Arizona republican., 1919-02-09
Seattle Back to Normal

Seattle Back to Normal
 SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 3.-F aced by assertions in union ranks, coupled with results brought about by Mayor Ole Hanson's ultimatum that troops would be used if necessary to restore Seattle's business operations to normal chan nels, the sympathetic strike affecting approximately 55,000 workers seemed near it's end tonight.
 The general strike conference con tinued in session tonight discussing whether to call of the sympathetic strike. In the meantime business fast began assuming usual phases. Muni- cipal street cars had been operating all day. Late in the day superintendent w. $. Richardson of the Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power company took out the first of the company's cars, with a soldier and special police officer on the rear platform. Other cars followed
 All papers except The Times, after noon, and Post-Intelligencer.m morning. appeared during the day. During the night these two newspapers announced they would publish regular editions as usual on their own presses regardless of the strike situation.
 Similar signs that the backbone of the strike had been broken appeared in various ways, so that it was be- lieved by city officials, that all work CTS, except possibly the 25,000 metal trades men of the shipyards, would be back at work by Monday. These mon went out January 21, asking for in creased wages. The sympathetic strike, affecting 110 unions out of total of 130 represented in the city, was called last Thursday morning.
 A Rebellion Against Government
 The general strike resulting, termed by Mayor Hanson and a business mems committee as a. rebellion against the government in statement issued to- day, is said to be the first of its size in the United States. It was followed by an unsuccessful attempt to call general strike in Tacoma and by an nouncements from Everett, Washing ton, and other points that a referen- dunn endorsing the strikes would be taken.
 Four causes for the failure of the strike were given by city officials who expected the strike to fail The first was that the city maintained opera tion of light and gas utilities, many men refusing to strike. The rationing scheme adopted by the strikers of uSliiS Al Soup hilCneNS to leeQ SlTlk- CTS and the public dependent upon res- taurants failed to function properly. Food was slow in arriving and there was little cutlery. Many strikers. first to feel the discomfort.' were left hungry On Thursday. A third factor assigned was the presence of regular army troops. A final cause. said city officials, was the evident lack of pub lie sympathy with the strikers cause Strike not Sanctioned Contributing causes to the ineffec- tiveness of the general strike were given as including failure of several international unions to sanction strikes of local branches. Electricals workers went back to work today, as one in stance of this. Engineers and janitors employed in the city's 70 schools voted today to resume work Monday when the school board announced that men not appearing then would forfeit their | positions.
 | The Master Barbers' association, comprising the proprietors of the ma : Jority Of the large shops, today passed a resolution declaring that the barbers' | union must apologize to the master