El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28
Seattle Is Sick Of BoLsheDisn1;
Late Strike Is CuratiUe Agent;
l. W. w. Thoroughly DiScredited
Bv DAVID LAWRENCE
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

. CEATTLE, Wash. April 2s.-Tep
- weeks have passed since the gen
eral strike here. with its faint OF rev.
olutionary intention, startled America
Time for reflection and study Of the
episode has since developed some in
iteresting currents OF opinion
A. the spanish proverb goes
There's no road 80 safe rs the one
that's just been robbed-sO might
one say Of Scatter there's no city
more immune from Bolshevism or
general strikes than this eommu-
nifty which has tasted the same.
Much has been written abuOt Seat
tie. and in this brief survey only gen
cral conclusions can be given. but they
are based on talks with men inside
the labor movement as well as those
on the other side who were interested
in sQuelching uear-revolution-
II appears to be a fact that the Sc
attic strike has been much eNaEger-
ated- Both sides have been over
drawn in the picture. The bulk Of the
laboring men-so percent-who en-
tered the general strike had no inteu-
ton Of physical revolution and half Of
unsympathetic with IL
The radicals who really did
dream Of OverthrOWinE the city
government dreamed their dreams
50 privately that had they d.
Tulgcd any such plan 20 the men
generally there would never have
been a general strike either.
on the other side. too. was mayor
Ole Hansen. a picturesque figure. fond
of theatricals and the spectacular. He
acted vely-called troops 10 the
scene and was ready 10 20 TO the
% So frrf Of
vatire minded men who cannot be
called Dartisans Of either class that
the general strike would never have
gone five days II the men had not
been stirred I'D by the threats OF the
mayor to use force.
Leaders Found Men stubborn.
Having not intended 10 do the things
which he attributed TO them as their
object. the leaders who were seeking
TO control the situation and end the
strike found the backs Of the men
stiffened.
Whatever merit there is in the con-
tention that irritation prolonged the
strike, IL certainly is a pity that any
outside force had 20 be called in be-
cause today. outside OF Seattle, people
have the impression that the presence
OF troops Quelled the uprising. when.
as a matter OF fact. the uprising
quelled itself In other words. never
did a general strike absolutely prove
Its own 1urillrT so completely Llal
did the one in Seattle.
Residents Of Seattle know what
broke that strike and Il Is good
thing the true impression Is firmly
fnlbedded here. II failed he snuEe
laboriuE men have wives and chill
dren. because they have homes and
because they are dependent just
IA are employers, on street cars,
electric lights. butcher shops.
grocery stores and the product OF
the numerous employees who are
embraced in general strike.
Eadicalism. and a small percentage
AT that-provoked the general strike,
not SO much, as has been charged. to
take forciblc possession OF the city
governmeut-au factions now deny
that emphatically-bu really 70 aWak-
en- the working people to a con
sciousness OF their power. But even
in that the strike failed. for IL showed
how disorEaniZed are the toilers and
how the chief suffering OF such a
rieup Of all employees is borne by the
workers themselves and their families.
Endless Vista Of Strikes.
What is more, the general strike has