Arizona republican., 1917-09-18
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.-Strikes in Pacific coast shipyards holding gov ernment contracts have assumed such serious proportions that Chairman Hurley of the federal shipping board announced late today that he was considering going to San Francisco late this week in an attempt to settle tha trouble.
 Strikes at Seattle, Portland, Los An geles, San Francisco and other places on the Pacific coast now are holding up about 12 per cent of the govern ment ships under construction. The shipping board hopes to settle all on d basis to be determined for Seattle yards within few days.
 Officials of the board conferred to- day with representatives of Seattle yards and union leaders regarding an agreement under which workers would be given higher pay with the govern ment paying a portion of the increase. Working out of details awaits the ar rival here, probably Wednesday, of of ficials of a Seattle yard which already has granted the highest wage scale de- manded by the workers and who will explain the operation of the system.
 The shipping board today called on the department of labor for assistance in settling the strikes, and William Blackman, an experienced conciliator, was assigned to the work. He may accompany MT. Hurley, who said he would go to the coast only if the San Francisco strike did not appear near settlement by the latter part of the week
 Reports reached the board today that the San Francisco strike was prompted partly by an erroneous inn
 
 that the high scale granted by a sin gle Seattle shipbuilding company had been agreed to by all and ratified by the government.
 Disorders in San Francisco
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Ibis turbances in various parts of the city marked the strike begun today of ap- proXimately 25.000 metal trades me chanics in San Francisco and nearby cities Numerous arrests were made. Most of the disturbances were in con- nection with the strike. TOW in its sixth week, of a majority of the en- plOyes of the United Railroads com pany with whom the metal workers have expressed sympathy.
 Todays strike caused a tie-up oi Sl50,000, GOO worth of government ship building and engine construction con- tracts. At first only the shipyards anC a few large machine shops were af- fected, but the strike quickly spread to other shops.
 Conferences between employers anC representatives of the workmen con Inued tonight.
 The walkout in more than 1Ot p.unts was carried out without ; hitch, it was reported
 Feverish eleventh hour efforts t, aveit the strike by employers ant representatives of the United State. shipping board failed.
 Propositions to arbitrate on a basi. of ten per cent increase offered, hat been rejected by the conference com mitte of the Iron Trades Counci composed of 25 unions, on who's authority the strike was declared
 The Walkout affects more thai $150,C00,G00 in government ship build ing and engine construction contract and automatically tied up other con struction works
 The Union Iron Works, the Moore Scott Iron Works, both shipbuildin plants. and Pacific Foundry were t close immediately.
 Settlement of the strike. declare to be San Francisco's largest indus trial trouble, is entirely in the hand of the federal government, employ CTS announced.
 In addition to the walk -out of tn iron and metal trades, shipyard la borers and carpenters had voted strike
 No violence of any kind was re rorted. The men acting on instruc tions given at meetings of the vari
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