Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-11

committee of the street car mems union ordered the car men to remain at their posts and not obey the re- quest.
 SEATTLE. Wash, Feb. 1O.-Seat- ties general strike. the first of it's kind ever attempted in the United States, will end officially at noon to- morrow.
 Decision to call off the strike was reached at l o'clock today by the gen eral strike committee composed of delegates of 1S0 local unions in the city. after four hour session of the unions, 11O of which had voted to par ticipate in a general strike. The com mittee meeting was adjourned after the decision was reached.
 The resolution by which the strike was declared off contained a state ment advising all labor unions which returned to work Sunday or today to go on strike again until tomorrow noon, as demonstration of the solid arity of labor. so that all would return to work together
 Committees Resolution
 Following is the resolution by the general strike committee.
 Whereas, This strike committee now assemblies in the midst of the general understanding of the true status Of the general strike; and,
 Whereas, The executive commit tee is sufficiently satisfied that re- gardless of the ultimate action that the rank and file would take, the rank and file did stand pat and the sJam- pede to return to work was not on the part of the rank and file, but rath- CT on the part of their leaders. ''(HOwever, be it understood thaS this committee does not question the honesty of any of the representatives of the general mOvemenD.
 Therefore, be it,
 Resolved, That the following ac- tion become effective at once, FeO- ruary 10, 1919:
 Declare Strike Ended
 That this strike committee advises all affiliated unions that have taken action to return their men to work, that said unions shall again call their men to respond immediately to the call of the rank and file, until 1 p. m. Fec ruary II, and to then declare this strike at a successful termination, and if developments should then make it necessary that the strike be then con tinued, that further action be referred to the rank and file exclusively" Officials of the metal trades council, 25,00O members of which still are on strike. refused to comment on the eff feet which the end of the sympathetic vraII-Out v-OuId bava Op tho ctatuS Of their strike, beyond saying that it ''un- doubtedly would have some bearing" !" on the shipyard workers future move ments.
 Chief interest tonight centered in the question as to how many unions, if any, would head the request of the general strike committee to refrain from working until noon tomorrow when the strike will come to an of ficial end and what effect the finish of the sympathetic strike, after a tur- bulent course of five days, would have upon the strike of the 25,OOO metal trade workers in whose behalf it was called
 Mayor Makes Statement That street car service would con- tinue and restaurants remain open as at present. appeared certain and these ! features seemed most important to the general public A number of unions were planning to meet tonight to de- termine whether to heed the advice of the general strike committee aud walk out again until tomorrow noon. [ Mayor ole Hanson, who from the | (Continred on. Page Three)