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Show GOVERNHERf SAYS FUTURE IS-PROMISIHGj More Hopeful Aspect Reported in Great Rail1 Strike in Great Britain; Order Is Maintained. ! Food Distribution Is Declared De-clared to Be Working' Satisfactorily; Strikers'. Attitude Unchanged. LONDON", Srpt. J3. Vj.i Mon- treaj. Two a:tc:i:pM to wreck trains running between London and I Brighton by p lad 113 bonlrters on the tracks w?re reported today. Military Mili-tary forces are now guarding the line. Strikers in Scotland have blockaded block-aded two trains. The London and Brighton company says that 75 per men of their line have otfercd to resume work. T,' -Mm t, I 1... raiiw.-.y strike is ::! r.tni'n:- ! to r;i 1 1 and t"ii!Lht ' in iir;t' ;"r.t T.f.-n: to a -ral'v inir'':i' d r:r.i.iv sorvi1 to-mf-rr-cv ;n w)-i. !i : ! n ii.n 1 n v.'ho have i -n en .: n ;' "! r 1 n t hir servi'1' wi.i pi:iv a jrom : m-n ; j-ari. Sch'.Mu'. s pri'i-ured 1 ar'mi.s rail-wa rail-wa v pan io3 ton ih f ?!i"'.v qui t c a res pec!. it'll nural'T of trains v. ill be operating innmrriiw, ipeciaiiy in London Lon-don suburbs, v. hieh should really relieve re-lieve the run Lr-sl i'lii in t rai'f i while reula r imt 1 rr ?.'rv:ecs a re leing organized or-ganized between )Tne of tl'O largo towns. The fond controller has issued a number of regulation fixing prices and restricting eonipunipiion of staplo food-. Muffs. The government has in viit'd citizens to enroll as special constables for any. pnsible emergency and also has placed1 troops at various points in readiness to afford protection in event of disorders, dis-orders, j CABINET MEETING FAILS TO MATERIALIZE. Thero 'was no meeting of the cabinet today nor was there any sin of a resumption re-sumption of negotiations with the national na-tional nnion of railway men. -The pre- ' niier was busily engaged throughout the ' entire day in conference with th5 ministers min-isters and heads of departments arranging ar-ranging for a continuanco of the public pub-lic services. For the first time during the strike there Tviere somo al tempts today to derail de-rail trains ai-l also some stoning of them. The most determined attaek on a train occurred between Kinoaldy and Thornton, whore missiles wove throwu at tho driver of a train. Th fireman was hit with a stone. Another Aberdeen Aber-deen train wag attacked at Ladybank station when it stopped to disembark passengers. The engine was uncoupled from the eoaelis and the fireman and driver wero pulled off the engine. They managed to regain control, however, and completed their journey. similar incidents occurred at other 'points but without serious results. SERVICE NEARLY AT ! NORMAL CONDITION. Kxcepl on certain of the trunk lines to tho north trains are now running on nearly every railway. An official report says the Great 'WcsVrn service is almost normal. Many up-river residents resi-dents arc traveling to and from London bv river. The London Union of Klcc-Yrical Klcc-Yrical YsY.-kors decided to take no ac-! ac-! ( ion. in connection with the strike at ' present. I jjie power station at Chelsea of the j undorgrnr'd railways is fully manned ! t,v vobn'n-'Yrs. The renewal of the i power fvl'in ihis station will permit of ' 7cont')r.cd ou" rage '., Coiirun 2.) 60VERM SAYS DUTLODK PHOMISIHG (Continued Fro.n Page One.) the starting of the Surrey tramways which will considerably relieve the situation sit-uation in southern London. Troops are boi n lt transported to in,-portnnt in,-portnnt centers by torpedo boat destroyers de-stroyers which also are conveyiiii some mail. Despite the promising sipus Secretary Bromley of the eneine drivers and fire-n:cii fire-n:cii 's union asserts that the struck' will be lone; and most severe. SECRETARY THOMAS JUSTIFIES STRIKE. .T;;mes Honry Tliomas, pooretary of the Na;iou;il l uiiui of K;iii w ;iy n.cii, t o -nilit issiiod nnoriior sTriTonit'iit .iusti-t'inj .iusti-t'inj Tho overnni'-nt cf nsinr l:i n ju.'i i:o yainst thr sinker.-' v hic!i is an iiu i:c-ment i:c-ment to bloolsho-l. Ho also accus'-s tlie co vorntnen t of r'-srtinc to nuianr s calcuhitci to to out "hroaks vt 'in lfiKT. As an aliood inslancc of this Mr. Tliomns nys: " ' TIvy lnivc suiiiiTionn.l var.-lii ps 1 o tlio main ports; thoy l,ave provncji-tivcly provncji-tivcly siatiniicd nnno-l i;uarls iyitv-where iyitv-where nnd most iiniorrnna'o iif all llvy are usinu auaint tlioir own c".in:ry-men c".in:ry-men mothods ot prnj-airaii'la whit-h tlicy ust'tl in war t in.ca aaint a foreign enemy. ' ' M r. Thomas tlim rharu''I tlto government gov-ernment with "making lyiiiiT Mate inents with the deliheraie purpose of mislead inn tlo puidic. ' ' after liavin' fon?d a ytrike wiiich the raihvav loaders load-ers were dniiiL' thir utmost to avtrt.'' The cinci.il .-omnii:::Hine from Powiiir.; street read: "T:i f:enral Ptriko situation Is improving. improv-ing. T'r.i- cov"rr,me!.t nn-as'ir-'o .'in1 woi-k-in F:it:s:".i'-toril'. Food d;s'.ri; i;;s..:i i.i proi'Of'lintj Miioothiy and r::"--:'s ; 'u.un-larv 'u.un-larv n.sp:.-i;ir.L-t" are stiil pouri-u In.'' F'remnjr Lloyd Oourue. S:r Aih'kl'ii.il Oeides, the iiutiiP'.er ",;" i: ;i i.on;i 1 ..t'. :--e and reoris'rucr :o:i. ar.ij .Sir K'Vh't; if-ver.son if-ver.son Hnrr.c, the mim.-'ier of ia; :. w. re In confrf n''e thr-'Uhrnit t:i- fu:a-:i'f:i today, to-day, while the Finku (.oniniit:e s alho were In ror.Ftant sf-ss;"ii. Ninety per tf-nt of th r.iilwav workers pi Hct-tlAiid are i ilo. Iv.it ;t f-w ti.iii.s w-re run :hfre r-nnday. I ;.'poi " m st a i t n--e tr.iins wer.- opratr, y uni":i m'n who were desirous of ue'.tin to i h : r no :110s. and that thee men naw nearly all join-'d the st riker.. Irish ro;ia are ii'L as et I tn'oiv--d in the strike j London is heins; f-'d hy nu-ana nf flr-.-ts of motor lorries, whxii hrlai; ntllk and othr fnods'ljffs to tho -Hv. y.'.ys f:ir;ui(r I-Jfiiiwnod has Uf:i pl it nd In eharo ot food disirlhution in thin el:y. |
