortal blow to Iiritih industry. Hundreds of Americans stranded in London and other cities are frantieally seeking transportation to the seaboard. Fabulous sums are offered bv them for conveyance to get there. One man paid $."iOU a day for the hire of an automobile auto-mobile to cet from Loudon to Plvmouih to catch a boat there. Anotl .r offered of-fered the same, but it was refused, as the government has cancelled the petrol supply. Thousands of tons of American Amer-ican food will be tied up on the docks with no means to transport it into tlje j interior. The Adriatic is due at Southampton, which means that several hundreds will be stranded unless the company organizes organ-izes a motor service, which is doubtful, doubt-ful, owing to the commandeering of the petrol supply. Tl-e Noordam, sailing for America today, was del a red for hours, but The passengers had been warned, and seventy-five per cent were on the dock before tho strike started. THOMAS GIVES AN j OMINOUS WARNING. James Henrv Thomas, secretary of the Railway Men's union, dealt a shock to the British public with his warning that 4 ' trouble is brewing which may lead to bloodshed." The public has been di-in-'lined to belV1 ve in t he magnitude of the tie-up and such words from Thomas, who i.- ! an ult ra consir at ive leader, came a- , a rude awakening. J No city in the world took more excr- ! cise today thnn London. Hundreds of I thousands waiked many miles. It will I be worse tomorrow, for the busses and tramways are likelv to go out also, leaving leav-ing only a meagre taxi cab service at the disposal of the people, and taxi ; drivers are famous for not overlooking ' any bets the rates will be tripled and quadrupled tomorrow, so ihat only tl J well-to-do can atfoid that luxury, dear ( enough in normal times. 1 1 If the strike proves anything, it is the absolute power of labor to tie up I the country without a hitch. ! Contrary to reports late tonight the railway service in Ireland is still going j fairly normal, but this is only at the express orders of Mr. Thomas. : j Strike May Extend. j I' Dock workers and transport men are i expected to join the striking members j of the ''triple alliance, " and coast! , shipment will inevitably be tied up promptly. Mail service is paralyzed, j only local deliveries being made. Huge , quantities of American mail lie at l.iv- ; erpool and Southampton undelivered t and with no immediate chance of de- j livery. The government today com- , mandeered the entire airplane service of the country and began organizing aerial posts. The London press almost un.inimcuslv describes the strike as ''the most wan- ; ton in history. ' j C T. Cramp, president of tie Xa- tional Tnion of Railway Men's unions. characterized as a "malicious lie'' the I statement of the government press that j the strike is not in defense of the trade ! unions but aimed against the community. com-munity. J. H. Thomas reiterated his repudiation repudia-tion of the premier's charge that the strike is an "anarchistic conspiracy." , He calls it a "wanton libel" and j warns Llovd George he is playing with fire and ''starting a movement which j it may be impossible to control." I Says Workers Are Solid. j The workers are absolutely solid, j Thomas added. While no troops have been used so far. the powerful corn-en- tration at Aldershot awaits orders to guard the raihvav lines. But the government gov-ernment has not decided to use troops to operate the rnilwavs. The subiect was. however, discussed at an important meeting between Lloyd j George. Admiral Sir Roslvn Wemvss, Sir Erie Geddes. the latter 's brother. , Sir Auckland Geddes. Lord Beading. Food Minister Roberts and Field Mar- j shal Haig. I Hundreds of lorries were couoen- j trated at Hvde park today. They tire to help in the supplv of food to London, t Manchester already is suffering sorelv from lack of milk distribution. London is similarly nennced. the j Buckinghamshire farmers being unable t to bring their milk into this city. A few trains are running running verv slowlv and without signalmen. i |
