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...Were informed that 270;000 of the 1,000,000 miners called on strike have drifted back to work. During the week, efforts to reach a compromise between miners and owners were begun through private channels by both Governor Montagu Norman of the Bank of England and Chairman Arthur Pugh of the Trades Union Council...
Engaged. Miss Esther Clement Pugh, daughter of the late Charles E. Pugh, first Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to Count Marino Tomacelli, of Italy...
Since the inception of the general strike, Sir Herbert had made it his business to know what secret thoughts of conciliation were in the minds of Premier Baldwin and Arthur Pugh, chairman of the Trade Union Council. Then "a memorandum by Sir Herbert Samuel" was made public. It purported to represent merely his own personal idea of a workable compromise. Even to blockheads it was evident that this document was a shrewd synthesis of the views held by Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Pugh...
Capitulation. Both sides having pondered well this "memorandum," certain further assurances were conveyed in deadly secret. Soon Mr. Pugh led the Trade Union Council to No. 10 Downing St., the Premier's official residence. Within were the Premier and six* of his Ministers, fire-eaters "Winnie" Churchill and "Jix" Joynson-Hicks being conspicuously absent...
...Premier stuck to the letter of his ultimatum, said not a word until Mr. Pugh said quietly that the Trade Union Council had decided to terminate the general strike. Victorious, Mr. Baldwin level-headedly exclaimed: "I thank God for your decision...