General strike called as shipyard walkout nears end
Tacoma reports the shipyard strike committee predicts the walkout will end within 48 hours and calls all crafts not affiliated with the metal trades to return to work by 8 a.m. on February 10 1919. The Seattle effort is seen as failing while the Tacoma panel reiterates the strike’s purpose to show labor power.
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Tacoma
Central Labor
Seattle Metal Trades
General Strike
C. W. Bryan
Seattle General Strike Ends Tuesday Vote Among Unions
Seattle labor leaders announce the general strike will end Tuesday noon after a 300 delegate vote from 110 striking unions and the general strike committee. Some unions will remain out for 24 more hours, while shipyard workers stay on strike. Normal service may resume, but threats of renewed walkouts loom nationwide.
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Seattle
Star Union Members Stay On Job At Seattle Star
Only one apprentice stereotyper and no mailers struck in Seattle Star operations. The printers and press workers remained at work as the union press crews elsewhere refused to walk out. The Star’s stereotype force largely stayed on, despite action from the International unions, keeping the paper printed with union labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Star
Seattle
Central Labor Star
P.I
Aitho
Atrike de
Interna
Seattle Leaders Claim Victory Over Bolshevist Revolt
A statement from the executive committee of 27 organizations asserts Seattle and its police thwarted a Bolshevist revolution lead by alien elements in union leadership. Mayor Hanson and Police Chief Warren are praised for maintaining city order and keeping utilities functioning as troops remained away from martial law. A J. Rhodes, chairman, says the sympathetic strike is disintegrating and the movement is halted.
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Beattie
Hanson
Warren
Seattle
United States
A J. Rhodes
Waterfront Quiet as Longshoremen Prepare for Work
The Waterfront Employers' association voted to begin work Monday with available longshoremen and helpers, while the waterfront remained quiet at noon. Union Pacific rail activities were slated to start loading and unloading at noon. Sunday voted to stay out until the general strike is lifted.
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Altho
Waterfront Employers’ Association
Union Pacific Railway
Girl of 14 Missing From Seattle Home
Elsie Killman a 14 year old schoolgirl is missing after leaving her sister's house Sunday afternoon around 4 pm on her way to her father's home at 514 Third Ave North Seattle. She is about five feet tall, 95 pounds with brunette hair and was wearing a green silk dress and green sweater. Authorities ask anyone with information to contact police.
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Elsie Killman
J. J. Killman
Third Ave. N
Killman
Miss Killman
Open Shop Talk Not Favored By Cutting-Edge Shops
Reported Monday that many employers plan to operate under the open shop in the wake of a general strike breakdown. Master Barbers' association spokesperson Secretary Cook says shops will demand an apology from barbers who walked out before allowing a return to work, with failure leading to open shop operation.
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Master Barbers’ Association
Cook
Arrest of International Weekly circulation manager
Aaron Fislerman, circulation manager of the International Weekly, was arrested Sunday evening at his plant 214 Liberty building. He is charged with distributing dubious literature on the streets for sale. Police seized the latest editions and a circular titled Funsia Did It under Captain B L Hedges supervision.
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Aaron Fislerman
International Weekly
Liberty Building
Fislerman
Bolsheviem
Funsia
B. L. Hedges
Fishermania
Mayor Hanson Receives Loyal Telegram From Union Grove
Amid cheers for his handling of the general strike, Beattie mayor Hanson values a Union Grove Wisconsin telegram. The note proclaims Union Grove proud of its son and warns not to budge, stressing American liberties and opposition to Bolshevik rule.
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Hanson
Beattie
Union Grove
Wis
Bolshevik
Rursa
Floyd
Harry
Stella
Union Car Men Return On All Systems Here
More than 1200 Puget Sound Traction street car men returned to work Sunday and 95 percent of regular Sunday service was restored by night. Cars on city lines to Lake Burien were delayed due to repairs after tampering in barns. Six to seven cars operated on Ballard and Rainier Valley lines with old and emergency crews keeping a seven minute schedule.
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Puget Sound Traction Company
International Street & Electric Railway
Amalgamated Association of America
Lake Burien
Barna
Ballard
Seattle & Rainier Valley
Break a Cold In Few Hours With Papes Cold Compound
Relief comes instantly with a dose every two hours for up to three doses to end grippe misery. It opens nasal passages, stops discharge, relieves headache and feverishness, and eases sore throat. Genuine Pape's Cold Compound costs only a few cents at drug stores.
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Pape
Shipyard Craft Unions Plan West Coast Wage Conference
Representatives of Pacific Coast ship building crafts meet in Portland to discuss a wage plan to end the local strike. Boilermakers and shipyard laborers attend sessions on wage questions with similar meetings in New York Chicago Philadelphia Galveston New Orleans and other centers. The Portland convention will vote on concerted bargaining to replace the Macy scale and may call down international officers blamed for approving the wage policy without a member vote.
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Pacific Coast
Portland
Executive District Board
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Galveston
New Orleans
Coast Metal Trades
Macy Board to Be Dissolved April 1
San Francisco February 10 The Macy board which fixed wage scales for shipworkers at Seattle Oakland and other yards will be dissolved April 1 announced L C Marshal a board member The date marks the surrender of government control over the industry General Manager Pier of the shipping board now exercises direct control of the shipyards and labor leaders and yard managers weigh prospects for unfettered collective bargaining to determine wages
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San Francisco
Macy Board
Seattle
Oakland
L. C. Marshal
Ita
Pier
Shipping Board
Deporting Two Carloads Of Foreign Disorderly Elements
Chicago authorities report two guarded carloads of foreign radicals en route to an Atlantis port for deportation. The detainees, many Russians and some enemy aliens, mostly from West Coast cities, were held for ocean transport. A D H Jackson of the Seattle immigration office led the party. Deportation is described as a coincidence with no official link to Seattle's general strike.
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Chicago
Atlantis
A. D. H. Jackson
Seattle
Immigration Department
Mayors Warning After Seattle Labor Action
Mayor Hanson denounces the attempt to overthrow the status quo as a failed saboteur act. He links the general strike to radical leadership, Bolshevik influence, and a threat to American democratic labor and government. He urges Beattie and all communities to study the protest and respond with caution.
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Hanson
Seattle
American Federation of Labor
Beattie
America
Beattie Schools Reopen After Strike Respite
Beattie district resumes normal operation as janitors and engineers end strike and vote to return to work. Seventeen schools remained open with nonunion staff while sixty three closed. night classes restart Monday and follow the regular Monday Wednesday Friday schedule.
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Beattie
No amateur did this job crippling city street cars
Superintendent of Utilities Thomas F. Murphine contends that the same person with knowledge of street car mechanics crippled eight Lake Burien street cars during the strike to halt city operations. One car ran Saturday while others had switches molested air cut off line switches disconnected and parts removed.
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Lake Burien
Thomas F. Murphine
Seattle hot point of the nation sermon claim
Reverend Frederick W. Rouse acting pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church in his morning sermon yesterday declared Seattle the hot point of the nation. He said wages there are the highest and organized labor is strongest with radicals most numerous in the city.
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Frederick W. Rouse
Plymouth Congregational Church
Seattle
Hyomei Inhaler Promises Quick Catarrh Relief
Advert headline touts Hyomei as a fast cure for catarrh and a stuffed nose. It claims two minutes to clear the head and a one day cold ending with regular use. The kit includes inhaler and bottle, sold by druggists and Bartell Drug Co. Existing inhalers can get an extra bottle.
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Australia
Bartell Drug Co
Citizenship Denied for 25 Nordic Draft Age Immigrants
In United States district court in Seattle, twenty five Norwegians and Swedes, all draft age, who pledged to renounce first citizenship papers when called to fight, have had their papers canceled and their naturalization files destroyed. An emergency Washington law from July 9 bars them from citizenship and names their residences and aliases among the Nordic nationals involved.
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United States District Court
Seattle
Washington
John C. Smith
Frank Johnson
Sweden
W. Glet
Lars Vo
Norway
Burke Hotel
Andrew Hansen Killevold
Livingston Hotel
John Ludvig Olsen
Beaver
Wash
Martinus B. Wick
Martin Wick
Tore Anderson Kalseth
Tore A. Kaldser
Stewart
Ole Hansen Skarbo
Seneca St
Ole P
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