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Show CLOSING or FACTORIES Vast Number of Men H Thrown Out of Work i M by Coal Strike H London, March 2. Tho great- ports' ' H of the United Kingdom, particularly' ; IH those situated In Wales from which. I coal is strapped to every part of tho H world, and the centers of the iron and ' jH steel industries have naturally been I IH the first to reel the effects of tho I IH strike ot more than one- million coal H miners in England, Scotland and 1 H j IH Many iron works in -arious. dl-: tricts were closed today and, at Swan- jH sea nnd elsewhere, the docks practl- cally have come to a standstill. No jH Vessels are arriving and tho dockers I IH and workmen employed in the local IH Industries hnvo been thrown out oCj IH work. Great crowds of these men! ' IH gathered in the streets and discussed ! H the dispute. jH Thu6 far there have been no dls- jH turbances anywhere In South Wules, H however, the mine owners are pro- , H paring for emergencies. They have ' H had walls built around the mines and j have laid in great stores of provl- eions In anticipation of a long slego. H The railroad and streot car service 3 4 In many cities were further curtailed IH Only two small non-union mines iu M the entire country arc still at work. L lH One of these is In North Wales and jf the other near JBerwick on the Scot- j jH tlsh border. I JH The tin pJnto works of Wales aro jH closing down rapidly owing to the lack f lH of coal. Six hundred miDls will bo )' IH idle within a Sew days and forty thou- H sand mon will bo thrown out of cm- jH ploy in en t. John Williams, labor mem- H her of parliament for tfie Gower dis- jH trict of Glamorganshire, South Wales, H nnd goner.il secretary of the Atnalga- H mated Society of South Wales Col- ,' H Hery workers, bold tho WolBh miners ' ( H at a meeting today thai ho expected i H a settlement of the strike by Thurs- , I J IH dav next along lines satisfactory to , i H both the men and the minors. ' 'j H Prices of food are-rising rapidly ev- i erywhore. P H |