The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-02-13
FEDERAL TROOPS
GUARD SEATTLE
Soldiers Ready for Any Emer.
gency as General Strike Is
Inaugurated.
$1,000 WORKERS WALK OUT.
Soup Kitchens Operated by Labor Men
to Feed pubiic---Mechanics De.
mSnd So a Day and
Laborers s..

Seattle. --Fedcral troops from Camp
Lewis are quartered In Seattle ana
Tacoma TO "stand ready for any emer'
mency," as army officers said, In con.
nection with the general strike OF 45.'
900 union men In sympathy with 25,0o
shipyard workers who walked out Jan
uary Fl TO enforce demands for higher
wages.
Maj. John l.. Hayden commands the
contingent OF 500 soldiers In Seattle,
and Brig. Gen. Frank Il. Watson has
under him In Tacoma, 80 miles from
here, two battalions and a machine
gun company. Equipment of the sol
diers includes 200 hand grenades.
Authority for the use of troops was
granted by Secretary OF War Baker
upon advlces from Governor Lister
Thirty-five thousand union men In
the vicinity OF Seattle quit work, labor
leaders said, but In Tacoma the re-
Spouse was not so general. The prin-
cipal unions involved there were the
carmen, timber workers, BARRIERS and
retail clerks.
Street cars stopped running In Seat
tie, schools closed, restaurants and
theaters suspended and other indus
tries ceased operating.
Twelve "soup kitchens" were estab-
lished by culinary unions to feed
strikers and others who depend upon
restaurants for meals. Patrons of the
kitchens were lined up and served In
military "mess" fashion. Barber shops
closed and elevators stopped running.
Only emergency telegraph business
from Seattle was handled by the tele-
graph companies.
The city government is prepared for
any emergency, Mayor Hanson said,
and 10000 extra police will be depu-
tized If necessary.
Mayor Hanson said the troops prob
ably would be assigned to cooperate
with the police in keeping order and In
guarding public utilities.
seattle is not under martial law
nor will 1t be placed under martial
law" Mayor Hanson said "The troops
are coming at the request Of Governor
Lister simply TO cooperate with the
municipal authorities and protect
property IL need for protection arises.
Only one Seattle newspaper APP
peared on the streets and reports said
1t was printed In Tacoma. The news
papers were tied up by the strike of
the stereotypers. truck drivers ana
newsboys.
Seattle police said they were ready
for any emergency A big truck, car
rying machine gun and with sand
bags built up around its edges, stands
Mt the police station. Three former
army lleutenants have been assigned
TO the truck.
Steamship operators and others
were worried over the handling OF
fresh fish shipments due from Alaska
and fruits and vegetables coming from
California because of the strike OF the
longshoremen, who, defying their In
ternational officers, have virtually tied
up coastwlse and offshore traffic
/. The shipyard workers who are af-
iiliated with the Metal Trades Council
asked that mechanics be paid So a day
and helpers and laborers 81 and SO a
day. The Metal Trades members
made their demands when they an
nounced they were dissatisfied with
the findings Of federal wage adjust
ment commission known as the Macy
Board.
Charles Piez. director general Of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, was
quoted in n dispatch from Wilkes
Barre, Pa, as saying that the Seattle
shipyard workers. In striking had dis
regarded a pledge they made with the
government that they would remain |
under the Jurisdiction Of the Macy |
Board until March 81.