The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 24, 1917, Page 10

+9 ‘@lectrical workers s plants be | Would have no for the operation . doubtful because of contracts b the unions and the indi Arbitration of Car Strike Is Up to Leonard A PATRIOTIC PURPOSE | Continued From | Page 1 iI Mer chairman of the state pu Bervice commission mated his Sel for the strik The arbitration ft is the “final sition on the mat fnd that it is adva the serious situation con the city. Altho who } services as legal cou offer states that d def prope r of settioment ed because of fronting of the the power representatives Planta of the company, urging the operators who have not already Gone so to affiliate with the union and walk out in) sympathy with the carmen, John Morgenthaler . ness agent of the union there will be no strike unless | Ing offers to mediate and ar-| ite are rejected by the traction company | Bhould a strike in the power! called the company source of current of cars with and several shiy without power. Ta Everett and Bellingham | Would be totally without electric and light and stores and in Seattle would suffer Master Builders of the city and Officers of the King County Coun ell of Special Building Trades be Heve a strike of building trades in sympathy with the car says contractors forbidding during the life of the con: |r Machinists’ union last night da strike in sympathy the carmen and finally re the matter back to the tal Trades Counct!, which, tn jon first place, authorized the /in vote. tw FRISCO TO INDIA SERVICE PLANNED BRIDGES’ TEN-SPOT Mail and Indi Pacific T July 23, 1917. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company and Subsidiary Companies, Seattle, Wash Gentiemen.—Owing to the serious situation which now con fronts the people of our country as a result of the present war, and of the great injury to the business of the city of Seattle and to the public generally, we now submit to you our final and definite proposition on the matter of settlement between the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company and its em ployes: 1, The company shall reinstate all men who have been discharged by reason of having joined any union or gone on strike, including the seven men who were discharged by your company in the city of Tacoma 2. We will submit all other questions to a board of arbi tration composed of the arbitrator selected by your company and the arbitrator selected by the employes, and the third to be any one of the following named gentlemen that you may designate: 1, M. A. Gottatein, manager Gottstein Furniture Company 2 J. Allen Smith, of University of Washington. 3. Henry Surzalio, president of University of Washington. 4. Harold Preston, president of King County Council of Patriotic Service. 5. Henry M gration. White, United States commiasioner of immi Reapectfully submitted, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPRESENTING ALL ORGAN IZED EMPLOYES OF THE PUGET SOUND TRACTION, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, JAMES A. DUNCAN, A. A. WHITELEY, J. MORGENTHALER FIREMAN MATCHES United Press Leased Wire SAN FRANCISCO, July passenger servi an Francisco and Caleu will be established Mall Steamship Co, nounced today. Beginning August, the will dis Port commission, started some thing when he said that een would contribute $10 was arly we hear from W. A. Stose, fire Alder, who also hy for the carmen a ten spo’ pont! THE BON MARCHE - Final Reductions on Summer Millinery Brings You Exceedingly Low Prices —on Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats— SMARTLY TRIMMED F SPORT HATS MANY GOOD LOOKING STREET HATS Trimmed Hats R to $4.75 Prices of summer millinery topple when fjnal reductions are made—H: sold for a great deal more will There are Milans, Lace Milan Hemps and Caterpillar Most any shape y vnuld t white, black all trimmed um < GIF EE te PATTERN HATS ™ GREATLY REDUCED R 4 [Ze SS a DRESS HATS SURPRISINGLY AUTIFUL RI educed Trimmed Hats Reduced $7.50 ade Ha s that have at $4.75 g Hats, Cr hink be oming! Women’s Smart Trimmed Hats Are Reduced to $1.95 It’s extraordin get Hats like splendid looking and street sports trimmed but some banded th stra combined or wear right Sailors up in to the Remarkable Reductions on Untrimmed Hats at $1.50 brims high low traight mply grade price many Ity Hat Shape block to this soft and light in weight. Also reduced oO 27 and 30 Inch Printed Lawns at 9c Yard 1,200 yards of pretty Print LORRAINE VOIL TISSUES AT 15c Dainty materials in fi patterns, 36 inches wide ured Ler LOWER YARD ed Lawn AND In neat figured and floral patterns 1,000 YARDS OF DRESS GINGHAMS AT ‘5c YARD Good Gingham triped check pattern at 15¢ yard MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. and striped igths to | in plaid Lengtlhe to and 10 yards, Bob Bridges, president of the he to help the carmen in their strike. Now man at station on Terry and THE BON ' ibs ahiiacatcnaci ‘Goethals Out and Capps Gets Place o °° Continued from page 6. e ~@ with admiration of what en able ren . you have in a short Une to accomplish, T accep ol that our ion, and am acting ta dott be own t ju Pg. j the ou have rend will Judge you Ju in this, a that all Jings ond a at my own hope that will feel that © of the country for whom ed Kreat services | tly and generous: | in other things, and | personal misunderstand: ! misjudgmenta that |have been created will short time entirely away } “With warm regards. and sincerely yours 1 (Signed) | WOODROW WILSON.” | ly may —“( pass in a cordially Letter to Denman The president's letter to Denman [follows “My and Dear Denman 1 hope tHat | am tnterpretin own best judgment as well as own, when I say that our dut debate and misun ¢ that has arisen in con the shipbuilding p to be settled without | personal preferences rsonal feelings, all togeth with the single purpose of « what will best ve the pub: | interest. No decision we could | arrive at could eliminate the | that have very question in and wine relieve my He now program Iam convinced that the only |course is to begin esb—not upon for that is already in ens of execution Walking Out by last nare, fount bam 3 ‘tnd Gen BECAUSE THE PRICES the publi at program ge part A person, Realizing that the which the way ma 1 for harmonies action is to carry lans forward i agenc t and 1 » spirit not men only manner be compl and fective Wash Skirts at 75c Creamy white Tub Skirts of cool linene and rep— made to button down the front with large pearl but- Gain Public & * 1 oe tons and finished with two ing to you this in the confi. o ke denc ‘ou will t ‘ patch pockets. th came dltare Wash Skirts 89c ting course that Gen. taken When you have done as he has la that , ’ ’ nt with Stmoet. couftdienes Women's and Misses White Linene Wash Skirts, made with girdle or yoke belt, effectively trimmed with patch or novelty on the ate diet of the peo: with regard pockets and button down the front. is re have In hich it was tendered deciding between two wh If and withe is past er discussion of what | vothals has sure the ultin le of the you oun’ to your magnanimous and unselfish view of public duty and upon win jning in the retrospect the same ad |miration and confidence that I have learned to fe With = much eclation of the rendered rdiaily and sincerely Signed) “woopROW Goethals’ 1 for you ard and large great services w letter, offering to resign, Dear Mr, President “I beg to acknowledge ou written follows the rece and wish m of the which which appreciat manner in ye inion tion that the task ping th whic nportant, % h porta uring and ¢ ol yriations of the United State ed that I wa and com If struction sid z the be m ald be and th i suggestion where it was COMPANY INCITING RIOT? Editor The Star: As I watched the scenes of disorder and violence n the Washington st on Saturday ternoon, attendant upon attempted operation of a street cor, and when | saw a mob sui ounding: it in front of the I. W.| V. hall, 1 wondered whether the f this city are deluded with idea that the traction compan making an effort to op lines, whether it realizes | Pl it is mi probable that the Americ ye effort intended to in-|Oped intellectuall and and thus|they are capable ¢ furnish a supp 5 themselves ation mag con. | #Nd so, they sta ‘absolute car or two and therefore | than one ca sslike ef not attempt fort at real operation. I trust it is latter, but I fear it is the for. ROLAND COTTERILI A NEW PAGE The Star: “Court Ends | Picket! 3 Reinstatement Offered | Car Employes » two heads appeared in ther bus district me i} and initia the Those a much mor surance placed clearly the mem-|f of the sub-committee on ap. propriation of the Speed Essential pre before . efor Editor of ouse peop the the really The The ‘ fo r apers tog akes it imperative or whomsoever i count after all hould t the end, 1 idea lish harmonious rela shipping board, but regret to state I have not succeeded, and it seems imposeible to secure the union of purpose essential to the success of the work Relieving that a centralization of authority man obtained and noth interfere accomplishment of this have e red to estab. ions with the to a point where rea was loodshed dd object roewts oning fo that © riot aout Because § ing te or manager with know th says so der don't have To send a lone street car Ww r z CO) i " the ¥ o fonted Cau 3 et have the ame epirit of freedom | Saturday afternoon, thru the \v em that their forefathers | “Washington Street loop” district, | Within them had when they landed at Plymouth. | where the thousands of {tinerants and striking lumber workers are The people know what Thanks: | known to congregate, and making! Tren‘ qn unscrupulous egotiet or a| Quarters, is not tO. my mind an|concelted ase can manage corpora pro-|honest effort at operation, and! ‘The people demand a man who eal perts as Kempster, Richards is big enough to look upon his fel: Hender know it is not andliow man with compassion If there was a real to fur The people ere turning a new and that pa ays nish public service, cars would be God gave us Hfe; He! dispatched from the alone should take it away (such as Fremont and Jefferson) |” ir stone and Webster can't let to the outer terminus of the resl-/ ier employes live, and make the| dential lines and bring them in tol car tines pay, they should quit a convenient “cross-over” or switch READER. at the outside limits of the busi F stumbling block |ness district, such as Broadway, “It is my urgent hope that this| North Seattle or Westlake ave solution will commend Itself to you,| But no, it appears that the only and in order that the work may be| portion of the company's trackage delayed little as possible by alof over miles, which seems change, if you deem it wise, I shall| feasible of operation 1s a couple of | be glad to continue in charge until | miles in the heart of the city, with m or can selected and|a single car with its operators un remain with him until he has a/ protected by screens or shields \f thoro know e of the organization from the mob violence, To me this that ha built up and cems almost criminal, and | able to familiarize himself with the der if any considerable number york that has already been under- the people of this city are taken ceived | “You may be assured of my loyal| Such actions mean | acquiescence in the direction given | other of two things: in your letter and all future orders.|deliberate attempt to invite and| pocket, these officers to supplement “Yours respectfully, ineite violence and bloodshed or!the efficient protection that the “GEORGE W. GORTHALS.” |else it is because the company is cowardly dummies who pose as real in one neces hipbullding ram rapidly and successfully, mature ation on the led that ary to carry out the consid 1 car son under sire condition r . page in let us live. am conving t interests ¢ would efore utliying barns public it 1 were replaced by some one on whom full authority can be centered, and whose personality will not be a he the that wel be ser HE ROASTS THE STAR Editor The Star: Yes, by all} means make it easier for the or-| ganized thugs and assassins who pose as law-abiding strikers, to de troy property of citizens and as ault and perhaps even kill work ingmen whose only offense is that | they e trying to earn a living for their families M uinly have sp de-|licemen appointed to replace these awful “gunmen,” and make it a| one or the| provision that each such policeman It is either a|must have a union card in his it been been won of st ce fal po STAR READERS WRITE ABOUT jarchy J |Goa MARCHE Watch the Wash Skirts Walking Out Walking Out of the Bargain Basement Twos and Threes ARE SO LOW AND THE SKIRTS SO SMART Wash Skirts at 98c Good - looking Whit RGAIN BASEMENT e rts of linene, rep, corded bask ar material, weaves novelty and black white checks or The styles are and mostly all belted mo els. et nd stripes. numerous d- White Skirts $1.25 White Wash Skirts ¢ of gabardine, Bedford cords or silky striped materials, for wear. Many ideas in pocketing pretty girdle belts; for women and misses. sport ne yunable to secure men to run more policemen are now giving us ans let It be pity one not a anized labor, or spea organize MAYBL By all me and then ¢ ber of or truthfully a say, mem more d an N TRACTION WAGES The Star 1 tion company going ount understand of the city to raise the of the high ater Now itor the tri fo Seattle is cost of living Mr. Editor, some of t have been working long hours per day for the small sum of $2.25, and not one word have I ev heard of those men's wages being raised on unt of the high cost of living men went to the company and asked for a 25-cent raise, and were flatly turned down Those men acted honestly with the com- pany and asked for the small ad ance of 25 cents in a gentlemanly way, and were turned down in a very ungentlemanly way If the company had with their employes everything vould be running along smoothly and all trouble would have been averted forced in order selves, I understand fering $5 per day for and if they can't pt they will pay $20 per didn't they open their fore the men organized and treat them like they propose to treat scab labor?, That goes to show that the company did not care one jota for their employes and their fam. ilies, If that is patriotism, I hope will deliver ne from = such patriotic men There ought to be a law to put every min in the penitentiary who kes the place of a working man who is trying to better his condi tion T. J. MeKEAN and pr hose acted fair th loves ir ey to to protect them they are of “seab” labor, it for that day, Why hearts be LIKES EDITORIAL Editor The Star: Permit me to second and commend you for the sentiments expressed that it is very unwise for the municipality and sizes CAR STRIKE }to surrender its policing duties to corporations or anyone. I feel I can speak with some authority upon the subject as I was present in Petrograd at the beginning of the revolution which overthrew the czar, and after an absence abroad of two years have a mind open to the impressions made upon it by the inconsistences of our gover = mental administration I have the welfare of my native country at heart, because I wish to live in it, and I beg to assure you that the Russian government, either of old or new regime, would, never surrender their policing powers, and if the matter is con; tinued in our country we learn of its folly by experi WANDE) | KIDDING PUBLIC | Editor The Star: According ti Mr. Leonard's published statement |the direct cause of the street in the two cities of Seatt roma is the discharge 6 en employes of the Tacom ppany In other words, the carmen went out on strike because seven men in Tacoma were dis- charged, and because a Stone & Webster subsidiary company will not reinstate those seven men, Now, the representatives of Stone & Webster interests, Mes: Bradlee and Pratt, of Boston; nard and Mr, Kempster, of attle, and Mr. Bean, of Tacoma, broad-minded business men. v they see that thes seven men reinstated, and stop the incon fenc nd the business loss to thé nt bystander and loss of effi to our government in this emergency and time of national peril? We quo se | would ante then have the ike, and no one wou! be the sufferer—or are Mr, Leow ord and the rest of the Stone Webster representatives just “k eae the public? HUGH PARKER, 1503 Grand Ave,