The sun., 1919-02-07
$4,000 Halt Work to Help
Shipbuilders Win SO
Wage.
10000 OUT AT TACOMA
Stores. Barber Shops and
Restaurants Close and
Street Cars Stop.
NEWSPAPERS SUSPEND
Demobilization at Camp Lewis
Haltcd-Unions Open
Soup Kitchens.
NEWSPAPERS SUSPEND

SEATTLE. Feb. 6.-Federal troops from
Seattle and Tacoma to stand ready
FOR any emergency" as army officers
said to-day. in connection with the gen.
eral strike this morning Of $4,000 union
men in sympathy with $4,000 shipyard
workers who walked out January 81 to
enforce demands for higher wages.
Major John l.. Hayden COM
inandS the contingent of 500 soldiers
in Seattle, and Brighten. Frank B.
Watson has under him in Tacoma.
thirty-six miles from here. two bat
talons and a machine gun company,
Equipment of the soldiers includes 200
hand grenades.
Authority for the use of troops was
granted by Secretary Of War Baker
upon advices from Gov. Lister.
Thirty-flve thousand union men in the
,1c!nity of Seattle quit work to-day.
lsbor leaders sald. but IN Tacoma the
response was not so general. The prin-
cipal unions involved there were the car
men timber workers, BARRIERS and retail
clerks
Street cars stopped running in Seattle,
schools closed. restaurants ana theatres
closed their doors, newspapers suspended
and other Industries ceased operating.
SOUP kitchens Open.
Twelve soup kitchens were estah-
l.shed by culinary unions to feed strikers
and others who depend upon restaurants
for meals Patrons OF the Kitchens were
In 'meAs
fashion. Barber shops closed and eleva-
tors stopped running.
Only emergency telegraph business
from Seattle vas handled BY the tele-
graph companies. Tho telephone system
continued In service.
The city government is prepared ccr
any emergency, Mayor Hanson said. ana
10000 extra police will be deputized II
necessary.
Mayor Hanson said the troops prob
ably would be assigned to cooperate
with the police in keeping order and ir
guarding public utilities.
Seattle Is not under martial law noI
will It be placed under martial law
Mayor Hanson said. The troops are
coming at the request of Gov. Lister
simply to cooperate with the municipal
authorities and protect property II need
FOR protection arises.
Residents Of the outlying sections OF
Seattle tonight used many and various
forms of vehicles to reach their homes
as a result Of the suspension OF car
service. Horses and buggies appeared In
large numbers, and old, decrepit auto
mobiles were brought from retirement
Street cars will be operated on the
city lines as soon as Chief of Police
J. F. Warren can provide sufficient police
protection, It was announced.
Seattle had electric light early to-
night, firemen and engineers at the power
plant having refused to obey their
unions order to strike.
Newspapers Tied Up.
Only one Seattle newspaper appeared
on the streets to-day, and reports said
was printed In Tacoma. The news
papers were tied up by the strike of the
stereotypers, truck drivers and news
boys
Seattle police said they were ready
for any emergency. A big truck, car
rying a machine gun spd with sand
bags built up around its edges, stands
At the police station Three former
army lieutenants have been assigned
to the truck.
A statement issued by the strike corn
nttee of the Central Labor Council
which is directing the strike. said the
~alkout was a success. AL lines OF IN
dustry in which union workmen were
employed were crippled. the statement
said.
Steamship operators and others were
worried over the handling Of fresh fish
shipments due from Alaska and fruits
and vegetables coming from California
because Of the strike of the longshore-
men. who. defying their international or
ncers. have virtually tied up coastwise
and offshore traffic.
Vessels coming here TO discharge, II
was said, would be diverted to other
ports near by. Two Japanese steamships,
the HOGAN Maru and Mandasan. were
ordered to San Francisco to load cargo
Tor the Orient.
IS Daily Wage Demands.
The shipyard workers who are
affiliated with the Metal Trades Council
asked that mechanics be paid 50 a day
and helpers and laborers 81 and ss a
Gay. The Metal Trades members made
their demands when they announced
they we're dissatls with the findings
Of a Federal wage adjustment commits
sion known as the Macy Board.
Charles Piez, director-general of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. waa
quoted in a despatch from Wilkesbarre
Pa, as saying that the Seattle shipyard
workers, in striking. had disregarded
pledge they made with the Government
that they would remain under the turis-
dlctlon OF the Macy Board until
March 81.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 6.--More thar
$500 n1achinists employed IN eighty
i've shops went on strike here to-day
Between $500 and 1900 men rated al
helpers" to other crafts struck in the
Oakland and Alameda shipysrds for ar
Increase of from s4.64 to $40 day
Executives OF the Pacific District Coun'
ell Of Boilermakers. embracing twelve
unions along the Pacific coast. an
nounced to-day that eight Of the unioni
had voted a strike on February 10 fol
VI an hour wage.