The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1917, Page 10

7. ae 2 COUNCIL TO BAR “GREEN” CREWS a | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Mstructions not to rece @tand taken by the strikers Vetter sent late Wednesds dng to consider Leonard's Arbitrate without p Work the men « fm Tacoma for jo The commiitees A. A, Whiteley Motormen; Man, representir eal; J. Sullivan, ¢ J, R. Pace, motormen Wallace, electrical Senting the Tacoma The conference was arranged by the King county council for patri ‘otic service, but no er of the » Counell is present at ch To Arrest Strikebreakers Mayor Gill ed th that he could not the operation of car @istricts, where the d Hopwood a and R wor repre Kay Ages but that c delibera ating ent the company i trouble in oj town, he will stri is ree Bile order against it Darns if they take > wound in Slater's strike with Br i te ‘i Vigil strikers’ pickets were e the motor. ars to the em downtown then arrest them as disorderly He says he will for men to return their Strikebreakers Start Fight » AM afternoon and evening yes ferday a large crowd of strikers s¥mpathizers “mounted guard’ the Georgetown barns on the for the arrival of the spe- train of 175 strikebreakers arrived at 1:30 a. m. from i eve en jing the afternoon a an intermittent bombar ‘was carried on by both sides the strikebreakers “rushed” crowd at the Vega place gate ith a fire hose. When the crowd 4, running from the power ul stream of water, the shouting x pelted them with TION HEADS MUST BE HELD to ‘nen In So far as is known none on de was seriously hurt uniformed police in the rding to on duty outs the de threw the Policemen who have n that the gar h ast night is not as the New York older 8 say te bunch and igners ny office to u for med t anx » and go to tt wel n were uajority wore roug Crowd Delays T »wed no cu which went { asked few questi wards or of the New already | ich Yor nesters irracks T ain wh Seattle from Ch tour around Butte trouble with stri AKO Mc « union miner rived at Geo at 10 m., but a crowd of strikers and sympathiz with a number of wom gath near the depot caused the traction company to halt the train at Maple Valley, 22 1 from Seattle, and hold it there until crowd went about ight. Tr handful present alled into the ya and there was no ver, the pickets elves with shout at the new-comers The strikers’ comm day turned down Leonard arbitrate all ons that of nion recogn strik terated « that they d arbitrate all issues if the company would reinstate the men discharged for joining the Tacoma and Seattle unions ave ar violence ntentine seab ee yester except tion T statement questi FOR GUNMEN’S ACTS---BOB HODGE on company be held responsible for any of imported gunmen fht here under the guise of Robert Hodge, former declared in a letter to The toda; letter follow itor The Star I have fol very closely the stand you en in the controversy be- the, Puget Sound Traction, & Power Co. and the strik- street car men, for which you ‘entitled to the hearty congrat of every citizen of this _ You are fighting for a cause that to the heart of every loyal ‘$ustice and humanity in to the dollar.’ fs beyond human comprehen to fathom the motive or prin governing the mind of A. W fm wanting to prevent his from exercising a God and constitutional right to every citizen in this try, that of organizing for per Protection, unless it is that @ believes without organization of employes he can get them to to work for starvation fe are at war with Germany free the world from autocracy,|main, yours ve ‘we have It here in our midst, officials | in justice and| ind will as the P. tinue to have {t so long T.. L. & P. Co. is al lowed to do as it pleases tn our city. They even refuse pay their just taxes, and get by with it put if a workingman refuses to pay his, the county authorities the first thing available, which be longs to him, and the sheriff sells tt. “The company's action bringing in strikebreakers is the first move towards dis order and violations of the law, and should crime of a serious nature, such as murder—there gunmen among the ere—occur, the head the traction company is more guilty than those actual- ly committing said crimes, and should be dealt with accord. ingly. I earnestly hope serious trouble can be avert It must be remem bered the strikers are fighting for a living for their wives and fam ilies, a thing t getting before from the F T., Lb & P. Co Once stand in that every the name, port to the str between human and greed, I re. ory trul ROBERT T in more commending this matter, and hoping Americ itizen worthy will lend bis moral sup. . im tht attle your HODG DRTER HIRES OUT “AS STRIKEBREAKER No one seemed to want to there were billiards, altho tables there. ‘There was nothing to read except ‘old Literary Digest and the day's x papers. © f talked to one of the brothers California. > “It’s just a game to make a little fick coin,” he sald We sat on a billiard table and two of the men pelt orange fat Dad Bibbins, who seemed be the goat of the party > A doctor, who came to dress the head, was the person from the outer world @aw during the evening. He re nd pronounced the bandage « eut healing nicely T asked Slater how he 74mg a car down Second ave “Not so bad,” he sald. “Put the that climbed on roof to fix trolley was the one that had ae 0.” Out in the bunk house I found my! friend from Burlington writing a r. “About all we have to do is eat ‘end sleep and write,” he said. “T Mail carriers must have gon the carmen ‘wasn't one showed up here toda 1 examined the window bunk house. They were t heavy tron w Dow could see a tent wher Drothers from Califor their machine. Outsic the occasional flaxh of a match or the glow of a cigarend were the only indications of the constant eping the yard. The only sound could be heard was the drone of the transformer somewhere near. Flaps Arms With Dad Bibbins came in and helped me fix a bed. “Better not sleep on the side next the street,” he said. “They might Save it in with a bomb,” he warned, Bo we arranged a bed next to bi Bibbins has a eet of exercises which he declares will preserve youth » Once, two years ago, he took a 7 1500-hour walk, which lasted 62 day He insisted that I should flap na | my arms with him before | went to bed, and 1 aid. Then he told me why he was|held Wednesday gr es, asl thought at first am here to ¢o ms Fabs he said “In Heve in’ strikes Expected a Tough Bunch Thru the monotony of the even ing. there ran an undercurrent of excitement. A crowd of ted strikebreakers was expected to ar rive Georgetown midnigt t And as conced the men at the North arn that they would be a hard bunch I went to sleep on floor with the drone of sformer in my ear and the expectation of ing aroused in the midd night, when the truckload of men arrived. And the next I knew it Thursday morning, and Dad Bib- bins was doing his exercises again more strikebreakers had ar bit for m er did be at be new after breakfast Jked out the to town am still wondering wheth one guessed who I wa GUARD SPENDS _ DAY PREPARING FOR WAR WORK Drills, ls, equipment checking and inspection, punctu ated by meals in Seattle res taurants, marked the day for Se attle National Guardsmen as semblied at the Armory for fed- eral service. For 10 da working ¢ I put on my door and took And I roll ‘ the men will be here, t detailed arrangements and pre ng to mobilize with oth- er state troops at American lake. Th » in the first week of Au gust, they will be given the federal | oath The men expect to be given fur ther physical examinations, and is sued equipment that has be They will stay until their tr pleted at Palo J. N. GRAN BURIED Funeral ell Cran the local Mutual 1 short American lake camp is com services for years old, branch of the Fidelity IAfe Insurance Co., wer at the Bonney John New He is not exe of the old Watson company's chapel, » of the! | was! manager of | T a6 | sary erie - SUBTERFUGE IS TRACTION PLAN, SAY STRIKERS Dectaring the traction com pany is acting in bad faith, and that it does not mean to arbi trate fairly, as provided in its franchise, the conference com mittee of the strikers yesterday afternoon presented President Leonard, of the company, with the following refusal of his counter offer to arbitrate with out putting back to work the men discharged in Seattio and Tacoma for joining the union: July 1917 Sound Traction, Light & Company and Subsidiary Companies, Seattle, Wash > nen: Weare in receipt of ot July 24, and in reply would suggest 1. That your company, ther under the name Seattle trie company, in the year 1 agre hat its employes might or ganize, but immediately after the organization took active measures troy th anizats nued time ganization pletely eltmin ated. on the present emplo obtain from your cor is fair compelled to form your pre Puget Pow yours oper. ot os Was when the es were wages irs, an organt- zation sent company be: {to discharge men tn the ot attle and ¢ of Tacoma for the purpose of destroying th on hat, as © present organtizat 3 in well k and as should be kno in this state f your employes attle and Tacoma r raction compa ‘ham and Ev organiza tion own to you. to ever organiz the subject to o' trol 4. That to prev discharge pated in non the present o and upon your refusal to re men who had been discharge for that sole reason, it becam absolutely necessary to call a strik of organized employes of the which wae done on the all n hat your languag as offer of compromise which it 1 for the hises do not » for arbitr to arb n your franc pro vent plan ed into 4 work, your represer | tative can ase to join with our representative in the selection ot jany fair-minded man who would | sive the employes an equal oppor | tunity to present their cause. 6. That legal ure would] then be necessary attempt to compel your company to trate to the spirit of your| and such proceedings ould remain in the courts | indetermined for an indefinite d. This ¥ men return to proces to ace ordi chi probab! peri-| neither the nor the s to the litiga tion. That we names fairne state hitherto suggested the integrity and » question in. the of Washington, order to bring about an arbitration of the dif | ferenc e6 between your company and its employes on a fair and substan tlal basis, for only by a settlement |of our differences on a fair basis | can we hope for a ting peace. &. The gentlemen suggested by us are connected in no way wfh organ ined and their impartiality and fairness cannot justly ques tioned We hoped that you might deem it agreeable to your interests one of these men to m you would be willing to sub mit the questions in dispute. We,| | however, are willing to accept for| the third arbitrator any fair-minded man not connected in any manner with either side of the existing con troversy For the foregoing reasons we f men whose es are a labor he to select some GET 10 SLACKERS out of office by HE SEATTLE STAR THE BON MARCHE Over 1,000 Remnants of Silks and Dress Goods at Half Price On Sale Friday in the Bargain Booth month-end by at half price! it gives them a chance clothes. Satins at jest , Pongee All colors We Goods each taking all the rt lengths t This for wise Ik and Dre umulated and sell be of cial the p tic n them to mother of interest ure mont will and practical econ mic material for school lks and , Crepe de Chin to 6 yards. our best Me elling § ng Silk Remnants | ,, Half Price Dress Goods Remnants Half Dre and Coatings— Henriet Nuns’ Veilingg lour, 4 Worsteds a Middy Waists and Blouses Going and Going Quickly at 35c Offered at this low price because the size range is broken, they are slightly soiled. PAPA'S ANGEL CHEEILD, On, or when offered at 35e— low price because some lies disappear on nents offered at broken that wil much t priced iled and igher E size ranges are s 34 or white with or blue collars, with short sleeves to 44 th red ¢ Ken are white galatea y style. In bre astic belt ver sizes slipe I broken sizes, reduced to 35c. iE BON MARCHB led Lingerie Waists in SECOND FLOOR—T few soi CAR STRIKEBREAKERS punieas it }times that the jeards were wan bly the men | identification P. F. Bush Co, New York, strike breaking agency, which employs them. Without this card no wa Jean be collected, and it t* thet protection against being beaten by mistake by the company’s guards | New Gang Quickly Searched When the special train arrived Jat 1:30 a. m. Thursday, bringing jthe Chicago contingent, Quigley {and Conner were tn waiting, and |made the men enter their quarters one by one, looking at each one closely to deter his age, and Gemanding cards from those who ppeared to be within the lMmits From this gang the following were held Frank De Witt, 21 American, laborer; Norman Jenks 21 American Springe H wan explained several blue registration ont invaria white the Our Final Clearance of Summer Milline Brings You Trimmed Hats at Lowest Prices Out of the 373 professional strikebreakers from New York and Chicago imported by the traction company and housed at Georgetown barns, Select Ser vice Registration Officers J. E. Quigiey and W. W. Conner ar- rested 10 late Wednesday and early Thursday because they carried no select service regis tration carde and appeared to be of draft age. James A. Duncan, secretary of the Central Labor council, Geciares he Is not surprised that #0 many of the younger men had no cards. A man who strikebreaking ean of pro voluntaril Intration hese men st cities anc that cards will descend to 4 the most un-Ameri asions, Is not likely to bmit himself for reg 4 Duncan are ruited the big » wo “Street Hats and Sport Hats at $4.75 r from East der to regis ta o it is ny Smart Pattern and Dress Hats at $7.50 ern me were not time for the departure of Summer Hats from our Millinery Section they are not allowed to stay after a given time—no matter how You will be wise to buy now, for there is plenty Many are Street Hats, as well as smart mod- American Jenjamin Anierican, Finds Armed Slacker the way to the police { the offi evolver Applebaum The has come—for much the prices must be cut. of time in which to wear them. els for dress and sports wear. SECOND ed Up for Search vere made the gang) On eax room | one and pro-|| afternoon n officers a station of ancient of the pockets of Imme James Sulli of toe prisoners, declared Applebaum, another owned the gun. The po lice are investigating they will search “| the traction barns ad in ¢ that ¢ Austr mo Harry Mattsowitz FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. prisoner who claims off every & Useful Matting Remnants Reduced to 20c Yard FROM 1 TO 20- YARD LENGTHS their cor respectfully ibmitted to would say t urn to work trict understanding varged for part out which refuse NATIONAL DRY VOTE UP SOGN, LEADERS AGREE | My United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON ate vote on a national amendment will be take next Wednesday, accc private agreement reach and dry leaders toda Debate on the begin Tuesday A part of the ag the amendment must untens ratifies therefore. proposition s 18 REMNANTS of high-grade Japanese and Chinese Matting reduced to 20¢ a yard—in red and green designs and natural color, so pretty and sanitary for floor for your out of town home, bedrooms and_ halls. Lengths from 1 to 20 yards to the piece. action ide their does not cor the | very few employers tended to arrogate th Ives | the right to dictate the actions or conduct of their employes outside of their hours of actual service, ex cept for reasons based on the lack f sobriety or fundamental morality We again offer to arbitrate the questions in dispute, insisting, how hat the name of the third ar-|, ator be selected at once, #o that| roceed without that a lasting duct on thelr morals or coverings Since 1864 have even pre July 26.—A sen Desirable Carpet Remnants Reduced to $1.95 Apiece FROM 11% TO 2 YARDS LONG prohibition ip. my) to a wot n at ng d by amendment ts to REMNANTS of Carpet that will be very handy for small rugs. They are of various grades of velvet and Axminster, and the colors are most desirable. Lengths from 11% to 2 yards, at $1.95 a piece. THIRD FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. ment is th provide within six equired to put jon ma at o the end at ent peace shed en years hy it may between your com » constitut 1p to the gislat constitutions endinent i two-thirds 1 Then three. fourths of the states must vote put the amendment into th stitution Decision to vote so soon on the prohibition bill 1s significant view of an effort have such a| vote release from food bill the joo amendment directing th resident to purchase bonded liquor ploye itted mittee vind Traction, Light & ver company | JAMES A. DUNCAN, A. A. WHIT J, MORGENTHALER PRINCESS PLANS TO RAISE MONEY HERE nttle es i oad reve, WASHONISTS WORRY | ooo) oo ss isc Marie of Ru behalf of Wednesany sufferings of the people and how they into the ar b the government, since swept the people Miss Fuller, who 4% about to re. turn to Rumania, will return to this country with Queen Marie's eldest | daughter, with whom ghe intends | to conduct & campaign to raise | | | $500,000 for Rumanian relief. ' Find Dead Man With APPLE GITY WILL Flintlock of 1844 By Veiied Press towed Wire ENTERTAIN ELKS AUBURN Ore, Jul f ly of 60 ago was a pioneer mining of several thousand persons, uncovered here today with the ing of the skeleton of a man a flintlock bearing the date in the hills near here, on is impossible. lly eubn Ines Conf require ng all Puget Pow erence e¢ repre ent House Dresses That Are Neat and Good at 69c House Dresses to ul price on very desirable They are made of chambray or n neat striped or checked patterns. ‘The collars and cuffs are of plain col- uch to the lhe colors are gray white ives a fresh t OOR piping g whole d white. In SECOND I ness G Miss Lote sentative sizes THE a person of Queen mania on a fr the Rumanian relief night toid of the Rumanian were forced Russian died es BON MARCHE transportation fac mainland, a mitt from Vashon island fore the board of King missioners yeste | ter mes vice with iities the present from the of people appeared be county com Odd Lots of Wash Goods 15c Buy and buy now while Wash Goods are but Se a yard. Crepes and mercerized materials, mostly dark shades, 2¥ to 30 inches wide. Dress Voiles 15c a Yard 10 pieces of Dress Voiles, 34 to 38 inches wide, in floral and striped styles of pink, blue, helio- trope and tan—beautiful for Summer dresses. LOWER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Wash Goods at 124c a Yard have a good-looking Dress when the | 12\%e a yard? Silk and cotton blue, red and tans, 24 and 25 ay Lo discuss bet hs to get transportation ser-| amboat owners say the in stallation of the ferry caused them | to withdraw their boats of | | the dar because Why not material {a but mixtures in pink, 1ge done to their service. | inches wide Japanese Crepes 15c a Yard Pretty indeed are these Japanese Crepes at 15c | a yard. We've 30 neat pieces, 30 inches wide, in | dark shades, stripes and checks, Fine for kimonos | and house dresses, Alf Au | dl town | was find. and 1844, Identifica- Arrangements have been tnade entertain members of the Ell lodge, who will hold a convention it Wenatchee August 24 and 25. A party of abont 600, which will include = 4-plece band. will go from Seattle. i ee | to | burn