DISLOCATION OF INDUSTRY
NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION MEN AFFECTED.
LONDON, 25th September. It is estimated that 120,000 miners, 60,000 munition workers, and " 40,000 steel workers wore rendered idle in Wales (alone. ' .
The strike continues to extend. North of London the railways are entirely closed, while other suburban lines are badly hampered.' There is a complete stoppage of traffic from Tilbury Docks. Troops are taking charge of the South Wales railways. The first four contingents of six hundred which arrived at Newport were cheered.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 77, 27 September 1918, Page 7
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85DISLOCATION OF INDUSTRY Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 77, 27 September 1918, Page 7
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