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The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
RUSSIA SPLIT UP INTO
FIVE SMALL REPUBLICS

STOCKHOLM - Four republics
have been set up in Russia since the
Romanoff dynasty was overthrow.
Travellers arriving at Haparanda
today expressed the opinion that
the Russia of the future would be
composed of series of separate
states, loosely attached to each 9TH
err, but with absolute autonomy.
The fifth republican government
to be established will probably be
set up in Helsingfors for Finland.
The four republics are Russia
proper with the central government
at Petrograd; Siberia, with the cap
ital at Omsk; Crimea, with the
seat of power at Sebastopol, and Uk-
rainia, with the capital at Kiev.
1t is reported that Kuban, in the
Caucasus, is on the point of seced-
ing.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

The butcher workmen and meat
cutters now on strike in Seattle,
have, they believe, big idea and
one that they confidently believe
will prove big stick" in their
hands against the packing house
"Kaisers."
For years big Business" has
been running cooperative buying
and selling agencies to promote their
interests. The butcher workmen
are taking leaf from the book of
Big Business and are now planning
to launch meat packing house and
retail selling markets in Seattle, to
be owned and operated exclusively
by members of the unions and the
workers. The new organization will
be called "The Cooperative Meat
Products Association" The butch
ers' unions will sci lstock to their
members at low cost and at easy
terms. AS the cooperative enter
prise will not be run for large prof
it's, the unions expect to materially
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13

Representatives of the different
cooperative stores and associations
of Snohomish and King counties met
at Snohomish, Wash, last Sunday
and formed the Puget Sound Whole
sale Rochedale Cooperative society
w. j. Fortson, of the Snohomish
County Fruit Growers association,
was elected president. John Wors-
wick was chosen secretary. Tenta
tive constitution and bylaws were
accepted and will be submitted to
each Of the societies and associations
at their annual meetings and will
be finally acted upon at the March
meeting.
The purpose of the society is for
the mutual welfare, increased eff
cheney and diminished waste in mar
keting and distribution. The So
ciety will be operated on the Roch-
dale plan.
Some of the wastes charged are
the practice of dealers in keeping
the producer and consumer as far
apart as possible, overlapping and
reconsigning shipments, buying from
a distance, "see-sawing," congesting
the terminals and needless use of
railway equipment for long distance
hauling when the same product could
be obtained at home Another charge
is that dealers refuse to buy pota-
toes except at field run prices, de
Quoting So a ton for grading, besides
a commission, when responsible or
CARNATIONS can grade and guaran-
tee potatoes at shipping point, in
this way saving this expense and re-
lieving the railroads from hauling
Gull products. Over 1900 families
in Seattle are organizing to buy
direct from producers organizations,
C. E. Lunn, the Seattle representa-
tive, states.
The next meeting will be held in
Everett the second Sunday in Jan
uary. The following were present
at yesterdays meeting W. J. Fort
son, president; John Worswick, sec
rotary; c. E. Lunn, of the Seattle
Cooperative society and the Mutual
Laundry; Charles Roth, president Of
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TOM SULLIVAN CHARGED
WITH PERJURY IN THE
VERONA RIOT CASE

Thomas Sullivan who testified for
Oscar Carlson in his suit for dam
ages against the city of Everett
and others as the result of the
Verona shooting affray, is being
prosecuted for perjury in the Su-
perior Court Of Snohomish County.
The case after two days trial went
to the jury last SATURDAY. evening;
but no agreement was reached, so
the jury was discharged. A re-
trial will presumably be had
During an argument of counsel
the ju1E being out, Judge Guy c..
Aston said: "lf we had every man
in WJla Walla who testified to
someth ing which he knew to be false
in that Verona case, there would be
a lot of new faces there"
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SEATTLE-The Russian govern
ment and the Councils of Soldiers,
Workmen and Peasants at Vladivos-
tok, Hardin, Moscow and Petersburg
were appealed to in resolutions
drawn up by the Russian Federation
of Socialist Clubs Of Seattle and
adopted bp the meeting in Finnish
Hall, Seattle, called Sunday night to
protest against the continued i'm
prisonment Of the seven Russian
workers taken by immigration Of
ficers in their raid" on the halls Of
the Russian Workers Club at 1908
Weller street three Sundays ago.
The meeting was an international
one. F. H. Brown, am American,
was chairman, and G. Hoffman,
Russian; Hilda sandberg, Finn;
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G0VERNM FINDS THAT
DEPORTATIONS WERE ILLEGAL

The special labor commission sent
to Arizona by President Wilson has
made public its findings on the Bis
bee deportations.
Shortly after the strike was call
ed, the report explains, the sheriff
of the country through the governor
of Arizona, requested the aid of fed
eral troops, but after investigation
of the situation in Bisbee an army
officer reported that everything was
peaceable and that troops were Meth
er needed nor warranted.
"That the conditions in Bisbee
were, in fact, peaceful and free
from any manifestations of disorder
or violence"
"The deportation was carried out
under the sheriff of Cochise county.
1t was formally decided upon at a
meeting of citizens on the night of
July II, participated in by the man
ayers and other officials OF the
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining
company, phelps Dodge corporation,
Copper Queen division), and the Cal
umet and Arizona mining company.
"The plan for the deportation and
its execution are attributable to the
belief in the minds of those who
engineered it that violence was con-
.templated by the strikers who had
come into the district from without;
that life and property would be in
secure unless such deportation was
undertaken; and that the state was
without the necessary armed force
to prevent such anticipated violence
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THE COMING SOCIAL
DO Not Forget the Fancy Work
Social Next Sunday
Evening

Judging from the interest being
shown in the preparations for the
social next Sunday evening, it will
be record breaking gathering.
Many useful articles, among them
aprons, handerchiefs, knitted and
crocheted pieces are being contribut-
ed for the sale. This is most OPP
perfume, coming as it does just be-
fore the Christmas season
The refreshments will inclue pie,
apple pie-the kind mother used
to make-and cheese (for who
could eat applie-pie without cheese)
and an abundance of Comrade
Roeder's famous coffee.
Lucille A. Mint, well known as a
teacher of art through the country,
will be on the program. She will
draw some original illustrations and
cartoons. Miss Mint plans on open
ing free school for drawing in the
near future in Everett, and those
who are interested in this work are
at liberty to join.
Much effort is being made by
those in charge of the program for
the success of this affair and it
goes without saying that with the
cooperation of all those who are in
terested in the advancement of the
Socialist movement in Everett, it
will be an event we'll worth TAX
ing part in. The program is free
and everyone is welcome.
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SEATTLE-On Of the irritating
things to which the butcher work
men Of Puget Sound have been sub
jected lately, and which is contribut-
ing to the feeling of dissatisfaction
which may result in a strike in all
packing plants on the Coast, is the
unwarranted use by some of the
employers have made of pledge the
men were asked to sign in some of
the large packing plants on the
Sound
This document pledged the butch
ers to "stand by the government
and their employer" for the contin-
ued production of foodstuffs need
ed in the war. INSCRIPTIONS en-
ployers are trying to use this
pledge to prevent the men from
asking any increase in wages.
After conference lasting from 9
Saturday night until 4:30 Sunday
morning, the associated packers re-
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ECHOES FROM TULSA OKLAHOMA:
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS

labor union to solve. The oil coun-
try has always solved it's labor
troubles. From The World, Tulsa,
Okla.
Could anything be palmer? What
more conclusive proof would you
want to show, that it is the "Oil
Interest" behind the knights of
Liberty.?" @0il Interest" and "Rock-
efeller Interest" are synonymous
And we all know chow they solve
their labor troubles" We haven't
forgotten the Ludlow Massacre" di-
rected from Wall Street by the
Rockefellers.
The coil Interest" have never per-
mitted labor unions to get even the
slightest foothold in the oil fields
The most repressive measures have
been used to crush them. Strike
breakers, gunner, the militia, even
the Federal Government, has been
used by this labor hating combine.
The consequences Low wages, long
hours, and working conditions in the
oil fields that is the shame of
America. The outrage at Tulsa
was directed against the workers of
America. What are you going to
do about it?
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RUSSIAN LEADERS
PUBLISH DEM ANDS

Many false statements are pub
lished daily by the reactionary press
in regard to the situation in Russia
and the progress of the Bolshevik
revolution. Most of these state
ments are fathered by the wishes
of the authors in the absence of in
formation while many are deliberate
pervertions of facts. 1t is there
fore interesting and timely to get
"A statement from Leon Trotsky, one
of the leaders. He says:
We, the Bolsheviki, want an i'm
mediate peace, but not separate
peace. We speak for mass of the
army, which refuses to remain an
other winter in the trenches unless
they are convinced that an immediate
democratic peace is impossible with
Germany. But in demanding an i'm
mediate peace we find it inevitable
that Russia act alone, because we
believe that is the only way to get
quick action.
If the present Government refuses
to act alone and directly we must
have a Government which will. We
intend, by every possible means, in
Guiding millions of proclamations
dropped by aeroplanes, to urge the
German people to revolt and join
us in demand for peace. The in
dications, such as the recent revolt
in the German Navy, give US hope of
success. An effort must be made
to reach the German people direct
ly.
Suppose the Germans fail to revolt
and pay no attention to our of
fers?
Then every soldier in the Russian
Army will know he is fighting to
save the revolution, and that he does
not know now | know the state
of mind of the army. l receive
delegations daily and they demand
tidI every SlioiG NC liieitiC IOi al
Immediate peace or they will leave
the trenches. If Germany refuses,
they will fight like lions.
We must keep our promise bp
giving big estates to the peasants
to end the present agarian revolu-
ton. Second, we must force loans
from the banks and the wealthy men
to the limit of their resources. Then
we shall have an army knowing
what it is fighting for and provided
with every need. On this program
we Bolsheviki demand an immediate
action. We believe it is the only
practical way of saving Russia, for
though Internationalists we are also
patriots. | don't want the Ameri-
can people, with whom | lived and
whom | admire, to think we are un-
patriotic and sacrificing Russia to
an idea. We want to give the
German people a chance to end the
war Immediately, thus ending the
war for everybody.
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PHONE COMPANY STOOPS TO PETTY
PROSECUTIONS OF VICTORIOUS GIRLS

from 10 p. m. to 6 a. m. A num-
Der of the girls who stayed with the
company and are now branded as
"scabs" are leaving. Those who
remain are favored as much as pos
sible by the company, but the brand
of the "scab" is upon them and the
union girls are not worrying.
One union operator who called
scab by her right name yesterday,
was discharged today. The union
comedies this right to the company,
however.
The l. B. E. w. is providing funds
for all the striking girls and men
who need it and as the next pay
day is not until December %, any
further assistance from other unions
and labor groups will be appreciated,
union officers say.
The union fed about 400 girls
each day of the l days of the
strike, in the cafeteria of the Labor
Temple. This work, though done
comparatively, cost real money.
Company's Well-Known Patriotism"
The local officials have posted a
notice in the girls rest rooms at the
different exchanges that the reason
the union girls have been taken back
to WorlS ic that tho cop,papu M
triotically yielded to the govern
ment's request" to settle the strike.
The girls fully understand this we'll
known brand of patriotism and as
one of them said today, they laugh
whenever they look at that sign.
About 100 girls were called back
on Tuesday, 800 on Wednesday and
200 each on Thursday and Friday.
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SEATTLE-Out of $50 telephone
girls who went out on strike, only
IS had not gone back to work this
morning, which shows that the per-
centage Of "scabs" was really very
small.
There are also about eight men
among the electrical workers who
went out, who have not yet been
put to work.
The company has four weeks from
last Tuesday, or until December %,
to put every striker back in his or
her old position, according to the
Mediation Boards agreement.
Company Is Poor Loser
OF course, the company officials,
like all poor LOSERS" have done
number of petty things to irri
tate the girls since they went back
to work, but this has only made
the girls stick closer to their union.
Chief operators who loyalty "went
out" with the girls for the right n
organize, have been put back on
beginners positions for the four
weeks of grace allowed the company
by the agreement.
Get Graveyard Shifts
Older girls who were formerly
WORKING dams hV yirtue of seniority
have been given graveyard shifts"
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ENGLAND LOOKS TO KORNILOFF
AND KALENDINE TO WIN
TROTSGY AND LEVINE SOUND CALL TO BATTLE WITH
PENANT OF OLD REGIME

The British government is hope
full that Kaledines and Korniloff,
the two generals will succeed in
their revolt against the Russian
workers government, is indicated
in today's United Press stories from
London.
Korniloff is the general who re-
volted against the KerenskY govern
ment and failed Somehow ne is
supposed to be at large again and
with Kaledines
In case these two iron men"
fail to overthrow the Bolsheviki,
London hopes, according to the
United Press, that the new Consti
tuent Assembly will reduce the Boil
'sheviki's influence and allow a COM
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
u. S. JUDGE FREES
II STRIKING MINERS

LEXINGTON, Ky.-Eleven miners
charged with opposing government
authority by force in firing on fed
eral soldiers on guard in the Ken
tuck coal fields during the recent
strike, were given their freedom to-
day by Judge Evans in the United
States District Court. Judge Evans
ruled there was no evidence against
them.
Trial of other miners accused will
continue and is expected to last at
least a week.
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1917-12-13
FARMERS UNION
SIGNS UP UNDER
PRICE SCALE

BISMARK, N. D.-The Farmers
union of North Dakota has entered
into an agreement with the Agricul-
tural Workers union on scale of
prices. The days work is limited
to 10 hours, time and a half for
overtime and double time for Sun
days. The days wages are fixed
at $4. The Non-Partisan league
assisted in the formation of this
agreement.
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COOPERATIVE STORE MANAGERS
FORM P. s. WHOLESALE SOCIETY

operative store; N. L. Algaard man
ager of the Silvana store; Frank
Storm, manager of the Marysville
Cooperative store; Carl Malmgren,
manager of the Everett Cooperative
store; Cecil Ferguson, of the Fer
guson cannery of Snohomish; A.
Heck and R. D. Deselle, president
and secretary of the Snohomish
County Fruit Growers association,
Snohomish.
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SEATTLE WORKERS APPEAL
TO RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
TO AID IN RELEASE OF RUSSIAN EMIGRANTS HELD IN
COMMUNICATE IN IMMIGRATION
DETENTION STATION

Chas. Greenhalgh, a Britisher, and
Mrs. Kate Sadler, a Scotch women,
were the speakers.
1t was called by the international
Workers Defense League Of Seattle,
and the following resolutions which
speak for themselves, were adopted
and a collection Of S3726 taken for
the benefit Of the imprisoned mems
families.
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and to safeguard life and property
within the district. This belief has
no justification in the evidence in
support of it presented by the par
ties who harbored it.
"The deportation was wholly il
legal and without authority in law
either state or federal.
"Among these who were deported
from the district, and who thereafter
were arrested in seeking entrance
into it were several who had regis
tered under selctive draft law and
sought to return or remain in the
district in order to discharge their
legal duty of reporting for physical
examination under the draft"
These conclusions were reported by
the commission:
"All illegal practices and the de-
NAL of rights safeguarded by the
constitution and statutes must cease
at once. Il &tygTSR4)
"The right Of unimpeded admit
lance into the Warren district of all
who seek entrance into it in law
full and peaceable manner must be
respected.
"The right of all persons freely
to move about in the Warren dis
trict, or to continue to reside with
in it, must be scrupulously observed,
except insofar as such right is re
stricted by the orderly process of
the law.
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On the night OF November the
9th, at Tulsa, Oklahoma, band of
men CARRIED in long black robes and
wearing masks seized II working
men took them to the edge of the
city, then one by one the victims
were tied to a tree and beaten with
a blacksnake whip until the blood
streamed down their backs. Then
boiling tar was smeared into the
fresh wounds and feathers thrown
on. The following reports give
some new lights on the matter:
According to the story of L. M.
Mitchell told in the office of Sheriff
William Mccullough Monday night,
he left the others about forty-five
minutes after they had been sent
on their way by the knights of
Liberty.
-s4f didn't stick with them long,
said Mitchell. AS soon as my head
cleared all I got my bearings l came
to my home in the Crutchfield ad
dition.' Mitchell called Sheriff Nc
Cullough over the telephone Sunday
and asked if he would be allowed to
stay in Tulsa He was told to go
to work and call on the Sheriff Mon
day night.
"At the appointed time tall,
gray-haired man, slightly stopped
through age and hard work, asked
for the Sheriff. A few minutes
later in the Sheriff's private office
all the pent up feelings in the So
year old mans breast surged forth
in an appeal for protection.
"Sheriff I am SO years old, I
have lived in Oklahoma % years
and in Tulsa 18 years. l can't
leave now. My home is here and
my family lives in this community.
l have five children living-all Of
them grown. And l have five
others dead. They are buried here.
Sheriff, | can't leave them.
81 have borne a good reputation
all my life and have worked hard
ever since l was a boy I have
been honest and have paid my way.
| love my home and my fellowmen.
/ have never had thought of Sc
dtion in all my life. There are
scores of reputable citizens here
who will tell you what sort of a
man l.. M. Mitchell is. The mans
voice choked with tears several
times His great frame shook with
emotion and the labor-rough
hands fumbled nervously at his
coat edges. He was sincere in
what he said, there was no doubt.
What was the motive for this
atrocious deed committed against
wOrkingmen? What terrible crime
had they perpetrated, that merited
such torture? In the following news
paper editorials we find the incen-
tive for the deed We perceive the
actuating force hidden behind the
cloak of the knights of Liberty"
"The Industrial Workers of the
World, has no place in the oil sec
ton of this country. 1t would be
best for them to retire from the
Mid-Continent field, or to labor
peacefully there if any of the mem
bers intend to remain. From the
Democrat, Tulsa, Okla.
"When oil was bringing less than
40 cents a barrel in the open mar
ket, wages were approximately as
high as they are today and there
was no |. w. w. organization abroad
in the land to tell the people that
the iaborers in the oil country were
being Disseminated against and OPP
pressed
"The oil country can take care of
its own troubles. 1t does not need
the I. w. w. There is not a man
in the field who does not know that
whatever grievance he may have
does not need the arbitrament of a
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promise government to be founded.
Hope of an ironing out of the
Russian situation in London's view,"
says the United Press, to-day rested
upon success Of the revolt raised by
Generals Kaladines and Korniloff
officially reported in proclamation
of the Bolsheviki received here.
"The Trotsky-Lenine government
declared the two military leaders
were being assisted by the Constitu-
tional Democrats Cadets and the
capitalists and that the rebels had
declared war in the Don region
against the people and the revolu-
ton"
Help get a new merchant to ad-
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WANTkD-PIES

Any one who wishes to contribute
toward the success Of the Social
Sunday night, may do so by volun-
teerng TO make one D. several az
pie pies. Cali Main 478, or Black
SAB and let us know what you will
do.
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WATTS OUT
After Some Difficulty An Acceptable
Bond Was Secured and the
Emanciated Editor is Now
Among Us

II. W. Watts, editor Of the Co
operative News, who has been in
termed for seven weeks in Seattle,
has been released on bail. He will
be the chairman of the meeting Sun
day night, and if time permits he
will give short talk on his expert
ences during his detention.
Tur, IN unur ynh I'd
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