The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-06

rnent. The labor mtn declared Piez's
I offer unsatisfactory
Labor leaders asserted this would
be The first strike In Americas his
tory in which labor representing
practically all forms OF activity walk
ed out en- masse-
The strike viii be in sympathy
with 10000 striking ship workers
who are at loggerheads with the
United States shipping board over
the Macy award.
Thus far Seattle LABOR leaders have
fought a losing battle, for their at
tempts to obtain general walkouts al
Tacoma, Portland and San Francisco
have failed. The ship workers al
Portland and San Francisco have re-
manned at work The ship workers
at Tacoma are striking.
Interest was divided today between
plans of labor leaders and the atti-
tude of Mayor Ole Hanson OF Seattle.
one OF the picturesque figures OF the
northwest.
Hanson declared that not only
would order be maintained, but he
would operate the city utilities, keep
ing the city lighted and the cars
running, If necessary. A mass meet
ing OF car men early today will de-
terrnine their action
The mayor declared that il neces-
sary he would swear in ten thousand
special police to maintain order. He
issued a call for volunteers to sub
stitute for strikers and keep the city
utilities running. Hanson was elected
largely through the labor vote.
But the unions have declared they
will not tolerate disorder in behalf OF
their men They have organized 20
lice force of their own equal in size
to the city police force and have a
well established system OF soup kftch
ems and benefits designed to prevent
suffering
1t remains to be seen what will be
the attitude of the unions in case Han
son tries to keep wheels turning
through his plan of>volunteer labor.
Citizens and merchants, fearing q
complete tie up and possible famine
have for several days been collecting
food supplies from all nearby cities
Portland commission men have beei
forced to keep forces OF men working
nights to take care of the rush order:
from this city. So great has been Tho
demand that Portland reports tenn
porary scarcity Of supplies for her OWE
people.
The strike of shipworkers which be
gan more than q week ago, came when
Chairman Piez, OF the skipping board
refused to grant demands for a wage
higher than that granted by the Macy
award. That award was eighty cents
an hour. The ship workers demanded
one dollar
Piez declared in numerous state
Eents that the board could not in fair
ness to ship workers in other districts
been sanctioned by officials OF the
American Federation Of Labor as well
as representatives Of the shipping
board. Piez has published his state
ments in several fall page advertise
ments in newspapers up and down the
coast
He characterized the strike here as
q Colossal mistake because the shit
building industry as at stake"
Drifting Toward BoIshevism.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6-Discussion
Of bolshevik activities was renewed
in the senate today when Senator
Thomas, Colorado, read a telegram
from a Seattle attorney assailing the
strikes there.
Thomas declared "the time is here
when we must abandon our policy OF
trusting TO luck and hoping with an
optimism that will bring US TO the
1recipice that things wifi right them
selves.
we must decide whether America
ia to be for Americans and instead
of striving for party advantage. we
must see to the strict enforcement
OF the laws and the constituiin."
Thomas declared the Seattle strike
appears TO be heading towards Rus