East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-10

SEATTLE, Feb. 1O.-The sylnpa-
thetic strike seems to have nearly
burned itself out, with many unions
again working and the strike cOm-
mittee debating the date Of official
strike termination. The mayor said:
..The attempt to overthrow the EXIST
ing Industrial status has proved o
complete failure
SEATTLE. Feb. 1O.-The general
strike committee began session az
9 O'Clock this morning, and II is pre-
dicted it viii set an hour for the ter
nination of the sympathetic walkout.
BY a gradual nibbling off process
on the part of unions and steady
infiltration of merchants along the
business district. evidences of the
strike which Seattle weathered for
four days are diminishing toward the
vanishing point.
Iongshoremen, Cooks Stay out.
Following the return Sunday Of the
ssreetcar mems union and operation
On praetfcaIEg normal schedule. 5it-
ney drivers. teamsters. BARRIERS and
EaTDdEe drivers NOlGd ~ EGtAAA "
work today. Longshoremen. cooks
and assistants, however. overwhelm-
ingly voted to continue the strike.
Car Men Broke Strike.
Restaurants are gradually reopen
ing. though the majority are still
closed. due to lack of union help.
Theaters will open tonight. the theat-
rical federation being the latest TO dis
continue striking. The breaking point
occurred Sunday morning when the
car men resumed.
End May Be Soon.
Conservative members of the gem
eral committee hope to end the strike
today. They hope to have every union
man with the exception of shipyard
workers, working in "a hours. 1t Is
presumed the radicals are bitterly OPP
posing the conservatives in the COM
mittee meeting. Taxicab and jitney
services have resumed.
Issue Statement
The executive committee OF 81 Se-
attle organizations which united to
preserve law and order issued a state
ment saying. Seattle has defeated
the attempted boIsheviki revolution
adding that the mayor and chief OF
police. with a great majority of citi-
zens standing back of them. thwarted
an attempt to inaugurate a reign of
terror which the conspirators hoped
would spread to every city in the
United States and accomplish the
overthrow of the government. The
sympathetic strike is disintregrattngs
streetcars are running all over the
city; newspapers are publishing Fas
usual and an aroused city is determine
ed that a small percentage OF aliens
and bolshevists who gained temporary
control and leadership over union Ia
Dor. shall no longer block the wheels
OF industry. and the channels OF trade.''
Spokesman Ault of the strikers. is-
sued a statement declaring ''practi-
cally all unionists are standing pat''
and denying that the bolsheviki are
in charge of the Seattle labor move>
ment.
Declared Success.
The strikers units are prepared TO
give their fun estimate of the conse.
queuces OF the strike to labor. en-
ployers and the community further
than to assert that as demonstration
Of solidarity it has been both success-
full and effective.
Cited AS Example.
Mayor Hanson said. 1T was on
huge scale. sabotage. The throwing
of the wooden shoe. or the cat a.
the l. W. w. term it--intO the gear Of
the entire communitys Industrial una
chinery. Thousands of laborers were
induced to go into this general strike
without sensing Its import or It's log
lcal consequences, and its danger 20
organized labor through precedent.
which II successfully practiced. wouid
lnvalidate all contracts between en-
ployers and employees. Seattle today
Is a lesson which every American
community ought to study with all
vision and precautionary wisdom Il