The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-03
SO SHIPS HELD UP
BY HARBOR STRIKE
Freight Congestion Rapidly
Increases rs Marine En-
ginccrs Hold Out.
THREE RAILWAYS GIVE IN

Ere gh' continued 10 pile M IN in
creasing confusion on Manhattan and
Brooklyn whar,eS Yesterday. t,c second
lay Of tho harbor tleup. The shortage
u engineers and helpers on tugtoats
was about tho same as cn Monday. and
steamships again experienced diticultS
in getting into and out Of their berthS.
Fifty freightcrs. Including munitions
ships. we're SIN anchored down the bay
Yesterday for lack ~ tug II was said
IN shipping circles that tn" loss to their
owners IN demurrage will amount TO
$1,000 q day IN csct, case. Tho holdup
Of marine traffic will become still, more
acute II tho l~ongsho'pinen go ON STRIKE.
az they have been threatening II was
reported Yesterday thai, $1,000 long
shorencn on the Brooklyn waterfront
will be ordered out unless the demands
NJ the marine engineers are promptly
met.
The Lchigh Valley Railroad yes,erday
Joined the New York. New Haven and
Hartford and tho New York Central In
acceding 10 the strikers wage scale Two
hundred men attached To- the twenty
seven tugs Of the railroad stopped work.
but by noon they were back again, the
company having agreed TO pay sli5 a
month to day engineers and $40 to
w 81 ~ tl'' WIZ s'l~V 1tNt
n day OF n week. but will not have
. cook, the railroad officials deciding
20 increase the minimum wage scale
oy So IN place Of furnishing cooks.
vwO-thirds Are Idi~.
Together with about thirts Jugs be-
longing 10 independent owners who
granted the stipulated terms. this settle
n,ent brought nearly sixty boats into
the harbor owing service yesterday.
This WAS couutcrbalanccd. however, by
OBJECTIONS on other fleets, and two
thirds OF the tugs were still tied up last
night.
The possibility Of a general peace
pact through arbitration developed when
John !. Bcalin and Michael ]. Regain.
special agents for the state Bureau Of
Arbitration. offered their services 10
both sides, Thomas l. Delahunty. bust
ness manager Of the Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association. said his orgauiza-
ton had the situation :'well In hand. .
but would submit the issues to srhitra-
ton " that method was acceptable to
the New York Boat owners Associa-
ton.
Ernest Stavoy. secretary 10 the New
York Boat owners Association. asserted
mat none of the members Of that body
wa inclined to accept mediation. Al
the members hat held out against the
engineers and iiremen or Monday such
- the DalZell, Moran. Mutual and Bar
eett towing lines, were unable to reach
IN agreement with them yesterday.
LongshOremen May Quit.
Delahunty said he learned yesterday
that local member of the National
Board OF Steam Navigation had gone to
Washington. presumably with reference
a 49, ~ 4" - t- IL
ISOLATION had received offers of sympa-
thetic strikes IN other shipping depart
ments, he said he was opposed to such
n~Dovenents.
Nevertheless. according Ia the bust
ness managers statements, there was a
strong likelihood Of a general stoppage
Of all waterfront work In Brooklyn By a
strike OF ~longshoremen unless the de-
hands OF the engineers were satisfied by
the terminal companies. TIL number Of
l~ongshoremen there was put at about
10000.
a trend in this direction was indicated
yesterday by the walhout Of more than
800 stevedores of the Red Cross Line.
At the Bush Terminal It was stated that
none of their uarehousemen had quit.
The crews OF two tugs went out In the
morning after u visit from a labor dele
gate, but returned a couple of hours later
on the old terms.
Arbuckle Bros. and the Eastern Dis
trlct Terminal were reported to be still
at. odds with their crews. SIx hundred
longshoremen employed by the Prince
Line and Funch. Edge & Co. returned to
work on the old conditions.
Steamships that reached their piers
yesterday did SO by grace OF borrowed
tugs or towboats obtained only after
much difficulty. Among them were the
Tenadores, United Fruit. with so passen-
gers tho Caserta, Italian line. with
1899 the Pannonia, Cunard Line. with
-, and the stephen. Booth line. with 81.
The greatest Inconvenience. u Is eN-
pected. will be felt by the big liners that
are due to-day.