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Show UVERPOOL IS UNDER ARMSJODAY Augmented Police Force Is Backed by 3000 Soldiers. TROOPS TARGETS FOR MISSILES OF HOB Number of Railroad S trill-en trill-en Increases; Passenger Service Demoralized. ' LONDON, Aug. IS. Liverpool, the stern s ssi est sf ths stilhs which -la snaring tao trads of Oreat Britain, waa under arms today. In addittoa to bar own police and reinforcements iron the surrounding dtiss, 3000 troops of infantry or cavalry under Oensral """T Wood, were quartered in the city prepared to back np the polios la maintaining ardor. The riot in Greet Homerst, whils not directly connected with ths strike, has ksd a good effect in its outcome, as ths rowdy slsmsnt was subdusd. Ths troa-bls troa-bls begs a when a nonstable arrested man for having assaulted a woman. Boughs rescued the prisoner, and police reserves could not control ths mob, which vsntsd its fury in wrecking nearby shops. Then 200 troops arrived and were at once made targets for bricks, bottles and other missilss hurled from roofs sad windows of nearby near-by buildings. Several aoldiea, aad policemen po-licemen received eboekiag wonads. pre Volleys la Air. A bayonet eharge was ordered, aad when this failed to clear the streets, aa order to Are into the air waa given. Two volleys were discharged ovr the heads of ths rioters with great moral effect. A number of the rioter, were wounded by baronet charges, but pons wae hit by ballots. Msay of the mob were arrested. This forenoon thing were quieter. The response to the midnight appeal by the etrike committee for a general strike of all transport workers, including includ-ing the railway men, wae unanimous, aad tracks, continued to move - in the streets under aiard, whils partial forces were at work oa seme ef the decks. However, the Cuaard steamer Caronia, due to sail frfJm Liverpool far New York today with other liners, waa still In ths stream unable to get away. . Little Change la Ion don. There was little change in the tits- . tion at ' London. A few deck laborers returned to work and the carters employed em-ployed by one of the big railway Una, resumed their duties. The settlement ' made with these . men was not permanent perma-nent aad a resumption of the general strike nsrtienlarlv aa the decks, waa i possible at any moment. The grievances of ths msa ars not serious compared with those oa which they received concessions from their employers, but the men felt that the moment waa opportune to get everything every-thing they wanted. The number of railway strikers throughout ths country increased today and in some places ths passenger service serv-ice was disorganised. At Manchester the streets were ss quiet ss were those of London last week, all the carters having gone out. The only atrike won tbua far by the employers was at Glasgow, where the street railway atrike has collapsed. Today Premier Asquitk held a eon fere oca with the other members snd labor leaders, whea the whole question waa discussed. Political End of aHrike, There was also a conference between the ministers and representatives of the employers' associations interested in ths greet stapls trades. The employment office holders, while heartily approved by the Unionist party, par-ty, threatens to involve the government in a warm conflict with their own sup- Enters. The Laboritea aad the Ultra-adicals Ultra-adicals ars oppoaed te leading nay aasistanee to the police in quellingriots and the only support accorded Home Secretary Churchill when he announced in the boose of commons yesterday that a brigade of troops had been ordered to Liverpool, came from the oppositioa benches. SJTBOT OP BTEIKB IB TO OUT SHIP MINTS KEW YORK. Aug. !. Local oft-lcers of the trane-Atlantic- eteamehlp companies compa-nies and forwarding agente have been advised to out dowa the receipt of con-slgnmente con-slgnmente to the barest Jlmlia on account ac-count of labor dlsturbenceo la England. For this reason, the Campania, aalllng tomorrow, and the Cedrlc. which leaves Thunder, will have light loade. No new order are to be taken here except at the shipper's risk. The chances ars that the goods will be brought back to this port. PorwardinaT agemts aad exporters hers have Informed their oorreapondenta at Buffalo aad other mala points that con-etgnmsnts con-etgnmsnts should be detained If possible: but la the majority of caseo shippers decided de-cided that It wae too late to stop car-Haas car-Haas and took ehancee of hevlng tbelr shipments returned, or hoped that the strike would be over by the time they reached the other side. rAxmro famhtb. MAMCHKsrrER. -BHtland. Aug. 11- The railway strike epreed today, but there wae little disturbance of public order. or-der. The flour merchants state that the city as within three dare of starvation. |
