Arizona republican., 1919-02-11
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dered the Car men to remain at their rosts and not obey the request.
 Republican A. p. Leased Wire1 BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 10-Twelve thousand miners were idle here tonight either as the result of last week strike of independent union organiza- tions as a protest against a reduction of one dollar day in wages and the ''rustling card system, or through fear of intimidation by the striking ele- ment.
 The situation is under control of military forces commanded by Major A. M. Jones.
 Operation of street car service in Butte was halted early in the day when crowds of strikers surrounded the barns and, according to the mili- tary authorities, threatened violence if the cars were sent on their runs. | Two companies of the forty fourth infantry, regulars, guarded the ap- 1 breaches to the mines today and pre- vented strike piekets of the union from | gaining access to the workings where | other miners were at work
 | Discharged soldiers who still wore l their uniforms and wh6 associated with those attempting to do picket duty were singled out and ordered to remove their uniforms or cease parti- 1 cipating in the attempted picketing Of the mines. A number were taken into custody temporarily and lectured by Major Jones on the subject of respect to the United States uniform.
 German Songs at Meeting
 For about two hours early today the troops were kept busy patrolling the streets leading to the mines. Many gatherings of strikers were broken up and on one occasion, when an indi- vidual showed reluctance in obeyins the order to move on," the bayonet was called into play.
 Many strikers gathered today in Finlander Hall, where speeches, said to have been inflammatory, were de- livered. Later singing was indulged in under the leadership of a woman said to be of Finnish birth. The songs were rendered in the German tongue and the military stopped it and ordered the assemblage from the hall. The woman was taken into custody. Later the meeting was allowed to resume
 Although the streets were cleared of pickets, only few men went to work, according to John Gillie manager of
  ing company. Gillie said this was due partly to the lack of street car service and partly to fear of violence. Team sters of the Anaconda company's hard ware department did not work be- cause, according to Mr. Gillie, they had been warned that violence would follow if they did.
 Strikers Make no Demands
 "No demands for anything have been presented to the companies" Gillie said. "The men who have been at work have not struck: they simply are being prevented from going to work from intimidation. Although they realize they have the protection of the soldiers, they fear they might be at tackled at their homes or elsewhere when this protection is not available This has kept them away. We arc willing to operate some of the mines in order to take care of those men who have families and deserving sol diers who have been discharged, but there is no necessity of working ths ! mines at all at this time because oi the present surplus of copper in tht |. country
 Gillie declared the strike here wa, engineered by the radical element com posed principally of foreigners, and i was to have been conducted in con nection with the Seattle strike. Strik, leaders said the strike was against tn recent cut in wages of s1 a day an' against the "rustling card" system The strike is being conducted accord . ing to the publications of the strikers by the soldiers, sailors and workers council.'
 - This council, according to the secre
 tary of the metal mine workers unio
 (independent is composed of repre-
 sentatives of fifteen labor unions. dis 2 charged soldiers and sailors, Indus Il trial Workers of the World tn Pearse Connolly club Gan Irish pa
 triotic society,", socialists and others. z z SEATTLE STRIKE ENDS
 SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 1o.-Seattle' V general strike, the first of it's kin . ever attempted in the United State r. will end officially at noon tomorrow 1 Decision to call off the strike wa = reached at 1 o'clock today by the gen IS eral strike committee composed ( e delegates from all of the f30 Ioc; 't unions in the city after a four hou session. Of the unions represented, ii u had voted to participate in the eeners a strike. The committee meeting wa ' adjourned after the decision wa
 reached.
 ,f The resolution by which the strik
 was declared off contained Q statemer n advising all labor unions which re turned to work Sunday or today to 2 . on strike again until tomorrow nooi Q as demonstration Of the solidarit l.@ff fah hot 01l |.