The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 5, 1919, Page 1

MAYOR HANSON TO DEPUTIZE 10,000 | (&s==-| TheSeattle Star “2.2m THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NOR THM B Oe Te a ee Kntered ae Second Class Matter May 1899, at the Postoffice et Beattie, Wash, under the Act of Congress Ma 4, 1879, J 4 ‘am TS P NO. 291 SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1919. Weather Forecast: Tes'#! rains maa UNDER WHICH FLAG The general strike is at hand. And more, a general SHOWDOWN is at. thand---a showdown for all of us—-a test of Americanism—-a test of YOUR Americanism. As The Star stated yesterday, this is no time to mince words. A part of our co government, and’ not by American methods. This small part of our city talks plainl of “taking over things,” of “resuming under our management.” We call this thing that is upon usa general strike, but it is more than that. It is be an acid test of American citizenship— an acid test of all those principles for whiek our soldiers have fought and died. Itis to determine whether this is a country wort living in and a country worth dying for. The challenge is right up to you—men a __ Under w which flag do you stand? LIGHT AND CAR SERVICE RMN, “surewewrey 8372220" TACOMA UNIONS The joint strik ittee of th ,ness a6 usual. bole The followi tatement | 2 Joint strike cot 00 ve ; lancet creme cancer Meee pre. | Seat of the city govern- sag cae Sn | strike statement late Wednesday |} Ment will be at the cit prepare totay by D. E Skee | ° %|- morning which was distributed in) hall. The municipal rs yeaah oF geen mabge | TACOMA, Feb. 5.—On the question whether a ag Ss o 1 ts | |that the munteipat cars witl run, as form to the workers The } will run, schools will be corporation, id . . oi jority vote of the Central Labor Council, at its m oe e elopmen the men will not risk chances of dis- ended asm lastminute ) open, and the city officials ve hen tod “ bond a * (tonight, can bind all affiliated unions to a general Rare says 10,000 extra policemen will be sworn in, if neces ) | charge ; shipyard men and their | elected to office by the peo- Soe See vor, Pan eee may depend the developments in the walkout set to preserve order. Business as usual’ wil pe th? | tellows who wit! walk out Thursday. |} ple, to run the government “Wages actually paid in shipyards | 1 pow, ting intendent J. D. Ross calls on citizens to volun- } | city’s motto during the strike,” May- |.) ° . soncalige ee en 3 i f strike: i ee oe light plant ) |or Hanson declared in his statement | THe statement follows } will deputize 10,000 citi- ; ge i mE pigs There is a possibility, it appeared today, tet Blectrical workers vote for walkout without any exemptions { won 3 ang men employe quitting} 4 ee pean oil é zens if necessary, ey SO ie kd istaiedawwese SAku LAal Ot question may cause an open breach among the labor w { hospi ire alarcn system. ) | Work will be discharm SE oncatatwnine dis -liaac Sage many more as needed, to ( f'°™" Pe tts iitecy re 2 umd BEE cas cenployes will hold mass meeting at 1a. m. Thure }| Hanson xpent the morning in con-| The workers have taken up th main im "aw and aden” the time of the strike. These wages if an attempt is made to force a general strike of # ey Dcathaet qeedtinn, te feed Of thelr intervational’s ference with the city’s legal depart: | Of battle thrown down by the indus ainte aw a : . of the wages be |Unions whose memberships have | voted against taki edict that the sympathy strike must not take place {|ment and other officials, trial masters and the wheels have oes x paid in all the steel yards With the metal trades unions al-| — Municipal Traction Superintendent Murphine says city lines { Ask Mine Strike stopped turning. pai zs vy |Peady out, it is practically certain Tl cay event ? 4 § The strikers, thru their commit io 'y | that the majority vote will favor a | gala Sar Uk thd ahs bay tanten tehdere "girls | An appeal for a general strike in ‘ , have made plans for fe : . yg |Reneral walkout. vote today, but may have to quit in any case thru lack of power { ye i — me I trad nf enced amr eg hg cae ya doar om st A number 6f unions have raised to operate system Labor committees completing last-minute strike details, James A. Taylor, 5 Metal Trades Cow if « Coun- | mittees they can furniat cloth 3,713 the issue that they are without pow t of|ing and shelter to th elven esti er to take a referendum vote or to re ‘The masters’ le—that private 1‘ ‘ eit join a eral strike without the eee Ten thousand special deputies will > sworn in, if necessary, to pre Joen y m a speaking trip to Aber-| capital wan necessary to production Gosks ot t anctic f ir internationals. : F Olymp He reports a| and @atribution as was labor—has » te 4 Stri < however, take the ee to carry on the | spread of strike sentiment among the | been nailed. Since labor can supply The average daily rate of 11,778 position that international oblig lay issued an appeal to the public for volunteer he work of the city power department rkera where he visit Itwolf with the basic needs of life , men working on daily rates was/|tions and agreements must st Ee gaeve onder during the general strike | OTK Of the city Dower Cepartied; Going ne carly thin, Without help from capitalists they| Not even city hospitals or the fire) $5.51 o way to the will of the majority of| J. D. Ross, superintendent of slated to begin at 10 o'clock tomor pon Bir oe tkout, without any ex-| morning, the gene atrt commit nish the re of the alarm dynteens will be wants ir The average rate of all ae in| the Central council menberst city light department, today issu according to Mayor fare niet er hy Pe inves (tee of the 130 ur affiliated y have been su the walkout of light and power) the yard, including workers, Tt ‘was ed today that smelt call for vol nel tend & emption in the ¢ ie of city ent ise ie Gatetal chew ; 2 ae ‘iehdamen th" Wa! ‘ona workers, according to .a declaration | was $6.73 1 houoe : Numhackae’ sina abut all for v sk rs to operate the Civic orkers who quit their jobs| the Ce al La 4 WES @%>| nee ‘ a ‘ elt h pa the ‘This he outstanding develop: | i 1 dischareed, according t pected to sit unt We a ss of Leon Green, bu ent of ght, against participat y ; t gates: during was _ * ill be discharged, according to a abor power, unde e press ne: het al workers’ union. . 4 oh he general strike. Lingmen, steam ment in today’s strike situation, na Lea eee coaeee insla Leventn onsideration of ge rp under Present | the electri r ing by a big majority ¢ alieiehs great questions of light,|".rnine lasued by the mayor and) eet stems, 10 & coramodity Mayor Hanson, in insisting that American Troops Cereal and flour workers also vot-|Sineers, station operators and 2 shone service re |" 7 Ucials. pecullarity which other comme rtment will oper. ed against the proposal men cially, are urgently ob agdaae No Fire Alarms? Strenuous Meeting Ahead do not have. It produces m¢ id of volunteer 1 Reach New York : ed statement in full follows: | transporta' mained uncertain. While union officials predict that) Fire alarms will be put out of! me most strenuous meeting that | ne ry to maintain itself ¢ “Leon Green, alien, slackar, Bol From Europe Zone “To the People of Se “no electric power or light be Commission by the walkout of ¢lec-/tne Central Labor council has ever| The masters have ta advant : {and 1.W. W,, tsnotrunning| oon. Feb ly uate light plant has 50,000 a tarnished residents he en | tical workers, and the city will be)... need expected at & p. m./ of s fact to en the workers, | ¢} ht partment Green y . by ‘i furnishes light, heat and power Slag hospitals, the mayor and Supt. Ross | Placed In jeop from fire, unless | , authority for the full fune-| Thru the system of ex, they al used of being an alien—a Rus-| port Duc d'Aosta, from Marseilles 0,000 pe Without the elt P of the city lighting department ap volunteers can be pescado: t g of the strike machinery will| low the producer barel onan to} sian subject—and is not a citizen of January 8, and Gibraltar, January light plant operating, West Seattle” @ ‘pear confident that they will be able ea page ha be give oh ‘ oe ie Be uote of | ian 4 agi ooeel att , | 28, arrived here lay with 1,776 ye ™ ee ¥ i errihed Se ca q olw ce pe ctcomgyy tu ors curr n trike a cg . rons by i. ry ured tha ne walkou € Seattle is p ped br run the city plant with volunteer i riscen doen 461). ae 1 In strike circles! snove the 1 ioe Waes'th ante , apa ned ger ert #, as follows power. The s is largely true of quit their jobs whiches of the devel lack of power may |! surplus value, and is kept by the ty officers and 1,228 men of the| TONDON, Feb. 6.—The ministr, of labor will intervene in the which are spre thruout ¢ t n off Queen Anne ill Our city Nght ~ plant also furnishes the Pefrigerds tion for thousands of tons of foods” from fire, Seattle ly unless | 331st field artillery, complete, des » man the The count of votes arnong the tel j ‘@phdne operators was in progress at They keep these pst bapa Sit Be pp thru the exercise of capitalist cl ting, union’ officials declared, Conserva tination Camp Grant; six officers | pritain and, if ur fail to gain control of the situ fioon today, and the result as to 3” yo) 4 been and with the acquiescence of r No rep ad r ate : t warehou! | whether the hello girls will strike or federal the ignorant wage slaves. All be M= land 205 men of Battery 1, 339th Nearl of our hospitals are 7 a may not be announced until late | combat lee als, 5 a strike conference meeting y longs to the workers, they who have field artillery; six officers and 71 urnished with eity i nference meeting |" Every delegate to the meeting will ff Wa? done Wiens men. of ‘headquartera company.and| The United’ Press waa authorised |;oroshes with ity Bet Ae determined situation |'2 the south court room of the ; pen Lees | produced and have done withou 1 Diited Frees Was Suthaea y of the activities o& Cue aiman equally undetermined situation | 1) ee + hhapedey pa. |e closely questioned and required! thru all the age 10 men of the medical detachment, |to make the f e statement to-| tant means death and destructianl as to street car teansports aa: Sk tor Of the |%? his ere he is Since the products and the indy nation Camp I n tach. | day tuff : stuffs in our pont oe no joint | liven voting on the floor.| tries of the world are ours by right, | ment of 14 men from the 43d artil:' ‘The government regards the la-| 1). Ege We will atieaiet aa tn 'tavor cote ted, O76 to 578: | wire for instructions had been ‘sent Ski « Hanson gg lps ah csgpry tiny ai lery, and 1 nal po tation aa o faent between res | erate with our own men, Jf unabell vor ey. Their conats to the capital, but that each federal| yy inner, of the Skiner @|°8" manage both more efficiently Fe tha Hamiler toate re unable to| t@ do so, we may need the help 68 eee eereres, Provices Oat 4mm ofrcat had wiced hin own headaae| pany ‘sipolidie company, held 2| Saget Jute taal and wasninoTox, web, s—rrogres I, W. W. Take Hand | eit joer: a unite | tncmen, scam engineet tat y othirds mu | ters, setting forth the ails of the | @°Y 5 e're ready—let's win y enators plar aking tour . . . . oper ind firemen, and requeatiaaal eet in case Of a sy-npathy stri {| proposed strike, The wires did not | 900" (0h) city hall. Wednenday| "METAL TRADES’ JOIN PRIKE March 4, to advocate a number in Eastern Strike ale the Maa ae HON OEY nat -y teers report at 10 o'dloke ‘A meeting has been called for mide (oi gor replic Drumheller said. COMMITTEE. ire ntended to make the LAWRENCE, M Feb, 5.—I : w tnorning at the city light Right, in the Labor temple annex I morning. Neither would make any 4 tiet 1 . eomennanees 1 Timbermen to Quit stu taaiest: séuavding’ the seasien — a m atisfied and render it | w nts were here today, mak dey ent office, second floor, city. presumably to settle the issue ’ more difficult for Bolshevist pi ing to organize the striking 7, 000 Workers Say cot uilding old a confer A special representative of the| Three thousand timber workers! Skinner refused to rial federation lunion is €n route to the city from | will be included in the ral stri ence with the Mint y workers are scanning Wed: | ga Thursday, Final count o! hearer textile Hiram Johnson, | mitt orker The al workers the strikers has repudiat ‘They’re Locked Out ting the city electrical Simm Vancouver, B. C. Accord the timber | Wednesday morning he said) “fo the I ew of this De-| Kenyon and Poindexter are the ones \eq the American Federation of La roa a : walk out on atrilee Sana Petary HH. Davey, general points| workers’ ballots shows a large ma-|that the associatic ave the! partment: It 4 ordered and| who v do the campaign: |por, and the local Textile Worker SOU Un ax een ) men in th y of the élty’s fn doubt will t ed up at to-|jority in favor of the walkout., unbiased facts of the conditions in| directed that continued operation of | ing anions, but has not. joined ' the| {ns Tefusal of mill Owners to agree) tik Oh tone Right's meeting, It is believed the Oth workers returning a late the yards, The ministers’ federation. the activiti this department is} Be 8 message to the |T, Ww. W touen Cour Cay “without, an lt! tions will athy on tha ae \ decision will be to strike trike vote are tailors, dyers and | tried to bring A settlement of deemed essential to the welfare of sea Se ew ge Ne xi! ight in homes, hoapitais andl aan Puget Sound traction company of: cleaners. Photo engravers have op- the strike by su ting a com: the city and public. All employes of » whatever you want|G > Ft Bay Strikers mately 7,000 textile workers: 1 Roos atatad’ today. Tae CG ficials state that no eff ill be | posed the out promise of paying the laborers $5.50/ the department are hereby directed { our government, wit lo Be ase cen Rien Meg Praca gh ae is stated that the withaia madi 10 operate the cars after the The ters’ union has pass-| per da ‘ to keep in continuous operation all| out inaugurating a n of blood May Stop Walkout Heeus nee idle ween of the specialists. will work.ie mean lmre .eposited in the barns by the ed a re ution calling on organized Seattle chools will open Thur such activities intrusted to them or | shed, wholesale assassination and OAKLAND, Ca Feb. The | j Ry! wat toisdetuesiinele , hardship on maintenance of the unionists. labor to refuse to patronize grocer y morning usual, and will con-/ under their charge and con A| destruction of property. You have) sing machinists of t Hen en pian na tt othe pe rntas light syatem that it will by no | According to Superintendent of who refused credit to strikers. ‘They | tinue open as long as possible willful violation of this order will be | the ballot." shops in the East Bay district will| a means be an impossibility. Public Utilities Murphine, however 114 have these merchants placed considered by this department as in The measures these progressives | 8?0P* \ ; * City Men Told to Stay hold a meeting of the unions at . = @he municipal cars will continue under the ban by organized labor ubordination under the provisions | advocate, includ San ata or I's " ‘operation. even after the strike is settled. # calling on employes to|of the following civil service ru Return of American soldiers, ellm bac veabeal a ling 3 sofas betonn Flynn to Testify z { A d |B Whether ee not the city wil be| Fully a score of labor committees | continue at work were posted in the | ‘Causes for remo 7 we ful viols ination of militarism and complete | een ee ee statement issued from on Bolshevism ‘ nnouncement supplied with gas during the kas ae woe qi in the ten: |elty street car barns and in all civic | tion of any lawful and reasonable | removal of repressive measures up- | aan fons Reape to MERI ital. bt wd ss cae ‘ rike was uncertain ole and metal trades headquarters, |departments Wednend: morning. | regulation, order or direction mado|on speech and the 4 ne organization SHING eb. 8.—Wihtiam ur copy of The Star is eee Sanat 6 age tpt, reece od at alor aiven by « superior. offlost when | - J, Flynn, former ‘head of the U, §.|) notydelivered regtllarly during Pnesday noon, according to Seattle | arranging detalles of the mass walk:|The notices were 1 G- IME Lighting company officials, who de out | meeting of Mayor He . elared gan will be furnished unless Electrical workers have voted for | men and heads of de ably will b ses when the sen council: | such violation has amounted to in WASHINGTON Feb, 6. The NAVY YARD TO WORK ecret r rdination or serious preach of | total American forces in Burope and| BREMERTON, Feb. 6-—Uniess) of the fir discipline, or has resulted in| Siberia at the time of the armistice there is a national strike, the navy | ate begins its probe into Bolshevik wit phone, During the strike, ‘The! Star's telephone, Main 600, will} ) § ne |, the’ strike period, @on’t teles ) \ Supplies are cut off. The gas work-|a mass walkout, without any exemp- | ployes urned that they will be | prop 1 " will continue work; the | propaganda: in® this ‘countes. "4 be used only for official bu 4 ed no’ trike. \tions. Thomas Murphine prt charge ney take pa ¢ | loss ury to the city or to the| signing was 2,013, according to | yard workers will contin K propaganda in this country, it w un lt © used only for official by : @re’ union yoted not to strike tior Thomas Murphine, superin-| discharged if they take part in the| njury to Seudial cleteda Wonds sietel ‘oraaen. conned -anonnoen | earned today, "Light Superintendent J. D. Ross tendent of public utilities, asserts | sympathy walkout, Here is the no public. ; S