The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-10
BIG STRIKES IN
WEST NEAR END
Tacoma WalkOut Called OFF,
Seattle Officials Predict
Settlement.
LABOR LEADERS DIVIDED
Conservatives to Renew Fight
to Have Sympathetic Call
Annulled.

T,roMA. Feb. e-The general strike
in Tacoma was officially called on this
afternoon by the general strike COM
mittee, effective at s A. NJ. tomorrow.
The collapse OF the general strike
here was not unexpected, as the move
ment lacked public support and sym
pathy, officials said. At no time was
any important business or industry
seriously crippled, and there was not a
unanimous response OF labor organiza-
tions to the plan Of strike leaders 10
completely tie up all private and
municipal enterprises.
Resolutions adopted lr the strike
committee setting forth the re asons for
suspending the general strike asserted
that "the general strike had fulfilled
ITS mission in showing the solidarity
OF labor and further showed the "em-
ployer OF labor that the worker will II
necessary use the general strike"
SEATTLE, Feb. 9.---Conservative labor
leader asserted tonight that wher
the general strike conference commit
tee OF union delegates reassembles TO-
morrow morning they would renew the
fight to have the sympathetic strike
called Off and a definite time fixed for
It's expiration. They were said to be-
lieve the strike would come to an END
! within twenty-tour hours
Despite refusal early to-day or The
union central committee 10 suspend
, the general sympathetic strike order
street cars on ali lines in Seattle oper
ated on an almost normal basis to-day
Traction company officials said ger
vice would be 100 per cent normal be-
fore Tomorrow.
Indications were. city officials said
that the strike would be broken by tn,
gradual drifting away Of unions from
the committee controlling the strike.
THE general strike has bee'
demoralized and will fail" Mayor oil
Hanson said to-day. This means
split between decent labor and the In
dustrial Workers OF the World"
City officials declared Seattle woul,
operate its Industries without unior
men, and II necessary would advertis
IN the East and pay the fares OF mel
70 take the places of those who are out
The Waterfront Employers Assoc!a
tion decided to-day TO resume actlvitie
on an open shop basis unless the unio
men returned to work tomorrow.
Although the union labor uewspape
announced the vote of the general com
mittee to continue the sympatheti
strike was unanimous, II was Learned
from delegates that a heated discussion
was INDUCED In by members who deemed
It wise 10 call OFF the strike.
II was not until after more radica
elements gained the upper hand ant
crowd OF strikers outside TIE door
and on the stairs shouted disappr ova
oil any action to end the walkout tina
the general strike committee mail
voted to continue the strike.
1t was stated unofficially that tn
vote was not unanimous. but was :
against and IA for the motion to &
back 10 work to-day
Delegates said that animosity towar
director General Charles Piez of III
United states Emergency Fleet Corpora
tIon was EXPRESSED freely during III
meeting and that he was blamed by rae
ical speakers for much of the cortrc
yersy that brought about the origini
strike OF the shpyard metal trade
workers and which led 20 the sympa
thetic strike.