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Show POLICE 110 LOi.GER ABLE TOJOIITIIOL Mob Practically Rules London Lon-don DocKs; May Call Out Troops. STRIKE IS CUTTING :. FOOD SUPPLY SHORT Vast Quanlties of Fruits and . Provisions Rotting on Wharres. LOWDOir, Aug. 10. The neighborhood neighbor-hood af tba elouha wag araoaleaUy uav dsr mob rale today with the result that then waa each a dwindling; af fee sujrpUes that tha etlroaolhi exaerlanoad something akla ta what au.ht haapca If h nettle foreign force should auacull la iBtatTBptlaf Great Brttela's trade routes. . .. Unless good progress ia made today ia the negotiations looking to a nettle- meat ef the strike af dock workers, the calling eat of troops sums Inevitable, Inevi-table, as the polioe are uaable ta deal with the emergency. . The only quarter where relief was experienced waa Billing Gate. There the striking fish porters obtained all they wished aad rerarned to work today. to-day. On the other bead, hundreds of railroad earmea qnlt this morning aad several stations were practically la a stage of siege, strike piekete preventing prevent-ing by force all attempts to kaadl goods. It was" the "Intention of the strikers te tie np all street trafle unless their demands were conceded within a few hours. - Hhould they be saeeeeaful, London would be aear actual famine conditions. The stream ef meter trae-tioa trae-tioa today was hardly half its usual proportions.' fee short was the supply of petrel that hundreds of motor buses end' tsiiesbs were aaabl to move a wheel. ' Heepttal YaMelee Oadp-Traffic. j Tha only traffic naasiag without fear of interference was that ef vans eer-'rying eer-'rying hospital stores. Thee were labeled la-beled with big Bed Cross signs, with a permit from, the strike committee ei pleininsr that they mast not be interfered inter-fered wit bv Until this tvstsm ef Identi- ficatloa was adopted this morning the hospital felt a-ahevtag of tr ssd.pthsr, sanplies: u . i i ' :-': : , Thousands af tana ef fruit, vegetables aad previsions are . rotting on the wharves and in the railway, freight depots, de-pots, dales 'they -n be moved soon they tares tes to endanger the general health. Among- the larger'- consignments, consign-ments, which probsblv will be a dead loss, is a hug qnaaiity of California fruit aboard the steamer Mianeaaha. The yseatral meat aad provision markets mar-kets are abort of supplies aad prices have advanced alarmingly. Todty th temper of the strikers appeared ap-peared ugly and senses of violence 'increased. 'in-creased. Throughout the east aad clashes were frequent wherever at-' tempte were made te move a wagoa. The men would intervene, aad brushing aside the inadequate polioe squadron, overturn the wagoa and "scatter' the loads ia the gutter. The police charge were made every few miaatea, but with little effect. The board ef trade ia seeking seek-ing a settlement of the strike. . - |