The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-18
STREET
CARS ARE
RUNNING
For First Time Since May Is,
Service in Winnipeg, Man
ned by Special
Police.
LEADERS ARE IN PRISON
General Strike Gradually Breaking UP
In Canada While California
Telephone Girls arc
Out.
LEADERS ARE IN PRISON

! UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
/ WINNIPEG, Man, June 18.-For
the first time since May Is. limited
street car service was started IN
Winnipeg today.
Several cars, carrying their regu-
lar crews, and accompanied by three
special police, appeared on the
I streets. No attempts so far has been
made to interfere with their opera
| ton. Street car company officials
announced they are generally increas-
ling the service.
| The ten strike leaders arrested here
yesterday were given preliminary
1 hearing at Stony Mountain peniten-
tiary late yesterday and were re-
manded for eight days. They are
charged with "seditious conspiracy"
! 1t was believed today the govern
ment will proceed with the trial on
1.-THE basis of the recent amendment
to the immigration law, which gives
authority to the dominion govern
ment to seize and deport persons
other than of Canadian birth, found
guilty of agitation against the gov
ernment.
| Job pressmen and book binders
announced they will return to work
today.
Twenty-one alleged intimidators
were arrested yesterday.
The following labor leaders are
, under arrest, as officially announced
by the dominion authorities: Rev.
William Ivens, editor Of the Labor
News, and pastor Of the Labor
church
r. B. Russell, secretary Of the
metal trades council.
John Queen, city alderman.
A. A. Heaps, also an alderman, and
strike leader.
George Armstrong, street car motor
man and one of the leading orators
fol the strikers.
e. e. Bray, leader Of strike parades.
Moses Charitonoff, Russian, former
Iy arrested for sedition and released
on technicality.
Moses Almazoff, we'll known Winni-
peg radical socialist.
Mike Beerenczuk, Russian
A. Schoppelrai
Walkout Postponed.
OTTAWA, Ont, June 1S.-The 30
900 Canadian railway shopmen will
/ not strike today as scheduled. The
secretary of the shopmen's organiza-
tion is at Atlantic City comforting
with American labor leaders. The
walkout was postponed pending out
come of this conference.
Claim 1900 Are Out.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S.-With
the unions claiming 5000 girls and
telephone wire workers on strike,
telephone service in central and south
ern California, is paralyzed today and
the girls organization is receiving Of
fers of financial assistance from other
unions. The company insists the en-
ployes broke their word and walked
out before the meeting they had ar
ranged for tomorrow could be held.
Local workers went out in sympathy
with southern California employees
who quit as a protest against alleged
discrimination. Before any Of the en-
ployes return, say strike leaders, the
girls must be given a 81 daily wage
for beginners and 81 daily for ex-
perienced operators. The men ask
$40 a day and reinstatement of all
strikers.
Peaceful picketing is to be conttn-
ued, strikers declare, leaders holding
this winning them the operators who
remained at their switchboards.
q
TeIegraphers are Confident.
CHICAGO, June 1S.-Striking tele-
graphers here today expressed ut
most confidence in the outcome of the
conference between Deputy Interna-
tional President Percy Thomas, and
Samuel Gompers, president of the A.
F. of L., regarding an adjustment of
the situation. President s. J. Konen-
kamp said reports from all parts of
the country continued encouraging.