The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-18
May OPERATE few
CARS ON THURSDAY
Continued From Page l


The refusal by the union Of
the offer OF President Leonard
TO take back all strikers by
noon Friday.
Tho calling Of 4 special meet
Ing OF the city council by May.
or Gill 10 consider the policy
the city shah take In the
! strike.
Tho announcement OF Preal.
dent Leonard that protection"
for street cars viii be asked
for today for tomorrow. and
cara operated when adequate
guards are available.
The denial by the unions OF
! company claims that 20 union
men returned to work yestet.
day,
The company will not attempt 10
cnloin striking employees from
plcketing unm tho arrival OF the
supreme court .picketing de
! cinion in the city. In the meantime
| hundreds OF car men are patrolling
the streets IN front of the car barns.
on tho lookout for strike breakers.
which are expected to make their
appearance today.
Union officials declare they arc
not plckcting.
we are merely exercising our
right TO use tho public highways"
declared James Duncan. represents.
I tive OF the unions
| pieketing Goes On
They will have 90 arrest n lot
I Of men II they enforce the de
clslon." said Organizer AcMorrow.
OF the union.
There ia no reason 10 expect an
interurban strike today. according
10 both sideH
Leonard denied tho assertion 81
the unions that tho power and light
I circuits 81 the company would be
affected By the strike.
Duncan says his telephone ~
busy with calls from consumers
who want to know how 10 have
their lines cut over TO the mu.
niclpal wires
Transportation Better
This morning Sca,tlcliea had far
less difficulty In reaching the seen.
Of their labora than yesterday,
Every trunk street to the business
districts was crowded with hun.
dreds OF iitnoys. private cars and
auto trucks. packed and Jammcd TO
capacity.
Two serious accidents and many
minor ones marked the sudden In.
crease In motor traffic.
Attorney W X. Crawford. of tho
Mutual bonding Co. announced
that private cars should take runs
not operated on by regular litncy
drivers II they are 10 giyo tho pub
Tic tho best service. Green Lake.
Ballard and West Seattle arc the
best districts for the private cars.
he says.
No Strike Violence
Thus far there has been no strike
trouble Of any kind reported TO the
I police. Mayor Gin. late Tuesday.
appointed so traction company en-
ploycs special property guards I"
These men, with 30 guards already
employed by tho COMPANY guarded
the car barns last night The
union pickets also were on duty.
Manager Kompster. OF tho com
have cars running on some lines
Thursday.
we don't know vet whether we
can make fl or not" he said. but
We are going 10 try"
Hn said that 10 union men had
signed M to operate the cars. and
that he expected more today. Union
officials promptly denied tho asscr.
ton.
Tho increase I'm automobiles II
due TO the ruling OF Federal Judge
Neterer late Tuesday. which prac.
ticaily Huspends the federal intunc-
ton against the drivers "a long as
the strike lasts Chief OF Police
Buckingham says that drivers
carrying passengers for hire with.
out a for hire license will not be
arrested.
Paradinu Strikers hpplauded
More than 200 street car men
paraded thru the downtown streets
last night. in the first demonstra.
ton OF tho strike. Thousands along
the curbs applauded the marching
mon. and a good .natured sympathy
with them was the prevailing senti-
mont.
They bore banners which pro
claimed that IAN the Freedom Is
Not Needed in France: that "Or.
ganization IL Freedom" and that
big Business Believes In Organi-
zatlon-So DO Wei" Several Amer
lean flags we're carried in the line
OF march. and the band played pa.
trlotic alrs-most suggestive among
them being: Tramp. Tramp.
Tramp. the Boys Are Marching"
Following the parade. mass
meeting in front OF the Labor TEN.
pie was held James Duncan, spe-
cial representative OF the Anal.
gamated. was the chief speaker.
Duncan Wins Cheers
Referring TO the main issue OF the
strike-the discrimination OF the
company against union men-Dun.
can cried:
Not by their oath TO their ASSOC
citation shall ye know them. but by
their deeds shall ye know them,"
The huge crowd which packed the
streets from curb to curb roared In
approval.
Il shan't tell you 10 stick by the
! ship know you are stickers. and
that you know that II you stick
you'll win the battle"
Then the crowd rushed him and
bore him from the platform on their
shoulders.
ride with Us" signs are making
their appearance alike on the hum.
Bile family flivver and the pluto