The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-02-10
LABOR LEA61no
ADMIT SEATTLE
STRIKE FAILS
Predict II Will BE Called OFF in
"a Hours
UNIONS LOSING STRENGTH
street Cars Running Once More
and Publication Of Newspapers
Is Resumed.
UNIONS LOSING STRENGTH

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 9.-The street
cars OF this city moved today on al
most normal schedule, and the gen
eral sympathy strike regarded here
as an attempt at Bolsheyism, Is be-
lieved to be near its end.
The general strike has been de.
moralized and will fail" Mayor Ole
Hanson said today This means a
split between decent labor and the
Industrial Workers of the World
Conservative labor leaders assert
cd tonight that when the General
Strike Conference Committee of un-
ion delegates reassemble tomorrow
morning they would renew the fight
TO have the sympathetic strike called
off and a definite time fixed for its
expiration. They were said to be-
lieve the strike would come to an
end within twenty-four hours.
Voting independently the street
car employees union severed connec-
ton with the revolutionary element
ats4.30 O'clock this morning.
Tho Waterfront Employers Associ-
alton divided today tot resume actiyi
ties ON an open shop basis unless the
union men returned to work tomor-
row. Meetings were being held To-
night by the longshoremens and
musicians unions, who are expected
tO,vOte on whether or not they would
stay out longer on the sympathetic
strike.
The next meeting of the General
Strike Committee was set for $3.50 a,
m.:tomorrow
Several OF the theatres were pre-
pared to open today, but rcfraiped
from doing so at the request of en-.
ploycs that the theatrical federation
have an opportunity 10 take final
vote ON quitting the general strike,
Thore was every indication the thea-
tres would open tomorrow
y Although lue udioil laoos irewsbap,
ef announced the vote Of the General
Strike Committee early today to
continue the sympathy strike was
unanimous, II was learned from dele
gates at the meeting that lively
discussion wast indnIged in By mem
bers who deemed It wise to call off
the strike. II was not until after
more radical elements gained the up
per hand and a crowd of strikers
outside the doors and on the stairs
shouted disapproyal of any action to
end the walkout, that the General
Strike Committee finally voted 40
continue the strike. 1t was stated
unoflcially that the vote was not
Unanimous, but was rs against and IA
for the motion to 20 back to work.
Delegates said that animosity tow
ard Director General Charles Piez OF
the United States Emergency Fleet
Corporation was expressed freely dun
ing the meeting, and that he was
blamed by radical speakers fol
much OF the controversy that brought
about the original strike of the ship
yard and metal trades workers ant
which led to the sympathetic strike
One report from the general strik,
meeting was to the effect that the res
olution TO declare of the strike wa!
defeated because 1t was feared {
number OF the weaker unions woult
not be able to have men reinstateC
in their former jobs who had walked
out.
All schools in Seattle are to opei
tomorrow. engineers and janitors ha'
ing voted yesterday to return Il
work. The majority of the barbe
shops also will open regardless O
whether the men resume their chair
or not.
All Sunday morning papers appear
cd as usual today There was no IN
reference although the plants wer
strongly guarded inside and ou,sid
with special officers.
Most restaurants had not opene
today, being unable to fobtain SUI
plies.
City officials declared that Seattl
would operate its industries withou
union men and, II necessary. woul
advertise in the East and, pay III
farns OF men TO take the places c
those who are out,
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