The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-02-14
SEATTLE IN THROEs
Of LABOR STRUGGLE
STRIKE IN SYMPATHY WITH SHIP
WORKERS is RATIFIED BY
LABOR COUNCIL
TACOMA uNIONlSTS QUIT TOO
IS, 900 Men Idle in SeattIe-Emergency
Fleet Director Declares Shipwork-
ers Deliberately Broke Pledge
to the Government

Seattle, Feb S.-Whether Mayor Ole
Hanson's ultimatum demanding that
the sympathetic strike of 10000 union
men, called Thursday at TO a. M, to
support demands of $4,000 striking
metal trades workers of the shipyards
for higher wages, be called off at .
o'clock this morning or he would oper-
ate all essential industries with as
sistance of federal troops, would be
yielded to by the strikers was still
matter of doubt at one o'clock this
morning.
Last night, while a second confer
ence between the strikers special COM
mittee and the mayor, ]. w. Spangler,
banker, and Rev. Mark A. Matthews,
local pastor, was in progress, 1t was
announced the strikers committee
would not report back to the general
strike committee until 8 o'clock this
morning. Whether the mayor would
carry out his plan at the hour he set
or wait until the labor conference an
uounced its answer to his ultimatum,
was the point upon which all interest
conferred.
1t is known, however, that at s
o'clock this morning several wholesale
firms will begin deliveries TO their re-
tail customers, relying on the mayors
promise of protection for their delivery
trucks.
Issue Strike Bulletin.
Tho ra,,era1 strike conference com
mittee yesterday issued an official
strike bulletin" printed in the plant OF
the union labor newspaper. Eighteen
.'soup Kitchens" operated by this COM
mfttee TO feed strikers and others de-
pendent upon public eating places yes
terday were increased to 81. Thurs
day. according to the labor bulletin,
some 10000 persons were fed at these
kitchens Yesterday, however, patron
age at some was very small and at
others more than could be handled.
Pasteboard plates were supplied to fill
a lack of that article Thursday. The
menu remained the same-beef stew,
bread and coffee.
City Owned Car Runs.
The Observation-Disclosures, morning, ap-
peared last night with a four-page edl-
ton minus advertising. and containing |
only brief press dispatches and strike |
news. This was the first edition OF |
this paper since Thursday morning
Friday, the second day of the strike,
passed without disorders up to early |
eevning, and was marked by the first |
signs of a break in the union ranks.
One union barber shop opened during
the day and the proprietor announced
his men would remain at work. Fiji
teen of the citys 20 schools were con-
Quoted during the day by the aid OF
engineers and janitors who refused to
strike with the rest of. their COM
rades. The city electricians union
served notice on the labor strike COM
mittee that its members would return
to work at once, their international
officers having refused to sanction the
strike.
Schools to Reopen.
Officials of the school board an
nounced that schools would reopen
Monday. Today, they said, the engi-
neers' and Janitors' unions would meet
to consider the boards ultimatum yes
terday that the men return to their
places Monday or lose their positions.
Mayor Hanson was notified of the
boards action and asked to assure po-
lice protection promised, if it should
prove necessary Unofficially it was
reported on good authority that the
ianitors and engineers had decided to
notify the strike conference commit
tee that they would return to work.
Street Cars Stop.
With no street cars operating yester-
day except two trips by city-owned
car made to Ballard, suburb, there
was little activity in the business dis
trict and crowds were less than N
Thursday. Gas and electric light utili-
ties continued to function and no inter-
ruption in service is anticipated. The
Seattle Star was the only paper to ap-
pear during yesterday and police with
rifles guarded its plant and accom-
panied truck which distributed pa
pers throughout the crowds. Mount
ed policemen also rode through The
streets distributing the papers.
TACOMA CONFIDENT THAT
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