The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-25
HAMBURG's BIG STRIKE.
The Men Out Now Number 5000 and
No settlement in Sight.


Hamburg. Nov. 24-The strike of the
dock laborers and others employed in the
shipping trade continues. and some of the
ship owners and conslgnees are finding it
difficult to get their vessels loaded or dis
charged. The Hamburg American line
have advised intending shippers by their
steamers to send their goods by way of
Bremen. Antwerp or Rotterdam. The COM
panies in those places, which belong to
the Atlantic Steamship Association, have
undertaken to carry out all the contracts
entered upon by. the Hamburg-American
company Similar measures will be taken
in the matter of the passenger traffic
1t is stated that the pooling arrangements
guarantees the Hamburg American Com
pany against pecuniary loss from strike.
There is no sign as yet of the differences
between the shipping men and their en-
ployes being adjusted. The employers
are firm in their refusal to grant the de-
mands of the men, and the latter are
equally as firm in their attempt to COM
pei the employers to accede to their terms.
The movement threatens to spread to
Bremen. The support that the strikers
are receiving from London complicates
the situation. Ship-owners and other em-
ployers of harbor labor have decided to re-
employ any Of the men, who express
willingness to return to work before
Thursday at the old rate of pay with
out the increase granted lately as a COM
promise. They will not re-employ any of
the men who refuse to accept their terms.
The strikers now number about 60O0.
The seamen shipping at Hamburg are
growing more inclined to join the strikers,
unless they are granted their old rate of
wages, under which am ordinary seaman
received 20 marks per month and the
others in proportion
Work on the docks and in the harbor
is almost at a standstiils A large number
of men, who arrived from Friesland and
other places to fill the places Of strikers,
returned Immediately upon learning of the
position of affairs
Joseph II. Wilson, president of the Lon
don Seamen's union, has telegraphed that
the members of that union will not dis
charge any vessels from Hamburg.
Bremen Nov. 24.-The dock laborers here
have demanded an increase in their wages
and threaten to strike If their demand is
not granted Immediately. The warehouse
company has announced that it will reply
in three days.
London, Nov 24-The officials of the
British Shipping Federation say that IL
any ditc4lpl lS tHdu6a 70 prevent LOe c0al~
ing at British ports of steamers from
Hamburg, measures will be taken to re-
place any of the men who refuse to work
The annual conference Of the sailors and
firemen's union was held to-day 1t was
resolved in view of the phenomenal rise
in the rates in freights, that it would be
to the interests of ship owners 10 volun-
tarily increase wages. failing which the
meeting urged the members of the union
to assist the executive committee in pre-
pairing to demand an increase
Joseph Havelock Wilson, NJ. p, and sec
retary of the National Seamen's union, re-
ported, after a visit to the continent, that
the foreign members of the international
federation were ready to Immediately fol-
low should the British sailors and fremen
decide to strike.
Antwerp. Nov. A.-The executive COM
mittee of the dock laborers' union here are
having difficulty in keeping the union men
at work.
Rotterdam, Nov A.-It has been decided
by the dock laborers' union here to do no
work on vessels bound to or from Ham
burg.