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Show I BLACK SATURDAY HITS ENGLISH INDUSTRIES I IIEISUi 1 We me I I But English Situation lakes I More Hopeful Turn, Is View j SYMPATHY WALKOUT HAS BEEN POSTPONED 1 Premier and Labor Leaders at I Work Exploring Peace j; Avenues LONDON, Oct. 23. (By The Asso- dated Pres.) The threatened sym- H pathetic strikes of the railway men and transport workers in support of the striking coal miners which would have fore 'd virtually all industries of Great Britain to close, have been H postponed pending renewed negolia-lions negolia-lions between the government and the miners which will he Inaugurated Sun- H when Premier Lloyd George H meets representatives of the miners' H executive in an attempt to reach a H basis of settlement. H lY OF ON TERENCES. I This decision was reached after a H day of conferences, the premier having H late this afternoon sent a letter to H Prank Hodges of the miners' union H suggesting the meeting. Thereupon the H railway men, at the request of the i miners suspended action so that, lu me- worus ot an orriciai statement is- sued by J. H. Thomas, general secre- H tary of the National Union of Rail- way men. "every hope ot peace might H be explored without difficulty being added by the railway strike " Mr. Thomas, in announcing sua-pension sua-pension of the strike notices pending Ljl negotiations, -aid the miners had glv-en glv-en another Indication of their anxiety for peace. H BLACK SATURDAY. Transport workers had meanwhile. it is understood, decided to await fur-I fur-I her action until ihe meeting of the par II n'jry committee of the trades H union congress, next Wednesday. A hopeful feeling prevailed tonight. W. C. JJridgeman, the new minister of mines, having, it bj understood, pre-pared pre-pared a fresh formula designed to L make the government's coal output proposals look more atractlve to the miners. However, this was a Hack" LH Saturday for thousands of worker who received notices that their service would not be required Monday or tha i hey would be placed on half time as the factories had not sufficient coaJ. |