Show SEATTLE SEA TILE STRIKE I SETTLEMENT 1 I IS ic lu B EXPECTED JL il SOON Committee Confers at I Length l With Heads of Labor U Unions n Seattle Feb 18 Seattle S-Seattle Seattle walled waited to tonight to- to nl night ht in expectation that announcement announcement announce announce- ment would be bo made within forty forty- eight hours of or An nn agreement being reached that would return strikInG striking ing lag workmen to lo their posts at Seattle shipyards and a lesser number in Tacoma Tacoma Tacoma Ta- Ta coma yards yard art The agreement Is expected to be brou brought ht about through a committee appointed yesterday esterla b by Director General Gen eral Charles Plez of or the Emergency Gen j Fl Fleet t c corporation t the go gov In appointing t the hI commissioner commissioner commis commis- Ion i- i Mr lr Pies Pier took look charge of or the j strike from tram the thc employers and places tho lie situation entirely under the cornIn com com- In isa I o n. n The commission is compos composed cd o Dr L. L C C. Marshall head of ot the thc Industrial relations section of the fleet corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion and amid the personal representative of ot otI I Air Mr former Gov Henry McBride of or Washington and amid John F. F Elaine Blaine northwestern representative e of ot the shipping board and fleet corporation Tim Tho committee toda today had lon long conferences conferences con con- with labor officials official principally pally pall International officers of ot the unions on atm Ike Chief Chic in the lie negotiations I is said to be bc due to lo the demand of or labor that assurances of or definite ac action action ac- ac tion Iou In behalf of or the workers be bo given en before tho the men return to work ConIer Conference Considers Seattle Strike Aid Portland Ore Fob IS Decision IS Decision on whether or not ot to support the Seattle workers In their theli strIke probably probably abl ably will not be bc made b by the Pacific coast metal trades conference here hore until un Un- Un til 11 late lato tonight or tomorrow dele delegates ates declared ate late loda today A press committee commit commit- tee has been appointed and amid it was an announced announced an- an that nothing as to the thc deliberations ellb- ellb of oC the conference would be given I cn out except lJ by this committee Failure to announce at p am ment on time the attitude t toward th i-th the thc s- s Seattle i itu situation situa tion and on tho the question of or granting charters and antI recognition to the tho independent inde pendent councils on San Francisco bay bar has given Ji rl o to the rumor that San Sami Francisco and Los Angeles delegates hold the thc balance of power at al tho time con eon ference Nothing official re-ar re regarding ing this lila was forthcoming from Crom the thc delegates Work ork Resumed In S. 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F Yards I ISan San Francisco Feb 18 WIth nth With work woric I resumed In four shipyards In Lu the time San I Francisco ba bay district as a result of or I union ln ha having returned to work under pressure from their international international inter inter- national officers the lie strike situation In this section was wal regarded as more composed today loday The Tho boIlermakers members of or an Oakland union were ordered ordered to lo strike b by their lO local lopal nl officers in an arm effort to obtain higher wages but the international officers threatened to lo cancel lie Iho union cards of those who remained on strike Thc The strike call was not sanctioned sane sanc by b the Iho International officers Officials If of the thc lie shipyards s said to tonight tonight tonight to- to night nig-ht the they ha had had imad mon men enough toda today to operate at nearly the thc normal rate Local union officials said sall few of their men had returned to work 4 About bont men left their work orl two weeks ago und under l' l the thc local strike order Two groups of or machinists In this district nearl nearly 2000 in all still aro are on ona ona a n. strike begun last week in Iii an nn effort cHort to obtain a four forty week Butte District Miners liners r Worked Butte Mont Feb IS Several Se 18 Several thousand thousand thou thou- sand and tons of or ore were hoisted to tho lie surface In lii the mines of or the time Butte nutte ills ills- trl t toda today Capacity production will not nol be ho reached until Thursday mine operators announced and amid In several se of or the thc lie properties work will not be bc re resumed re- re until time the mines have havo been beon cleaned and amid repairs made Th The The- bl big biff concentrator at Anaconda probably will resume mme operations I I Thursday it it was announced Accurate Continued on 1 Pago 10 2 h 9 I td t d l a s SEAMS SEAM'S STRIKE IS NEARING I Continued from P Page go 1 s figures ures regarding tho the number of or mon men 1 who have returned to work are arc not available but it was estimated by op operators op- op craters toda today that about 7 pcr cent of oC tho time force forc at nt work when the strike I was as declared are arc back It was as apparent apparent apparent ap ap- parent toda today that the mines aro are sc se- se c 1 I leering the men the they are placing ut at t work worl The Tho county count clerks clerk's office here was wan I again gain besieged today by a lon long line lino o of foreigners socking seeking naturalisation pa- pa peTS pers The Tho movement began yesterday when It was reported the m milling companies com corn pa-I pa panics had reached a decision n to employ em- em ploy only Americans or tit th so who had declared their Intentions of oC becoming citizens of or the United States Slates Tho report report re- re port ort l lacks cl s verification Eighty torel for for- born Ign-born el born n-born men applied for tor first papers esterday yesterday El EI 1 Paso Men's Mens Wages r ages Reduced El P Paso 80 Tex rex Feb IS A 18 A reduction In wages for Cor of oC tho the El III Paso Smelting Smelling worl works s on one of oC tho the American Smelting Refining Henning company's chain of oC smelters was announced toda today Em- Em receiving ln per day or more will bo be reduced 50 DO cents Those re receiving receiving re- re between 2 and 1250 50 will bo be reduced to 2 52 Laborers getting 2 12 will receive The reduction Is at attributed attributed attributed at- at to the tho condition of oC the copper market an and Is effective etC c at nt once Committees ees Named T To See Sec Secretaries Secretaries' New c York Feb 18 The IS-The The personnel of ot oft i I committees representing the Building I I. I I Trades association and the striking striking- building trades workers o who will confer with Secretary Secretary- of at War ar Bal Eal Ba- Ba l her l r and Secretary of ot Labor Wilson In I Y IY Washington tomorrow In an effort to end the wide nation-wide strike c was Avas announced an announced announced an- an here hele tonight The Tho dele delegates will be Ronald Ronald Ron non ald Taylor Talol president of oC thc thc thc- association association association tion Charles J J. J J. J Kell Kelly chairman of oC in its board of or directors director J. J P P. P Ryan Rn association tion treasurer Albert N N. N Chambers I and Frederick B. B Tuttle The Thc union delegates will be he William Wililam I L. L Hutcheson president o of the thc United Brotherhood of oC Carpenters and amI Joiners Join Join- er ers John IF H. r Donlin president of at the I building trades department of ot the tle American Federation of oC Labor Labor- William Ullam Bowen Buwen president of oC the tho hc Bricklayers Bricklayers- 1 union Peter S S S. Cook Coole vice lee president of tho the International l Plasterers Plasterers' union an and Milton lIlton Snelling president t of oC the HoistIng Hoisting Hoist Hoist- ing lug Engineers Engineers' union Hutcheson expressed t the determination lIon tion of or tho e carpenters rJ enters to insist on their demands b by asserting that if we WC never ne work stork again for tor tho the Building Trades Employers Employers' association we will no not to work woric for 1550 a n da day The carpenters are demanding 1650 a day da and the other othOl unions arc striking In support of oC this demand |