The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 17, 1917, Page 1

ASK FOR RIDE This is no time to be backward. If you've got ten more miles to walk to work, ask the fellow In the empty auto for a lift a [sssssssssstest sete o 3233 3 SEEEI IIIT s. 8 «#8 TRAFFIC TiE-UP EOPLE'S AFFAIR, SAYS EXECUTIVE Mayor Gill will step in th him in bringing sbout vice if traction company ¢ speedy efforts t The franchise of and ask the council to « per ate} some r street car employes loyers do not » settle their diff the traction ar ranger and emy es comy will be imperiled hy @elay, it was pointed out, and dr ents may proceed within 24 hours Ninety per ¢ people town are not going | to wHhlk ent represen the tractior m ficials and their employes sit back and make no eff rt pany to hujrry a ttlement,” Mayor Gill said t chan¢e, but if they don't take action and try to 1 ervice, T intgnd to call a conference with the cour Vt know} what ithe council will advise.” Franchise Catls for Service he aayor pointed out that the states company’s franchise requires that ¢ strike ts not Interfering with | gervice be maintained the m car lines, whose} “The co 1 might ask the court trainmen were freely granted the} jtheir passengers,” the franchise] to compe! t company to rende ght to join the organization. They service,” Corporation Counsel Cald- are. 4 always have been, working well explained, “and in case they r stactory conditions. made no effort ask that heir Informal conferences over the ait franchise be forfeited.” juation are expected between the} With the franchise forfeited, the| members of th 1 late today when they mn f ‘edar F -eity might even tae steps to oper. ate cars over the traction com-jtion trip at ¢ | Pany’s rails, to relieve the situation for the ceneral public Council Out of Town Service must be roe = ee al Phase cn Sst ne PEOPLE GAY AS =| THEY WALK OR NO CAR WHEELS -TuRNIN TACOMA "ANE ONTO JTS By Echo June Zahl ‘wy United Freee Leased Wire Fate is certainly a contortionist TACOMA, July h human nature | crowd of workers | 2 an inspec- is 17.—An ab I solute deadiock apparently pre- Ordinarily, the between striking street | Who daily board the street cars at| employes and Manager |&n early hour, to tof! in factories Bean today. Not a wheel has [and shipyards, are not a hilarious : turned. Bean insists that the (crew company will not recognize the | And the business man, plotting union, which is the issue here out the hours that lay before him, and at Seattle. | |has no time to notice his fellow-| A committee representing 1,500 passengers on the public convey-! Workingmen appeared before the #nce—the street car puncil and urged that drastic}! But it was a changed army of ps be taken to operate the tideflat | people that came cowntown to work line, which was built by the city, ¥ mornin, and operated by the company | Every one was a good fellow They insisted that union labor | Business men and factory worker men would not ride on the car if| balanced themselves together on nonunion men served as trainmen. |the running boards of rloaded Manager Bean was called into | jitn Well-dressed women, who fecrét session with the council norm would scorn a motorcycle, He maintained the position that | were s« perched on the rear seats! the company would operate with of chugbikes, dodging other double nonunion men, but would not say | headers how soon, | And so, in jitneys, trucks, private One feature of the strike {s the automobiles and by good old good-natured attitude of the public | Shands’ mare, the working populace | fn putting up with the inconveni-|of Seattle withstood the absence of| I moved down First ave. early Tuesday morning with the young ~“ RSATHWEST GRAIN I found this new spirit of cood fel CROPS NEED RAIN lorsnis. sien wich erimy races ana ences. | street cars. army of workers And everywhere | clothes were laughing as they walk By United Press Leased Wire led PORTLAND, July 17.—The Pa-| A yolng girl overtook me and ie Northwest must have rain, | breathlessly sald she'd walk a block | with me. She was a candy dipper “Isn't it fun?” ehe laughed, as she turned off at the end of the block I heard a commotion in the street have it at once. Hot winds and a long dry spell) have practically cut the Northwest Wheat crop in half. Much of the damage to the is beyond re-| It was a Sears-Roebuck truck, load-| pair, but rain now would pre ed with men and women, who might, | still further shrinkage of the V for all they looked to the contrar ington, Oregon and Idaho w have been going to an all-day picnic harvest Traffic on Second and Third Early estimates put the wheat|/ aves. was as congested as in the op in these states at 65,000,000| middle of the day Owners of © 70,000,000 bushels. Grain men/| automobiles and motorcycles were today figured that the total yield|free with their “lifts.” Would be only 20,000,000 or 40,000) Stripped “bugs,” with an ordi 000 bushels nary capacity of two, were dodging around with four and five person ens | Girl employes of department “|stores got there “somehow.’ At ADVERTISING MANAGER'S Frede & Nelson's, Fraser-Pat. DAILY TALK Jerson’s, Rhodes’, and | Southwick's, the me in with taleg of good friends| © bargains advertised in|or kind neigh bor® with m friend | Théy're so good that At 1 a. m., the managers of the ou to make very spe-| Bon Marche c 1 up its st of clal e to come downtown to-|employes, and inning early, Morrow. Remember, you can do your| kept four auto busses runn to shopping over the telephone, ff/neighborhoods where most of the {more convenient. The 4 Jemployes live. Chairs were pro- | Systems of the stores will be t- | vided in the machines, and the ride tly augmented in to work was a regular party | Bs . z The busses will be run again to-| forego Henig sty py aye 2 | night at closing time, and pr tion | i 3 {has oft | ’ MacDougal |-South- een made to Igt every « ample time tener “There weren't ten of our people who walked 20 blocks,” sald Assist ant Superintendent W. N. Philips of the Bon Marche. The Rhodes had entire quota of help o'clock gong announced of the day = ‘ ‘es They think It's a Joke,” said L B. Woodard, assistant manager of THE FASTEST GROWING PAPER line store. erhaps they'll feel IN THE NORTHWEST differently after they've walked Steemenerm nacre 1 jin day of 100 store almost its | when the Frederick & op sta Bon Marche VOLUME 19 SEATTLE, WASI ND now, brothers, we have the street car strike upon us. We are walking and taking things good naturedly. ‘ It is unlikely that there will be any kind of violence. But even at that, the situation is not healthy. In times of great national emergency, we can ill afford industrial paralysis of any kind. The issue in this strike is clear. The men de- mand the right to organize. The cempany denies them that right. Ths issue between them is fundamental. To most people in this country, that issue is no longer debatable. The right to organize has been general- ly accepted thruout the land. Employers organize as well as employes. Under modern industrial methods, collective bargaining has become a necessity An individual workingman cannot bargain with a corporation like the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. If he cannot bargain individually, then we must recognize his right to join with his fellow workingmen, for otherwise he is denied the oppor- tunity for a square deal. rhe traction company, by shutting its eyes to the sunlight of equity and justice to its men, is treating the public unfairly, by making the sirike possible. In the meantime, you, must walk AND SMILE. You'll have to walk anyhow. Mr. Street Car Patron, Walk «« Smile Because You Have to Walk Anyhow TU The Seattle Star | GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER ‘IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST } ESDAY, jh Left to right —A, W. Leon. ard, president of the trac: | | tion company; | J. A, Steven son, secretary of the Car men's union, at his type writer, and T. | J. Cusack, financial sec retary of the | unton and lead. er of strike, ‘ leagers In the strike. the carmen’s union, and fellow strikers, congregated about the union's temporary headquarters at the North Seattle car barns, Fifth and Re-| Above, The center picture shows pickets of publican. Below, Charlie Stapp, a motorman on the Alki line, and one of the heaviest and happiest of the strikers. HEP! HEP! HEP! Valk and Smile During the Strike; You'll Find It Healthy to Take a Hike nnn nnn ~~ Arrangements were ‘Tues- |for eight hours. made Thetr pay was re- day morning to carry 1,700 Duthie |cently raised 50 cents. ‘They're shipyard employes to and from jratisfied, and will run the city's | work on @ port commission ferry. ‘lines, altho they have joined the It will leave the foot of Marion st. | union. Jat 8 p.m. and go to the Fisher ae ae | Flour mills on harbor island, stop-| | Restaura s reportes x. ping at the Ames 2 estaurants reported “rushing . | ; | “A lot of them didn’t go home The men don't intend to goj,.. O out; ho answer given atthe [for lunch today,” said Frank Rippe offices of the Seattle, Renton & | * rae Southern when asked if that com: | pany expected later to be effected | by the strike. Hotels report many new guests, Those living far out and having to get to work early are staying see downtown, Employes on the municipal car lines receive an average of $3.50 “ee It's a pretty mean man who POE | A a RTGS weet oon AARRARAAAAARAA. IC NORTHWEST |} LAST EDITION early these Salisbury It's fine mornings. says walking Forecaster “Tonight and Wednesday, probably fair.” COMPANY WILL FIGHT STRIKE MAYOR GILL MAY TAKE HAND IN CAR TIE-UP] SCENES IN SEATTLE TRACTION STRIKE 1,000 MEN QUIT; LEONARD SAYS | | on2 Pe ad aed toa = | ee _ — THE CAR STRIKE IN BRIEF Sixteen hundred Seattle employes of traction company op strike No traction company cars in operation on city lines. Jitneys, taxis, trucks and private cars trying to handle traffic |” Thousands forced to walk to work. : Interurban men may join strike tonight. ee Recognition of union is big issue, say both sides. oa No chance for settlement today, say company officials. 3 Mayor Gill may force immediate arbitration. Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club may at- tempt mediation : Company advertises for strikebreakers and will “ta 4 to jnone at this time. Jitney men will try in federal court at 2 p. m. modification of injunction forbidding use of streets used cy car lines during period of strike. y All car barns picketed by strikers. ‘ Strikers plan downtown parade at 7 p. m. Tuesday. A strange stillness, unbroken by the rattle and jangle o street cars, but punctuated by the hum and buzz of overa@ad of jitneys and private cars, reigned in Seattle Tuesday, while the? street cars of the traction company stood idle in the barns as the re a strike of 1,600 motormen, conductors and em=) ployes, called carly Tuesday morning in sympathy with a strike | of. 300. Tacoma carmen. The Tacoma men struek because seven men had been dis Amalgamated Association of Street of charged for joir Electric Ra lway Employes | Restaurants at noon were crammed with business men, ume nes for the noon meal, and during mo i, was overloaded with worker neys, and otherwise. Thousands: able to reach their h | ing every private car, ¢ | while scores rode to work in } ty-bo) walked ‘ | The on ars running are those of the municipal raib jand the Seattle, Renton & Southern lines, which were jammi jand the 2acoma and Everett interurbans oe Pre it A Leonard, of the traction company, wail | unable to say when his company would start operating Cars. gag | Advert nts for strike breakers appeared in the papers - Tuesday t * } . ve ig for men to run cars, and we hope have within a few ys to operate on some lines, at least.” Le a noon 4 “The ¢ will not ingport strikebreakers unless necessary,” he ceclared. “We stand rej tinies, and for a limited time our old ; an opportunity to return to their work.” 9 according to both sides, is union recognit point will not arbitrate,” avers T. J ting the strike 4 another organization to dominates control iness,” declares President Leonard, to Take Hand inns ——— ee Mayer to | venienced, have no interest in the | Simultaneously with the an-| Suen ‘ |nouncement of the company that ft} Car Barns Picketed would operate cars with strike! pickets have been thrown about breakers the announcement of | 11,4 car barns of the company, the union that an attempt to start). far there has been no trouble an interurban strike would a4 any kind reported to the police, © | |made, Mayor Gill declared Lon Leonard says extra police pro morning that he would ask council) ction will not be requested um to co-operate with him in an en |i.<. conditions make it necessary. ceavor to bring the two factions) “x5 oxtra policemen have “ together. sent to the barns, Lieut. Mi 5 The mayor bases his decision on | ..ig 4 the statement that “90 per cent of | Gnier Recktngham said alll jnoon that no police officers had — |the people, who are t | a been detailed to protect traction: company property. | becomes absolutely arbitrate at be given to all es, yes will The big issue, “It is the only Cusack, who is dire “We will not and operate « | we permit pur br | incon. drove downtown with the back ] Goat of his alto empty this “Manager Kempster, when 1 tall | morning, ed to him over the telephone Mon- aes ; _ day night, said the company had | The meeting of D company Ae enough men to protect their prop (Mary scheduled to have taken] erty peckingham explained. place ‘Tuesday evening, in the) Strikers Work for Clty Chamber of Commerce rooms, has Se been postponed to next Tuesday|, Division A, of the city car line, is enjoying its busiest day. In- | evening, because of the car strike. | fa of two-car service, with 20. minute headway, it is operating) five cars, with §-minute headwag. | Several union strikers have been employed to operate the extra Thus far there has been no inter | {ruption of power service, says - Leonard. He expects no trouble in supplying current for lighting eit cuits tonight “It takes but a few men to oper ate a substation,” he says, “and we shall be able to replace those who walk out.” eee People walking to work Tuesd morning laughed and applauded when they saw a staid old gentle man on roller skates, precariously his way dow ntown thru the mn Jackson st picking traffic ¢ Seattle's downtown district was populated with working men at 6 a, m. The absence of street car] noi produced a strange atmos phere The warning-of the strike which appeared in Monday's afternoon pa- Vote Almost Unanimous pers was taken seriously by most, The strike was announced at 12 people. Alarm clocks were set|P. m. Monday, and followed two ahead, and an allowance made for Mass meetings of employes held at | walking to work. |the Eagles’ hall. The vote for a . strike was overwhelming, 1,067 yot- — ing to walk out and 16 opposing the — ee “Funniest thing | have seen | today was my own face in the | Strike. | mirror this morning,” declares Early in the evening delegates” +. F. Cusack, of the union. He | from the Tacoma union endeavored was up all night and says he |to persuade the local men not to hasn’t had a shave for three | strike, but were ung cessful fa days. | their arguments, see Cars were run tnto the barns at One big truck of the Seattle-Em- |the end of the runs and not taken | pire laundry, carried 22 men Some [out again in the morning, , First ave. at 6:30 a.m. They The company prepared to build” (Continued on page 10) (Continued on page 10)