Show 0 J t I h hL hf hu L LI A u I 1 f r ll w L Alli Al AlT UT T TIR TIRl l O LN-O Labor Circles Claim 65 pop Quit Strike ir it in t protest rot t Impending of-Impending of Imp n Is Is ONDON Aug 1 The I.-The The police L LONDON strike in London and tit tin English provinces called suddenly suddenly sud sud- suddenly denly yesterday in protest against against r pending legislation legislation c at of f- f p police pollee organizations org went into into int effect t today c ay While Whilo labor circles claimed that policemen anc an and prison n officials had left leU their duties i iwas it ii was asserted asserted by Edward Shortt th the home secretary in the house of of commons commons commons com com- mons that the strike was a failure bouin bothin bothIn both bou in London and in the provinces The secretary conceded that abo about t. t policemen out of 1700 in Liverpool had struck Policemen who are unable to give proper explanations of their absence from duty the secretary continued will cease immediately to be policemen police police- men Regarding Liverpool I told the chief constable that I would fully support support sup sup- port any step he considered necessary In contrast with the home secretary's ant stater it was announced at a meet meet- meetIng meetIng Ing of strikers that the city police would quit in a body and strike leaders said that there would not be a policeman policeman policeman police police- man on duty in London The Tho Daily Dally Herald a labor organ says that something like policemen policemen police police- men and prison officials throughout I the country have gone on strike The newspaper declares that the London LondonI men struck with dramatic suddenness I and startling unanimity implying that thai the whole force responded to the call This is contrary to all aU other newspaper reports which say that the call was I generally ignored striking policemen policemen policemen police police- At a meeting of o the men this morning Chairman Marston of ot the union read the following telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram from the Liverpool branch Liverpool ou out t solid stripped docks at midnight fire brigade as well General Secretary Hayes of the policemen's policemen's policemen's po po- po- po union in a statement said The situation generally is highly satisfactory sat sat- Union officials claim the undivided support o of organized labor |