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NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1918.
XO. 2318.
ST. LOUIS STRIKE
,000 INVOLVED
ST. LOUIS, March 18.—This city is
again breathing easily and business is
again rousing from the stagnation
catise<l l>y one of the worst strikes in
this city in i s entire history. The
trouble wa nettled by the agents of
the Depart'. nt of l...bor after pro
blems of the most vital, to the inter
ests of the city ami in fact t.< the in
terest of the entire country had be
come involv'd. The trouble start* I in
a small way by the Wagsn'T Electric
Co., ibs, he _ii ' a couple ci la n for
romonstrating hevause they had I; a
■docked an hour f..r having been I, .• a
few minutes on only two oee-nsi* ns, the
men claiming that th dr Wages were
already to small to live on. without
their being docked a cent. Immediate
ly they weie dsohnrged the two agita
tors who mu:-; surely iiavi belonged to
the I. W. \V., at one Urn . started in
to organ: a a . v.- Itt.of die entire
plant. Kind they would meet a few
of tlio nun v rn they line well ar.d
who wet" barely able to ke
body and stab together attd then they
began holding small meetings; until
within a very short time they had (he
entire working force organized. This
■was a simple matter as the men were
all beginning' to see tbe light them
selves.
Then came the soft request fur u ten
per cent increase and if the Wagner
Co., had used the least bit of tact the
l trouble would have been very easily
settled and it was for lack of this tact
th; t they were so biterly criticise.!. by
the Chamber of t'ommrtv. am' Ha -
ness men in general throughout the
entire city. The strike, once stand.
: ,. d like ildiirc, us the workers
iver the country wore expressing their
' dissatisfaction over the new amend
r.ii nt to the Espionage Hill, which had
virtually turned over the entire inter
ests of the workers, to the corpora
tions, fnr~pnvate profits and who were
also protesting against the attempt of
a Imu.ch of Sjun I’J• n<is jo pro! t i
: ' ors to have Thomas Mooney judici :1
jly murdered. The Hepartmcnt of T,nhor
j ha dits hands full with other troubles
I all over the country and by the tin. ■
it could hustle some ot its Agents to
Si. I., uis, the trouble had increased,
; ! • such a degree that a general strike
was immanent and it was only by giv
ing in In demands which had grown tc
five times the original demands that a
jselt!i’ment was finally effected. This
I is the greatest victory for Labor in j
the history of St. Louis and has open
ed tin eyes of the workers to the now-I
1
er of organization n hundred fold.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 18.
Se cretary of Labor Wilson today j
announces the settlement of the {
great St. Louis strike. More than
j dOO.OOO had become involved in the
I 'rouble and every union, of both
■the city of St. Louis, and of the
I surrounding district., with the pcs
j sibl.e exception of some of those
unions belonging to the Uuiiding
Trades were either out or consider*
tug „':,i; . a If Til n . -I ■ I
industry involved in the trouble and
the one in whom the government
was most concerned, was that of
the Wagner Klectric: Co., which held
contracts for large amounts of gov
ernment supplies.
..Don’t forget we save you a little
money and are able to sunp y any
thing at Holt's.
Mayor Lumen called ilie meu’o rs
of the Common Council to order
shortly after S p. m .last night.
All members were present except
Councilman Ross. The minutes of
tho preceding meeting were read
and approved. Bills were read and
referred to tn. finance committee..
A communication from the Cham
ber of Commrro was read, requesting
the Council to appoint a committee
to discuss the coal question at a
joint conference of representatives
of other organizations within the
eitv. A committee of three were
appointed consisting of Council men
Milot, Kompand Krieek to represent
the Council at the. joint committee
meeting scheduled to convene in the
Pioneer Hall next. Thursday eve
ning at S o'clock. The health officer
reported the city in a healthy condi
tion. Dr. Chaco also stated that, he
had been informed of a few typhoid
fever cases at Fort.una Ledge. The
following c tizens were appointed to
act as Judges and Clerks at the
forthcoming municipal election:
Inspector E. E. Adams: Judges
Charles Russell and Dr. Wesley;
Clerks Alfred Anderson and William
Brown; Special policeman, W. H.
Koch. The Council divided the city
into three precincts, lor the forth
coming Primary election and desig
nated the following places as polling
stations: Voters residing between
B st., and Steadman avo., can cast,
their ballot in the City Hall. This
is known as precinct No. l.and the
Judges appointed for that day are:
C. C. Crooks, Russ Bowen and Dr.
Wesley; Clerks, A1 Sitton and Alfred
Anderson. Voters residing West of
B St., wilfi find the voting place in
tho building formerly known as the
Snake River Grocery. This is known
as precinct No. 2. The Judges ap
pointed for this place ore: W. H.
Koch Otto Mills and E. E. Adams;
dorks, C. I!. Frost and B. R. Hold
en. Voters residing East of st ad
man avenuewill find the offiicia?
ballot-box in the building at the foot
of stcadman avenue known as the
Pacific C -ast Steamship Company’s
office. This has been designated
precinct No. 3. Judges for this
polling place are Grant Laiblin,
Maurice Fitzgerald and J. C. Cor
nell; Clerks. Charles McLaughlin
and Geo. Huff. A motion was duly
passed to employ Mr. Mayer to in
stall the- booths for the forthcoming
elections. The Clerk was also in
structed to purchase necessary' sup
plies needed to carry on said elec
tion.
Councilman O’Farrell reported
that Charles Carr had been sworn
■ in as a policeman. A written re
'solution was adopted, instructing
Councilmen Milot, Kemp and Kricek
as to what proceedure to take when
the joint conference convenes to dis
cuss the coal question.
I Our scribe Inquired of the Coun
cil whether the City had an official
newspaper, he was informed, they
had not. He was also in formed
that the publishing of City notices
were usually passed upon by a mo
tion intoduced at a meeting of the
Council, and the Clerk instructed
where and when to publish same.
The regular business having been
transacted the meeting adjourned.
Another very interesting meeting
was immediately held and everybody
present wero courteously invited to
remain. Whereupon, Mr. Arthur
Shields arose and in a few well
chosen words, elucidated the section
of the territory known as the Shug
nik, which is located about 350 miles
up the Kobuk river. Mr. shields in
I his concluding remarks, introduced.
Mr. Charles Coffin ( a native) better
i known ns “Yukon Charlie.” He
I shook hands with everybody present
' and then a very interesting half
I hour was spent by those pres nt ask
| ingCharlie questions and Charlie an
swering. The scrib gleaned during
the discourse, that there must be
some very intelligent natives up in
I that part of the country from whence
Charlie came. Space will not per
mit us to publish everything that
was said at last night’s meeting, but
before closing we’ll mention that
Charlie said the natives up there
(Shugnik) have a local Council of
thoir own, similar to ours. (Of
course, Charlie meant similar in this
way, that they meet in regular ses
sion.) "The native council,” he said
“Are organized to try and better
i the conditions of all the natives who
reside up in the Kobuk country.
They also sit as judges and often
settle disputes among the natives
similar to police courts.” S^r.
Coffin is a very intelligent notive
healthy looking and he has a fine
physique. He arrived in Nome last
Friday, and will return the latter
part of this week. He said that he
enjoyed being at last nights Coun
cil meeting. He wanted to draw
a bead on how, our City Fathers
conducted the diplomatic affairs of
the City.
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j at the Nome Tailoring Company.
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AMSTERDAM. March IS.—Holland
refused the shipping demands of
th Allies, according to the latest Ber
lin despatches. Germany has mads
c\ertines to the Dutch Govcnment
ivhoiein she agrees to furnish Holland
vita a large supply of coaf. and partly
by tch p.omlses and a few throats
it • C"crct I the Dutch to refuse l . ac
ct t 1 to the Allies demands. Little
ot; 1. nee is given such reports here
af(il is staled that had any such action
been taken by the Dutch Government
the news would in all probability have
come from The Hague before having
come from Merlin. *
LONDON, March IS.—Reports com
ing from Amsterdam, state that tie
j patches coming from Merlin asserting
! that the Dutch Government has refus
|t«? the Allied shipping terms, is given
j no credence here. ,
Trailer reports coming from A rosier
daim state that reports from The
Hague aflirm tlie acceptance of the
Allied shipping terms and state that
Holland would much rather that her
•shipping should be used by the Allies
with every hope for remuneration by
them for lass, than t-y have her ship
pins: destroyed < • ti<d up by German
submarines.
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\ MSTERDAM, March IS- The Gcr
num War Office makes an announce
ment of the losses ami yain> -f the
German air fleet for February. The
| .mnouncemont shows the Allied less . s
| iM-ins* 138 aeroplanes and IS balloons
j as ;.nst the German loss of Cl Aoo
pl m es ami three balloons. On one
| day of February the Germans destroy
ed IS aeroplanes and three balloons
I and the greatest number destroyed in
! my one day for this month so far is
twenty-two aeroplanes and six bal
loons.
The War Olfice also reports that in
almost, every engagement. which has
I taken place this month hot wen the
G< mum ami Allied air fleets
the German air fleets have proven
their' superiority over the Allies.
Numbers of giant hat tie planes are
new being turned out by the German
factories which Germany expats t <» not
**rily mala* reprisals on Franco and
F:*vI i.sai for recent damage suff
by Ge]-tv':tay hot wif.h which she in
confident of gaining and maintain
ing control of the air.
[ BURLIN', March IS. As a reprisal,
for tie passes':' of the Urgent Defic
it my Bill, by the American Congress,
iho G, naan Government today issued
orders for the liquidation of all Ameri
ean properly. The Urgent Deficiency
Bill carying a sum total of over a
$i.'I'.o.cnO.OOO. contained a clause au
thorizing the President of the United
‘st it on to take over all property in this
country owned by German interest
a bread.
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NEW YORK. Mar. 1S.—Suspected
ol' being master spies, for Germany,
four persons, two women and two
men, were arrested by government
authorities here today. One of the
woman said to lie the German Bar
oness Gustina Beville, is the sup
posed leader of the quartette.
The Department of Justice officials
say that three four people are at
the head of a German Bureau, or
ganized in this country for the pur
pose of spreading German Propagan
da in this country a long time prior
to the war and were still eogaged
in this nefarious business at the time
of arrest. The ofliicials say that
the quartette admit having received
thirty thousand dollars, at one time
from Count von Bernstorff, tho for
mer German Ambassador to United
States, since he has left Washington.
The quartette will be held until such
a time as tho department can ar
range for their transportation to
I Franco.
SAFE ARRIVAL AMERICAN
RED CROSS WORKERS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 18.—
Tim State Department today received
a dispatch from Moscow in which
it is reported that the American
Red Cross Workers, who some time
ago left Jassy for Odessa before
the reported fall of that city are
now safe in Moscow.
Jassy is situated in Rumania
just about 20 miles from Bessarabia
Province in Russia, and is about
140 miios from Odessa. Tho dis
tance from Moscow to Odessa is
about 700 miles and the fact that
Americans traveled this distance in
so short a time, through a country
which reports have infested with
German soldiers, is indeed wonder
ful and quite a surprise to the State
Department.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. IS.—
The Russian Charge d'Affaires today
formally expressed the gratitude of
the Russian People to the American
People for the promises of aid, made
by I’resident Wilson a few days ago.
The Russian Ambassador who en
tirely disapproved of a government
by working people, as exemplified
in the Bolsheviki, threw up his job
as Ambassador, thinking that the
Embassy would pass out of existence
but apparently the Charge d'Alfaiies
did not agree with him tor evident
ly he is still on the job. Tho Rus
sian representative states that he is
sure his people will never sign a
separate peace with Germany.
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mission to class $1.00. Private
lessons $1.00 per hour.
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