Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-08
REFUSE MEMS DEMANDS.

the one representing the strikers.
REFUSE MEMS DEMANDS.
The strikers are understood to have
told the mayor that the sympathetic
strike would be called off If a COM
mittee of Seattle business men would
agree to intercede with the shipping
board aud General Manager Piez of
the board, asking higher wages for
shipworKers.
Hanson's committee Is said to have
refused to agree to this, taking the
stand that the shipworkers must re-
turn to work under the Macy award
before any mediation looking toward
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 through
peaceful methods
Thus far Mayor Hanson's one at
tempt to break the strike has been a
street car threading its lonely way
from the center of the city to Ballard,
a suburb. II has not been molested
1t is heavily guarded.
MAYOH DE ERMlNED.
Mayor Hanson has reputation for
vigorous action and few doubt his de-
termination to ask for martial law. On
Hanson's committee are ]. w. Span
gler, 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 strik-
ers, indicated today they would rely
upon the solidarity of their ranks to
thwart Mayor Hanson in his attempts
to operate all essential industries be-
ginning this morning.
Ault declared Hanson's ultimatum
"flamboyant" and said '1abor's soli-
darity Is steadily growing
The Union Record of which Ault is
publisher, issued a bulletin late yes
terday, which stated that the soup
kitchens had been increased to 81, and
that they had fed 10000 persons. These
soup kitchens are operated by the
strikers. Patrons who can show a
union card are served for rs cents.
Others must pay 80 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 general
strike.
Although both the strikers and the
city administration appear to desire
to avoid violence, the city has armed
its regular and thousands of special
police with night sticks and some
rifles, and has mounted a few machine
guns on trucks behind sandbaks.
Before going home last night that
part Of Seattle which had wandered
the streets watching soldiers take their
bivouac in the postoffice saw the final
arrangements Of police and military
precaution for any emergency.
At dawn, thousands of citizens had
emerged from hotels and lodging
houses or walked In from residential
| districts, while haggard city, federal
and strike representatives came from
smoke filled council rooms after an all
night vigil.
Civic organizations had appealed to
every business house and shop to hoist
the Stars ard Stripes sharply at s
o'clock. The night had been passed
in watchful quiet.
Mayor Hanson, who at midnight had
reiterated that he would stand behind
his proclamation TO the strike com
mittee, snatched a few hours sleep
under heavy guard.
POLICE CHIEF READY.
Police Chief Warren had a large
mobile protective organization ready
for the call to undertake resumption
of business, no matter what the strik =
ers' attitude might be.
| The general strike committee had
been reported in session practically all
night, faced by the dilemma of yield
ing under the mayors challenge OF
seeing the thing through. despite the
uitimatum.
Prevailing opinion, in lieu of any Of
: fetal strike statement. was that the
strikers would take no action, but
would await any move by the author
tiles, having by Mayor Hansons proc
lamation been placed on the defensive
The good natured apathy of the first
Gay had passed through more sober
and searching curiosity of the second
and had come to tense anxiety on the
third.
All trains and boats are leaving Sc
attic on regular schedules, according
to steamship and railroad officials
here. The Pacific Steamship COM
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