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Moot A gao el ¥ | N s osti io Is s s et et the whole British output of pig iron and if the strike is not settled immediately some 25,000 men will be without work. \ L:verpqol and Manchester announce the impending suspension of the tramway services and among the minor effects of the strike is the countermanding of pub lic school functions. Already the visit of the Prince of Wales to the city on Wednesday has been restricted and it has ‘been announced that the pageant which was to be a feature of the herd Mayor’s show entitl d ‘'The makers of London’’ has been anandoned owingz to the coal strike. Mr. Hodge's of the miners, union has issued a statement giving minate figures inteanded to prove that the miners, wages since 1914 have not advanced commensurately with the advanced cost of living. The country awaited anxiously a report from tne meeting held this morning of the Coun cil of Transport Workers which' includes more than 20 uniens covering the dock- crs, the bus and tram werkers, the com mereial road transpert men and the coal trimmers at the ports. The eouncil how- ever, after a private meeting adjourned until tomorrow without announcing its policy. Mecanwhile Mr. Thomas, Mr. Clynes and other prominent labour lead- ers are urging moderation and comprom- ise. while the Government, although making no move, let it be known that it was quite ready to negotiate. News- Y papers contrast the attitude of Mr. Clynes and Mr. Thomas with that of Mr. Cramp, President of the National Union of Railwaymen, who has given significant warning to members of that union of the ‘‘serious situation which will be created if the miners are de- feated’’. They also call attention to an utterance by another prominent labour- ite, Mr. Bevin, Secretary of th: Dock Workers Union, who in a speech yester- day 'accused the Govt. of having en- gineered the strike and charged it with . double dealing. He declared his state- ment wili be proved in a few days as he learned that France, with Great Britain’s connivance, was going to make another pounce on the Ruhr mines in western Germany. The position of the Govern- ment regarding the strike is entirely dif- ferent to what it was in 1912 when it in- tervened between owners and miners to settle the dispute. The-Govt., as a result of the war, has been placed in the posi- tion of the directorate >f the mining in- dustry, the finances of which it controls and it is consequently interested in the prosperity of the coal trade which is yielding a large sum to the exchequer. It is maintained the Govt. wholly sup- ports the Premier’s intirnated readiness to explore every avenue toward a settle- ment and willfacilitate almost any move- ment towards the re-opening of negotia- tions. Such a movement it is suggested, may be started at today’s meeting of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Un- ion Conference with the Executive Com- mittee of the Labour Party and labor lead- ers in Poriiament. While the National leaders, as a whole, are saying little, there are some of them who have declar- ed in favour es a sympathetic strike, no- tably in Scotland and Atburry, Wales. The newspapers are making much of the fact that while the strike is completely effective there are considerable sections of the miners who entered it half- heartedly and only because they were ordered to do so. The West York- shire miners are among those who disapproved of the strike, although declaring that they will stand by tte rest. The miners of the vital South Wales coalfields represent the belliger- ent section of the strikers. The bulk of the Extremists of the Federation are to be found here and they are eager 10 carry the fight to the bitter end. The shipping, steel, iron and other industries are already hard hit, many thousands of men are out of work today in various parts of the country and it seems cer- tain by the end of the week there will be many scores of thousands unemployed as a number of factories will be able to operate only a short time without new supplies of coal. London, Oct: 19th.— A‘note with re- CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE | | A . 8.30. THIS EVENING 8.30. Tl LAST SHOW OF “Fhe Carter Case” Nne Larter vase . Episode No 15: (Final Episode.) 6 @ 99 The Flaming Death. In this Episode you will at last get the answer on the day’s burning question, namely > v > ¥y WHO IS AVION?? It may truly be said that never has the question about a person’s identity in a serial caused so liveiy an interest in the commupity as this AVION QUESTION. After the solution of this Mystery you will see the continuation of “The Secret Os The Submarine” € DECre € Jupmarine . EPISODFE N0.3 AND EPISODE No. 4. The contents of the two first episodes: Jr. Burke invents a mechanism wh.lch extracts oxygen direct from water, en abling submarines to remain submerged indefinitely He offers the secret to the U. S. Government. Lieut.. Jarvis Hope, U.S.N., is commissioned to investizate. Hope meets ““Cleo’’, Dr. Burke’s daughter, and '"Hook'’ Barnacie, an old-time shipmate. The foreign spies learn of the secret and attempt to secure it. “‘Satsuma’’, a Japanese, ‘'Olga Ivanoff, a Russian and ''‘Morton’’, a scheming American, all endeavor to übtain the secre’. : ; Hope tries out the secret, finds it successful and so reports, when Dr. Burke is mysteriously murdered. : Please secure your tickets right now, as so many seats are ordered in advance for the whole Serial, that only a limited number are left.to chnose among. A DMISSION: Reserved Seats . . ... ... Lo .30 and 40¢ Gieneral Entrance . .......... Le s e, - Children 20 and 10c. gard to the Vilna situation was handed to the Polish Government on Sunday by the British and French representatives in Warsaw, acting simultaneously. The note declared that the Allied Govts con- sidered the occupation of Vilna contrary to the armistice of Lithuania, concluded through the mediation of the lL.cague of Nations, and contrary to the assurarnce given by Poland to the Allies and the League of Nations. The note is friend- ly, but firm in tone. London, Oct. 19th. —The King has set an example, for householders through- out the country in the saving if coal by ordering that fires in the Royal Pilaces shall be lighted only when absolutely ne- cessary. Even then they are to be kept as small as possible. Ottawa, Oct. 19th.—lhe sugar situa- tion, which according to reports reaching Ottawa from all paits of the Dominicn, is the chief topic of interest in Carada to- day, it 1s to be thoroughly threshed out at tomorrew’s hearing of the refiners and other interested parties before the Cabi- net. There wiil ke practically a full at- tendarce of memkbkers of the Govt. and several other interests besides, when the refiners are expected to present their case.