Show SEATtLE E T UE I IS SI SID D El v n R n I U 0 t G C O rn rr t. t BIG I SI l J J i t tOw Ow 1 t Guardsmen J j. j ial f J. J Policemen t f I to S Answer C Call I j lC 1 u Is A Attempted t p By R Reefs R d s Br r r st T r S Q i 1 c j tL tonight on oli the r. r 1 ve e e o oI ova r. r va a o general I strike presents n. n r- r r scene 9 of w warlike preparation e or oi an T 4 savoring sa of a a. re revolutionary i c move nove such as an nn of seizi re of or shipyards s as mn man many fJ f tU B Bolshevist f iSE members s of the str k ing will be mgt int t. t iI h anns J S. S City state and l W CS 4 are prepared to nr r A A s submarine lb arino destroyer S O i laden hiden d n. n with ith machine guns inns is cruising upland Jan l the harbor nu and marh marines marines 4 fr o held 1 i i in ill readiness readiness-at the tine i 1 u n navy yard less thu than Ul ii an bli 3 r l o l' l Seattle The Tue Mt of i Camp Lewis Lowis according t fo oue of or th i members arri arriving arring ng in n J. J S atle this thi evening have havo r d oi orders to b bi be bein i in iii 1 rea readiness iness for f- f de des ders r C rs y r rj ive t t 1 were sworn n n g as special policeman and tho the national guard is iu In readiness for an instant call to arms Mayor Ia or Hanson again this evening served notice on tho lie shipyard men and those contemplating a n syn sympathy path strike that the tho t seat eat of or tho the cit city would be In tho the city hall hail and not 1 the tho labor a bor temple Strike Is Ratified By Labor Council Seattle Fob Feb 5 Tho 5 Tho Seattle Central Labor council tonight officially rati rati- tied fled the thc calling of ot a general g strike set for tor 10 o'clock tomorrow morning when an estimated Workers will become become become be be- come Idle If It the expectations of or labor leaders Is fulfilled The strike I is a sympathetic one called In s support of or of striking metal trades workers who loft work cork January 21 demanding higher wages for tor ship shipyard work Announcement also was mado made b by the thc labor lavor council that It would provide a police force equal In size sUo to that maintained maintained main main- tamed V by the city Tho The normal city pollee force Coree num numbers men but Its It's its present status statuM has not been stated CIt City officials declared the strikers strikers' police would not bo be deputized or have any legal lebal authority 4 A general g sympathetic strike of ot un undetermined un- un determined duration also has has has' been 1001 called by various crafts at at Tacoma Wash where the metal shipyard workers worle- worle work ers are arc on strike Men lell Must l Keep Jeep to Agreement l Pa Feb Fob 5 Plo Pie director general of ut the tho Emergency Emer Emer- gency Fleet corporation hero tonight ht said tho the shipbuilders wino who are arc arcon on strike In the Seattle district had solemn solemnly pledged cd themselves to re remain re- re main under the jurisdiction of oC tho the Maey Macy wago wage arbitration on board until March 31 31 1910 They have havo dell deliberately er- er ably disregarded the tine covenant mado made with tho the United States government s through h the emergency fleet corporation corpora corpora- tion lion he declared I have ha been besought b by many citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens of Seattle who are of avoiding a the consequences o of ot the probable able ablo strike of oC all nil crafts In the tine Seattle district tomorrow to conciliate and mediate But I have havo taken tho ho position position tion then that these men must stick slick to their agreement as wo we have havo stuck to It ft If Ie this his agreement Is not inot adhered to to what ns agreement nt can Conn be adhered to to said that I Iper Mr Plez an additional 10 io per cent cont Increase granted the tho men lia had been reCus refused d in a decision mado on an taken after atter tho lie appeal armistice was signed and added I With Ith the tho signing of ot the lie armistice everything o changed Further Increases of or wages wag at nt this time are arc cert certainly not Justified Defense of Realm Act Is Employed London Feb B The 5 Tho governments government's quick action In taking a advantage l anta e of tho the kings Icings presence In London toda today to call meeting of tho the u IL council to en enforce enforce en- en force Corca under the defense of tho the realm act tho tine saline saino legal means to to totino tho tino communities an electric Ic l supply as already exists anti and to protect protect In a similar sun sim liar ilar manner tho the gas c-as lid and wat water ater r supplies supplies sup snip plies against as strike measures has Inns the full tull support of oC th the lie public pul Tho The Electric Trade e union at nt a Ii meetIng meeting meet meet- Ing InS tonight to consider tH the changed ed situation reached no Io decision but ad- ad Continued on Page 3 3 Y SEATTlE IS READY TO COPE WITH BIG STRIKE Continued from Page 1 I. I II I until tomorrow and It Is be belIeved believed believed be- be there will be no electric power strike j I This attempt 3 or of the ete to force orce the go government to act In n favor of or a a. hour forty ort hOur n b by ht threatening to deprive London o of Its light and power is almost st condemned con con- especially as the electricians themselves cs have o no grievances ances demanding de demandinG demanding de- de manding such remedy In addition to Invoking Invoking- the defense of or the tho realm act act the government go also has taken measures 8 to insure ro a supply of or current in the e event ent nt that a strike Is 18 persisted In a and d to protect loyal loval work work- ers erf There was no improvement toda today rn to the strike situation hi tn London All tho the tubes and underground lines with the i exception of or the Metropolitan which j t however er has only line one running into In Into In- In to tho the city were still tied up The Tho hotels and restaurants while able to I replace a few of their thelt servants still were offering only mea meager get imitations of their regular menus Some government gO offices and large I business firms overcame the difficulties difficulties ties of ot the situation for their staffs states by I running motor lorries from the outly- outly outlying outly j Ing districts to central London There Thero were wert man many more automobiles on tho the streets and bicycles are coming into their own again More oro than 1000 mechanics of tho the royal roal arm army service corps have o refused to go on dut duty in hi depots adjoining London Lon Lon- don The They cl claim hn their contract as sot sot- sol diers is at an end and demand that th they be demobilized and cn engaged as civilians c to continue the work or Ot be j given gl the same ame pa pay that civilians I would earn The best informed opinion tonight Is I I that a general genera strike strIkes is s unlikely in London I The Tho situation on the Clyde Is still Improving though there has haa been no no general resumption of ot work especially especial especial- I ly in the shipbuilding yards ards There has been no need neet to call the military At Belfast Lord Lort controller of merchant shipbuilding had a long long- conference con con- ference forence w with representatives of or tho the strikers lie He proposed a temporary of or work for four fifty hours weel weekly l with overtime paid for tor I all work exceeding seven forty hours pend pending In a complete settlement for which he agrees to call a conference with the firms concerned I Building Tr Trades in ill i 1 N. N Y Locked Out New York Feb j I 5 6 6 Virtually all an building operations In hi n this city were i tied up today by a lockout declared bv by members of or the tho Building Trades Employers Employers' Employers Employers' Em- Em j association according to an announcement nt here tonight by William i J J. J Bowen of or Indianapolis president of or Ithe I Ithe the International Union enlon of or Bricklayers I Masons and Plasterers Mr Ir Bowen who arrived In Now New York toda today said his Ills purpose In coming here was to prevent prevent pre pre- vent tho the lockout out becoming nationWide nation nation- nation 1 I wide I According to Bowen more than 2000 2 i- i workers in this city are aro affected by the lockout Unless Uness the difficulty 1 Is adjusted l tl d Immediately ly how ho said It will trill be fo followed lowed b by a strike throughout the United States and anti Canada which will o eventually affect men employed employed employed em em- In the building trade trades Bowen asserted that tho the lockout followed followed fol fol- lowed unsuccessful attempts b by the tho union to arbitrate differences with employers employers em em- I which he said had existed since r I November o when carpenters went on strike o for higher wages William Dobson Dobson Dobson Dob- Dob son secretary of the union came h here re for foe that purpose front from rom Indianapolis last Monday ho lie declared I r Woolen r Workers Toil cis iii in inN N New e Jersey r Strike PassaIc x j J. J Feb eb 5 Tire Thc The strike e begun be begun begun be- be gun b by woolen workers here to enforce an hour eight da day spread to today a to include Include in In- In clude some of or the of oC three more manufacturing plants At At s the tho Botanic Worsted mills 1500 weavers quit null work at the New Now Terse Jersey Worsted I Spinning company compan 1000 spinners and antl I at the tho Forstman Huffmann BuHmann company compan I at Garfield N X j. j 1000 weavers These together with 1100 cs of or the tha Gera Woolen mills who struck yesterday yester yester- day da- make approximately now idle These four companies and tho the Passaic Passaic Pas Pas- Worsted Spinning company compan and tho the Garfield worsted mills trills comprise the industrial council at Passaic wool man mann Tho employers have offered of of- of a working schedule of fort forty tight hours week weck with a n corresponding over over- time timo pay par if IC the operatives will labor f five fifty e hours Some of ot the arc arc unwilling to work longer than for for- ty tight hours regardless of the i amount of or overtime o pa pay and others other demand domand de do- mand double pay for overtime o work T More La ice Mills I Are re Closed Lawrence Mass Feb Additional 5 mills In this city were shut down n toda today in connection with the strike of oC textile workers for a fort hour forty hour week I with four tour hours' hours pa pay pa- paThe The Tho berton mills employing 1200 1300 operatives I were closed for an indefinite period the tho Lawrence Dock company's plant employing was shut down until next Monday londa and tho the print works of tho the Pacific mills were not operated because be because because be- be cause of or Insufficient help The state board of conciliation and arbitration offered Its services to the tho strikers today and the tho general committee committee committee com com- of the workers agreed to select selecta a a. committee to confer with the bon board rd The only disturbances In connection with the I picketing picketing- of tho the mills today were of ot a minor nature There were a few arrests arrest Typos on Strike I Over Double Pay Havana ann Feb 5 Un Under Under er orders of the Typographical union a strike O Of lIno- lIno lithographers and machinists went into effect ct at nt 6 o'clock this evening The strike is in n sympathy with the walkout of or job printers whom when a tL number of or employers declined to to pa pay their men double time timo for their work on tho the da day of or the funeral of or Colonel Poosevelt which had been declared a national holiday I |