The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-15
WORKERS VOTE
TO CUT OFF GAS
Mundy and Cotterill to At
tend Convention

Resolutions favoring Tuesday.
May 30. as gas "shutoff day. clec.
ton of j, e. Mundy and Frank w,
cotterill TO represent Seattle unions
AZ the state convention OF the state
Federation Of Labor. and plans for
meeting TO be held at Fourth ave.
and Virginia st Sunday. May is,
20 prepare for the general strike. he.
ginning July I, In protest against
the imprisonment OF Tom Mooney.
occupied the center OF the stage al
the meeting OF the Central Labor
Council Wednesday night.
Union men will stop using gas
May 20 and viii not use gas again
until thep resent difficulties between
the Plumbers and Stcamfit,crs' un'
ions and the Seattle Lighting com.
pany have been settled. II the labor
council plans are carried out. Some
delegates urged that all union men
employed by the lighting company
walk out In order 20 stop the man
ufac,ur. Of unfair gas" Alice NJ.
Lord. Of the Mattresses union, made
plea for the continuance OF the
sas supply TO hospitals
Get Higher Rates
The gas company made the plea
before the state public srvice com.
mission that they had To advance
their rates in order 20 pay higher
wages" Frank cotterin pointed out
In discussing the gas situation, and.
altho this raise in rates has been
granted. wages have been actually
lowered BY the company"
As soon as tho gas supply IL Gu,
off In the shipyards and other bis
corporations. action viii be tskeu
and we'll get somewhere" Herman
Rose. OF the Walters union. said,
Union men now working for tn. gas
company will be asked TO walk out
Tuesday. according 10 statements
made by their representatives, on tho
floor.
Whether officials OF the Central
Labor Council should -i,eak at the
meeting held under the auspices of
the Soldiers Sailors and workmcn's
Council Sunday at ? o'clock at
Fsurth ave. and Virginia st. to pro.
ten awains, Tom Moonsy's impris.
onment was debated by the dele
gates. II was finally decided that
the Mooney defense committee Of
the Central Labor Council would co.
operate tn staging the protest Pres
idsnt r. l.. Proctor AMI Secretary
James Duncan were requested 70 be
present az the meeting.
When Coterin and Mundy were
elected 20 represent the Seattle Cen.
trail Labor Council at the annual
convention OF the State Federation
% Labor In BeiiinEham June 10
they defeated II. T.. Proctor. I'D Levi
and W. W. Ladd.
PROTEST New body
Declaring that the Triggers and
ssevedores' lccal5s-i. was trying to
split the labor movement In Seattle
by forming another central labor
body, communications was filed.
protesting against tho new FEEDER.
ated Union Of Seattle. Discussion
Was postponed until next wedn~s.
day night. when Pat Mohr. prcsi.
dent OF the new body. will address
the Central Labor Council
Resolutions from the Cleveland
Feieratio OF Labor. eondemning the
administration OF Postmaster Gen.
erai A. q. Burieson we're indnr-ed
According TO a communication re-
ceIv~d from the Washington City
Central Labor Union. demonstra.
ton win be held by the irbor men OF
the Capital City on July 10 protrs,
against the Inauguration Of the dry
law. which viii deprive the laboring
man Of the bread Of life"