Show HAIL All STRIKE TID t 1 14 IMP DVO r a n g lands land's Transportation t tion Jion ion at at- Standstill but tc Measures irv i Effective Effectively Sept 29 29 All sail sail- n iny p s to ports in Great Britain have hav e tie b een n canceled by the shipping board boar d b because because of the strike of railway W there Sept 29 The The govern- govern tint has notified all the allied governments gov- gov which are largely dependent tip upon e en on n Great Britain for coal that it it be impossible because of f ther the r rike of the railway men to permit shy coal exportation 71 ti mONDON ONDON Sept 29 Improve Improve Improve- Ji 11 ment in the situation created tu i i the general strike on the tish railways was vas announced 2 j 1 1 official l quarters this morning aJi hG distribution of food was being Ic out without friction and vol- vol 1 teer help was being freely offered was stated 3 The official from street read The general strike situation is Imm im im- t m The government measures e S' S working satisfactorily Food dis- dis is proceeding smoothly and andi i fers of voluntary assistance are still jl touring pouring in in Premier Lloyd Hoyd George Sir Auckland Geddes the minister of ot national serri ser- ser ri and reconstruction and Sir Rob- Rob Ernt Stevenson Horne Home the minister were in conference through- through j tD tit the forenoon while the strike I i ees also were in constant session aJames James Henry Thomas secretary of ot the National Union of ot Railway Men declared at noon there were no new f futures ures in the situation SKELETON SCHEDULES jJ Railroads running out of London will attempt to operate trains on j Skeleton schedules today according p announcement Ninety per cent centO of O of the railway workers in Scotland re idle but a few trains were run tt there there re Sunday Reports state these t were operated by union men IIII were were desirous of betting getting to their domes and that these men have nearly rIY all aU joined the strikers Irish roads are not as yet involved jn in the strike Concern is felt ov over r the possibility of r the strike I spreading to the miners a acid d transport workers workers' unions which I are re affiliated with the National Union o Railway Men James Henry Thoma Thom Thom- aM a l t. t leader of the railroad workers i said yesterday he wo woId Id ask the as- as nce of ot the triple alliance only I rt fiT case he cannot fight the railroad Question ci alone atone r London L is being fed by means of ot I fleets of motor lorries which bring W and end other foodstuffs to the city aill I Sf Eleanor Hopwood has been a d in in charge of food tood distribution t this is city ftp O DISORDERS IThe rT e railway y system of the whole with the exception of Ireland almost at a complete standstill The xie great reat London terminals are deI de- de I rt d HId and the gates closed a few policemen proving a a. sufficient guard Noteworthy t worthy is the absence of ot any any the completing of the seems el to have rendered picketing needless Moreover the strike leaders j rV h Ve been constantly Impressing the fire men with the importance of ot keeping order One hundred thousand miners are idle in the South Wales Vales coal fields as a result of ot the railroad strike Many collieries are closing down and the Swansea harbor trade is at a standstill |