Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-10
IBAYONETS PROD
BUTTE STRIKERS
Troops Stop Picketing,
Raid Meeting, Rout Mob
That Stop Cars
PEACE NEAR in SEATTLE
Denver Has Strike of Engi-
neers-Bricklayers in ll2
Cities to Quit

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Butte, Mont, Feb. 10.-Strikers in
the mines Of Butte. who object to the
recent reduction Of 81 a day in wages
and are assisting on the abolition Of the
"rustl'ng" card system, were halted
on their way to picket the mines today
by guards Of United States soldiers
Those men who decided to go to work
were permitted to pass
Discharged soldiers, who still wore
army uniforms. were among those doing
picket duty for the strikers. They were
singled out by the regular army men
and ordered Immediately to discard
their uniforms or cease participating in
the attempted picketing.
Miners who use the street cars to get
TO their work were prevented from do
ing so when strikers stopped the cars
at the barns. Soldiers cleared the crowd
from the vicinity of the car barns, but
later a committee Of union men. It Is
understood, called out the union car
men.
Major A. NJ. Jones, in command of
G Company. Forty-fourth United
States Infantry, and detachment of
+ Company. same regiment, had the
streets leading to the mines patroled
mittees of pickets were stopped as
early as o'clock.
Congregating is forbidden by the MILL
tary, and those slow in moving have
been made to feel the sting Of the
bayonet's point. -'''.'.- .'-
Reports were circulated that soldiers
had fired shots over the heads of the
strikers who prevented the cars from
leaving the barns, but Major Jones de-
MED this. Another report that. addi-
tional troops had been asked for also
was denied by Major Jones, who said
that he had plenty to cope with the
situat on. SO far no violence has been
reported.
After q crowd in Fnlander Hall be-
gan to sing what were said to be Ger
man songs, Captain W. r. Wilson, of
II Company, ordered the hall cleared.
One woman, said TO have been the leader
of the singing, was arrested by the mill
tary.
Seattle Strike Near Collapse
Seattle, WASH. Feb. 10.-(By A. P.)
Conservative union leaders met at Q 40
o'clock this morning with the general
strike conference committee, in an ef-
fort to induce the committee to recon-
mend that the general sympathetic
strike in progress here be called off.
All except about 400 street car men
have returned to work. Teamsters, au-
tomobile. bus and taxicab drivers, gar
bage collectors, four theatrical employees
unions, the BARRIERS and several other
labor ORGANIZATIONS voted to resume
work this morning. Restaurants still
were or ppled badly through the decision
of cooks and walters to remain out, and
the city's milk supply continued to be
centered in few central depots.
Loss Of charters and strike benefits
and other penalties have been threatened
by the international union bodies be-
cause of the defiance by locals here
when strike sanction was refused. The
Central Labor Council here apparently
has been split by the refusal of many
offilated locals to ABIDE by the call to
general strike, and many union men
of prominence predict the formation OF
new council, marked by the expulsion
of the radicals.
Mayor to Resume without Strikers
Municipal officials, headed by Mayor
Ole Hanson and assisted by a committee
of business men, turned their attention
today to arrangements for resuming I'M
mediately the city's industrial and COM
mercial activities, which have been de-
ranged since last Thursday by the gen.
eral strike ofapproAe 55, 900 union
men and women.
All industries affected by the strike
will be resumed. with or without the aid
of union workers, Mayor Hanson said,
and if need be the city authorities will
import workers from other parts Of the
country to take the place of the strikers.
A collapse of the strike movement con-
fidently was expected by officials today,
despite the action of the strikers con-
ference committee in refusing to yield
on the question of returning to work.
Workers Return in Tacoma
Tacoma, wash. Feb. 10.-(By A. P.)
| Following the decision of the Central
Labor Council last evening, the general
strike is off in Tacoma today, and
members of the unions who went out
in the sympathetic strike went back
to work at o'clock this morning.
Builders Strike in 112 Cities Set for
Today
/ New York, Feb. 10.-(By A. P)-Not-
withstanding the statement OF William
l.. Hutcheson, president of the United
brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of AMERICA. that all hosting engineers
and bricklayers employed by the Build
- 'r1ues Employers Association in
112 cities would be called out this morn
ing to enforce the carpenters demands
! for a dollar day increase in wages