Arbitration on Car Strike Reaches State Public Service Chair
Leonard met with the state Public Service Commission chair who has donated legal counsel for the strikers. The arbitration offer claims to be a final settlement proposal amid a tense standoff. Union agent John Morgenthaler warns there will be no strike unless mediation is rejected. A strike would halt power for Everett, Bellingham, Seattle, and impact stores and builders in King County. Machinists’ union voted to strike in sympathy with the Carmen, returning the issue to the Trades Council for a vote.
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Met
State Public Service Commission
Jal
Tors
Carmen
John Morgenthaler
Arite
Traction Y
Everett
Bellingham
Seattle
King County Counci
Con. Machinists
Trades Council
Puget Sound Traction Board Accepts Arbitration Settlement
A July 23 1917 letter from Puget Sound Traction Light Power and subsidiary firms in Seattle offers a settlement plan for labor disputes. It reinstates all discharged workers including seven in Tacoma and proposes arbitration with two company and employee appointees plus a third chosen from a list of prominent figures.
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Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
Seattle
Wash
Tacoma
Frisco to India Service Planned
Pacific Mail Steamship Co will establish mail and passenger service between San Francisco and Calcutta India. Beginning early in August three vessels will be dispatched monthly. The announcement was made today by United Press Leased Wire.
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San Francisco
Calcutta
India
Pacific Mail Steamship Co
Fireman Matches Bridges Ten Spot In Carmen Strike
Bob Bridges president of the port commission offered ten dollars to aid the Carmen strike. Now W A Stowe a fireman at Terry and Alder also contributes ten dollars for the Carmen cause.
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Bob Bridges
Port Commission
Carmen
W. A. Stowe
Terry and Alder
Trimmed Hats Reduced to $4.75
Prices of summer millinery topple as discounts cut costs. Milans lace hats crepes and Ilan Hemps and Caterpillar Wraids in black and colors sold in all shapes.
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Milan
Trimmed Hats Reduced to $1.95
A local store cuts prices on hats with trims, offering a sale at 1.95 dollars. The promo highlights inexpensive headwear options for customers seeking affordable accessories.
Hats on Sale Down to 7.50 for All Occasions
Charming high grade hats drop to 7.50 at this sale models suitable for any occasion many pattern hats included. Stylish large and medium hats white Milan with black velvet crepe and caterpillar braid trim. SECOND FLOOR.
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Milan
Wilson and Goethals Agree on Ship Program Resignation
President Wilson reconciles with Denman and announces Goethals will resign to speed up the emergency shipbuilding program. Goethals cites centralized control and the need for rapid results, offering to stay briefly to ease transition while a successor is chosen.
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Woodrow Wilson
Denman
Ahfead
Gen. Goethala
Goethals
Gen. Goethals
Shipping Board
Committee On Appropriations
United States Senate
House
George W. Gowthals
White Linen and Gabardine Wash Skirts Popular This Season
Creamy white Tub Skirts of cool linen and repmade to button down the front with large pearl buttons and finished with two patch pockets. Women and Misses White Linen Wash Skirts with girdle or yoke belt and patch or novelty pockets. White Skirts in linen, rep, corded material with novelty weaves and checks. Styles include belted models with various pocketing and girdle belts for women and misses.
Seattle Star readers protest streetcar strike violence
Readers condemn a Sunday attack on a Washington Street area streetcar and decry the I W W hall mob scene. Letters argue the traction company should deploy more cars from outlying barns and question motives behind limited service. They blame high living costs and labor unrest for wage disputes and call for stronger worker protections.
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the Star
Washington St
I. W. W. Hall
Traction Company
Washington Street Loop
Kempster, Richards
Henderson
Court Ends Picketing and Reinstatement Offered Street Car Employes
The Star notes two headlines on the same issue and urges public scrutiny of corporate actions. It argues Americans have grown capable of independent judgment and should demand humane treatment of workers. The piece condemns Stone and Webster and calls for better employer conduct or retreat from the industry.
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the Star
Plymouth
Stone and
Webster
Editor The Star on policing strikers and armed thugs
A harsh critique condemns allowing organized thugs posing as strikers to loot property and harm workers. It argues for special policemen with union cards to replace violent gunmen and protect citizens’ livelihoods.
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the Star
Permitment: City should heed prudent civic sentiments
The Star commends the editor’s view that it is unwise for the municipality to rush into action, urging careful consideration of public finances and long term impact before approving new projects.
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the Star
Street strike tied to seven discharge at Ta Company
The Star reports editorials arguing the street strike in two cities and Tacoma stems from seven Ta Company workers being discharged. Stone & Webster executives and other business leaders are urged to reinstate the seven to restore confidence and avoid further economic disruption during national peril.
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the Star
Leonard
Tacoma
Carmen
Stone & Webster
M Bradlee
Pratt
Boston
Kempster
Attle
Bean
Mr. Ord
Stone Webster
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M. A. Gottstein
Gottstein Furniture Company
J. Allen Smith
University of Washington
Henry Surzallo
Harold Preston
King County Council
Patriotics Service
Henry M. White
United States Commissioner of Immigration
James A. Duncan, A. A. Whiteley, J. Morgenthaler
United Presse
Bridges
Lorraine Voiles
Capps
STAR
Roland Cotterill
J. N. Maybury
T. J. McKean
Petrograd
Czar
Wande
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