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Show MILLION8 OF BRITISH PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SHUT DOWN OF COAL MINES. Every Branch of Industry Suffers as Result of "Black Strike," and Calls Are Being Made Upon Every Citizen Cit-izen for Strictest Economy. London Ovcj- 6,000,009 of men, wo meu anil children, counting men actually ac-tually employed and those dependent upon them, are new believed to be directly di-rectly affected by the "black strike." Call is already belag made ups every citizen for the strictest eeo-my. eeo-my. The puslle Is being waraed to restrict fires, conserve coal consumption consump-tion la cooking, be sparing with gas, leetrta light and wates. discontinue nnnecessary traveling, in order that "a national catastrophe," to which the prime minister o pessimistically referred re-ferred in his speech before the commons com-mons Monday afternoon, may be stayed. The situation In tae railway world Is critical. Hundreds of passenger trains have been suspended, stations are being closed, thousands of men thrown out of employment and goods traffic is restricted to uch commodities commodi-ties as are necessaries of life. Traveling Trav-eling to time is now a matter of chance all over the country, us every hour brings further modifications of train service. In the 1on.ton suburbs 1 entire services are shut do a a. Provincial theaters are all affected and touring companies are being 1 broiiKlit Into Ioudun an swiftly us poa nlble. " I Another phase of the situation which ' was not thought of until now Is the 1 coal suply of nearly every hospital Is ' almost exhausted and as the weather i Is still cold it is causing great anxloty. ' |
