New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-03
PILOTS TO FIGHT ON
ROTH SIDES CONTENT.
4rbuch'Ies Giue IN and 4rhtrd-
ton Is Refused.

The officers OF the Masters and Pilots
Association declared yesterday that 'hs
/ strike of the pilots would now oe heh'
70 q finish. The four railroads inVoiVeo, the
ebiyb Valley. Central Railroad OF Ne"
I Jersey. Baltimore & Ohio and Dela"ai e
+ Lsckawanna e. Western, have refuseo u
! consider a new offer 10 arbitrate. Inc AT
buckIe Company surrendered later III 'hs
day. r.
The Harbor Boatmens Union, aI'eL
/ meeting at No. So West street decloeo u
/ refuse 10 work on any OF the boats Oh the
/ four roads with non-union pllo's. roui
hundred deckhands. oilers, foatmen' cooNs
and others accordingly stopped work on
these boats at p. NJ
BEFORE this committee OF the HarboF
poo,,ran,s Union called on Chairman Joyce
of the railroads committee and other rep
-asortatives of the roads with demands for
an increase in wages OF IS a month, one day
off every week and an annual vacation OF
,uo weeks The demands were reused
but the men were offered an advance OF
81 80 a month. This was TOO Httie' '-'~5
decided. when they went away
rnere WAS some talk of the ferryboat
pilots quitting In sympathy. out ho'i'iiIs
da6ni,e was done about It. It was ad-
: ynirtpd DT the FERRY p4lOto Li4oN 49,
no grievance Of their own. but the officers
~ the Masters and Pilots Association SAID
that the ferry pilots were very much dis
satisfied at working for railroads whose
rugboat pilots were on strike. and no one
could say under the circumstances what
would happen.
F.arIv in the dav Colonel Reagan, OF the
State Board of Arbitration. had a talk with
Ii chs of The raliTOd Is
committee and Superintendent Abbott OF
the Lehigh Valley in which he urged ar
bitration He said an answer was promised
later. Luther B. Dow. counsel and man
aper of the Masters and Pilots Association.
however. had a talk over the telephone
with the same people later after they had
been visited by committee and was told
that the companies would not consider ar
filtration on any terms. Then II was de-
cided that the fight was TO continue TO the
end.
The strikers were somewhat cheered late
in the afternoon when the announcement
was made that the Arbuckle company had
granted the demands and signed an agree
nent Al its pilots went back TO their
boats at p. m.
There were complaints from the railroads
committee that the scoutboat Mccormack,
which was chartered by the Masters and
Pilots Association, was being used 70 make
il possible for the strike breakers to he in
undated.
Chairman Joyce Of this committee car
ried the complaint to Ira Harris, local head
Of the Steamboat Inspection Service of the
Department of Commerce and Labor. Cap
tain Dow, on behalf OF the strikers. went
before Mr. Harris and denied that any
threats were made. At all events. il was
decided to continue the guarding by United
States marshals of boats with non-union
pilots
The officers of the Masters and Pilots
Association asserted that freight was badly
tied up and that the companies were not
able 10 carry the perishable freight to it's
destination They said that the railroads
were getting men who did not know New
York waters They said that an exploit
who is now saloonkeeper was engaged,
hut when he went on board all the license
he could show was his saloon license, and
he had to quit.
The representatives of the companies sent
out statements. on the other hand 10 the
effect that they were getting all the men
they needed who were competent and had
licenses
A bulletin issued on behalf OF the COM
panies last evening said that the Jersey
Central and Lehigh Valley began to move
barges in the afternoon; that they had re-
ceived applications from two more captains
that the Delaware Lackavanna Western
had fourteen vessels in operation all day
and that the movement of freight had been
satisfactory. perishable freight being taken
care Of