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.POUTLA'D, OUEGON, MONDAY, FEUUUARY lO, 1019.
rnici: fivi: cents.
TACDMA MOB
CALL OFF STRIKE
Mission Declared to Have
Been Fulfilled,
END SET AT 8 II. M. TODAY
Controversy Over Shipyard
Wage Scale in No Way
Affected by Action.
MASSMEETINGS ARE HELD
Threat Made of Renewal If
Any Craft or Individual Is
Discriminated Against.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) The general strike in Tacoma
ends at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
It was officially called off shortly be
fore 5 o'clock today by the general
strike committee.
The resolution given out by the
committee says:
"We of the organization committee
of the general strike committee, as
sembled this, the ninth day of Febru
ary, 1919, recommend that the follow
ing resolution be passed:
"'Whereas, The general strike has
fulfilled its mission in showing the
i : . i : t c -it . .
ou,mau U1 muor- lo 5now me em-
ployer of labor that the worker will,
if necessary, use the general strike,
HOW therefore, be ii. I
sion of the local police, who for safety
Renewed Threat Made. have locked it in the vault at a local
. 1 I. TKo t- . t nf it eot JiWflV from
"'Resolved, That ach of the crafts!
r inriivitlitaTe :i:4.j
... ., . , .
with the Metal Trades, return to work
at 8 A. M.. Fcbiuorv 10. 1?11 That
if .. ...jfi ;i;;j . i - j- ..la local drayman and delivered to a man
If any craft or individual is discnmi- ,our mUes 'eouth 0f town, the drayman
nated aeainst, we. the general strike
,,;ifr. ...ui u 1
. c u, action
win put mem paciv on tne job.
"Passed by the general strike com-
rnittce this 0th day of February, 1010.
'General Strike Committee,
"C. W. Bryan, Secretary."
Metal Trades Unaffected.
The demise of the general strike
does not affect the Metal Trades'
Council's controversy with the Enter
eencv Fleet Corporation nvpr th chin,
' yard wage scale. The shipbuilders
will await the action of the Puget
(Sound council in which they are af
filiated with Seattle and Everett work
ers in their crafts.
The calling off of the general strike
makes it unnecessary for the long
shoremen or other organizations to
take further votes either in walking
out. nr Kfnvino- nut in cumniil, ,;tt,
the metal trades.
Theater Hands Slake Decision.
Stage employes, musicians and mov
ing picture operators withdrew from
the Ceneral Labor Council before the
general strike was declared off. They
operate under home rule and needed
no authority from tLeir i nternationals
to take such action
The Stage-hands
were seen by one of the strike com
mittee.
"Are you fellows working this the
ater under permit from the strike
committee?" he asked.
"We are not," was the reply.
"Is this a union house?" he ques
tioned further.
'It is and so is every other theater
in Tacoma We are working under
tend to stay just that way."
Citizens Hold Mass Meeting.
Both the Soldiers,' Sailors,' and)
Workingmen's Council and the Four-j
Minute Men held meetings today. The
former to urge industrial revolution,
the latter to oppose the rule of the
reds and the casting aside of organized
trnvprnrnont as it. stjrik. An aniHonno
of 2500 persons attended the Soviet
meeting and the Four-Minute Men
talked to a theater crowded to the
doors. In the latter audience were
hundreds of workingmen. The meet
ings were not held simultaneously.
At the Soviet gathering Mayor Ole
Hanson, of Seattle, was referred to as
"Czar" Hanson and was hissed. At the
patriotic mass meeting Hanson's name
was repeatedly cheered.
Coolness Is Counseled.
Dr.. Charles Carlson, who had been
employed as an ironworker in the ship
yard prior to the strike, countenanced
coolness and caution, but he met oppo-
Cor.c.uUed uu Page 4, Cuiuma o-)
LOCAL LEADERS WAIT
riM ocATTi c niiTPniwir:
UIH OLni I L.L. uu i uuin u
COXFEREXCES AXD COMMITTEE
GATHERINGS ARE HELD.
Union Delegates From South, From
Texas and California Xow
Headed This Way.
Conferences and committee gather
ings of labor union members yester
day were held on the strike situation,
but nothing definite as to future ac
tion was announced. Apparently the
local labor leaders are awaiting the
outcome of the Seattle strike, which
is expected to take a definite turn to
day. Interest here is centered in the mass-meeting-
of boilermakers next Sunday
and the- session of the Pacific Coast
Mptal Traifsa council. February 17. At
both gatherings the Seattle and kin
dred situations are to be the leading
topics of discussion.
Union delegates from the south are
now on the way to the council gath
ering and other union meetings in this
district.
Advices yesterday from Redding,
Cal.. were that Carl A. Heinje, of Los
Angeles; J. Wharton, of Orange, Tex.,
and J. G. Noyes, of Beaumont, Tex.,
were among delegates passing through
on the way north. They are said to
have discussed the proposition of col
lective bargaining with shipbuilding
employers on an agreement to replace
the Macy baste wage scale. Other
proposals also will be discussed at
meetings in the northwest, it was said.
Iifforts to ascertain union sentiment
in Portland for a general strike were
unavailing.
"Union men aren't giving out any
thing since thev see what a rotten
deal the newspapers are giving in re
porting the Seattle strike," said Harry
Rice, business agent of the Metal
Trades council.
"We're going to work independently
of the newspapers, and when we give
out anything we will act. We have in
side information that shows your Seat- I
tie reports to be badiy garbled. Tou
give the wrong impression to the peo
ple."
LIQUOR SEIZED AT BAND0N
Sixty Gallons Shipped From Califor
nia ia Chests and Trunks.
BAXDOX, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Sixty gallons of whisky, concealed in
innocent-looking tool .chests and
kSonaTeedsteannrfrzhFl"fnnd
about one-half of it is now in posses
.k I.n,i wr.hr.iise where it was
unloaded before the police discovered
the wholesale bootlegging plot.
Two tool chests each contained a
20-gallon keg. One was called for by
belnsr itrnorint of . its contents. - The
other chest was the object of a. bur-
,ary that nignt when partie8 forecd
entrance to the warehouse and carried
ott the 20-gallon keg.
JACKSON FARMERS UNITE
Clubs of Various Kinds Established
hy County Agent
MARSH FIELD. Or.. Feb. 9. (Spe
rial Emil Peterson, obtained troni
.lMo.ks.on county as leader for this coun
tv in agricultural and other club work
is havinir line success in ma in.iucii
efforts and ha3 already organized
number of clubs at North Bend and
Knstside. His schedule running through
Pchrnarv calls for iratnerings at
Citchine inlet. Central schoi. Marsn
field. Bunker Hill school. .Mimngion
BVinnl Kmnire and Cooston schols.
riubs already organized and in worK
ing condition include Sewing aisiers.
5winir clnh. Busv Bees, llaviine, f oou
pr.nsratinn. Rabbit club, at Xorth
Bend, and Merry Menders and a poul
try club at iasisiae
TRIBUTES PAID ROOSEVELT
Wilson and Lanain
: Attend Memo'
rial Service
in Paris.
PARIS, Feb. 9. President Wilson and
Secretary of State Lansing attended a
memorial service in honor of Theodore
Roosevelt t-t the American church in
the Rue de Berri this afternoon.
The memorial sermon was preacnea
by the Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich.
Henrv D. White, oZ the American
peace commission, and Arthur J. Bal
four, the British foreign secretary, at
tended a similar memorial service at
the American Church of the Holy Trin
ity this afternoon. At this service
Bishop Perry of Rhode Island preached
the sermon.
Qjjy OFFICERS UNOPPOSED
I
Aberdeen to Choose Councilmen at
Election in March.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe
ciul.) Filings for city offices to be
voted upon at the Spring primary, to
be held early in March, closed Satur
rfv nveninc. Roy C. Sargreant for
mnvor-. Peter Clark, clerk; T. H. Hill
tr.acnr.r nrirl KODerL jaKKan. nonce
1 judge, all incumbent, will have no op-
position at tne primaries.
First ward. C. E. Judce, Charles Craig,
V. O. Skinner: 2d ward, William Irvine
C. E. Weiland; 3d ward, A. J. Grant.
Walter Brackenreed; 4th ward. Warren
F.p'rpr- sth ward. James Empey, H. A-
Hansen: 6th ward. B. P. Moore, M. J
Lowery, H. W. Hanson.
KELSO SOLDIER IS KILLED
Iiucien Gumm Falls While Fighting
in Argonne Forest.
KELSO, Wash., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gumm. of Kelso,
have been informed by the war depart
raent that their son, Lucien, was killed
in action October 7. Toang Gumm was
in the Argonne fighting. His last let
ter was written early in September.
Fred Nix, also of Kelso, was listed
recently as killed ii action.
HANSON CULLS FOR
T
Seattle Mayor Insists That
Leaders Should Pay.
GOVERNMENT'S DUTVolTED
Citizen's Commutee Says
Reign of Terror Is Ended.
RADICAL ELEMENT ROUTED
No Skim-Milk Toiler Should Be
Adopted and Whitcbrush Must
"ot Be Used, Says Major.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 0. Word tths
received ihrre tonight by Michael Casey,
vice-president of the Brotherhood of
Teamatera of America, that the Seattle
anion teamsters had beld a conference
today with their employers and de
cided to rclirn to work tomorrow
morning.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9. Formal state
ments issued tonight by Mayor Ole
Hanson and acitizens' committee repre
senting 37 civic, patriotic and business
organizations asserted that the back
boneof Seattle's general strike of 55,000
workers, now in its fourth day, had
been effectually broken.
Almost simultaneously it was an-
nounced that the barbers had voted
toreturn to work Monday morning, and
that several other labor Unions were
meeting to consider similar action.
'All city and public utilities are
operating 100 per cent," the mayor's
statement said. "All streetcars are
running. Gas, light, water, power,
garbage collections, hospitals, etc., are
functioning. All schools nad theaters
will open tomorrow. Seattle, a loyal
city, has responded nobly in this emcr
gency.
Revolution Declared Failure.
"The revolution has failed. The at
tempt to establish a soviet government
and control and operate all enterprises
land industries has collapsed. The gov-
ernment should now arrest, try and
punish all leaders in this conspiracy
No skim-mi
ilk policy should be adopted
The city-authorities have .uelled this
rebellion. It is now the government's
duty to punish. The whitewash brush
muHt not be used." - ' '
The citizens committee's statement.
signed by A. J. lthodes, chairman
said:
"Se.vttle has defeated an attempted
Bolshevist revolution.
"Mayor Hanson, Chief of Police War
ren and the great majority of citizens
who stood loyally back of them have
thwarted a conspiracy to inaugurate
revolution and reign of terror In Seat
tle which the conspirators hoped would
spread to every city in the United
States and accomplish the overthrow of
the Government.
Red Llement Routed.
'Seattle has broken a revolutionary
movement with its own police author
ity, with the presence of troops, bu
without martial law or the interruption
of -any essential function of the city
(Concluded on Fajce 2. Column
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CITIZENS OF TACOMA
HOLD MASSMEETINGS
PROTEST AGAINST BOLSHEVISM
BRINGS OUT BIG CROWD.
Issue Declared to Be
Whether Government
Stand or Fall.
Plainly,
Shall
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 9. A mass
meeting of Tacoma citizens, which
packed one of Tacoma's largest thea
ters, in a protest not against unionism.
but bolshevikism, the decision of long
shoremen to reconsider their vote to go
out, and a gathering of the so-called
soldiers', sailors and workingmen's
council, were principal developments in
the strike situation here today.
The mass meeting, which many
women attended, was called for the
purpose of "crystallizing public opinion
against the uprising" in the Tuget
tound district.
Radicals Interrupt Speaker.
Disturbances when several radicals
arose in the balcony in response to a
call to "show their colors." made by
Krv. John W. Kennedy, the principal
speaker, toward the end of his address,
brought sharp retorts and a request
that the other side be heard at the close
of the meeting, led to its adjournment
amid partial confusion.
"The situation that confronts us to
day is peculiar," said Harry G. Tlow-
and, former prosecuting attorney.
"This Is not a question of shorter hours
nor a question of better conditions. It
s an issue of whether our present gov
ernment shall stand or fall."
Terrors of Revolution Sketched.
Dr. Kennedy prefaced his appeal by
sketching some of the terrors of the
French revolution. From it he turned
to conditions in Russia which he de
clared were being held up by the radi
cals here as the step which the Ameri
can working class should take to re
organize the industrial and social fab
ric of the nation.
There are merchants in this town,"
said Dr. Kennedy, "who are paying
taxes to two governments." The sneaker
was referring to the assessment system
of the strikers of those businesses per
mitted to operate. "What dors this
mean?" he continued. "It is time we
have a showing of which government
we belong to. I would like to have
those who are followers of the red flag
stand up."
Fair Play Called For.
A lone man in the gallery rose to his
feet. There were cries of "Throw him
out!" Then several others, mostly
young men and boys, arose.
Hisses started up in various parts of
the theater, but the speaker quieted
them, asking for fair play. Then he
said:
"Boys, I knew you would be here.
Tour fault, boys. Is that you have been
t.-d. " It Is- bceauafc "patriotic
citizens have stood by and let the other
fellow di oil the talking. 1 admit that
our chimney is smoking." ?
'Better clean It out thn." was the
retort of one of the men standing.
"Yes, we'll do that," Dr. Kennedy re
plied quickly, "but we will do It by
lawful means. There is a rule of the
majority in the United States."
Appeal Made to Shipyard Workers.
Then Dr. Kennedy addressed himself
to the shipyard workers who still re
main on strike.
"Jf you are red-blooded American
citizens," he declared, "if you have one
ounce of manhood in you; if you have
any of that splendid moral courage
expressed by the late Theodore Roose
velt, in whose memory many services
will be held today, then in the name
of moral heroes of our country, if you
want to go back to work, pick up your
tools, make your way to the yards to-
(Concluded on rage
Column 4.)
BODY OF
FOUND IN HOTEL
Murder Indicated by Knife
Wound in Throat.
MOTIVE FOR DEED IS MYSTERY
Housekeeper Recalls Visit by
Man, Supposed Nephew.
SIGNS OF STRUGGLE SHOWN
Gordon Proprietress, Showing Koom
to Visitor, Finds Sirs. Lulu
Schricber, Wife of Salesman.
With a knifa wound in her throat.
Mrs. Lulu Schrieber. 33. wife of A. T.
Schrieber, a traveling salesman, was
found dead in her room in the Gordon
hotel. West Park and Yamhill streets,
at 1:15 P. M. yesterday. Contusions on
her throat, as though she had been
choked before the stabbing, led In
spectors Coleman, Howell, Morak and
Goltx to believe that she was murdered.
Coroner Smith surmised that the
woman had been dead about 20 hours.
She was seen last about 11 P. M. Fri
day night, when a young man, sup
posed to be her nephew, accompanied
her to her room. Hotel employes saw
a light in the room about 10 A. M.
Saturday, although the place was dark
yesterday. Police believe that the
tragedy occurred Friday night, and
that the murderer, afraid to. risk lestv
itig the room, remained with the body
until the next day.
Proprietress Discovers Body.
The body was discovered by Mrs.
N'. L. Hays, proprietress of the hotel,
who opened tbe room to show it to
prospective lodgers yesterday. The
room was not for rent, but was
directly over a transient room of the
same jpe, and supposing that Mrs.
Schrieber was absent, Mrs. Hays un
locked the door and entered.
Switching on the light. Mrs. Hays
saw the body lying across the foot of
the bed. She closed the door hurriedly.
fearing that fhe had intruded on her
lodger's privacy. On second thought.)
she sa. she decided that the posture
of the person or the bed was not nf
I'.ral and reopened the door. Mrs. Hays
fainted.
The body lay with the head towards
the fool of the bed. A quilt had been
thrown over the fare. The knife with
which Mrs. Schrieber had been killed
lay on the quilt. The room was undis
turbed, but the woman's disordered
clothing indicated she had ttrugglcd
with an assailant.
Deputy Coroner Goctsch removed the
body to the morgue.
Laat C'ontcraailon Recalled.
Mrs. A. Shank, housekeeper at the
hotel, told the police that she had taken
Mrs. Schrieber and a man about 21
years old up in the elevator at 11 P. M.
Friday. She had not seen either of
them afterwards. Mrs. Schrieber had
told Mrs. Shank a few minutes earlier
that she was expecting a caller, and
asked the housekeeper to tell him Bhe
Conrluarl on Fa c S. Column
IRATE WOMEN BURN
PRESIDENT IN EFFIGY
ARRESTS FOLLOW DEMONSTRA
TION" AT WHITE HOUSE.
Action Intended as Protect Against
Threatened Defeat of Suffrage
Hosolutiou in Senate.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 9. Sixty-rive
members of the Xational Woman's
party were arrested tonight by civil
and military police after they had
burned President Wilson in effigy in
front of the white house as a pro
test against the threatened defeat of
the equal suffrage resolution in the
senate tomorrow. Several thousand
persons watched the demonstration.
but there was little disorder.
When taken to police stations the
women, who represented IS states, re
fused to furnish bonds for their re
lease and were placed In the house of
detention to await trial tomorrow.
The effigy of the president wns
about three feet in height and made of
paper. It was carried from the. party
headquarters to the place of burning
by Misses Sue White of Nashville.
Tenn., and Garriel Harris of Columbia.
S. C, who marched in the procession
of nearly 100 women, most of whom
carried suffrage banners.
SAWMILL MAY START UP
Lumber Capitalists Visit ?iusla.
Oiusin; Reports.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. Feb. 9 (Snr-
cia.1.) The visit of Andrew Porter of
Porter Uros.. owners of the Tidewater
sawmill at ! lorenre. In company wilhi
H. Starrctt. a '.uniberinan-canHalist of
Michigan, at Florence, gives rise to the
belief that the Tidewater mill, which
has been closed for a period of four
years, may resume operation this na
son. The Tidewater mill company met
with reverses through losses of bnrges
and material, which were suffered in
transporting machinery and lumber
over the Siuslaw bar, and closed down
after a year and a half of losing busi
ness. The Porter brothers boucht large
tracts of timber in the" vicinity of the
Siuslaw river. Mr. Starrctt is also a
heavy owner of timber in the western
portion of I.ane county. Since the Tid-
water mill was shut down the Siuslaw
bar has been greatly ' improved by the
construction of two jetties and il i
now possible to ship lumber by water
without the former hazard.
DEPORT ALIENS, IS PLEA
Montuna Joins in Movement to Hit!
Country of Shirker..
H'kI.KNA, Mont.. Feb. In complrtc
agrfcinent with tho members of the
a.vroeiatfd local tiiiift l-oanls of Shuttle.
Wash, and Kinp Ciuinty, t ho mctiiber
of the Iyfwli iiml Chirk county loi-a!
board 1 n dorse 1 he na t ion - v id- mo e
mtat Initiated by t h: l'tuct .iml
members for deportation if all alien's,
both doelarants and non -drcln ra ?i ts-.
who elainied exemption from military
5ervloc on iho mere ground of eitixeii
ship. Letter? In support of t he movement
are bi inpr written by the local board
member.- liie to the Montana dlfpa
tion In tho Iioijfc of represent a t ivr and
senate in Washington. l. C. it was an
nounced by Kd ward- .1. Majors, chair
man, and Al J. Duncan, secretary.
BOLSHEVIKI LEAVE VILNA
Lithuanian, l'iiii-h and KMIionian
Troop Adinmr.
PASF.U Switzerland. Feb. J. Advices
from Kovnu assert that as a result of
the advance of Lithuanian troops and
an advance by the 1- innlsh anil ICsthon
lan troops the Uolshcviki have evacu
ated Vilna.
Havana strike Still On. such, but term it the revolution, dc-
,r--.-. w -r i , 1 claring it to be a covert and not
HA AX A. Feb. 9. Today s conference J ...
between representatives of the lino- SO covert at that attempt at tne over
typists and other unions on strike in I threw of government and the founda-
the various newspaper and Job p
rintinj;
establishments here were without
suit. Havana continues without news
from the outer world.
INDEX Or TODAY'S NEWS
TESTERPArF Maximum temperature, ;3
decre i ; minimum, 4 I deirrpf.
TODAY'S Ra;o : southerly winds.
Strike.
Tacoma general strike called off at S A. M.
today, rage 1.
Mass meettnur of Tacoma citizens protest a
against Bolshevism, l'agc 1.
Portland unions await outcome of btrikc on
Puget Sound. Fage 1.
Early strike- end is now predicted. Page 1.
General strike is fast waninj. raye 1.
Work in Butto mints virtually at standstill.
PfcVKO 7.
Sympathy strike declared fiasco. Paso T.
Streetcars resume despito j-rotests. Pago T.
foreign.
Lloyd Oorge home from peace parlry.
Page
Ppartsans again thr.air-n Trni:..iy. 'J.
Allies may Impose harder conditions on Ger
many. Puge
TYilson expresses sa t isfaf t 'm ii 'i peac
conference procrcss.
World sky not yet fully ciea;. sa4 Clemeu
ccaa. Page ;t.
Jews stripped and btai'.n by oM;c:;j.
Page p;.
National.
Pres:dMU burned in cftlKy in f:o:.t of W'a.;c
Hou". Page I.
IlomeMlc.
Hoos'-vel t America's mopt .Innil
i in re Lincoln. saj? tit nc
W ooti.
Page 3. -Sport.
Jts Tro-h h.h ui; in inerciiand'-xo s
Pas- 1.
Oregon-Wai-Tt ing: on f commit torn r.-j
con: prom. so. Pag" 7 V
Portland and irinit.t.
Body of iv oman found In bote!. P- 1.
Oradu.-iiion exercts for t ii rc l.i kU . a
tnnounrcd. Page II.
Substantial profit shown I:-, r-'cclpia
for
grand opera er gu grment. Pf.- t.
Workers a re organized for c ,;i d vi :
il ri. Page 1 1.
Wor-d wnt.r lik i. s-a t : : io IV r
ft r n-voi:. Pk- 1".
lrvin "obb aj war i.t u.ai...i .u;.;
to topvclatur. Page
Officer i aid nest of io. a! radira!.-. P.g
! Hearing on domes: I o relations court ij
I hold today. Page 5.
vfl, ru e need Is seen by pastor. Page 1 2.
. -;. dsita and forecast. Ps- 13.
GENERAL STRIKE
IS FAST WHIG
Seattle Sees Early Resump
tion of Business.
STREETCAR MEN RETURN
Newspapers Resume, Restau
rants Open and Hotels Give
Their Usual Service.
MAYOR HANSON IS LAUDED
Several Unions Hold Separate
Meetings to Consider Re
turn to Industries.
r.T hex iint lajipmas.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) The streetcars of this city have
trundled over the serpent of attempted
revolution. It is cleft in many parts,
its tail is feebly wriggling, and the
end is soon. With the return today of
the streetcar workers, the city re
sumed its normal transportation facili
ties, and the general sympathy strike
was definitely doomed. All lines are
running, and Seattle realizes in full
the boon of dropping a 5-cent fare
into the hopper and riding hither
and yon.
Voting independently, the streetcar
employes union severed connection
with the demonstration at 4:30 this
i morning. At an identical nour tne
general strike committee determine"!
to prolong the sympathy strike, which
was called in behalf of the striking
shipworkcrs and tbeir protest against
the Macy award.
Bolshevik Rule Held Goat.
Though labor, publications as". &
that the vote of the general strike
committee was unanimous for continu
ing, it is known that the committee
of 15 recommended ce.-sation of tha
strike.
But to all purposes the strike i
finished. The general committee wal
ir. se.-sion again tonight and rumor
had it that it was prolonging the dem
onstration merely to treat with oper
ators for the reinstatement cf mem
bers of the striking unions. Several et
the organizations, including the Muoi
cians' Union and the Longshoremen's
Union arc holding independent meet
ings to consider return. The former
may sever its connection with the Cen
tral Labor Council, it is reported.
Mayor Hanson and the citizens' com
mittee have long since refused to refc
to the general sympathy strike as
.. - -r,, , . r,,o ;r, 5,
rule.
City Authorities Determined.
On the part of the city authorities
and the business men generally there
is no weakening in the determination
not to compromise with leaders whu
have fostered such designs.
"The first man to apply is the one
who gets the job," is the agreed dic
tum of operators.
The strike is done. One by one the
crafts will return. Even now the Se
attle public is put to little incon
venience by it.
Let any city pass through that
which Seattle has experienced before
it decries the fear thrt clutched at
tbe heart of the city four days ago
when the general strike came to a.
focus. Its industrial life was halted
by the lifted hand of radicalism. Its
tran.-poi iat:on facilities were stilled
and inert. The threat of total dark
ness was its evening prospect, and
with it came a justified apprcbensiou
of that brijrandagc and evi'. which
thrive at night.
Sane Citizenry Behind Major.
IJiit more sini-ler and portentous
than ihes. was the belief, upheld by
the published and spoken i-latemcr.ti
I of the strikers, or at least of the radi
calism who had 1" d them into th.
demonstration, that tbi move was
aimed at the usurj ation of govern
ment and industry. The terror of tho
Russian Soviet, tl.e cread of potcn-
I tialitios. that undoubtedly were pres
:Jlcnt, struck hard at the consciousness
: . ; of the city.
But none will be able to say that Se-
u... Jatilo, as represented by the vast ma
jority of its citizenry, did not meet
s t- j:u'' -iW-a oa Pa s
-1, t. ulumu 3.
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