The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-09
PATR0LMEN QUIT JOBS
Traffic Men Join Walkout
Here; Detective Force
on Duty.
WAGE DEMANDS REFUSED
City Commission Allows
Some Claims but Re-
jects Others. 80

! Al''T hhing fAlled TO reach an
| agreement with the city mmlsslon
| In their demands for Increased pay
ana shorter hours 10 members Of tho
/ 80 called pullCemcn'H union at Z
O clock last night notified Chief OF
| Police Charles Alien that they were
through. Tho 10 deposited their
stars and guns In the chiefs office
and left
The walkout did not affect tho
pldinclothes and detective depart
mcnts, only the parolmen and traf-
Tic officers having pledge allegiance
TO Tulsa r infant union. Al midnight
no serious trouble had been reported
at police station and the reign Of
terror some Of the union men pre-
dlcted would follow the walkuut had
not developed.
Every IL all night and | am
confident everything viii continue
all right" said Mayor Charles IA
Hubbard last night In talking about
Tulsa'B first pOlicemen's strike. We
have plenty pf men, most OF them
overseas pen, ready TO 10 to work
They will be on toe job Saturday
morning Tonight tho plainclo thss
and detective squads viii remain on
duty patroling the business districts.
J. NJ. Buhu. commissioner OF po
lice and fire. said that temporary
inconvenience would result but that
he situation was not at all serious.
lie said that Saturday morning new
men would be put on the beats"
the strikers left We have list OF
overseas men who want to serve on
:he police department As they have
had many months Of hard service
and are well disciplined believe
hey win all make good officers. II
Is my Intention To add as many for
mcr soldiers to the department as
possible
while the trades and labor council
has given official approval to tho
union, It was understood last night
hat atA union officials were not in
favo~ the walkout. inasmuch ns
the city officials had promised an
Increase in poNcemcH'a pay as soon
as the excise board had approved
the 1919 budget
The strikers said that they were
tired Of promises and thought tho
quickest way OF getting more money
and shorter hours was 60 show their
strength and strike.
Those who quit patrolmen J. II
Rawles, J T. Casey Jones. Dick
Nelson. A. L. Bulari George Bart
lett. J r Sharpe, Tom Quisenberry
T. y. Smith. r. r Hackathorn. "
J Richards and aSllm Rider Trnt-
fic men g. r Bilcs. J s Pittman
and A O. Mullins
While there WAS no city official
who wished to le quoted 10 was APP
parent last night that no attempt
would Doe made 10 induce the s'rik-
ing men o. 40 back 90 their Jobs,
we Wig lot them 20 and put on
some new men" said ono official
AS a. matter ~ fact We are rather
glad to get ria ~ some OF the men"
The policemen first started their
union about three months ago At
that time o. was rather tightly con
sidered boy The officials when the
cuppcrs Who had pledged allcgi-
auce' 10 tho organization requested
official recognition on tho part of the
city they me- with their fuEt OBJ
Stacle when 70 was pointed out that
provisions of the city charter made
IL Illegal for the CRY government Co
recognize B union.
Tho city commissioners after an
executive session yesterday afternoon
to consider The demands ~ the newly
formed po,lncmcn'sauniou. allowed
somN ~ Tho demands ana refused
others
Mayor Hubbard stated that % was
tho desire OF the commission 20 do
an within trs power rs better the
working conditions Of the police
men hut that 90 could Do un more
than 80 had money 90 accomplish.
The commissioners promised tho
union that fhar" would be no DIS.
crimira'.au against mcmbcrs Of the
union and fhuf mon vrT'T pot 40