The sun., 1919-02-09
STRIKE IN SEATTLE
MAY END ANY TIME
Continued from First PdDe.

OF the striking shipworkers. but because
the general strike itself lacked pubic
sympathy and because OF the rigid and
Incorporating attitude taken against
II by Mayor Hanson.
With characteristic heat. the Mayor
ordered this morning all conveyances.
which were excluded from the strike
ban by the executive committee on the
ground that they were essential. tear
down the exemption cards they have
carried.
I'VE couldn't bury our dead without
an exemption sign on the vehicle said
Mayor Hanson such outrages are
uncomfortable"
Various unions, including that OF the
street car men. were in session this af-
ternoon to take individual action with
reference to ending their participation
in the strike. For the extreme radicals
there Is talked Of heated eort. and an
abundance OF threats to have done with
unionism X opponents OF l. w. Wism
and Bolshevism are to hold control
Leon Rikowsky. alias Leon Green. ex-
tremlst leader OF the electricians union
and fomenter OF strike for months past,
is said to have disappeared from the
city. Their Is rumor that he has been
placed under arrest by the military au-
, thorities and IL held Federal prisoner
at Camp Lewis.
Eloquent OF striking personality. ana
wholly saturated with the false princi-
pies of Bolshevfsm, II is an open secret
| that the Federal authorities are con-
WINGED that this Russian immigrant Is q
visiting propaganda Time and again
he has skirted close to violation of the
! espionage act. He has harrangued and
melted crowds to action, and his voice
was one Of the first lifted for the gen.
.NrtIH II
| only nine months. Recently he failed
to get a passport when he sought per-
mission to return TO Russia, 1t is said
/ that other extremists and agitators have
| fed the city, but this cannot be con-
| hrmed,
| Rikowskrs ocrnrads and lieutenant In
the radical control of the electricians
union was Hulet NJ. Wells. now under
| Federal sentence to two and half years
and at liberty pending his appeal. Wells
was convicted last spring in Federal
court OF conspiring to obstruct the laws
| Of the United States.
Flowers for the Mayor.
| On Mayor Ole Hanson's desk at the
City Hall stand great bouquets OF cut
flowers, gifts OF Seattle citizens who are
| courageously behind this brand OF Amer
OF letters and kilograms. not alone from
the Pacific northwest. hut from New
| York and other eastern cities. They are
| of one tenor. All declare that they re-
joice in the fact that an American Mayor
| has met formidable issue squarely and
punched It in the Jaw.
Every real American IL proud OF YOU
| for your couras aous stand in the face Of
Bolshcvism." telegraphed Frank s. Wa
come national figure overnight. and
the metropolitan press Is carrying lau-
datory comment on the fighting Mayor
of Seattle Y11 will be doing the nation
an invaluable service " you stamp out
vigorously this first big attempt to force
anarchy upon u.s.
| Hanson is happy. vigorous. two
listed fighter. lean OF face and spare
of form and topped with a wavY thatct
OF gray hair A good deal Of the old
Viking strain appears to have survived
In this representative Of the Scandi
navian race. He likes a fight and fight,
fairly, swapping punch for punch. TIL,
| Rooseveltian type 10 manifest IN hi,
| episrams his gestures and swift de
| termination. He came TO Seattle an in
| valid sixteen years ago, camping on
| along the tedious trail from Racine
Wis. and remained to become the city'i
| executive.
"A good scout and clean scrapper
man who means what he says Is tn,
judgment Of his intlmates. one OF whom
added. that personally &c considered Ia,
| sight of Mayor Hanson in action bette
, than any show he had ever Witnessed
In the thick of the strike Mayo
Hanson has been almost omnipresent II
Seattle, racing here and there in hi
car, directing, advising, calling bluff
and debating terms. Between times n
IL at his desk in the city hall or pac
, ing the floor Of his office. The frs
faintheprtedness Of the public. a tend
ency to cover before the menace, foun,
nothing but contempt and scorn in tn
hsht'ng Mayor.
The towards the damnabie towards
he exclaimed when business failed t
function as usual.
J chief OF Police Joel Warren Is the &C
in the hand o. the executive. man o
few words, he organized for sunimar
action In case of violence. swore 4
thousands o. special police, armed Their
and mounted machine guns for actor
Warren IL frontier type mustache
like a motion picture sheriff, slow q
voice and deliberate OF gesture. Fo
many years when Alaska was new an
, rough he saw police service in the norti
statement by Hanson.
!, The general strike situation Ia RI
1 viewed for THE SCN by Mayor Hanso
d in the following statement:
o Two years ago our city had 1900 IT
dustrial workers. To-day We have 6s
$ 600. The American Federation of Labc
: two wears ago controlled our labor OF
e Ganizations The influx of workmen fro,
d all over tho country and from Russi
e brought in a very large radical and
p. w w. element Under stress Of war n
i American Federation Labor unions a
n lowed these anarchists to join the
d unions. The l. w. W. clement, noisy an
active. talked tie loudest and promise
a the most and secured partial control {
l. the Central Labor Council and actiN
d control of a great many unions In g.
g attic,
N The shipyard workmen were dissat
II fed with The Macy award. The radica
y and I. w. w demanded a general strik
g. The Soviet Government OF Russia, d,
IS plicated here. was their plan. The col
Is seryative leaders acted the part OF Gov
l. ards In most instances. The sympathet
II strike was called. The Central Lab'
rs Council. which Is composed of the hea'
OF the different unions controlled by Il
re radicals and the working people of 5
|" attic were made to believe that a ge
r eral strike would Increase the pay
shipyard workers.
MANY members OF labor organization
believed they could take over industrit
Government, &c. The sympathetic rev
- luton was called in the exact manner
was tho revolution in Petrograd. Lab
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