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7 GOVERNMENT ACTS ill SEATTLE STRIKE Department of Labor Starts , Inquiry Into . Wooden -Ship Tieup. GOMPERS MAKES REQUEST Iabor Leaders Assert Situation Will -Aot Improve Until Government Establishes Uiglit-IIour lay . . Iu Lumber Industry. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 15. The com mittee managing the strike of all the -ood workers employed in the Seattle shipyards, said to number 4000, insist that the strike ran only be ended by action of the Government that will es- TYPICAL SCENE AT SHIPYARDS 3 gJUUIMIMW ' .. .:Ci.CT"." V El -:--- i I J i Li ';JI iJSa- r;f "i I V VM 2 - --- " n TF 11 3 , zr en x t st" I . -Tj mn : ' r3 w a j? r . -J 3 f Js uj, s ev - Hi;-.- r 1 1 T1 C3 t - i Z 3 H? rr 'r.r- I - r i jgk-w-i ' r ' 1 " t-i&! - - ! I !- :w---:-js; f i:i.uy . , - . va JIE.V GATHERED AT SI'PPLE-DALLIV PLANT, WHICH IS OSK OF KLEVE.V YARDS IX PORTLAKD DIS TRICT 'AFFECTED B" STRIKE. tabllsh the eight-hour day in trie lum ber Industry in that state. The ship yards men are on strike against han aitng 10-hour lumber and -the building carpenters of Seattle are also on strike against such lumber. Most of the wooden shipyards of Seattle are closed by the strike. Jay G. Brown, chairman of the gen ral strike committee, said the commit tee today held several conferences with employers who were willing to sign agreements to stop the use of "un fair" and who asked the help of the j committee- in getting eight-hour lum- i ber. . Several members of the committee expressed the belief that the Govern ment in the end would be forced to commandeer a few of the largest mills of the Puget Sound, Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor districts in order to Obtain material for shipbuilding. Mills Ulay Be Commandeered Seattle labor organizations have for several weeks been urging the Wash ington delegation in Congress to re quest the Government to commandeer both mills and timber if necessary to prevent trouble in the shipyards and elsewhere over the eight-hour-day strike. Chairman Brown said that there was every reason to believe that the Seattle boycott and strike would spread to all Western Washington shipyards within the next few days. He declared, how ever, that the Metal Trades Council has not planned to call out its unions on the sympathetic striKe with the car penters and allied crafts in the ship 5 a rd s. "The Metal Trades Council has not changed its attitude since the strike was ordered," said Mr. Brown. "Its unions will remain at their posts as long as the shipyards can provide work for them." Gomprrn la Interested. The general strike committee of the Metal and Building Trades Councils and the International Timber Workers and International Shingle Weavers, which is directing the strike of the woodworkers received a telegram today from Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, saying that Mr. Gompers had taken - the Se attle situation up with the United States Department of Labor, and had been advised that the department had already begun an investigation. The committee's information is cor roborated by Henry M. White, immi gration commissioner for the Seattle District, and ex-officio representative of the , Department of Labor in the Northwest. Although he had not re ceived specific instructions at that time. Commissioner White has begun an inquiry into the strike Although he declined to go into details Mr. White expressed hope today that a satisfac tory adjustment f the lumber boycott strike could be found. He intimated that he had reason to believe that the greatest danger in the situation was of a general strike in the shipyards resulting from the unsettled state of the controvery over wage in creases tnat has been pending since August 1. STRIKE STOPS SHIPYARDS Ponttnued From First Page.) lng those at Astoria. St. Helens, Linn ton. Vancouver. Wash, and North Fort land, as well as those in Portland proper. They expressed themselves as well satisfied .with the way the men responded to the calL fr-Ifty Veueli Affected. The followinar plants are involved: Supple-BaJlin. Kiernan 4c Kern. Coast Shipbuilding, Peninsula Shipbuilding, Grant Smith-Porter-Guthrie. Standifer Clarkson (two plants. Columbia -Engineering Works, all of Portland; St. Helens Shipbuilding Company, of St. Helens: McEachern Company and Wil son Hros.. of Astoria More than 5o Government vessels, in tended for service in the trans-Atlantic trade, are affected by the strike. Some of them are nearing completion and are badly needed- to carry supplies to the allies and to the American sol diers In France. The Emergency Fleet Corporation. through which the Government con tracts were placed here, has been fully advised of every step in the proceed ings, and both sides expect some word from Washington that may enable tne men to go back to work pending a more formal adjustment. Cloned Shop Prlaelpal Issae. While a slight advance in wages is Included iu the proposed agreement submitted to th employers by the men. the principal "point in the whole contro versy is that of the losed shop. The operators, through Informal con ferences yesterday, agreed not to yield to the closed shop principle whi;h.the union officials sem determined to en force. They declared last night that the union men can come back to work at any time they wish and continue their unions as long a they want to. But they want the equal opportunity to employ men who don't belong to the unions. The operators firmly believe that they can man their plants - completely t they receive proper protection. But wliethVr it wi'l be nei-ftfisarj' to ask for Federal troobs apparently has not been determined. It is believed that regular Army-troops can be sent by the Gov ernment to guard those plants at which Government vessels are under con struction. . It is probable that the strikers will attempt to maintain peaceful picket lines at all yards that attempt to op erate tomorrow morninp. . The striking shipbuilders held two niPss meetings in a hall at'Eleventh and Burnside streets yesterday one a t noon and the other late last night. At both: meetings leaders in other branches of ' organized .labor admon ished the men to refrain from violence and disorder. 4 Wanted for Common Labor. Various striking employes pointed out that the wage question is quite AFTER STRIKE ORDER WENT INTO as important to the present proceed ings as the closed shop issue. Their proposals call for a, wage of $6 a day for carpenters and corresponding wages all along the line to common laborers, who are to get a minimum of $-4 - a day. . The question of hours is not In volved, as all shops are operating on an , eight-hour basis. All union - men work eight hours, although a few aged men, and " boys, are employed around the. yards, to- sweep up shavings - ani remove other refuse that might in crease the fire hazard, work nine hours. - - -- - - the ship caulkers, nearly all of whom went out. work 10 hours, on an eight-hour basis, receiving double time for the two hours' overtime. Their eight-hour pay is $6.50. giving them 9.75 for a day of 10 hours. Employes of the so-called - river yards, handling repairs on the various small river craft, also went out yes terday in. response to the general or der, as manv of the men in those plants are affiliated with the" union." SHIPYARDS ARE SHUT DOWX Expectation of Employers Are to Re open Monday Morning. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) The ahip carpenters' strike at the yards in the Lower Columbia River district went intd effect at 10 o'clock this morning. There was no walk-out, how ever, for the reason that the yards had taken advantage of the situation and shut down yesterday unti Monday morning. A . small crew , was employed at the Rodgers plant installing the new ma chinery, a few men were engaged in general work at the ilson yard, and about-15 machinists were -busy at the McEachern plant today. Otherwise all the plants were idle. This morning several of the carpen ters appeared" a.t the McEachern yards and removed their, tools, indicating they are determined to carry on the strike, but how jnanyv.will report, for work when the yards resume operations Mon day morning remains to be seen. No conferences are being held between the employers and the carpenters and the understanding Is that wtien the yards reopen Monday It will beat the old FOUNDER OF VOXl'XTEERS TO SPEAK. TUESDAY NIGHT. ' .tr. I A ;eeral Bailing fiooth. General Ballington Booth, founder and leader of the Volun teers of America, will speak Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the White Temple. There will-be no admittance charge. On Wednes day at noon General Booth will speak at the Ad .Club luncheon at the Benson Hotel. General Ballington Booth is an ordained Presbyter of the Church of God in Genera', and besides being the founder and president of the Volunteers of America, he also is an author, composer of a num ber of hymns and a skilled musician. - - wage scale and the same working con ditions. The men demand a closed shop., $6 : per day minimum wace for men han-j dllng edged tools, double pay for Sat- : urday afternoon, exemption from com- ' pensation tax and hospital dues, trained nurses at the plants and' yard privi leges for walking delegates. In speaking of the strike situation today, E. W. Wright, manager of the McEachern yard., said : "We are building ships for th Gov ernment in competition with Southern and Eastern yards where the scale Is from.JS to J 3 per day and nothing but the superiority of our timber enables us to approximately meet this compe tition. Some of the advances in wages asked by the men would, under our con tract, be absorbed by the Government, but the contract states quite specifi cally that the contractor shall, before incurring any obligations in advance of said price mentioned in this section (wage scale now paid), obtain the writ ten approval of the owners," GOVERNMENT ACTION IS HOPE Approximately 25,000 Men Ready to Stride at San J'ranciseo. SAX FRANCISCO. Cal.. Sept. 19. Ac tion by the Federal Government was said tonight to be the only possible chance to prevent a walkout Monday morning of approximately 25,000 mem bers of the Pron Trades Council, most of whom are working on Government shipbuilding contracts. Final conferences held today resulted in a deadlock, according to statements from officials of the Metal Trades As- EFFECT YESTERDAY MORNING. sociation. the .organization of employ ers. Officials of the Iron Trades Coun cil, which represents 25 unions, refused to; comment on the result of the con ferences. It was decided today by Department of Justice and Army officials to place troops around the plants that may be affected. Captain A. T. Fillsbury, local repre sentative of the Shipping Hoard, said ton ight: "Washington is at work at tempting to arrive at a solution of the troubles. It is certain some action will be taken before many hours that will permit the men to go ahead with their work. The situation is decidedly seri ous." 30 0 STRIKE AT ST. HELENS Shipbuilding Plant Is Expected to Resume AVork Monday, ST. HELENS, Or., Sept. 15. Special.) The 300 employes of the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company laid aov. n their tools and quit work today in obedience to orders from the head labor council in Portland. No disorder attended the strike and the men quietly left their work. H. F, McCormick, manager of the shipbuilding yard, said that operations would be resumed Monday morning, as a sufficient force had been obtained to keep work going on the two Gov ernment vessels now under construe tion, and that many of the employes who live in St. Helens and have their homes here are not in favor of the strike and will return to work. ABERDEEN WORKMEN TO VOTE Question of Sympathetic Strike to Re Decided Tuesday. - - ABERDEEN, Wash.. Sept, 15. (Spe cial, t -A vote- as to whether they are willing to walk out in sympathy with the striking timberworxers will be taken by the Grays Harbor Ship Car penters' and Joiners Union here Tues day night. This is part of the coast wise strike vote now being polled. The reFUIt of this vote will have to be sent to San Francisco, w here the unions have .their .headquarters. There is no agitation here among ship carpenters in favor of joining the Seattle strikers In their walkout In pro test to non-union lumber and no strike is expected to be called at least before the returns of the coastwise vote be ing polled are received. OLYMPIA "WORKERS UNCERTAIN Conferences at Seattle Expected to Determine Action. OLTMPIA. Wash., Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) Whether the thousand or more men employed in Olympia shipyards join the Seattle shipyards strike against lumber cut In mills running 10 hours, depends largely upon the report of a union representative sent to con fer with Seattle headquarters today. Informally the shipyards unions have expressed themselves opposed to a. gen eral strike. Conferences at Seattle tonight and tomorrow are expected largely to de termine the extent of the shipyards strike on Puget Sound. FEW STRIKE AT VANCOUVER Stand if cr Shipyard Is Not Crippled by Walkout. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 15. (Special.) Only a small percentage of the shipworkera employed by the G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation walked out here today in the general strike of wooden ship workers. It waa reported that all would walk out as a part of a general plan, but when the time came today not enough left to cripple the plant. It is thought the trouble will be ad justed soon. SHIPBUILDING WILL STOP Refusal to Handle 10-Hour Lumber Will Close All Yards. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept, 15. Should the existing sympathetic strike of the Shipwrights and Joiners, Ship Caulkers and Ship Carpenters' Unions, who re- :iinillllllllllllllll!illllllll!IIIHIIIIIIIIII!lll(IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIUItlIIIIIllllllllll! Store Closed ; I 1 Monday Holiday; Sam'lRosenblatt6?Co. 1 The Home of 1 Hart Schaf fner & Marx Clothes Southeast Corner Fifth and Alder Streets 1 Tilllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll&IIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlllIlllIIIIEIIllIIIIIIlIlllllllIlltllllllllllllllllf fused to handle "ten-hour" lumber, in sympathy with the striking lumber workers, who are asking an eight hour day, continue indefinitely, the entire shipbuilding Industry of Seattle, with the possible exception of three yard, will automatically cease opera tion in from five to fifteen days, ac cording to officials of the Metal Trades Council, who positively denied any in tention of calling a sympathetic strike among their unions. The former assertion was concurred In by the representative of the ship building concerns. ROUWCARD IS READY PENDLETOf EXPECTS BIGGEST CROWD IN CITY'S HISTORY. Estimated Attendance at Wild Went Show, BegtnninR- Next Thursday, Pnt at 40,000. PENDLETON. Or.. Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) All details have now been com pleted for the biggest Round-up the Pendleton people have ever put on, be ginning Thursday, Se'.ember 20, and running three days. Indications are that there will be 20,000 people the first day and 40,000 Saturday. The rains have improved the roads so that auto parties will find no trouble getting through. Every cowboy and cowgirl of prominence in the West will be here. The complete programme has been ar ranged as follows: 1. Cowboys pony race, purse $105. 2. Indian squaw race, purse flOt. X Cowgirls standing race, purse $105. Bertha Rlancette. Josephine Robes. Klla Merryfield and Uonna Curd. 4. StPr buUdosglng- content, purse flZto. r. Cowboys' standing race, - pursa S10r. Ben Corbett. Sid fceale, Tom Grimes and Bob Anderson. tf. Cowfrtrla' bucklnr contest, purse 120O. Bertha Bancette,. Mildred Douglas, Prairie Kose Henderson, Klia Merry Held, Jbloise Hastings and Katie Wilkes. 7.- Cowboys' relay race, pure $00O. Sleepy A rmstronfE. DarreJl Cannon. Knapp Lynch, Allen lrumheller. Bob Anderson and Pax lrwln. 8. Indian relay race, purse $200. 1. Ster-roping- conteat, purs $750. Oeorge. Wtr, Charley Wier, Joe Beason, Henrv Yarberrv. D. B. Clark. Will Roach, Ed McCarty, Tom Grimes, John Judd, Pax Irwin, Cue Preaoott and many others. 10. Maverick race, purse $10 each day. 11. Indian pony race, purse $lo."i. 12. Cowboys' and cowgirls' grand mount ed march. i:t Indian narade. 1-4. Trick riding. Tom Grimes, Rid Seale and Lerrnrd Stroud, the world s champion trick rider. 15. Trick and fancy roping. Sammy Garrett. John Judd, -Paxton Irwin and Bob Burke. 10. Indian ceremonial war dance. 17 Coweirls oony race, purse $105 is Ptasr coach race, purso $1S0. Jim Roach, C. C. Morse, Ben Bockwood and W Hnstinffl. - 19. Pony express race, purse $200. Tar rell Cannon, Allen Drumheller, Bob Ander son Knann I.vnrh. 20. Cowgirls' relay race, purse $900. Ruth parton. Alable ! Lonj. Bertha Blancette, Josephine Robee. KUa Merrytield, Mrs. J. A. Parsons and L.lla Smith. 21. Indian race, tor thoroughbred Indian horses, purse $iu5. 22. Cowboys bucking contest, purse $800 and champion saddle. 23. Wild horse race, purge $105. Two Marriage Licenses Issued. OREGON CITY, Or.. Sept- 15. (Spe s.ir.i unrrinc llppnRps were issued here today to Rosa Ellen Fawver. age ift anH KriwRrd u. MCinivre, ago o of' Hoff; Lena M. Cahill. age 19, Sam H. Bar, age 22. ot Estacaaa. Canadian Pacific to Cut Off Trains VANCOUVER, B. C, 6ept. 15. Serv ice on the Canadian Pacific Railway will be curtailed owing to shortage of fuel oil. The morning train to Mission is to be suspends, and it is probable ' Campbell Hill Hotel 74t Waahlncton Street. j. Pkone Mala T54. 0 to 7 P. M. .. September 16th. 1917. ' eOoSUXDA V VIXXER 6O0 Cantaloupe. Sliced Tomatoes. Sliced Cucumber. Ripe Olives. Cream of Oyster Soup. Fried Spring Chicken with Coun try Gravy. Top Sirloin Steak. Mashed Potatoes. Corn on the Cob. Scotch Scones. Apricot and Pineapple Conserves. Ulack berry Cobbler with Whipped Cream. Marshmallow Ice Cream and Cake. Crackers. Cheese. Coffee. Campbell Hotel t Tweatr-Thlrd and Hoj( Street, fkone larkall 881. 4iau to iao . M. - NKKD A TV PEW KITKHt All makes typewriters rented, sold, repaired. Sole accents for Corona, the perwonal writing: ma chine. Call, write or phone - - K.. W. PF.ASK t'OMPtXr, HO Mtk Kt. Hortlaad. that branch lines also will he affected. Some trains may be cut off, and the possibility of amalgamating passenger and freight trains In other instances is under consideration. Chclan Land Company Bankrupt. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 15. The Che lan Land Company, a corporation hold ing large interests in Chelan County, Washington, filed a petition In volun tary bankruptcy in the United State District Court here yesterday, schedul ing liabilities of 1 462.000. all unse cured, and assets of $225,000. mostly real estate. Supervisor's Conduct Vplield. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 15. Senator Chamberlain today received word from the Secretary of Agriculture that investigation haa failed to show substantiation of charges pr misconduct brought against Super visor to. c tfartrum, of the Umpqua Forest Reserve. Columbia programmes are always balanced with a good comedy. This week's Keystone is a riot. 1 mrr- r- i i i n i in m i nTTTririnsrni fi i in 11 1 1 n sw 11 1 1 w 11 1.1 1 1 1 1 mn i miim, - ! I urniin as 1 1 saair - -- - m t hi ns - irn -- - T , fBTL.flliOlA I - - - The Theater Beautiful " k'Vj " There's Never a - li I - , v' Disappointment 1 r--f at the Columbia. H ) ..Jt) This Is Beban's Best. - u -ri -..V) r;K 4 1 '-?'. I Tlie "A. VI ?i f 'IP HERE are lots of eating places where you might satisfy your hunger, but if you are particular and appreciate good, wholesome foods that are appetizing and tasty, at the same time reasonable in price, don't overlook the Cozy Cafeteria & Dairy Lunch 323 Washington St., Near Sixth Balcony for Ladies : Choice Roasts, Steaks, Chops, Stews, Fish, Etc., 15c Hot Cakes, Waffles and any short order at any hour of day or night. "The boy sensation, Bobby White; the dog Rags and the horse. Lost in Excitement, smiles and happy sobs in this fine Beban produc tion. New York critics pro nounce it his best. It's a photo play gem one of those out standing plays you remember and talk about. . Multnomah Hotel Announces the featuring of week-day Dinner Dances A la carte service and dancing each evening until 12:30 ROYAL PURPLE ORCHESTRA - A' Transit - - i! ';!;