THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL UPHEAVAL

Grey River Argus, 21 July 1922, Page 5

THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL UPHEAVAL

TWO STATE GOVERNORS OBJECT TO USE FORCE. MINE WORKERS WARN UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. ENGINEERS & PUMPMEN MAY BE WITHDRAWN. WASHINGTON, July 19. The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labour has called on all organised labour to assist'the railway strikers to win the fight by refusing to do any work dropped by the strikers. The mine workers have notified the Government that attempts to re-open the mines under Federal protection will result in a general strike of engineers, pumpmen and other essential workers. A Pittsburg message states that the Western Pennsylvania mine operators have accepted Mr Harding’s invitation to re-open the mines on Monday under protection of State police and an additional guard, using the tvage schedule which was effective in 1917. TWO STATE GOVERNORS AGAINST FORCE. (Received Julv 20,10.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, July 19. While eighteen governors have replied to President Harding’s request for co-operation in the strike, two governors out of that number refuse to accede to his request to use force to protect mines. The Governor of North Carolina has telegraphed: “There are no coal mines in this State, but even if there were, I would never consent to use force to pro- • tect mines that are being operated by inexperienced non-union substitute labour.” The Governor of Maryland has replied that he could not give assent to the President’s idea without mature consideration, and he said that a friendly discussion would better assure peace. OVERTURES FOR PEACE IN IRELAND. (Received Julv 20, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 19. The statement is published in Dublin that representatives of the Irregulars have gone to the Free State headquarters for the purpose of discussing peace. This report has produced a hopeful feeling. The seventeen Labour members of the Dail Eireann are also meeting in Dublin on Thursday to discuss peace move. The Free State Government does not recognise this effort. NEW ALLIED TERMS FOR GERMANY. (Received J uly 20, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 19. The “Daily News’s” Berlin correspondent understands that the Allied Guarantees Commission, previous to leaving for Paris, directed the German Government as follows: — (1) To submit to the Reichstag a drastic measure to check the Hight of capital out of Germany. (2) To agree to accredit to the Ministry of Finance two representatives of the Guarantee Commission, and furnish them with all information relating to German taxation, expenditure, and official salaries. (3) To publish more reliable statistics of German foreign trade. The German Foreign Affairs Committee of the Reichstag has approved of a United States proposal to refer to an International Court of Arbitration all differences arising out of Germany-American peace treaty. FOOD PANIC IN AUSTRIAN CAPITAL. LONDON, July 20. A Vienna message reports that an amazing panic swept over the city of Vienna to-day, bringing all business to a standstill. The workers, on reading in the papers, an announcement that the price of the loaf had increased to 2700 crowns, which is equal to an advance of sixty per cent within one week, formed a procession. Carrying red flags, they marched to the Parliament. The meat market immediately rushed its stocks to the cold stores, and closed its doors. The panic spread with lightning speed. Every shop lowered its iron shutters. The hotels and cafes were barricaded, and within half an hour Vienna was like a beseiged city. Mounted forces paraded the streets, and military forces prevented the demonstrators entering Parliament. The soldiers dispersed the crowd. The Government, in a hope of stemming the. slump in the crown, has prohibited all free trade in foreign currencies, even by the banks. The Government are confining dealings to the is not expected to help. An.official declared that Austria is hurrying to Sovietism. The exchanges now quote 160,000 crowns Government Bureau at fixed prices. This new plan to the pound sterling.