The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-08

Ia majority OF these-in the Units
States don't want to live here. The.
told me the troops we're disloyal AM
would not help us. told them tina
was lie, but even if it was so. W.
would fight until we were dead befor'
we even allowed them to turn out on
Ieight candle power light
Chief of Police Joe Warrent is ;
lreal man who loves his country. W.
decided that we would not call in thu
federal troops II they are called II
70 quell disorder some one else mus
1 call them We won't be here. The
great body Of union men saw the light
Today they are bitterly resenting theil
false leadership and will overthrow
their officers in many unions.
This is test OF unionism or l. w
wism If any one owes higher al
ilegiance to any organization than they
do to this country, they are traitors
and should be treated as such. That
Is all there is to it. This is time fol
union men to stand up and be count
| ed. This is a time when every Ameri
can must forget all other allegiance
and stand by the government.
The unions of the nation are on
trial. They are either American Fed
Grafton OF Labor loyalists or bolsheyik
traitors.
This morning the strike is broken.
Business is resuming. Strikers are re
turning to work Our city no longer
lies PROSTATE. Ninety Per cent OF
Seattle stands firm for Americanism.
The other ten per cent will be driven
from this community.
Mayor Serves Notice.
SEATTLE, Washn., Feb. 8.-Mayor
Hanson served notice on the 10000
men on general strike here early to-
day that unless the sympathetic
strike is called off by eight a. m.
today he will ask the federal govern
ment to declare martial law at nine
a. M.
General Morrison, commander OF
the western department is not ex-
pected here until three p. m.
One thousand troops, armed with
bayonetted rifles, hand grenades and
machine guns are on guard here
under command of Brigadier General
Hayden, of Camp Lewis.
General Morrison was expected to
pass through Portland at 1880 a. m.
today He is taking the fastest train
northward from San Francisco.
One conference yesterday and
three hour conference which lasted
until after midnight today failed to
accomplish any sort of an agreement
between Mayor Hanson's committee
and the one representing the strik-
ers.
The strikers are understood to
have told the mayor that the sympa-
thetic strike would be called OH If
a committee of Seattle business men
would agree to intercede with the
shipping board and General Manager
Piez of the board asking higher
wages for ship workers.
Hanson's committee is said to have
refused to agree to this, taking the
stand that the ship workers must
return to work under the Macy
award before any mediation looking
toward an amendment Of the award
is attempted.
The city remained quiet UP to an
early hour today. Few arrests had
been made Strike leaders proudly
pointed to this as demonstrating that
they intended to win their end
peaceful methods.
Thus far, Mayor Hanson's one at
tempt to break the strike has been
a street car, threading it's lonely way
from the center of the city to Bal
lard, a suburb. 1t has not been mo-
Tested. 1t is heavily guarded.
Mayor Hanson has a reputation for
vigorous action, and few doubt his
to ask for martial law
On Hanson's committee are j. w.
Spangled, a banker, and the Rev. M.
A. Matthews. They met with a
special committee representing the
general strike committee.
E. B. Ault, spokesman for the
strikers, indicated today they would
rely upon the solidarity of their
ranks to thwart Mayor Hanson in
his attempts to operate all essential
industries beginning this morning.
Aul' declared Hanson's ultimatum
clam boyant" and said "labor's soil
darity is steadily growing"
The Union Record of which Ault
is publisher, issued bulletin late
yesterday which stated that the soup
kitchens had been increased to TWEEN
ty-one and that they had fed 10000
persons. These soup kitchens are
operated by the strikers. Patrons
who can show union card are
served for twenty-five cents. Others
must pay thirty-five cents.
The menu is beef stew with bread
and coffee. Long lines stood before
some of these kitchens.
Today was generally regarded as
the most critical period OF the gen
eral strike.
Although both the strikers and the
city administration appear to desire
to avoid violence, the city has armed
it's regular and thousands of special
police with night sticks and some