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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
Strikers Do Not Ask Anything
But Concession To Demands
Of Shipbuilders.
STREET CAR LINES HAVE
ALL STOPPED RUNNING
Telephone And Electric Power
Are Obtained As Result OF
Volunteer Workers.

Seattle, WASH, Feb. 6,--Scvcnty
thousand union men are idle in Seattle
and 100000 other workers have been
thrown out Of employment here follow
ing the walkout Of 95 per cent Of the
men affiliated with the central labor
council at 10 clock this morning.
Dcsultorv business is being carried
on in few scattered business estab-
lishmcnts and restaurants. Streetcars
are stopped but telephone service and
electric power are obtainsblc as the re-
suit Of the efforts Of volunteer cectri
cl workers who answered an appeal is
sued by the mayor.
Labor's own police force Of 200 for
MGR service men is patrolling the streets
in addition to 1000 extra city policemen
sworn in this morning There have been
no disturbances up to noon TO-DAY. The
labor council at the request Of the metal
trades council is decided success, IN
ion leaders declare.
Shortly after noon the streetcar EN-
ployes joined in the strike and an houi
later hardly car was moving down
town. II was stated at the carmen 4
headquarters that uthority to go out
nd been given.
The BARRIERS announced they and theii
bosses were "taking a vacation but
denied they were on strike. japanese
BARRIERS also closed up shop.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
strike Begins on schedule.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 6.-Thc first
gen. ..eral strike in the United States
began here at 10 O'Clock this morning
Practically all industry was at 3 stand
still. Streetcar and jitney service was
stopped. Milk will be distributed only
to the extent Of supplying the needs Of
hospitals and babies.
The unions plan to run 10 public eat
ing halls where the general public as
well as the strikers will be given meals
at stated hours at small cost. Practic-
ally Ill restaurants closed this morning
even before the srike hour.
Unions allied with the printing trades
are not on strike. This includes every
department. Newspapers will, there
fore, continue to publish here. The
threatened closedown Of the light and
power plants did not occur.
The strike affects approximately ~
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
DR.. A. c. Seeley of State Board
of Health Playing in Hard Luck

us about it.D Other members of the
joNt committee thought the same and
the pruning knife was got out and the
$95, ,225 asked for was at one slash cut
down to $4,000.
Mrs. Z. 7. Moores, superintendent of
the blind school was given practically
all she asked, except. a slight reduc-
tiOn in the estimation of maintenance.
She was allowed $1,000 to furnish an
attic for dormitory, $l425 for furni-
ture and general furnishings and $1,000
for repairs, as the buildings are old
and in not very good condition. fhe
committee also favored giving her
money to pay for operations when it
was thorght that such operations
might restore to sight any of the chill
dren in the institution.
Miss Cornelia Marvin, state libra.
rian, told the committee so many good
things about the work of the stale Ii.
brary in her rapid fire machine gun
talk of half an hour that it was al
most inclined to give her every dollar
asked for while under the spell of her
oratory. "Oregon has the most liberal
use Of books OF any state in the un-
ion," declared Miss Marvin. at is
the poorest supported financially Of
any state library in the country. There
is no institution in the state that come
in contact with so many people as the
state library. Every post office in the
state has sent in requests for books
Oregon can beat the world when if
comes to the library question"
Senator Strayer was little in DOUBT
about Oregon state library beating
the whole world, but Miss Marvin had
the figures TO prove it. This evening
the committee will decide just what
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
Failed TO Materialize.

Tacoma, Wash, Feb. 6.-Thc general
strike >orodered by the central labor
council for 10 a. m. today failed to ma
terilize at noon, although number of
unions walked out and there were pos.
sibilities Of the strike spreading dur
ing the afternoon.
AT noon light, water and power SER
vice was being fully supplied, the street
cars were running and all the most i'm.
portoat necessities Of the city were be-
ing furnished.
Strike leaders, however, expressed
confidence that the outside electricians,
who voted strongly against the general
strike and who in @ large meausre hold
the key to the situation, would walk
out before night. The outcome OF a
meeting between the electricians and
the executive board Of the central labor
council was expected to determine their
action.
A walkout of all streetcar men early
in the afternoon appeared likely.
At the headquarters of the carmen
in the labor temple telegram was re-
ceived notifying them that the interna
tional union had given its sanction to
the carmen s strike in Seattle and ask
ing that ction be deferred here until
6. vice president Of the international ar
rives.
Some Of the largest unions in the city
flatly refused to walk out. The smelt
crmen refused to sbide by the decision
of the labor council and all men were
at work.
The longshoremen also refused "a
walk out, although it was expected they
would probably be forced out later.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
Nationwide Strike Ponds.

New York, Feb. civilian J. low
en- of indianapolis, president Of the
bricklayers union, today predicted 8 no
tion-wide strike Of birek!ayers and nj
lied building workers as a result Of the
threatened lockout Of bricklayers AMI
cnginee:s in this city, who struck il
sympathy with the carpenters. Two
million men, he estimated, would par
ticipate in the strike.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
Failnre 20 Settle.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 6--An eleventh
hour attempt by CHARLES Piez OF me
United States shipping board to pre-
vent the walkout ut 10 a. m. OF from
10000 10 $4,000 u1ion MEN has failed.
labor leaders said carly today.
Pi,a. .ley said, wiIed that If the ship
workers would return TO work he would
at once call conference to arrange
wages and hours after the expiration OF
the presvat agreen.eLt The labor men
declared Picz's offer "unsatisfactory;' \
Labor leaders asserted this would DO
tho first strike in Americas history IN
which labor representing practically oil
forms Of activity walked out cnnasse.
The strike is in sympathy with so,ooo
striking ship workers who are at ios-
gerheads with the United States ship
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
Disregarded Covenant.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 6.-Tho
10000 shipbuilders who arc now on
strike in the Seattle district nave de-
liberatcly disregarded the covenant
made with the United States govern
ment through the Emergency Fleet eoi-
poration, although they had sacrediy
promised to continue work under the
terms Of agreement set out BY the Ma
cy wage arbitration board until March
81, 1919, y said Charles Piez of the Unit
ed States shipping board.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06

Representative Macarthur is on a com
mittee named by congress to erect a
permanent memorial to the late Colonel
Roosevelt.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
PRUNE GROWERS TO
MEET TOMORROW TO
TALK ADVANCEMENT
Figures Show That Prune Dry
ing Methods Could Be Inn
proved Upon Greatly.

As means Of obtaining much need
ed information as to methods and costs
in the evaporation of prunes in this
valley, Manager W. It. jerks, of the
willamette Valley Prune association,
has sent out to the leading growers
an elaborate QUESTIONABLE, covering
every detail Of drying operations.
Thirty seven growers responded, and
the figures they give are interesting
suggestive almost astounding in the
wide range of costs. They suggest that
that some of our growers are operating
under a handicap either as to equip
ment or methods. They show above all
things the need of getting to gether,
comparing notes, and standardizing on
methods and prices.
The questionnadre called for the type
Of drier used, size of trays, height Of
air shaft, size Of heat chambers, kind
of stove or furnace, the degree of heat
used, the number of hours required to
dry lfruit, number of hands employed,
the amount and cost of wood, and the
final ccst per ton of the dried fruit.
out " o. oPo,aso.' 49, .nd % ia tho stack
type.
it is evident that very few Of the
growers kept exact tally on their oper-
aIlohs .h anu 'no oro"ns .o9uS Th,,. !, annears
.nas lousn aoi d ~ trn,ol +vne
~ taa. In eno'e ou,,;poS mau a' IN tbo AVERAGE an.
vi uiyoa o. - ~ f;nish tbnir
PioAiniatey ~ 49, ,,od staal,s ro.
run "niie so .nooe VIZ ne ohnnt | 90 hours
~ qu'reu an "se'ds as,t,, - 4vnaa ronged from
ad lne ilgufes On Do'h 40 hoyrs syr''
~ nouls " ~ ~ sbous that in
fur.hcl eolePI.@. - "V" ,oa,,;ra5 oil
yo'h m .yPes - u 49, w thiras Az % q cord IA
lne way iIo" ee",.,L WV ' I'D s 90 WOOD m
ohe anu ohe .Ouasn t,'a,sS,,, i tba con.
ury a eon " Piune, ' aHogn 4bat 1;tb
elai e aseidse ~ ~ @"s soa"';red 1454 cords
.e0 suH' IL IL. Isee +ons 6f nrunes
VI woou " uiy IL, - savns ~ rdnnired
WI ,wnlle WIN sno ea Saa'a =. a.. 57r tops of
ooo coius VI "oOo "
pruneS' r.,r,,,o. rtort,,no
m u1s' 80. @a.n1 T eoa4 90 drv.
me ny ,s,; uaos 40 " .,,uost r v nathet;c Il
ing are S.an.nn .as;a ~ sor .bnr sbow q
'hey aic ~ aulnens al ~ 4ho NV from
variation running "a $40 10. 49, The
2lo'ou poi aon X ~ In tvnos of drv.
sehe,ai aseias psl oe oe annrov;ms,olv v s9S
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06

Washington, Feb. o." Watchful
waiting" about summed up the official
attitude here. No "official word has
come through to the department from
its investigators due to the slowness
Of commercial telegraph wires. And
the department won't act until it does
get that aofifcisl information
General impression about the labor
department was that there would bo no
intervention unless unusual circumstan-
COS were reported by the investigators.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
GERMAN ASSEMBLY
MEETS At WEIHAR
Is Composed OF All Members
Including s. Women, Elect
ed By Popular VOle.

Weimar. Feb. 6.-The first popular
national legislative assembly in the
history of Germany is meeting here
today to write a constitution for the
people of the former German empire.
The assembly, composed of 42l mem
bers. including "a women, was elected
by direct popular vote of the whole
people, and is decidedly socialistic in
complexion. The membership is divid-
ed among the political parties thus:
Majority socialists .................-....... 1854
Christian Peoples party ..-.--.,..-,...... SS
Democrats II
German national party ...............-..... "a
Minority socialists .......,.................. "a
German People, 3 party .........,...-....... 23
Bavarian Peasants league .-...-.....-.... 4
Guelphs
Wurtemberg Bourgeois party ..---...-..- 2
Peasants and Workmen' democrat
lc league L
This gives the majority socialists a
plurality, with other socialistic groups
so well represented that constitution
that would be called radical in any
of the older countries of the world is
practically assured.
As for monarchists and anarchists,
they are not even thought of by the
lawmakers assembled here for the his
toric founding of Teutonic democrat
ic republic.
The little city of Weimar, selected
for the national assembly when it be-
came evident that Berlin, with its kais
er traditions and its militaristic atmos-
phere, would not be acceptable to the
democratic Germans, is littlc more than
10000 in population, and possesses
none of the facilities usually thought
essential for a national capital. 1t is
the capital of the grand duchy of Sake
Weimar- -Eisenach, and is situated on
the left bank of the lin, 1t sas
Goethe s town, and still is permeated
by the Goethe atmosphere. Goethe S
house, now the Goethe national muse
um, is one of the show places of the
city. Schiller's house also is one OF
the public assets, and famous Goethe.
Schiller monument. adorns the space
in front Of the theater, which has
been turned into national assembly
hall for the present gathering. The two
great poets sleep in the same vault IN
1.-THE cemetery.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06

900 workers directly. OF these $4,000
are shipyard workers and the others are
sympathy strikers.
Mayor Hanson is prepared to swear
in 10000 policemen to msintaia order,
if necessary, he declared today. Ell
ira details Of police have been called
to duty and it is reported that details
from the army cantonment at Camp
Lewis and from tho Bremerton navy
yard and Che University Training Sta
tiol are prepared to take a huna in
the situation should the emergency arise
The strike committee has issued
statement that it will maintain its own
police, but will not furnish them with
guns. "Moral suasion'' will be used
to disperse crowds.
No trouble has ensued during the two
weeks of the shipbuilders' strike, but
no attempt had been made bv the ship
yard owners to open their yards.
The unions have declared they will
not tolerate disorder on the part Of
their men. They have organized a po-
lice force Of their own, equal in size
tn tho city police force and have well
established system Of soup kitchens and
benefits designed to prevent suffering.
1t remains to be seen what viii be the
attitude Of the unions in case Hanson
tries to keep wheels turning through his
plan Of volunteer labor.
Citizens ~ald merchants, fearing
complete tie-up and q possible famine,
have for several days been collecting
food supplies from all nearby cities.
Portland commission mca have been
foced to keep forces Of men working
nights to take care Of rush orders from
this city. SO great has been the de-
mand that Portland reports temporal
ry scarcity Of supplies for her own peo-
pie.
The strike Of ship workers, which be-
Chairman Piez of the shipping board
refused to grant demands for wage
higher than that granted BY the Macy
award, The ward WIS 80 cents hour.
The ship workers demanded SO mini
mum for common labor and ~ ana 50
a day for skilled labor.
Piez declarcd in numerous statements
that the board could not in fairness TO
shipYorkers in other districts go above
the Macy award, which had been sane
toned by officials of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor as well as representa-
tivcs Of the shipping board Piez has
published his statements in several full
page advertisements in newspapers up
and down the coast.
lie characterized the strike here =.
"cclossal mistaAe' because the ship
building industry is "at stake. =
Seattle unions are very strong and
the radical element here is well dcvei-
oped.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
Union Leaders Say
Seattle Strike Is a
Successful MoUe
DEMANDS OF STRIKERS

Shipyard workers on strike
during the past two weeks de-
mand So minimum for common
labor; 81 for mechanics; $S for
maehinists. Todsy's general
strike is in sympathy with ship
yard strikers and does not de-
mand concessions Of any other
character.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06

Continued on page fivAN
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(cOhtinued on page fwO)
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CONTINUED on page eisA') III
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06
Weather Report

Oregon: Tonight and Friday
rain west portion, rain or snow
cast portion, warmer east por-
tion tonight, moderate souther-
" winds.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-06

900 workers directly. OF these 10000
are shipyard workers and the others are
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28
PLAN TO USE Ignite COAL
Coal Deposits of Saskatchewan to Be
Utilized to Supply Electric
Light and Power.

Estevan, Sask.-Plans are definite
ly under way to utilize the Ignite coal
deposits of Saskatchewan to supply
electric light and power to the cities
of Regina, Moose Jaw, Stevan, Wey'
burn and intervening towns. Several
of the municipalities already have ap'
pointed delegates to convention
which soon is to be held. The plant
is to be erected in Estevan. The
Canadian government will be asked
to guarantee the bonds of the devel
opment project and each city will be
come responsible for a fixed proper
ton of the bond issue.
The Saskatchewan Ignite fields art
practically inexhaustible, but the Goa
is low grade. The steam boiler meth
cd is therefore not adapted to the
work, and it is proposed instead t.
use a suction gas producer. S. 6
Dethbridge, city engineer, in a repor;
to the Estevan chamber of commerce
estimates the power plant will cos
$1,620OOO and the power line $4,64s
a mile, or $685., 74O for the entire 18(
miles of it's length.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28
BIG WAGES ATTRACT BOYS
Dodge School at Philadelphia for Non
ey to Be Had for Work in
Shipyards.

Philadelphia.-So many boys under
sixteen years of age have been KEEP
out of school by parents to work in the
shipyards here at big wages that the
shipyards themselves have taken w
the problem.
On one day 115 parents were in the
magistrates court charged with al
lowing their boys to work in the ship
yards in violation Of the law.
81 should worry" said one parent
81 was fined $14 and costs and Johnny
made $50 the last week he worked
The decrease in overtime and Sun.
day work since the armistice was
signed is already helping to abate the
evil.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28

hairs instantly disapper--your hair is
a beautiful and uniform color through
out-the ends are as dark as the bal
ance and you have any shade desired
from light brown to black. Just
moments touching up once q
week and no one can ever detect it.
No rubbing, or washing off-No fad
irg
Mildredina Hair Remedy is not
dye. We will send free sample if you
will enclose Ice to cover postage and
packing to convince you just how
much superior It is to all so-called
dyes, stains, etc. The Mildred Louise
Co., Boston. Mass. For sale at Mayes'
Drug Store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28
THINKS He WILL SEE AGAIN
Hero Blinded by tiieh Explosive Shell
Believes His Sight Will
Return.

Philadelphia.-Jus one doctor out
of twenty-and himself-believe that
the sight Of Lieut.. Frank Schoble, Jr.,
can be restored.
"a thousand doctors may tell me I'll
not get my sight again, but l know
that in few months I'm going to see
again." cried the young fighting man
when told his case was hopeless.
The lieutenant was leading his men
in picturesque ravine in the Argonne
forest in France when high explosive
shell blinded him.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28
WHEN YOU SUFFER
FROM RHEUMATISM
Almost any man viii tel you
that Sloan's Liniment
means relief

For practically every man has used
it who has suffered from rheumatic
aches, soreness of muscles, stiffness Of
joints, the results of weather exposure.
Women, too, by the hundreds Of
thousands, use it for relieving neuritis,
lame hacks, neuralgia, sick headache.
Clean, refreshing, soothing, economical,
quickly effective. Say "Sloan's LIME
ment" to your druggist. Get it today.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28
DON'T STAY GRAY.

Darken your hair to the shade de-
sired with Mildredina Hair Remedy.
This new preparation is far superior
to any dye, gives a glossy appearance
to the hair.
There is no danger of an itching or
poisoned scalp when you use "M;l-
dredina" for this simple preparation
positively contains no mercury, silver,
zinc, aniline, coal tar products or their
derivatives. You just brush or comb it
it into the hair and presto!-your gray
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28
Find Potash in e.oroia.

Cartersville, Ga.-Vast deposits OF
high potash states IN this district and
high potash schist in Pickens county
have just been located. This rev
found supply of potash, it is said, will
make Georgia and nearby territory in
dependent of the rest of the worlG in
the matter of fertilizer manufacture
now in such a precarious condition
becalse Of the failing supply of pot.
Ssh.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28
Money in PICKING spuds.

FS''S1 TT 's'>'''S
'Houlton, Me.-Women and girls in
the .potato-growing sections Of
Aroostook county earned Sc to $3.50
a day picking up potatoes at the rate
of Is cents a barrel. Some of the
girls worked by the day for from $3.50
and IS and board.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-28
aHot Dogs Banned.

Because OF their "unsightliness" On
the principal street corners, "hot dog
stands in Macon, Ca, must go, accord
ing to the edict of the city council.
Fortune telling establishments also are
taboo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28
Riot in New York
Proposal to Form Cloak and Suit
J. Workers Union on Soviet
Lines

New York, June 25.-Rioting broke
here tonight at a meeting called by
radical cloak and suit workers for the
purpose Of organizing c union along
the lines of a Russian soviet and in
opposition to the Cloak and Suitmt *
ers' Union, affiliated, with the Ameri-
can Federation CT Labor.
About 500 persons, many Of whom
were members Of the present union
were present when the trouble began
Two men in. the rear Of the hall en-
gagged in a heated argument.
A policeman intervened, but before
he could restore order two other
men came to blows With scenes OF
great confusion, the fighting spread
to; all parts of the hall and efforts OF
+ F. police and of L. S. Chumley. bus
j manager of ''The Rebel Work
ers,'' a radical publication, failed to
check the disorder.
The disturbance spread to the street
in front Of the hall and continued un-
til large number of policemen ar
rived and dispersed the crowd. So
far as could be learned, none Of the
fighters was seriously injured, but the
Furnishings of the hall were wrecked.
The meeting was held under the
auspices Of the Workers Council Of
the Cloak and Suit Industry" Among
the speakers scheduled were John
Reed. Rose Pastor Stokes and James
Jarkin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-28
Ireland Not Bound
sPreient' de Valera Repeats
WarniaIg Sent to Peace Con
fefence Through Clemenceau

s;s NsW York. June 25,-Eamon de
Valera, president of the. Irish repup-
lic,n reiterated here tonight state
nsens forwarded by him to Premier
Elefnekceaii of France IN May, wan
ing the peaee conference that Ireland
would rot be bound by a. peaceatreaty
signed on her behalf by English peace
cornniissi6nsrs.
fn,fninsnee Of the signing Of the
treaty, M-.. de Valera said, led him to
recall The message to Clemenceau IN
which he declared the Irish people
viii scrupuglously observe any treaty
obiigation to which they are legiti-
nateiy committed but the British
delegates can not bind Ireland. The
cply signatures by which Ireland will
be bound are those Of its own dele
gates. deliberately chosen
Mr.. de- Valera announced he had
accepted am invitation to speak in
Boston Sunday.