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The Seattle Star
Seattle, King County, Washington
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Marines guard San Francisco's Union Iron Works amid shipbuilders' strike halting multimillion-dollar government ship construction. Captain Leopold closes nearby saloons; government pushes mediation. Portland sees threats of sympathy strikes by loggers, though companies expect quick resumption.
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By United Press Leased Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18,
United States marines stood guard today in the Union Iron Works plant, where construction of government ships valued at millions of dollars had been completely stopped by the strike of shipbuilders.
Two companies of marines were hurried here from Mare Island during the night at the request of Capt. Harry G. Leopold, U. S. N., in charge of naval construction at the plant.
Early today, Capt. Leopold ordered the closing of all saloons within half a mile of the big plant, fearing that loitering men, inflamed by liquor, might create trouble there.
It was reported that additional companies of marines might be stationed at the Oakland and Alameda yards of the shipbuilding companies and saloons might be closed there also.
Simultaneously with this report came evidences from many quarters that the government is taking further steps to bring a settlement of the dispute which has precipitated the greatest strike in the history of the Coast and completely tied up all shipbuilding.
The first move in this direction was the sending of instructions to the federal adjustment board, now engaged in mediating the Seattle and Portland strikes, to expedite their work as much as possible in order that the adjustment reached at these points may serve as a basis of settlement of the Bay district controversy.
So far as rioting is concerned, the situation was quiet today. Officials of the Iron Trades Council, who are directing the ship strike, asserted today that the violence which marked the opening of the strike yesterday was the work of irresponsible individuals.
PORTLAND, Sept. 18.-Further strikes are threatened here today.
Loggers and timber workers in mills and camps along the Columbia river today are debating a general walkout in sympathy with the striking wooden shipbuilders. Local union timber workers on the Columbia river are declared active in working for a general strike.
On the other hand, shipbuilding companies today predicted that their yards would be running again with their old crews within two or three days.
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San Francisco, Union Iron Works; Portland
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Sept. 18
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United States marines guard Union Iron Works plant where shipbuilders' strike halts construction of government ships. Captain Leopold requests marines from Mare Island and closes nearby saloons to prevent trouble. Government expedites mediation in Seattle and Portland for Bay district settlement. Situation quiet after initial violence. In Portland, loggers and timber workers threaten sympathy strike, but shipbuilding companies predict quick return to work.