The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 11, 1919, Page 1

COAL STRIKE OFF SEATTLE VET, FALSELY IMPRISONED, IS SET FREE OO Tides in Seattle On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise an tt Ta ee ROA CENTS Late Edition Per Year. b $6.00 to PADAY Mall 9.00 M@ntered a» Becond Clase Matter May 3, at the Postoffics at Heattle, Wash., ender the Act of Congress March 8, 1879 —— ~ YOLUME 22. fair; colder NO. 219. SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1919. Tonight and Wednesday, ——— AS IT SEEMS TO ME || DANA “SLEETH STUDIOUS young man. who spends time in the worthy sult of Wiblical lore, demands why “son of Jesse” in a n this column to where does Joseph come in? this earnest seeker after Jems Was never spoken of, so je es.earthly parentage is con as the son of Joseph. Often wag called the sou of David Jeme was the father of David. deme was more closely linked - prophecy with Jesus than any ancestor ket tee, the literary unities are preerved, to our notion, by ie term “son of Jesse,” than by other phrase. if scripture is required, here two. quotations: 4 the son of Jesse, a man @y own heart, who shall do ; Of this man’s seed hath gccorting to His promise, “unto Israel a Savior, te xiii. there shall come forth a mt out of the stock of Jesse, and out of his roots shall bear = xia, i appealed to “the opel @ yore as it does still. Mentioned ‘fs the greatest book yet and too few trouble to d with it. Most folks whether favorite | appear im the Bible, or Victor Hugo. eee y. RMISTICE DAY brings . A another school vacation A few days ago the teachers had a conven- 486 there was no school for a of days. that it was Laber day, seheol for the day. ‘We believe that the janitor’s is going to entertain next there will be a half- pt and , OF such pretext or another. Our youth we had a day off at fi } Three days off at if it came in the middle ‘week. A day for New Year hours to celebrate Washing- : and that was about | Mi wth the giad June time, when hed for two months and a halt. Modern methods and mod Minds, mixed together in the tie retort. fuse the golden of knowledge more thly, more quickly, more sure. than in days gone by. But we doubt it. And our private opinion is that Majority of children need every @ the nine months of the year to prepare them for strugzie ahead _ And that one day ; yer after @ while are entirely too now is worth And that there AMABY excuses being tamely accept- _ tt by the city schools for a day oft, [VEN yet the majority of children do not progres# beyond the grammar Srades, and tens of thou: sands of children have long before the Eighth pL Fer the average tamily it tomnriet t slavery, these days, to PRePerly clothe, teed ana achool for Wars two to six youngsters, the economic urge all the time te the school and to the tory, shop or field ‘i That bite true, a responstHinty iM @ver before rests on DBS viblle sehooia that no scholar ge & Minute of the few years May have to get grounded in Peete training, the man F modes of lite BAL the best, the average child life it prepared Gepletion of the slender of knowledge given the aver- sr comes near meaning life ia LSO this ix « fine spot to invert a man-vize kick Sgainst this more than silly custom of having the children perpetually bennies and nickels and Shool on various trifling ee ARDY & Seattle household an {s almost blood money. Biily pride will generally y begin at and bar all Offerings for ANY- the public schools. STRIKE LEADERS « CANCEL WALKOUT Lewis Announces Decision After 18-| Hour Conference with His Aides at! Indianapolis Meeting BY J. L. O'SULLIVAN (United Press Staff Correspondent) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 11.—The call for the strike of | bituminous coal miners of the nation has been canceled. | ‘fore 10 o'clock by attorneys for the miners. jover the order the judge said: | | | “We will comply with the mandate of the court. We do this under protest. We are Americans. We cannot fight our government.” This was the statement issued by Acting President John L. Lewis at 4:15 a. m. today, after an 18-hour conference | with other union leaders here. : The recall order was submitted to the judge shortly be- After looking “IT think this is proper and I think this is a good faith compliance with the order.” | “That was the intention of the union officials,” said Henry Warrum, counsel for the miners. Wee See Oe es Sat onary ett weed eee RE ce ote A ni ethic he giclee amid by the ‘8 fort will be cuslieed a good faith com- the judge said. The order follows: “To the Officers and Members of the United Mine Work- ers of America: “Dear Sirs and Brothers: In obedience to the mandate of November 8 by the United States district court, district of Indiana, Judge Albert B. Anderson presiding, the under- signed hereby advise you that the order of October 15 directing a cessation of mining operations in the bituminous coal fields of our jurisdiction, is withdrawn and canceled. “(Signed Fraternally yours, i — “WILLIAM G. GREEN, Secretary. | “JOHN L. LEWIS, Acting President.’ | Lewis Shows Strain | In a voice shaken with emotion.) Today—Armistice day in his own home town-—Private Raymond H. Weller, Company C, 347th machine cod the G . | Lewis pronounced the words that) 9 i ttation, arrived home | | wilt officially end the strike of 49%) One year ago, minue a week,| started on Novem) Welier marching | his the| way to the trenche been For the last eight strain under which he ha: His [@? bas been in the military prison aboring for the last ten days. “lat Leavenworth, serving an unjust Director Hines to Answer | was nbd tad: tied; he Volon|Teyear pentenoe for “cowardice” Int Wage Demands Today jhusky and bis hair disheveled. the military service When the members of the execu:| But today he ix a free man, a BY RALPH F, COUCH os ‘ a | veteran of the world war, honored tive council, the scale committee mio Meguoria hp ay Babson hyena yr (United Press Staff Correspondent) | the district Lage pyres of the U ee the Hun back @nto Germany j A » iN, Nov. 1— | Mine Workers of America emerged Cee e ro Noximalely 260, |ffom the meeting room, they showed | se sm, Preatdenta W. G. Lee |the effects of a hard fight. They! The victim of a hasty and unjunt and 1. E. Sheppard, ‘of the Broth. | were n and tired. They went) court martial, Weiler was cleared erhood of Railroad Trainmen and to thelr rooma tmmediately, and all | by the adjutant general of the U. 8 the Order 4 Railroad Conduc- refused to add to Lewi statement. | army Cleared of the charge of tors, were to meet Rall Director | The utmost secrecy wax maintain: | cowardice, with his discharge papers Hines today to hear his decision | 7 Caer ot an bg liam ruts in hin pocket, Weller ix again “one | inte > io je Coors aang of the buddies.” on requests for immedi wag | conference room were carefully! Welier's care was a good ‘eine! The decision to call off the | o¢ the injustices of the court mar The trainmen asked raises averag:) strike was not reached until after|tia: wystem j ing 40 per cent, and the conductors | strenuous opposition had been made thie fret sevenitier 30 per cent, to make scales comply tha 86% gun: bat with increased living prt vd mands of both organizations were of march submitted early last summer and ex amined by the railroad wage adjust: | go At times the voices were| Were ment board }loud and angry, However, the sentl The rank and file of both organi-|ment of Americaninm prevailed zations are threatening strike unless | Action Is Bona Fide the demande are met, it 1s empbe Attorneys for the union peck it fe: presumed, will call the | “Alled into the sage < bay Ara attention of the brotherhood officials | Sri) times during tie tte with the to an alleged decrease in the cost of | sages ruling, it is known, and this| living of approximately 15 per cent, | i avice nad a strong influence on the ax reported by the statistics bureau | 120° iit nero eda pbs of the labor department the meeting adjourned many of |#8nization, For 10 days Anxiously Waiting those who attended hurried to catch | Orn © mr = Mateea Wren: We no| trains to return to their local ports, | 0% ROUEN! His ¢ arrested I1| They will direct the men’s action | oun’ them under the strike withdrawal order. | {earrier im There appeared to be no question! “A+ the trial, despite the that the union officials intended) in his favor of every non-commis their action to be a bona fide ending | sionea officer in the battalion, and of the strike. the testimony of Capt. H. 8, Beech “There is no question about | aa 000 coal miners, Lewis plainly showed was on months, Wel Victim of System | guarded. On 4 group of miners who wished | 1919 the court order. Thru the of the meeting hall|)) line 1 the sounds of heated day by to def closed costs. De talior oiet ¢ to the crossing th? Lys river who was @ veteran of #ev engagements, was L i condition for the grim trek With the permission of the non- were commissioned officer in charge, he Aropped ot the column, The battalion went on without him wher Weller, hard-fought out Loses Company of? that lost over shell last his or In the mad welter Argonne drive, Weller Praident Sheppard gaid that matter what Hines’ reply is, he wi i) for a referendum in his organi tion. President Lee is ex pected to call for a vote. Officials and the rank and file of the other 12 bi« railroad unions are ql jously awaiting the result of to: was argen were pre toatimony also ler, of the Fourth mounted police, | vestig day's conference as having a bearing on demands presented by the ‘The 14 railroad unions are acting in conjunction, thru the railway de- partment of the American Federa tion of Labor, according to § 500,000 rail demanded 23 per this department, ghopmen recently Increases averaging Thru road wage cent. Hines, dent Wilson, 3 per cent. the offer and which already at the suggestion of Prest- offered an increase of ‘The shopmen accepted called off a strike had been ordered. They served notice, however, that the strike was postponed only to give the government a reasonable time in which to force decreases in neppard, | the strike of coal miners being ended,” one of the highest offi- | clals of the United Mine Work. | ers told the United Press. “We expect the men to obey the withdrawal order. All of the power and influence of the union will be brought to bear imme- diately to get the men to return to work. We expect argument in some quarters for a few days, but we are confident union mem- hers will look at this in the same light that we do.” “Our greatest fear is that the men will think we are merely taking this tion to comply with the court's | der and not with the intention of ding the strike,” said one high | that Weller had displayed bi under fire, and had acted as ner” in soldier was convelted and sen Would You Save Money? Nearly every one in Seattle goes to at least one picture show each week. The money that would be spent in this way could possibly be diverted to other channels by a few lines of rhyme ich week Here is this week's line ry | veral hot engagem | need | Arlington ~|the entrance of the Served Eight Months at Leavenworth Unjustly; Returns Home Armistice Day, Kaymond H. Weller by © court-martial worth for 10 ve @handoning his seeking safety in the r Leaven fully anc rt sham nization ar V served seven months at Leavenworth, when the Elmer J Yoble post of the American Legion f this city, thru H. C. Butler, the adjutant, took the matter up with the war department on October 17 919, and demanded an tmm ein tion of the facts, On the 27 ceived adjut that reviewed and that letter from P. C, Harris, vt ganeral of the t Weller had 4 a result Weller had been restored to his organization, and later mustered out of the service in due order ° Of all the ex-service ing Armistice day, Weller, 847th, is today the happlest One Armed Man Is Exempted by Thugs After holding up A. B. Woods, hotel, Monday night, dn New Vendome hotel, » First a two footpada discovered their victim had only one arm, and let him go. “This bird has only one arm,” thug number one. “Let him = go, of the said then,” ejaculated | thug number two, Woods reported to the police, giv: | ing an elaborate description of both | official, “We are not withdrawing the strike order with a wink of an eye, We are going to use everything in our power to induce the men to} return to work.” ‘The withdrawal order was drafted (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) living costs. “The reasonable time” was rough ly defined as three months. This period is now regarded as having ex pired, Thru their Officiajs the shop men are now expected to make new representations to Hines, “Now is the time to buy a farm." Read carefully the details on the classified page. | into the men, PIULLADELPITIA, Nov. men were killed, jured and several ‘T—-Four three others in. persons thrown Delaware river today when the Reading railroad ferry Atlantic | City was rammed by the railway tug Caspian, The ferry was carrying workers | from the Jersey side to their jobs a Philadelphia. men ceelbrat: | lin the eyes of many, VETERANS WILL PARADE 8 P. M. Armistice day, first anniver- sary Of the signing of a truce that brought to a close the blood _iest of all the wars, witnessed a solemn ceremonial in Seattle to- day, when, at 11 o'clock, the peo- ple of the city suspended busi- ness, and, with bowed heads and lowered eyes, offered silent trib- ute to the memory of those men who gladly went and gladly died that the principles they upheld and the cause they loved might not perish from the earth, For full five minutes the silent cer. emony lasted, and when those bowed heads were lifted there were tears But a smile | was on their lips, for it was Armis 4) nor th of October, Butler re-|ionger in the ¢ jurging the tice day—a day of gr | doors did Tuesday, banks, nor public office build ings. Only private business did not spend, except the brief silent em proclaimed by Mayor Fite gerald. There wag to be veterans at 8 p.m smoker ance at the Crystal Pool, free to all who wore the uniform in the war. With some the bration of Ar | mistice day me uple of hours rejoicing. (CONTINUE LEGION TO TAKE ACTION ON JAPS MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 11.— (Special Star,)—Resolutions government to put up the bars against Japanese colontza- tion in the United States have been adopted by the Japanese activities committee of the American Legion, and will be placed before the conven: tion in session here. John J. Sulli van, Seattle attorney and vice chair man of the convention, is chairman of the committee. The rexolutions adopted committee demand. Cancel of TWO) by the the “gentle * between the ted States and Japan to re strict immigration and which, the committee contends, is being ruthlessly violated in principle. Exclusion of picture brides and Japanese imn States constitution providing that no child born in the United States of foreign parents shall be considered an American citizen unless both parents are of a race eligible to citizenship, a parade of | Tuesday, followed | and vaudeville perform. | 8 Kot up| ___tonight; moderate northeast winds. “FOR WE ARE ERICANS” 6 E ARE AMERICANS”— and by their actions the miners prove it. As Americans, they had no alternative but to comply with the court’s order. To have defied it would have been anything but American. It would have been noth- ing short of anarchy. And so— “We are Americans. We cannot fight our government,” President John L. Lewis declared for the miners. Perhaps, as the miners contended, the government was not quite fair to them. It may be, as they assert, that a mere tech- nicality was invoked against them thru a war measure. But when’the authority of the government of the United States was asserted, real Americans would not, and could not, challenge it. It resolved itself into a question of supremacy between the government and the union. And the miners placed their country before their union. The solemn, honest, unreserved decis- ion of the chiefs of the striking miners to annul the strike, and to advise the miners to return to work, is the GREATEST VIC- TORY FOR SANITY THAT EITHER LABOR OR CAPITAL HAS SHOWN “TO DATE. This decision came not thru fear of Washington, fear of the courts, or alarm over the possible success of the strike. It came solely because the chiefs of the miners thought more of their nation, its authority and its laws, than they did of private interest, or even the welfare of their hundreds of thousands of men and their families, who depended on their leadership and judgment. The miners, by their attitude today, have proven themselves worthy of public confidence and of every official effort that may be taken to insure their securing a square deal. And if the operators do not meet the men half way, and if injustices are not honestly righted, then, indeed, will there be reason for the public generally to de- mand redress as a matter of national equity. And, in passing, this may also be taken to heart by some of our Seattle friends. Public opinion is the one important factor in strikes. Public opinion wins strikes and defeats them. And public opinion is generally right. The miners, in returning, have won the biggest, indeed, the first clean victory or- ganized labor has won since the war ended. A victory inspired by the old sense of patriotic loyalty to their nation, its ideals and the welfare of all the people, at, may- hap, a sacrifice, for the time, of their own material good. And a victory, too, over ,those wild heads — those rebellion-steeped alarmists —who would lead labor into the Bolshe- vik wilderness, there to perish,