The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 23, 1917, Page 1

STEP RIGHT UP Young independent men who were unlucky enough to be passed up by the draft are still welcome in the Second Washington infantry and the regular service branches EATTLE, WASH., VOLUME 19 SE ssssssssssssstesssi tess iistsrissisrsisy HOW BOSTON MEN °« RUN STRIKE HERE An Inside Story of the Traction Company Strategy That Permitted Present Situation to Develop, and Brought Stone-Webster Generals Hurrying to Seattle. my week today and power companies, which are lumped into the] Henry G. Bradlee and F. S. Pratt, of Boston, stand revealed | general holding company known as the Puget Sound Traction as the two men Stone and Webster have seleced to prevent Light & Power Co, of Maine and Massachusetts i some 1,600 « stormen from working as union Jt's Their Business to Keep S. & W. or. they Labor From Becoming Organized With Seattle's car strike ending its first stor treet car nductors and m have been here a little more than a week, this is the first time that the full significance of their presence has , Above all, Bradlee and Pratt ie the men who outline vied been explained. Their arrival ended all temporizing with the Leonard and the other chief resident ag of Stone and) " Webster all over the country the policy of management 5 men and precipitated all the turmoil of the past six days aes In the week that they have been pulling the strings from @"¢ \¥ want carried « these men rushed to Seattle behind the scenes and making President A. W. Leonard and In order to understand why Chief Counsel James B. Howe do their jumping-jack tricks, '" the midst of their usual vacation time so as to be near] these Boston gentlemen have learned a lot more at first hand|/conard, it is necessary to review the strategy of the traction about the practical and psychological effect of the jitney on | Company before and after their arrival | sooner did the jitney appear than the traction com-]| the general public than they had learned in three years pre-! N viously by mail and other reports made in Boston |pany began to wage a war of extermination against it. And} " as that war went on, the cost of living, due to the war,| “Who's of Strike Actors Show They jmounted and the car company employes became more des Are Personal Agents of Stone & Webster perately in need of an increase in pay ¥ Who are Bradlee and Pratt?’ you ask So the company began a race to exterminate the jitney They are the men Stone and Webster employ to manage ¢|before its employes could organize to enforce their demand The Stone and Webster Management Association |for wage increases and improvement of working con And what is that association? | With the jits out of the way, the public would be put to That is the organization which Stone and Webster year|such extreme inconvenience by a strike that it could be count books list as the “general managers of the Puget Soundjed on to join the company’s leaders in a great shout for the | | | | | Traction, Light & Power Co.” carmen to return to work. So Bradlee and Pratt must have And Bradlee and Pratt in turn employ Leonard to act as| thou their chief resident agent to boss a lot of lesser bosses in the So, all down the line, the traction interests put the screws Offices of their Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and Bellinghamjon. The 13 surety companies in the state were forced to jrefuse to write jitney nds Then the secretary of state disappointed the cc mpany. by jissuing a charter to the Mutual Union Insurance Co., a| fi bonding company organized by the jitney men. But the} {\ ' traction company’s hopes were revived when Insurance| Commissioner Fishback refused to issue the mutual company | . license to do the business the secretary of state had said might de |General Tanner that it was all right for Fishback to issue} |th he Heenee Again he refused on the ground that the B mutual company, not organized for profit, must deposit with west front was given orders to fire|the state as large cash assets as required of stock companies on deserters and runaways organized for profit | Premier Kerensky will try once " . : Jagain the power of his personal ap S. & W. Lose Fight on Jitneys in State Courts After Brisk Skirmishing peal to stem the tide of the mal jeontents, who have brought about William R aiting for the Tin this manner. | By United Freee Leased Wire “The commander in chief of the) Fs WASHINGTON, July 23— Kerensky faces the almost su- perhuman task of saving the entire Russian front in the face of strong German on- siaughts by picked regiments, the Russian embassy stated to- "a day, frankly admitting the sit- And while Crawford senting the mutual to rule on his repre supreme court | the crisis. He left Petrograd armed ny, was ? wation is very grave. with fullest powers. | a Gy - Backed by Congress application for an order to compel Fishback to do at the] BY WM. G. SHEPHERD By a vote of 252 to 37, the {state had said his company might do legally, the traction} ed Press Staff Correspondent workm: and soldiers’ con. | , c } | ir ympany attacked the jitney men in local courts, seeking to TROGRAD, July 23—Rus- Gress today granted “unlimited fea re h a ! A ae igs ea ecking t ry army on the southwest power” to the provisional gov- restrain them trom operating front is in a state of complete ernment to re-establish the or- Much skirmishing in state courts between J B.} disorganization, with mutinous ganization and discipline of the | Howe, of the traction company, and Crawford, resulted in a soldiers threat segs we army Gnd take Stepe against « |swee victory for Crawford, when Judge Sheeks refused Scaaas airmen (Continued on page 7) |to er ant the company an injunction against the jitneys gling to the rear. The morale hat left the traction company in a desperate situation, | of the fighters is gone. because the work of unionizing the carmen was progressing It was this grave message re) ) a that the company had , thought it necessary to fire ceived by the executive comn gga 7 gee a from the southwest front, and just quad i men cat , ig tl cage ' | made public here today, that sent} ocal labor leaders, res isible for the organization of Premier and Minister of War Ker- the carmen’s union, had been keeping in touch with Craw ensky there. ms a1 : ford, for they realized that their chances of successfully press “A fatal crisis has occurred in] AN ATLANTIC PORT, July 23 ag, Pe at ants tas uldiaaes toll the morale of the troops,” the tele- You and the British have too |S their ca hinged, lay n " ri ble extent, ; the jitney | gram declared. “Most military | damn many ships,” remarked a| being on hand to ve the public in case the company units are in a state of complete dis-| ja submarine commander to Capt elected to refuse their demands Benjamin Bragg of the American barkentine Hildegaard as he dyna. |Carmen Did Not Expect Strike Since organization. Their spirit for an} mited that vessel, according to Law Provides for Arbitration | | | offensive has utterly disappeared. The men no longer listen to exorta- tions of their comrades, even re- plying with threats to shoot those who oppose them. Bragg on his arrival today re overat il bl fienex. was eccompaaied by stat] Jitneys were operating full blast his crew. He said the U-boat halt. as the now familiar “do nation busses.” Deserters Unashamed ed him tn the English channel July | This was in the latter part of June. Crawford had been “For a distance of rong 4 of} 10, at 6 am. and put bombs/<o successful in his jousts with the traction company that versts (a verst is 3,500 feet), there | aboard, while two British destroy- offic , par asia AiedAae we: ins Ps adit are long files of deserters, armed| ers could be seen in the distance | the ffi ials f th _carmen’s uni went t him f rr advic and unarmed, all in good health! coming full speed to the rescue,|ON how to make their initial moves to complete their and robust, with all shame lost.|The Hildegaard sailed from the|ganization and open negotiations with the company officials | proceeding to the rear of the army.| (United States with a cargo of You don’t want to strike and you won't have to strike a BY esert . i? » 26 pe ‘ | - Frequently entire units desert|jybricating oil May 2 Ito get what you are entitled to,” Crawford told the union officials. “The company’s franchise protects you.” ‘MOONEY CASE | Three traction employes were discharged June i | 20 for joining the union, and 20 more were fired on 1a Ba | June 21. GOES T0 JURY: Then the union officials got busy Acting under the | ladvice given by Crawford, they sent six men to President Leonard on June 23. They presented in writing, as individual By United Press Lensed Wire | _ SAN FRANCISCO, July 23— |employes, a request for changes in working conditions, wages The Rena < isi bomb plot | and hour case went to the jury at 1 p.m. F “How do you like this?” de- Immediately on ieuring the | Leonard told them the company was always willing to} manded Frankie Weller, who jury took one ballot without an |treat with its employes as individuals, and to come back and works at Puss 'n Boots con- agreement, and then went to |see him in 48 hour When they returned, two days later, fectionery, as she pointed a lunch. _,,| Leonard met them pleasantly enough, it is reported, reiterated whe followed her home, and | ae ice tense witnesses. Assist.{cmployes, but said there was no use discussing their communi broke Into her room at 1314/2 | bility of defense witne Assist-| cm} : J , : & a Seventh ave. Sunday night. ant District Attorney F i charg-|cation of two days before, BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN ed that perjury had been freely| used by the defense, and asserted : : < Na taht the alibi which the defense at That was true, and they left tempted to wet up tor the defend:| Union Men Spring Trap After Leonard ant was built up by false testimony h Bai He naserted that the fact that so| Walks in and Takes the Bait ager be ps eke le at ey But they had hardly left before a ' He held up his hands, backed FIRED 4 out and ran, altho he struck her wrist. She believes he may be the woman-slugger “He looked as tho he was crazy | SB of sed drugs,” she said, “and stood with one toe pointed tn.” many second committee of six dark ox coat, gray trousers, tan ‘They built an alibi pillar under|Crawford’s advice, appeared, were received by Leonard in} 4 shoes and looks ike a foreigner.|a clock, but it gave way like sand) suave fashion, and presented him ¢ with a written re Hig left hand, between the thumb | before the truth Mee Getter ih quest similar to the first one, except that it cited the all i“ “perigee edged Pelppreed hfe gt Re a apie atl important clause in the company + franchise, which says the} “and talked to him, until I could | pointing to the guilt of this defend-| company MUST ARBITRATI disputes of ALL MAT-] ERS of employment,” and demanded the reinstatement of the six men who had just been fired Whether Leonard knew of this arbitration clause in the (Continuea on page 7) get to my’ bureau and take the re-| ant.’ | volver out of the drawer. He got He declared it was the jury's duty fn the room when I stepped down|to brand certain defense witnesses the hall for a second. I noticed|as perjurers and to convict the de him first on Second ave” fendant. MONDAY, JULY 23, The Seattle Star \ GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST EST } 1917 |STRIKEBREAKERS ARE COMING ONE CENT | IN BRAT Put Strike Blame Where It Belongs! EATTLE and the Northwest are today, industrially, like a vast powder magazine. The flare of a match, and fearful would be the result! Thousands of men sands more are on strike. ‘Thou- are on the verge of going out. And all this with our nation at grips with a foreign foe in a war to death! Unless the lumber mills and the logging camps and the sawmills of the Northwest are kept busy, America’s great shipbuilding program, upon which the nation and its allies are pinning their faith, is endangered. Gen Goethals has given this fact And unless the w tation, the public warning of orkers can obtain adequate transpor wheels of necessary industry are slowed up hould be the o“eceee at a time when they [' is a monstrous and our country AND WHY? Because, even in this day and age, when the whole world is offering its blood in order to make democracy secure, there are small-souled men, controlled by the greed of gold and the avarice of the slave master, who autocratically deny the fundamental right of an eight- hour day and the right of workers to organize. “The eight-hour day now undoubtedly has the sanc- tion of society in its favor and should be adopted as a basis for wages.” So declared the « speediest hideous situation—a crime against mmander-in-chief of our army and navy, our leader in this, the hour of our great national crisis, President Woodrow Wilson Let the “lumber” barons charge President Wilson with being an I. W. W.! Refusing to recognize the eight-hour day, they ignore labor union men who are themselves opposed to the I W. W., and refuse to treat with them. They-raise a “jackpot” of $500,000 in order that they may continue to enslave their workers, and attempt to cover up their skulduggery, their selfishness, their greed, their dollar souls, with the ery of “Il. W. W! oeeee T is time these smug gentlemen, and the “kept” news- papers who are attempting to confuse the issue of the eight-hour day and the right of men to organize, took a tumble to themselves. They are not keeping up with the march of affairs, which, during this war, has moved with the tumbling rapidity of a turbulent river. Everywhere in the world, of late, a broader spirit of humanity has been developing. But here in the Northwest, in this “land of the free and the home of the brave,” exploiters of labor combine to resist the inevitable eight-hour day. Still seeing things thru the same smoked glasses as of yore, they point out the pr ct of Har contracts to be lost, and prattle about patric Patriotism! “Unemployment now (with the country at war) is dis- loyalty,” says an editorial in the current issue of Col lier's Weekly, “AND BAD EMPLOYMENT COMES CLOSE TO TREASON.” million-d N' ARLY 2,000 mill workers, bona fide residents of Seattle, most of them living in Ballard, members of unions which have no connection or sympathy with the 1. W. W., paraded in Seattle Saturday evening—and demand is the eight-hour There is no of difference between them and the mill men, publicity bought with the their one day other cause no matter how corruptly the half million “jackpot” may twist the facts And no matter how Alton W. Leonard, president of the traction company, and his bosses from Boston, may quirm and dodge and hedge, the one issue between them and the carmen is the American right of the men to organize hat was the issue when President Leonard fired the first committee of carmen who presented their demands to him, and that is the issue today The traction company’s advertisement that it is will ing to let the men organize, but that they must not join the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, is not going to fool any It is the subterfuge which the company is seizing It is willing to let them organize, one upon for the moment it proclaims, except in the only national union which carmen have eee ee ERO, the autocrat, the slave master, the exploiter of men, fiddled while Rome burned And today we have modern Neros in Seattle, tho a world conflagration rages and the national peril grows daily The “patriotic” lumber men say they will never grant an eight-hour day—they, who are today flooded with more business and more profit than they have had in any num- ber of years. The patriotic Mr. Leonard has issued an ultimatum that he will never consider recog- nition of the carmen’s rights to affiliate with the only unton that means anything to them. SO BE IT AND LET THERE BE NO MIS UNDERSTANDING, ATT IR DOOR PUT THE BLAME FOR WHAT SEATTLE HAS Sl ‘ERED UP TO NOW AND UPON THEIR HEADS BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WHATEVER THE FU- TURE HOLDS. jand probably will arrive Monday | morning. out his plans to arrest all strikebreakers. { Iter, President A. W. }long-drawn-out battle with its strik ling employes, the union representa- |tives are conferring with a commit-|} Benefit Dance to | Monday morning that the company | | didn't tell Preston when the reply }running between strikers and the help of the | ployes, but not with an organization LAST EDITION AAR ALL Weather tonight and Tuesday will be fair, says Forecaster Salis bury. He's doing his best to keep things settied NO CARS OPERATE Company Rushes Work of — | Fortifying Cars and Barns _as Guard Army Grows. | CAR STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS , eer |G Traction company turns North Seattle j|barns into barracks, fortifies cars and hires |strikebreakers. : | Pending arrival of 1,500 strikebreakers | from Chicago, no cars are operated. |G Superior Judge Frater grants traction |company petition to take city’s suit to com- |pel service to the federal court, but Corpora- |tion Counsel Caldwell will keep up his fight. |G Union carmen and labor council accept |Patriotic Council of Defense suggestions for mediation. @ Company’s reply won’t be ready today, |President Leonard says. |Q Police who refused to ride on cars last Fri $7 will be prosecuted by Prosecutor in. The traction company’s plans to wage war (i: 600 striking carmen with an army of strikebreakers” ere being pushed Monday as the end of the first week of the strike drew to close. Accommodations for 80 strikebreakers already ~ were provided at the North Seattle barns and food for ja large force was stored at the same place. My Fifteen hundred professional strikebreakers left” Chicago Friday night, according to reliable advices night or Tuesda: Trouble is expected when Mayor Gill ca All cars are being fortified with heavy wire netting jand steel cable trolley ropes, preparatory to resuming ~ | Operations when enough strikebreakers are hired. x Following the announcement that the city’s suit to 4 compel the traction company to operate cars had been > sent from superior court to federal court by Judge Fra-” Leonard, of the company, declared that no cars would be operated Monday. He would not say when an attempt to move them would be made. While the company prepares for a tee of the Patriotic Council for De- fense, in an effort to bring the com pany Into an agreement to mediate differences is Aid Car Strikers. A benefit dance for striking ) carmen will be held at Dream- Altho F. 8. Pratt, land dance hall Thursday night. xecutive board of the Stone & Web-|} The largest benefit dance at- ster managing company, said early if tendance in the history of the \ 4 ) member of the city is expected. More than $116 would reply to the request of Chair-|) was donated to te striking car- man Harold Preston, of the Patriotic!) men Saturday afternoon by council, for a committee from the|) shipyards employes when the company to begin mediation, when|; hat was passed during double the council met, at 10 a. m., no an-|; header ball games in the Ship swer from the company was before! \) builders’ league. them ie Later Preston and George Don-| worth called at Leonard's office, in| Singly and not in a body. He would the Stuart building not say that none were expected Leonard told Preston and Don-| tomorrow. worth that the reason the com A searchlight has been mounted — pany had not replied was that “it/ OD one corner of the North Seattle had been too busy Leonard) ®rns, and armed guards with special police stars are patrolling the barns at all times. “Guards” appointed by the un ions from the employes longest in the employ of the company patrol the streets around the barns during the day and night. One day last week one of the (union guards reported to the barn patrol a fire burning on the come, pany’s Yesler way trestle, Thus far there has been no trouble what- ever between the opposing patrols. Buy 80 Beds Eighty beds were purchased by the traction company Saturday aft- (Continued on page 10) would be forthcoming “We are up in the air,” said Preston, just before the meeting with Leonard. At present we are acting as messenger to find some company, boys in an attempt way we can help. “Our reply to the Patriotic coun cil won't be ready today,” Leonard told The Star at noon It is reported in many quarters) that the company will refuse the council in bringing | peace, and that it will reaffirm its| former position that “it is at all, times ready to treat with its em J. D. a Happy Soul; He's Glad He Can Fight for Liberty By United Press Leased Wire NEW YORK, July 23.—Of all the men called to arms when 258 was drawn, J, D, Cachio, Brooklyn tailor, believes he has the most cause to feel proud. He took out his final citizenship papers the day after he Today he is still cele- of them or with an outside organiza- tion.’ The next Cars to be sent out by the company will be fortified with wire netting and will Carry a full “complement” of policemen Manager A, J. Kempster admit ted this morning that that com pany was bringing in strikebreak ers from outside the city, but de- clared that they were coming in | registered, brating “r'm proud of the chance to de- fend my liberty and citizenship,” he said, Sending rush orders for bunt- ing, he decorated his shop with flags and red, white and blue electric lights. He displayed a sign: “Celebrate—First Number Called, just |) 258.—J. D. V ACHIO,” demands, My check for that — amount is ready.” | Bight | “freight cars went off the So declared Bob Bridges, presi-]{ track at Wilburton, on the North+ dent of the port commission, to- J/ern Pacific early Sunday morning, Bridges Offers $10 to Beat Traction Co. “There ought to be at least 1,000 residents here willing to $10 each to help the contribute striking carmen win their day. Traffic was partially tied up Mom day. No one was injured,