Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-14
STRIKE SPREADS;
TROOPS IN ACTION
Baker Sends Soldiers to Keep Or
der in State.
FlFTY-FIVE THOUSAND OUT
Street Car Workers, Elevator Men and
Others Quit in Sympathy With
Shpyard Men-Stores Are to
Remain Open.

Seattle Wash. Feb. limited
States troops from Camp Lewis are
quartered in Seattle to "stand ready
for any emergency" as army officers
said, resulting from the general strike
Thursday of $4,000 union men in
sympathy with $4,000 shipyard work
ers who walked out January q to en-
force demands for increased pay.
Hayden in Charge.
Tacoma, WASH, Feb. 7.-Under
command of Brig. Gen. John L. Hay
den, 800 soldiers left Camp Lewis for
Seattle, it was announced by the army
intelligence department. The soldiers
were accompanied by 80 trucks carry
ing provisions and ammunition, it was
also announced. Camp officers stated
that the men would be placed in Seat
tie to "stand ready for any emer-
gency'' In the strike there. Demobili-
zation at Camp Lewis halted under
orders from Maj. Gen. Joseph D.
Leith.
Bus lines operating between Ia
coma and Camp Lewis were ordered
Communicated and soldiers were
placed in charge Of the operation.
Passes to soldiers wishing to go to Sc
attic were denied.
The strike here did not assume the
proportions predicted. There was lit
tie trouble.
Baker Authorizes Troops.
Washington, Feb. blending of
troops from Camp Lewis to Seattle
was authorized by Secretary Baker af-
ter he had been advised by the gov
ernor Of Washington of the situation
there due to a general strike. The
commandant was directed to furnish
whatever military assistance and pro-
lection the state authorities might re-
quest.
$1,000 on Strike at Seattle.
Seattle, Wash, Feb. 7.-Seattle's
general strike was called at the sched-
uled time. First reports from the
downtown section said union street
car men started their cars for the
barns, union elevator operators In all
the large buildings abandoned their
cars and restaurants closed their doors
when their union cooks and walters
left.
Union labor leaders declared that
virtually 5000 union members are
strike in Seattle. This number In
cludes the $4,000 who walked out of
the shipyards January q. The gener-
al strike, they said, was the first ever
called in the United States.
Mayor Ole o. Hanson issued state
ment declaring that law and order will
prevail Business as usual will be
the sign at the city hall and the city
PLANS, he asserted.
Most Of the city stores announced
they would remain open as long as
their stocks last. When their shelves
are empty they will be unable to re-
plenish them, as the truck drivers were
among the strikers.
Telephone operators remained at
their posts, according to reports Sc
attic expects to have lights, as the
strike committee of the Central La
Dor council voted to exempt from the
strike the engineers in the municipal
lighting plants.
Schools may be forced to close by
the strike of janitors and engineers,
the office of superintendent of schools
stated. Moving-picture houses may
not open, it was believed, as they will
be crippled by the strike of operators
and musicians.
The general walkout was called by
the Seattle Central Labor council as
sympathetic move to help shipyard
workers, who, numbering about $4,000,
closed the big Seattle shipyards by
striking January q for higher pay.
Olympia, Wash, Feb. 7.-Should the
need arise, protection for life and
property in Seattle and Tacoma during
the general strike there will be sim
mediate and ample" said statement
issued by Gov Ernest Lister. The
governor said he was keeping in close
4.oh Nth tho ctrika situation