| Show COLlA COLLAPSE SE SEf BELIEVED f lIEVE MATTER MAIlER Of HOUR Unionists Desert Cause as Various arious r Industries Resume Functions Under Cover of Police and Soldier G Guard ard Seattle Wash Feb 9 The The general general general gen gen- eral strike conference committee which met last night to vote on the question of oC recommending an immediate im un mediate suspension of the general strike still was in session at an early hour this morning At 1230 o'clock this morning it it was unofficially reported that the strike conference delegates had voted to stay out on strike S g BATTLE FATLE Wash asb Feb 8 S. Faced Faced b by desertions in union ranks coupled with results brought bro about by Mayor Ole Olo Hansons Hanson's ultimatum that tr troops lops would bo be used i if necessary sary to tor r restore t S c t tW j P to to normal channels the sympathetic ic strike t. t aff affecting affecting- tJ approximately SG workers se se seemed med ml n near ar its end cad tonight Th general strike con conference cr nce c committee corn com m- m continued in session tonight discussing whether to call caU off the tho sympathetic strike In the thc meant meantime Ine business fast began assuming usual phD phases es Municipal street cars bad boo been operating all day Late i in the day Supt W. W Yo S. S Richardson of the Sound Traction Light Power company took out the first of the company's cars care with a n soldier and special police office on the rear platform other cars All papers except tho Times afternoon afternoon after after- noon arid and Post icer morning appeared during the Ule da day Tonight the two newspapers announced ed the they would publish regular editions ns as usual on their own presses presses regardless of tho the strike situation Signs Sign Indicate Similar sl signs ns that tho tho backbone bone of ot the strike had been broken appeared In various ways so that It was bollo believed d by city officials that all workers except except ex possibly the metal trade tradeS tradeSmen men of the shipyards would be back at work by Monday londa These men ni out January 21 asking for tor Increased wages Four causes for the strikes strikes' expected failure were wore given by city officials who vho expected tho the strike to fall taU The first was the fact tact that the city maintained a operation of f light and n gas as utilities man many men refusing to strike The Tue rationing scheme adopted by the strikers of ot using rising twenty one soup kitchens to feed strikers and the public public pub pub- lic lie dependent upon the restaurants failed to function proper properly Food was slow in arriving and there thoro was Wa little little- cu cutlery t lIer I e ry Many strikers first to feel the discomforts tIts dis comforts were loft hungry on Thurs Thurs' Thursday d. d day A third factor assigned was Yas tho the presence of re regular arm army troops troop A final cause said city officiate was vas the evident lack of public sympathy with the tho strikers' strikers cause Not Contributing eS to tho the Ineffectiveness Ineffectiveness o of the tho tho genera strike triko were wen given hen as Including failure of several international unions to sanction strike of or local branches brancheR Electrical workers went b back ck to work today toda as one Instance Instance in instance In- In stance of this Typographical members incur mem bers ber pressmen and anti pi printers Inters remained at lt work ork and alid longshoremen long street carmen violated orders order of their international bodies and anil walked out Engineers nd nd janitors employed In n tho city's seventy nine schools voted tod today tody to resume resume work Monday when UI the school board announced that men JOen not ot appearing then would forfeit their po po- po Fifteen schools were open Friday Fri Fri- day i CUT Jitneys OI Operate Events E In the tho strike situation followed followed fol fot- fol- fol lowed rapidly toda today At U S o o'clock th lh thIs morning the Iho mayors mayor's ultimatum that th tho sympathetic strike must be called off oce or ho lie would proceed to operate all aU essential Industries with the tho aid h of ot troops troop if It necessary nry took effect Mayor l Hanson at al once put into irto operation operation oper oper- city Jitneys an and said raid unless private ate street car UI operated h he would run owned city cars over O the tho private lines without asking consent Ho He also ordered removed cd all cx exemption exemption p. p tion lion 81 signs sigma nR placed b by the tho strikers strikers' coar- coar Continued on paSo I o 11 I COLLAPSE BELIEVED I MATTER MAilER OF FEW HOURS Continued from Page 1 on wagons or store stor win windows window down Business will t be 03 as usual with or without consent of ot labor unions he said Mayor 1 Hanson Uses Labor Editorial Seattle Feb S. S To S.-To To call attention to his 1118 claim that the pre present ent situation in Seattle is an attempted revolution rather rather rather ra ra- ra- ra ther than a strike Mayor Ole Olo Hanson Ranson i In a statement tonight quoted an e editorial editorial edi edi- l- l published in tho the labor unions unions' dally newspaper here February 4 4 The editorial referring to tho the strike said Wo We are undertaking the tho mo most t. t tremendous tre tro- move ever made by labor In Inthis Inthis inthis this country countr a move which will Ill cad ead no ono one knows where whore Labor will not only shut down own the Industries but labor will reopen them under the management management man man- us-ement us of ot tho the appropriate trades SUu activities as are needed to preserve public health and public peace will b be maintained If IC the tho strike continues continues labor may mas feel led lcd to avoid public suffering by reopening moro more an find and more moto activities under its own management And An that thatis is why wo we say that we are starting on ona ona ona a road that leads no one ono knows where h Commenting upon this editorial Mayor Hanson said sal Wo We Yo will not deal with revolutionist We Ye demand unconditional surrender Employing Barbers Demand Denland Apology Seattle Feb 8 S.-At S. At a meeting late Ute today tho the Seattle master barbers' barbers as association as- as tion comprising the proprietors I of or tho the major majority It of ot tho large shops h passe a resolution declaring that the barbers barbers' union must apologize to the master mast or barbers as ns loyal Americans I for tor Joining tho general strike here or orthe orthe ortho the tho master barbers would busl- busl sess Monday Monda on the open shop plan The Tho association also voted toted that the barbers barbers' union must withdraw from the central labor council as It Is now constituted and expel so called radical 1 members from its own organization Master barbers said bald the they would operate operate operate oper oper- ate Monday regardless of the decision W Women Sell Lunches Seattle Feb 8 Despite S. Despite a a. steady stead fairly heavy rain several young oung women posted in the downtown business business busi busl- ness district did Id a thriving business today toay selling hot sandwiches Closing of ot the majority o of tho the large restaurants b by the general strike directed public tl ado to wherever an eating sign ap ap- ap Gen Morrison l Confers Seattle Feb S. S S. MaJ Gen John F. F Morrison commander of the western department of ot tho the army arrived here tonight to take talo command of tho the federal federal federal fed fed- eral troops stationed in Seattle and Tacoma After conferring with Mayor Ol Ole Hanson and city officials officials' ho said Bald he believed the backbone of oC the general general gen Sen eral strike was broken I Exemption Placards P Are Ordered Down Seattle Feb S S. Taxicabs S.-Taxicabs bearing signs saying This car exempted by organized labor following hearses In funeral processions lr was among the unique scenes presented to Seattle residents yesterday esterday and today as one result of ot tho the general strike here Wagons of ot a 3 laun laundry r company allowed i to operate to supply hospitals hospital with clean linen and tho the city's garbage wagons wa-ons all also o bore bora exemption sl signs ns All AU j such Ruch signs were ordered removed b by Mayor Ole Hanson who sal said We will operate all wagons wag and trucks we need without signs Police PoUce and fire department men it was said sal were driving an oil company's comI company's com com- I pany's gasoline g trucks to supply fire and pO police I stations with gasoline I I Tacoma Vl Walk out s Appears I Broken Tacoma Wash ash Feb S. S S. The The general I strike In Tacoma appeared tonight to nave have collapsed Street cars are running running run run- I ning on their former formel schedules theatres theatres the the- atres are aie open stoics stores have resumed I business s an and the barbers have ha 1 re returned returned returned re- re turned to work Only at nt the headquarters of ot thel the I strikers where the tho usual largo large gathering gathering gather gather- ing of oC men was present were 1 an any unusual signs Hel here Heie c a meeting behind I closed doors was called tonight with union officials declining to make muke an any I statement as ns to its purpose At tho longshoremen's hall ball another meeting was wa In progress it being ad admitted admitted ad- ad d b by members of or the tho local that the object was to reconsider the tho vote ote on tho the strike which resulted In the tho I determination to walk walle out two days d lYS ago 00 I I Troops continued at nt their posts throughout the elt city tonight and while lit it was walf not believed that they would be needed ann army officers said the men would remain on duty until all possible danger of oC a physical demonstration had bad passed i General Proclaims I Law La Will ViII Be Upheld I Tacoma Wash ash Fob S. S Law S.-Law Law will rule If It the tho unionists want to quit work worle that Is their affair If Ir the they want I to resume work that also I Is their af- af fair We e do not care curo how host long the thc they I remain away awa from their work worl nor how many The only thing we are arc Interested Inter inter- I ested in n Is that the law Is obeyed and we are arc here hore to see sec that it is In lawlessness Lawless lawless- Lawlessness ness will not be countenanced countenance nn and the tho protection of or property will bo be our duty uty MaJ Gen John F. F Morrison comman commanding com com- commanding man manding ding the tho western n department of ot otI I the tho United States army told his position position tion lion In t tho ho above o slat statement ment on his arrival ar arrival ar- ar rival rl hero tonight from San Francisco on his way to Seattle where he will win establish headquarters and assume direction of ot the tho activities of or tho the troops on strike d duty ne Tie was accompanied b by two aides and the department in intelligence In- In I officer Continuing General Morrison saidI saidI said said- I hI am urn glad to learn there thero has line boon bean bo no trouble We Re 0 do not want an any Wo We Weare 0 arc are not taking the side of nn an organization ration and it th Ihu men mon do not wan want to return to lo work worl no force will bo ho used use used l to compel them to Tho They Thoy are free tree freeborn freeborn born American citizens nn and can cnn work or not What hat wo we are aro hero horo to do Is to enforce the law and that we ice shall shaU do If It there thero are not troops hero bore there are plenty plent more more- All AU Industries will bo be given Iven full tun protection and Individuals individuals Indi IndI- win will not be molested Camp Lewis Men l Forbidden Passes Tacoma Wash Feb 8 Orders Order Orders Issued is issued Is- Is sued In Camp Lewis Thursday ay morning mornIng morning morn morn- ing suspending demobilization remain in effect as ns docs does the one forbidding men from tho the Thirteenth division to bo be away from tho the immediate vicinity of oft tho the camp While the order or er forbidding men to leavo leave camp applied only to the Thirteenth Thirteenth Thir Thir- division unit commanders in various camp organizations refused to toIve give Ive passes to their men today to spend tho the week-end week in either cither Seattle or Tacoma Tho The reason assigned was as that with tho two cities facing orders of or a general strike tho presence of ot soldiers soldier not yet discharged cd and who were on tho the streets without authority might lead lea to complications No o further orders havo have been received b Gen J J. J D L by MaJ D. D Leitch the tho camp commander to hol hold nn any more men in readiness for riot duty in tho the northwest northwest north north- west although the order keeping keeping- themen tho the thomen thomen men in camp specifies they thoy will be bo hold beld ready for tor Immediate service ser Builders' Builders Walk-out Walk Threatens Nation Now Nov York Feb Fob All S.-All S. S All union bricklayers bricklayers brick brick- layers and hoisting engineers employed employed em em- in various arlous cities s throughout tho the countr country on contracts hold held by members of oC tho Building Trades Trades Employers' Employers as assocIation association association as- as of this cit city will be bo called out outon outon outon on a sympathetic strike Monday mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing in an attempt to enforce tho the de demands do- do mands of or carpenters employed ed by tho the association for tor a n. dollar a day ay increase In wages was William L L. president dent of or tho the United Brotherhood of ot Carpenters Carpenters Carpenters Car Car- penters and Joiners J iners announced announce shortly after atter noon today This action follows tho the declaration b by the D Employers Employers' association of ot n a lockout e effective e at noon toda today against all aU bricklayers and hoisting en engineers who have havo quit work In this city in sympathy with tho the carpenters of ot individual contractors not members of ot the association were not Involved Involve in tho the strike order President Hutcheson said but govern govern- meat ment and private contracts hold by as association association association as- as members in more moro than a score of cities titles will bo affected After the tho lockout had gone Into effect ef- ef ef effect feet Ronald Taylor Talor president of ot the Employers Employers' association said we wo have taken taleen tho the samo altitude o that Vice Vice- President of ot the Emergency Fleet corporation has taken taleen In reference to tho the Seattle strikers We Yo will beat theun the tho un union Ion Mr Ir Taylor said that when work ork was resumed Monday the tho employers employers' would woul recruit workers and that construction would be restored to normal Lawrence Strikers Are re Offered Raise Lawrence L. Mass Feb 8 An 8 An offer otter of ot 51 1 hours' hours pay for 48 hours work was made mado to the tho general strike committee committee com com- of or textile workers at nt a n. meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing InS tonight by Charles G. G Wood d of ot the state board OL of conciliation and arbitration arbitration arbitration arbi arbi- but action was deferred until Monday because of ot the tho small attendance attendance attendance atten atten- dance of or delegates Tho The Pacific Print Works today notified noti noti- fled fied to appear for Cor work Monday tho the machinists and firemen firemen fire fire- men who quit in sympathy with tho the textile workers having declared willingness willingness will will- to return to work worl on the basis of ot 48 hours pay for 48 hours work worle Aberdeen Caulkers I Return to Vr Work ork Aberdeen Wash Feb 8 Caulkers S.-Caulkers Caulkers of oC the Grays Gras Harbor shipyards who have o been on a strike since January Januar 1 10 19 in sympathy with the metal trades |
