The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-02-17
BOLSHEVlSM IS ROOT OF THE
 COAST STRIKE TROUBLE; MUCH LITERATURE HAS BEEN FOUND

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 SEATTLE, Feb. 1O-(PeA police raid conducted yesterday the offices of the International Weekly prot to light pamphlets advocating Boshevism which were being published by that company The pamphlets entitled "Russia directed it. and dealt unmistakable terms with Bolshevism as applied to the big coast strike
 Aaron Fisherman, editor of the l. w. w. publication was placed under and being held lieu ot one hou sand dollars bail which he could not furnish The police ot ficials had gotten word of the pamphlets and planned the raid on the offices of the publication feeling certain that m eliminating evidence would be disclosed.
 An attempt was made by the l. w. w. yesterday after noon to hold mass meeting but their plan frustrated by the city police The officials are allowing the congrega ton of the radical element when it is certain ha such meet ings would only tend to prolong the strike.
 STRIKE ENDS ANY WAY
 SEATTLE Feb. 1O-(F9-The disintegraton ot the general strike continues Several union leaders predict that the strike will end immediately regardless of the action talk en by the general strike committee meeting today It IS fear ed that this meeting will not result in calling ott ot the strike but these state that they will go back to work whether the committee agrees or not.
 The ca:nens and teamsters unions, who really held the key to the situation and whose wakou the most se ous to the cys business returned to their abors today The organized barbers also returned their employment The theatrical federaon the ney drivers newsboys' long s.oremcn cooks and walters voted remain strike
 STRIKE CALLED OFF
 SEATTLE Jan. 1O-QP-Qate this afternoon)- The general strike committee has called off the sympathetic strike and has ordered that the return to work at noon tomorrow In their order calling off the strike, the commit ice requested that those unions which had returned work would again walk and stay out until 2 o'clock tomorrow when they would all back together This was desired as a demonstration of the solidarity of labor.
 It is believed that of those who have returned to work will disregard the request of the committee and Will show up for work in the morning while few may wait u- til before returning to their employment Nothing IS being done regarding the strike of the shpyard workers and attempt is being made to get them to return to their work.
 ADVOCATE TAKING CONTROL BUSINESS
 TACOMA, Feb 1O.-(P)-At meeting of the sol- ders sailors and wor<ingmens council yesterday, it was openly advocated that labor take possession of the country industries Twentyf hundred persons attended this meet ing and aroused by the various speakers to high pitch of enthusiasm.
 Those who advocated the taking of the industries warned the congegated aborers that boodhed would be inevitable if other than lawful methods used in gain ing control of the industries These speakers said that they did wish boodshed, but they inated that they would be advising force if it for them to gain their ends.
 It is the plan of those agtatng the movement to form council the order of the instituted in the revolution of Russia composed of soldiers sailors and workngnen However, but very few soldiers sailors attended the meet ing here yesterday. Those that did attend for the most part foreigners
 The various speakers at the meeting advocated that all business enterprises and industries be taken by the la boring element and that capitalism be abolished forever The speakers did no however, furnish definite plan as to how this to be accomplished. The meeting was not moested by the police aho there large number of plain clothes men scattered thru the audience
 RAID l. w. w. HEADQUARTERS
 PORTLAND Feb 10.-(H9-Folowng l. w. w. parade which advocated general strike in sympathy with the Seattle workers the polio raded the headquarters of that organization and seized all the literature and papers tie building The parade broken up by the police short ly after it had formed One of the leaders of the w. w., C. E. Brandt was taken into custody by the officials for carrying banners which advocated anarchism
 The city officials keeping close watch the radi- cal element and making every effort to foresa gen. cral strike the part of organized labor.
 TACOMA, Feb. 1O-(P)-Followng the action of the central labor council last night all the unions in this city which had joined the sympathetic strike returned to their work this morning at eight o'clock There is not now,