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Show M ; rv f st iffe BTV IT I" F"k "to it rycflDDFDQ BE ' 5 & 1 1 1 1 If 1 1 1 it 1 )j UluUlilLliu I Coal Strike Beginning to Develop Riotous tf ' Outbreaks . ? London, March 1C Tho first di3- jf' J order of the British coal strike occur-g occur-g ' red todav at Lanarkshire, whero ono I " policeman wns seriously Injured in a H i conflict between officers and striking $ ' ' union minors. Tho trouble was pre-s pre-s j ceded by a raid on tho homes of 200 I ' non-union miners, who had left to re-$ re-$ turn to work In the mines. N : The critical moment has now arrival arriv-al od, tho authorities believe. Extra pro-cautions pro-cautions aro being taken to check outbreaks. ; Hundreds of thousands of men and women will bo added within a few ! days to the two million persons idlo I throughout Groat Britain as a result of the strike. Ten thousand skilled mechanics wero thrown out of employment today by the closing down of tho Great Western West-ern railway construction works nt Swinton, forced by tho coal shortage. Tho London & Northwestern gave ""fj ' notice that it would curtail Its service "5? Monday 6 1 The "failure of tho conferences be lt . tweon tho strikers and owners to of-p of-p ' feet a settlement of tho strlko brought the country today to tho realization of 7; tho serious position of other indus- y ' tries besides the one directly affected. ) . : In many places manufacturers have , ; kept their works going only by extra-i extra-i ordinary' efforts Thoy will now no yl ; longer be able to do this. i At Sheffield many of tho works havo ' ! continued in operation during tho past ii : week only by tho most careful board-Jj board-Jj ing of conl " Even with this thriftl- ij ness over 25.000 men in that city havo j bc?n discharged. Mondaj. it is feared, ij ' prnctlcall every factory in tho town i : will bo closed. JL Not only has tho passenger service K on the railroads "been cut down, but Wf the freight trains have boon reduced m tojsurh an extent that it is almost Im-m Im-m possible to ship any goods at all. m A few small collieries aro still work- ing and wagons from tho neighboring: JJM towns form long lines ovor night w awaiting tho doling out of tho scality "Si supply. |