Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-15
Demand Additional Assislanl and
Increase Of Ten Dollars Per
Hoalh Ia Pay.
some 0HHERSPosITIVE IN REFUSAL
seaboard transportation Co., the Soul
~ Line and othero Lay.up Their
Vessels Rather Than submIt-Mcr.
chants and Miners Line . Lose Few
I Of Their Men.

Having been denied their demands
Tor an additional assistant. a general
increase of $40 month In their saln.
ries and pay for all extra time, prac.
tically all Of the engineers of the col.
liers and seagoing tugs employed in
the Atlantic coast trade between
Newport News Norfolk, Baltimore and
Philadelphia and ports in New Eng,
lana have struck. Az the result MANY
OF the tugs ana steamers a.c tied
up and the Indications are that for
me present Mt least the coastwiso
coal trade will be lnterfercd with To
a considerable extent
Vessels Tied Up.
Among the vessels tied I'm here nv
.hc strike are the coal stcame. vii
nam Chisholm and the tug Covlnr.
ton' OF the Seabonrd TRANSPORTATION
Ccmpnny's fleet. These vessels arc
at the shipyard and their entire
crews were paid off yesterday. the
officials OF the company having do.
2clued 10 lay the vessels up for tho
prrsrnt rather than grant the demands
OF inc engineers. The tug Richmond,
OF the same fleet, has been laid I'm IN
New England
Some OF the tugs OF tho scn,,v
Transportation Company. tho noi,;
more and Boston Towing Cdmnn,y M
Luckcnback Company, tho Stor, ns
Company the Thames Tow,nc CO..,
pnny and several others have hoon
iaid un in New England. Somo or
these companies have one ~, two t,os
running. however. and they Will no
abb to take care of n small norcan
tage OF their towing business.
VIII Effect Coal Trade.
The LAYING I'm OF these tups WIN
necessarily result in n tie up Of many
or tile bnrGes employed In tho const.
wise coal trade rs those y,sso,s
nave to be towed up and down the
coast BY tugs. -
The Boutell Steel Ba.ge Comnnn,
or Boston, which operates tho wbnIe.
TICK steamers Bay state. Bay Port ana
bny View In the coastwise coal tradd
probably has felt the least effect nj
tne strike. All OF The engineers em.
ployed on those steamers struck lac.
week but their places were sneedily
flllcd and tn" Bnv Port arrived moro
sunday. while the Bay State cnn,o
into port yesterday.
Owners Positive In Refusal
some OF the owners OF the steam.
ors nrt tugs are positive In tho,r
, relnsals to meet the demands of the
striking engineers MS they coneil =
the demands unjust and entirely ont
or reason and II Is reported TINT
some nj the striking engineers agree
win them in their views The seq
gong tugs now have two enpineo.s
each. and to place third eneinear
aboard the tugs II would he rec,s.
sary TO remodel the craft In order Ia
nrovide accommodations for tho ok.
ira member of the rev. The ste,.n
ers have three engineers and a,tcra
lions would also have 10 be made IN
those vessels to provide accommn1o.
tons for fourth engineer.
All OF the engineers emolovel in
the coastwise vessels were recently
granted General Increase ~ nom $40
10 S15 n II Hnth Ia their sa,n.Ias mud
the present 'emand came as n great
surprise to the owne $.
Lines Have Acceded
The Old Dominion Steamship com
many the CLYDE Steamship COMPANY
the New York and Texas Steamship
Company. the Southern Pacjfic Com
many. the Morse Company. tho Ward
Line and other coastwisa lines have
acceded to the demands OF the ensi
neers employed in their vessels. nrc.
vidng fourth engineer Tor each SHIN
giving the increase asked for and
nTomising pay for all extra
Time. The Merchants and
Miners Transportation f,omnany.
which operates fleet of about TWEEN.
tv ships between Baltimore Newport
News. Norfolk. Boston. Providence
Philadelphia and Savannah. has nor
however granted the demands of the
engineers in It's vessels. Only few
OF the engineers have struck ana their
places have heen filled. with the re-
suit that the business of the comnary
mas in no way been interfe cd with
Sometime ago the first. second ana
third officers of the vcseels Of that
company went on strike for moro
my but the COMPANY soon rerlacrd
them and only view small n,inl,ar
have been recmployed by the com
pany.
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Curtis Goer tn Portland