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NOMJC, AUA8KA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 15, 1919.
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PARIS, Feb 15—A11 French jour
nals are full of praise of President
Wilson.
His prestige has been immeasurably
increased among the French people,
due to his efforts in bringing the
League of Nations before the Peace
Conference and being credited with
being mainly^esponsible if the prin
ciple is finally adopted.
The French nation acclaimed the
League of Nations entirely the work
of President Wilson, who thus has
furnished the strongest guarantee for
a lasting peace the world ever'knew.
Diplomatic experts say that Presi
dent Wilson has left a highly practi
cal and simple scheme which will al
ways be looked upon as a master
piece of not only diplomacy but com
mon sence.
BOSTON' Feb 15—President Wil
son is expected to arrive here from
I over seas on February 24th. Pre
parations to give the President a
royal reception are well under way.
All the local civic bodies government
officials and others will participate in
the reception. The President is ex
pected to arrive here on one of the
monster American transports which
have been employed in repatriating
American troops.
Subscribe r«r -Wie Worker.
PHOENIX, Arizona, Feb 13—X. W
W agitators have induced eight
thousand union and smeltermen em
ployed in this district to go on strike
as a protest against a proposed re
duction of their wages. Several of the
large mines and the smelting plant
at Clarkston had to 3hut down ow
ing to the strike.
To prevent rioting and assist the
local officials in maintaining order
.soldiers have been sent to Jerome and
are guarding the town and mines
surrounding the latter city.
With the exception of occasional
fist fights between the different fac
tions, everything remains compara
tively quiiet. The presence of the
soldiers has beetj a great deterrend to
the I W W agitators who are keeping
under cover.
Conferences between the strikers
and employers have been fruitless as
neither side has shown willingness to
recede. Efforts are being made to in
duce the miners still at work, but who
are considering the question of join
ing the strikers to remain at work and
settle their grievances by arbitration
It is believed here that the strike will
be a failure;-unless the other miners
employed in the district join the strik
ers. •
JEROME, Arizona Feb 14—Hun
dreds of miners are leaving this dis
trict daily owing to the complete
closing of all the mines in and
around Jerome. All efforts to come
to an agreement with the mine own
ers have failed, as they absolutely
insist upon the acceptance of their
terms by the miners and smeltermen.
Most of the single men among the
strikers are leaving for other dis
tricts, as there is no likelyhood for a
settlement of the strke in the near
future owing to the attitude of the
mine owners, while the miners and
smeltermen are just as determined
not to accept the proposed cut of
wages.
Eleven alleged Aliens have been ar
rested who will very likely be deport
ed. These men have made themselves
very obnoxious owing to their radical
ism and the constant agitation car
ried on by them. Their persistent
agitation is mostly blamed for the
outbreak of this trike which has al
most completely paralyzed all busi
ness activities in Jerome and vicinity.
OFFICIALS ARREST
RADICAL AGITATORS
WASHINGTON, Feb 13—Follow
ing a conference of the Department
of Labor Officials, Senator King told
the Senators that hundreds of an
archists and Bolsheviks w'ere being
rounded up thruout the country and
that the government had made all
preparations to deport them ai un
desirable citizens. Senator King as
sured his audience that once the
leaders ol the radical movement were
eliminated, the radical movement it
self would fail, and peace and har
mony between labor and capital
would be restored in this country.
NEW YORK, Feb 11—Fifty eight
radicals, mostly members of the T.
W. W and undesirable citizens who
were brot from the West under a
heavy guard to be deported, attempt
ed and nearly succeeded in killing
a member of their guard.
After battling ferociously the rad
icals were finally subdued by their
guu-ds who treated the radicals with
out gloves.
Those men had been arrested as
undesirable citizens and will be de
ported in the near future and re-en
trance into this country will be de
nied them.
^ VICTORIA, B. C. Feb 10—The
public schools here have closed their
doors indefinitely owing to the walk
out of all teachers.
The latter have received no in
crease in their wage for some years,
and unable to cope with the steadily
rising cost of living owing to the
small compensation received by them,
petitioned the city council asking
them for an increase in their salary.
The city council put them off with one
excuse and another, until the teachers
to enforce their demands ,went on
strike in a body, determined to force
the city council to take some action.
All efforts to induce the teachers
to resume work at the old scale ot
wages has failed, owing to the de
termination of the teachers to bring
this matter to a final settlement.
Keep Posted, Read the WORKER.
WILL NOT
JOIN STRIKERS
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BUTTE Feb 15—Several local un
ions after taking a referendum vote
on whether they should go on a sym
pathetic strike to assist the striking
miners, have Imformed the strike
committee of the miners, that their
membership was against a participa
tion in a -ympathic strike, the resolu
tion in favor of such action failing to
carry.
The strkers have been unsuccess
ful in fulfilling their threat of tying
up every mine in the district. With
the exception of the mines owned by
the Clark interests, anti a few others
the rest are working full blast with
many of the strikers returning to
work daily.
The local street car system has sus
pended operation, its employees hav
ing joined the sariking miners.
There are no disorders, everything
being comparatively quiet, owing to
the presence of the U.. S. Soldiers who
have been sent here to assist the local
police force in maintaining order.
STRIKERS APPLY
FOR NEW CHARTER
!
SEATTLE. Feb 14—The Seattle
Shjipya^d Workers Union have re
ceived peremptory orders from the of
ficials of the National organization
they arifaffiliated with to immediately
return is-Vork, or the National organ
ization would be compelled to revoke
their charters.
The fiembers of the local union
who are thus threatened by expulsion
If they disobey the order of the Na
tional ohicals intend to sever their
connection with the National organ
ization , and have applied to the
Boilermakers National for a charter.
The rank and file of the strikers are
determine" in their attitude and ab
solutely n-Tuse to be cowed into sub
mission to the threats emanating
from t* "officuls of their National
organization.
The officials of the Shipbuilders
union are confident that their re
quest for a charter will be granted
by the Boilermakers National.
The strikers are as determined as
ever that nothing short of the grant
ing of their just demands shall in
duce them to return to work.
SEATTLE Feb 14—The local
police force assisted by Federal Sec
ret Service men instituted a grand
round up of the more radical element
in this city. Thirty nine individuals
claimed to be mostly members of the
I. W. W imbued wth the most radical
sentiments have been arested.
A blanket charge of criminal an
archy was brot against them and
heavy sentences will be inflicted upon
them should they be proven guilty
as charged.
The majority of these men now un
der arrest have been prominent in the
f W W movement on the Pacific Coast
and have been involved in many of
the more prominent strikes instigated
ty the I W W in the west
,Oner prominent radicals escaped the
ilr>g net by fight, or are i.i h.'in.;
but no efforts are spared ot appre
L.f-nd them More arre5-- . are ex
[O.Mtd to be made in the near future.
The loss of the more aggressive
'auders of the radicals ba;> cowed
them considerably and has forced
them to a great extent to relinquish
their efforts to stir up trouble.
DECLARED-BUTTE
BUTTE, Feb 11—The Butte min
ing district is virtually under marti .1
law. Fifteen thousand miners, num
bers of the I. vV. W an •. "no .i-depon
• t miners u >'<n a .» on strike as a
protest against the proposed reduc
tion of wages.
The street car employees have join
ed the strikers and the whole street
car system of Butte has suspended
operation.
Many fights have occurred between
strikers and non-unton miners who in
some instances have remained at
work.
The local police force are having
their hands full to maintain order
and it may be necessary to ship troops
into the Butto district to prevent ex- 1
tensive rioting. 1
BUTTE, Feb 13—Despi'e all the
efforts made by the ladical strike
leaders, many of the striking miners
are daily returning to work and the
stnike is turning out a failure, as all
efforts to induce all miners and smel
termen to join the strike have failed.
The home of J S Nolan a miner who
resisted all efforts of the radicals to
join the strikers, has been dynamited
by some unknown party, but fortu
nately none of the inmates were hurt.
The residence was partially destroy
ed by the explosion which caused a
conflagration that left Nolan’s home
a watersoaked ruin. No clew has
been left by the perpetrators of this
dastardly ou*rage, but the consensus
of opinions here is that the explosion
was the work of some radical agita
tors who in a vindictive spirit, owing
to Nolan’s positive refusal to join tho
strikers, sought revenge.
BUTTE, Feb 10—All mines in the
whole Butte mining district are idle
owing to a strike called by the I. W.
W and independent Miners Union
This action was taken after a meet
ing held by both organizations. Tho
miners have been informed by tho
mine owners that the wages of all
miners would he reduced one dollar
per day.
The miners refusing to agree to
the contemplated cut in their wages,
concluded to strike, with the result
that all the large mines in this dis
trict had to suspend operations.
NEW PRESIDENT
FOR ASSEMBLY
WEIMAR, Feb 15—Constantine
Fehrenbach was elected President of
the German Assemblv replacing Dr
David who has been appointed as a
member ot' the Cabinet without a
portfolio.
Fehrenbach who has been promi
nent in the German Socialist move
ment for years belongs to the moder
ate members of that party.
WEIMAR, Germany, Fek 12—The
i new German Assembly in session here
| elected Friedrich Ebert, a socialist of
j moderate tendencies, as the first
I President of the newly established
German republc. Little opposition
was offered by- the Assembly when
Ebelt w^jj.seleeted to All this respon
sible^position, where he will need all
his faculties to carry Germany thru
her reconstruction period without
causing further internal dissensions.
Ebert has been acting as regent and
directing the political affairs of Ger
many ever since the collapse of the
Hohenzollern monarchy.
Ho has been able to gain the con
fidence of hte majority of the people
of Germany and hopes are entertained
that under his guidance a new era
will dawn for the German nation.
WEIMAR, Feb 15—Count Rant
zau, German Foreign Secretary told
the members of the German Assembly
that Germany is fully prepared to
submit/ to the proposed restrictions
of her sovereignty in a League of Na
tions providing the Allied nations
agree to have the same restrictions
imposed upon themselves.
He said that the government did
refuse to accept the sole responsibility
for the starting Of the late conflict
artd that other nations if guilt there
was ought to share the blame and re
sponsibility.
Count Rantzau also denic j
charge made by the Allies Ger_
many was alone guilty of , hari .
during H. „.r. H. .
enemies of German y werB eaually .
guilty with her ' ^ thla respect. ^ ,
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I-.'GNCONr Feb u—King George
hi his speech at he opening of the i
British Parliament stated that tho
pledges for the betterment of labor
condition of Great Britain would bo
fulfilled and that the British govern
ment would endeavor to adjust the
grievances from which British labor
suffers.
A simplification of parliamentary
procedure was also promised
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