Show TOT WHAT THE WIRES HAVE TO SA I 1 london strike assuming proportions HALF A MILLION OUT OF WORK willful murder Is the coroners verdict in the tragedy y hell not be convicted LONDON march 14 fifteen thousand c coal oal miners are idle in north worth stafford staffordshire hire unless they resume work in a few days dats the potteries will be compelled to close down down throwing throwing men out of work flints Flint shire ire in wales appears to be the only place where the order of the miners federation to quit work lias has not been obeyed by the members of the association the tile latest estimates of the number of rill miners era now idle is owing to the tile c closing 10 s ix g down of other industries on account CO u n t of the strike fully 2 0 men in ili other employments have been bee n thrown thrown out of work the northwestern rail railway way company y has stopped to many nany 0 of its trains train because 0 of fa a I lack of fuel el and a large number of engineers and I 1 cm crews I 1 have 1 ave been temporarily dismissed for the same reason in iii leeds district the strike is severely felt nearly all large mills are reducing employees or suspending work altogether the members of the south wales miners association will limit their output of the ill e mines in which they labor and not work overtime during luring the strike elsewhere TI alie I 1 e iron works at bolton are idle the furnace railway call company a ri lias has given notice oadis of dismissal mis tto to the bulk of their theire em in plo yee the london gas companies report they have coal enough to last a month the ship shipping ing federation is preparing am ga a meeting of london coal porters to agree r to the refusal to unload foreign coal agents og e to of coal firms firm are negotiating in ill france alc for supplies from front pas do de calais CUIS companies verdict of willful murder YOKOHAMA march 14 the inquest on the remains of george gower robinson killed february bv lieutenant J 11 II II Il of the united states steamer marion 31 arlon resulted in a verdict of willful murder before his death robinson caused a letter to be written to admiral belknap lie ile expressed pardon for act ard I 1 ic eques ted that the utmost possible leclene leniency y 6 L shown in dealing with this case robinsons funeral february 23 was attended bv by a majority I 1 of leading residents the foreign diplomatic corps bei being n g well represented ll Il etherington amton is understood d stood to have been demov removed from marion ilarion to the tile united states consulate the coroners coto ners jury which heard the evidence was composed of threele three foreign el residents named A leprevost george rge tl allcock 1 and T 11 II bo box x the tile former in communication to td the japan mail said he did not personally accept all conclusions readied reached in in the verdict owing to the fact the evidence as to identity bein being limPy ard irregular nature 1 b but u t hg ho pig signed d ili the paper being abaro that any verdict ae 1 could acao accomplish nothing in a legal ene tenso there ia no truth in the statement published hed that mrs Il etherington attended bended fended a dinner the night odthe of the shooting bhe went to her husband as soon as she heard of the tragedy v BAN SAN FRANCISCO march 14 rear admiral belknap was interviewed today by an associated socia ted press representative concerti con concerning cerni D the etherington ll tragedy but I 1 ho ie refused refuse I 1 to express an opinion as lo 10 to the justness of ona act the admiral antl public opinion in yokohama was not all against ll Il etherington when asked for a copy of the tile letter written him by robinson just before the batters lat death the admiral ad miral said the ori original Final was in the hands bands of 1 counsel and a copy had bad been forwarded to the department at ington the letter neither denies nor affirms the charges made 1 by 1 blit but merely expressed fb forgiveness r vv gi eness veness lor tor the lieutenants foolish act the h admiral closed the interview by remarking in will never be convicted convict ea of murder |