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Show MILLION MINE I WORKERS QUIT-, I LONDON DARK I Great Britain Faces One of Its j? Greatest Industrial E; Upheavals m MEN STRIKE AGAINST lf: ADVICE OF LEADERS Premier Lloyd George to Take E No Action Before Next r- Tuesday W; LONDON, Oct. IS i By the Asso- . I elated Press). With a million miners H lout of the pits tonight, thousands of H i dock and industrial workers already H jout of employment as a result nnel .1 H transport workers anei railroad men I called to meet soon to discuss a sym- H I pathetic strike. Great Britain faces one 'of its greatest Industrial upheavals in H jthe opinion of labor and political lead- H lert today H Reports from industrial centers arc .not reassuring, while port officials say shipping will be tied up within a week. The most hopeful message came from H Sheffield, where, it Is believed, there H is enouqb coal for three weeks H I At other centers one week's supply H the limit MEN DEI Y LEADERS. 1 The statement that the men struck H advice of most of their lead- . rs was confirmed somewhat by the at- H a!titude of many vvho left the pits. They H Msaid they did not understand voting 'Against the "datum line" meant a 'strike and it is clear a. great many H I misunderstood the "unfortunate H 0 1 phrase" as a. J. Thomas, secretary of H the National I'nion of Kailwny men H (tilled it In a speech. He admonishoil " railroaders to listen to the advice of their leaders, which would be given laft. r ili meetinp Wednesday. ANOTHER NOTE STRUCK. f A different note was struck, how- I AVAr k Ihc '..,,,1. II'., Iaa 1,-.. rw. e. f ,1,- H miners' federation, which called a meeting for Friday to recummend th.it if the strike was not settled bv Octo- H ber 30. pumpmen and other employes H remaining should be called out. It is indicated tonight that Prem-ler Prem-ler Lloyd George will tak no hand before Tuesday. when parliament N meets. Ixndon's electric signs and window displays are dark tonight by order of the coal controller and the races, for which special trains are usually opcr-iated. opcr-iated. have been cancelled. ; Notwithstanding the food ministry's I assurance; that there would b plenty of food. London provlaloners report N housewives are laying in supplies. Tho M . sugar ration -,v i j be cut half Monday. |