Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-16

IEdi,or's No,st Intimsis sishu ef the
recent strike In Seattle are explained N ,ns
following article written BY Ole hsnson'
Mayor Of Seattle
By OLE HANSON
Two years aEo our city had lo'ooo
Industrial workers; today we have
aB, 900. The American Federation OF
Labor two years ago controlled on,
labor ORGANIZATIONS, The influr OF
vorkmen from all over the country
and from Rvssia brought In a very
large radical and I. W w. element.
Cndcr stress Of tho war the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor unions al
lowed they. anarchists to Join their
unions.
The 4 w W. element. noisy and
active, talked tho loudest and prom.
i-ed the most. and secured partial
control of tho central labor council
and aotiVe control OF great money
unions In Seattle The shipyard
wsrkmen were dissatisfied with the
Macey award. the radicals ana l.
W. W. demanded a general strikc.
The soviet government OF Russia.
dupilcn ed here, wns their plan. The
conservative leaders acted tho part
of towards In most instances, ana
the sympnthrtlc STRIFE was called,
The central tabor council. which
IL COMPOSED Of the heads of tho dif-
fcrent unions. ls controlled by the
IA adicalu, and the working people OF
Seattle were made to believe that n
general strike would increase the
pny of the Hhipynrd workers, Many
members otihc labor ORGANIZATIONS
believed they could take over the In
dus'rics, government. etc,
The sympathetic revolution was
called IN the exact manner ms was
tne revolution IN pctrugrnd, Labor
tried to run everything Jnnitors
aud engineers In schools wer" called
out, everything was stopped, eNccpt
few things. which were exempted
We refused to AJAX for exemptions
from any one The scat ut govern
ment IN NJ the city hall We organ y
iNcd 600 extra police. armed WIN
rifles and shot guns, aud told thcm
tn shoot on sight any one causing
disorder. We got ready for business
We had already had trouble In two
Instances heretofore hnd h1d cont
plrtrly whipped the holshcViki They
knew we meant business, ana lhcN
started No trouble
lNNnfil ~ " lNN'fAfNN'N'hNA'f' Nff''fh w.
ne ana property would hc protected
Tint All business should so ON a-
uumt nnh this murping all our
municipal street cnrs, light, power
plants water etc, were running
fuil blast
This was an attempted revolution
which thrN expected 10 spread all
over the ulird states u never got
tn first base. ana u never WI N
the men iuVuu'rul W affairs viii tell
all traitors and anarchists that death
will hc their portion n they start
anything law and order are su-
pren,e in our city
The labor uniouH uusi now cleanse
themselves OF their aunichlHiic Gle
ment or the labor uu nns must fan
They are ON trial before the people
OF this country take the position
thar our duty ~ citizens stands
ahead OF the demand ot any organ
iaation on the face 90 the earth The
union men. the business men, ihe
church men. must first ~ all y" cit.
iscnn Any man who owes a higher
allegiance 10 any organization ihnn
he does 10 the government snould be
sent 10 federal prison or dcporied
Let the national government Hol
pondcrinr and conciliRiing the mer
who talk against It. let us clean ~
tho United states Of America lie