Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-29 | Page 2 | Troops Are Ready to Open War on I. W. W.

TROOPS ARE READY TO OPEN WAR AR ARON ON I. I I W. W P I W. W Machine Guns and Gas Howitzers Will Be Hurried Hurried Hur Hur- ried ned Out by Automobile If Strike Trouble Occurs SALEM sA Er Ore O e. e April 28 23 By B A. A P. P Upon instruction from Governor Pierce Adjutant General George A. A White has arranged to have hae machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun crews automatic rifle et ex and gas howitzer squads 0 of or the Oregon national guard read ready for tor transportation by au automobile at ata a moments moment's notice if it their use Is la lamade made necessary by the strike situation situation situa situa- tion It was said at the adjutant generals general's office late today The adjutant generals general's statement reiterated purported Incidents at various camps tending to show the strike a failure We Ve do not expect trouble and andare andare andare are not expecting any to develop General White explained But we have to be ready to meet any unexpected unexpected unexpected development that might come up I MORE WORKERS WALK WALKOUT WALKOUT OUT IN TIMBER AREA SAN FRANCISCO April 28 The 28 The general strike call of the Industrial Workers Yorkers of the World resulted in additional men walking out today In Pacific coast states Oregon re reported reported reported re- re ported a camp at The Dalles shut shutdown shutdown shutdown down and the West Coast Lumbermen's Lumbermen's Lumbermen's Lumber Lumber- mens men's association with offices In irs Portland nd received a a. letter from the tho strike committee setting netting forth eleven d demands mands Estimates as to the number of men on In Washington Wasl n as re reported re- re ported by employers Y were that 10 10 had responded to tho the strike call I but th the I. I W. W W. W headquarters said aid the number was Vas between and Waterfront employers In Seattle e said the strike of the marine workers workers work work- ers era had produced no noticeable ef of- of feet The leaders of the strike said It was spreading In eastern Washington Wash Wash- ing ington ingon on and northern Idaho lumber I camps camp In California few teW reports were re rC- rC The strike i Is more effective effective tive In the lumber camps than on the waterfront of ot the clUes cities It was stated Conditions in the Los Angeles harbor district aro are Improving rapIdly rapidly rap- rap Idl Idly police and shipping men declared declared de do- dared tonight Offshore shipping was moving without interruption late today and nearly all the twenty coastwise lumber steamers In port had se secured secured so- so cured crews and were being discharged discharged dis dis- dis charged according to Edwin Nichols Nichols Nichols Nich Nich- manager of the Ship Owners' Owners association Approximately strikers have already returned to York work Nichols said SHIP OWNERS OWNERS CLAIM MARINE STRIKE BROKEN NEW YORK April 28 The The ship owners reported today that the backbone of the I. I W. W W. W marine marino I workers' workers strike at this thi port had been broken having failed to Interrupt or seriously delay scheduled sailings of ocean passenger liners Officials of the strikers strikers' union d declared they were still confident of success Toda Today with Its Us usual heavy week weekend weekend end sailings was looked upon as a a. test of the strike A score of tra transAtlantic trans trans- s' s s- s Atlantic liners left port and almost without exception they departed on schedule Where walkouts walkouts walkouts walk walk- outs threatened to cause delays the Marine Relief a association provided men for or engine crews that were left short handed The strike was called last Wednesday in an effort an-effort effort to enforce a new wage scale averaging 15 a month over tho the on ships operated under direction of the United States shipping board