The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-02-10


 night the committee and held lengthy discussion but failed any agreement It is expected that these meetings will be resumed today Mayor Hanson issued proclamation yesterday to the strikers ordering those who had walked ill sympathy with the shipyard men to return to their work He gave them until eight o'clock this ing to consider the question:
 CITY OPERATES JITNEY BUSSES
 By orders of Mayor Hanson, the city of Seattle will operate ney bus service all parts of the town The city will also operate street the municipal lines The mayor states this morning that unless the strike call ed off the city would be the private lines also He is determined that the citizens shall suffer from lack of transportation.
 Mayor Hanson stated that he ordered all union exernp tion signs trucks to be removed and that he going operate these without the consent ot any labor unon The tie up the transportation facilities is of the serious phases of the big strike 1t impossible for many employees get their labor Several of the stores suf fered from shortage of ceks many of whom reside in the suburbs and depend upon the get their work The action of Mayor Hanson in ordering the opera ton of jitney bus service will tend greatly relieve the situation
 TACOMA CARS RUNNING
 TACOMA Feb. e.-The street car service in this city resumed this morning. All lines full opera tion The who still out strike have in way oested the and it is expected that the operation of the will be peaceabe
 Practically every barber shop and restaurant in the city is open So far there has been exhibition of violence the part of the strikers toward those who sym pay with them. The ongshorenen will today consider their strike vote and it is extremely probable that these will to return to work. It is known that of the leaders of the longsoremens union favor of such The shipworkers however, still and show inclination to return. From all appearances these will stay out for te regardless of the action of the other unions.
 wv. w. ARE BUSY
 PORTLAND Feb. 8-The I. w. w. element here is distributing hand bills urging the Portland workers walk strike in sympathy with the Seattle aborites One of the w. w. agitaors has been placed under he carried his work far and nfrnged upon the law Every union in this place being urged go general strike as an evidence that they coincide with the Seattle workers
 SEATTLE RESTAURANTS REOPEN
 SEATTLE, Feb 8.-Some of the restaurants in the city have resumed business this morning altho there yet large number closed As long the strikers remain peace able it is ho that there will be gradual resumption of busi 
 NEARLY ALL AT WORK
 TACOMA Feb. 8-With the theatres open, stores res taurants and haber doing business this city shows ev dence of labor agitation The all maintaining their regular schedule and there practically signs of the strike in tfe city.
 The majority of the unions have returned to work and it believed that the will within short tne There but little doubt but that the sympathy strike is off, The spyard workers and longhoremen still out, however, and show signs of returning their employ With tte of the other uon the shpyard er- poyees and longs1oremen will seriously inconvenience the city, other than delay transportation It possible that these can be prevailed return to work during the coming week
 EVERETT WILL VOTE
 EVERETT, Feb. 8-The Everett trades council has voted to call the affiliated unions for referendum de- cision to whether the Everett unions will walk out in sympathy with the Seattle strikers.
 is feared by the city authorities that these unions will vote for the sympathy strike and that this city will duplication of the eup which Seattle and other experiencing.
 NO DECISION REACHED
 SEATTLE, Feb. 8-Up until late tonight the strikers conference committee had reached decision regarding the calling off ot the sympathetic strike The sympathetic