New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-22
Agree to Await Re,u.
U. S. Mediators' Eaou,
to Bring Peac.
Navy Yard Includ.,
Union Officials Deelar. D..
sartment Official C.u,.d
Trouble in Brooklyn

Although 1900 striking shall.
meeting in Tammany Hail -
voted in favor of striking al ,.'.'
this port, including the Brc0slyD \,
Yard and those yards wh,,, a.
mands OF the men have been y,..''
none Of the men in the Brooke
or now working for the v,io, /"
pay IN other yards will be called -
to quit for several days to com.
In the meantime, the Depsr,,.. i
Labor is making another efor /.
the strike. Charles Hughes, , ~
ator, arrived in this city yest,,l,'
attended the meeting in Tsmn,,.,S
where after three hours d,b.. !.
men adopted the following r.,ol',;.
Resolved, That il is Ia,
OF this meeting that N. ~
Trades Council be and h,r.S,
empowered 70 Withdraw mon
shops in this port engaged !,
rine work, including the B,o.,I.'
Navy Yard, and irresp,etiy.
whether or not the condition, :.
quested have already been gr.S,,a.
Would Not Enforce Resolst,,
Immediately after the m,.t,, y,
Hughes conferred with lesd.n !, 4.
men and received their assuran,. A,
the resolution would be eonsd,rl :,
visory rather than mandatory. and a,
no action would be taken under /, va.
ing an opportunity for him rl !,
associate to seek to bring pesc, n,
associate is expected to arriv. N,
Washington to-day.
Ii was further stated that = A
vance of a meeting Of the raw M
employees, called for to.mOroE ,r
nothing would be done TO interior ',
the operations Of that yard, and ,is !
every assistance would be gra n |
wage board now in session a, d, us
The vote to call out men nos re,r
ing the $3.50 rate desnded " e,l
strikers followed { three.hour ii,cs,
sion, in which LoIis Weyant. vo
psesident Of the Boiler Naker' lr.
national; j. J. Keppl1r, yice.prsi,l
of the Machinists' international, A.
j. j. McEntee, of the Marine Tn.,
Council, urged that action on III. a.
yard be deferred until the men ia,
employed have an opportunity to va
on the proposition.
Resolution Nearly Unanimous
at has always beer the rule nqI
said, that the men affected mos
such matters are given an opPor;Rg
to vote before striking"
Against this the argument was u' /
that navy yard employees are nov w
used TO relieve the firms whose nsn
on strike. II was further stsiss a.
sentiment among the men in Il, %
is very much in favor Of striking au
force the demands Of the men % sar
yards.
Those holding these views vtri'
majority, and when the debate nns
ened 10 outlast the period ioi no
the hall was hired the resOiunA"
adopted. So many voted for ~
William Dickson, chairman Of nv
rine Trades Council, did not a ~
the noes. d,
The Marine Trades Council WI ~
this afternoon and later with ntH
resentatives Of the Depsrin's
Labor. Those most eonyer'r ~
the situation said las. night iT
leaders have the situation well = h
and that for the present at lsis ~
is no danger of the navy yaa -
tied up.
Said L. s. Would Take bns
That there is any danger Of s.
action, representatives Of tn. ht g.,
last night, is due mainly to the ~
of A. VI. Howe, private seerHl
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy ~
lin D. Roosevelt, TO correctly -
the situation when sent here
ago as the representative Of ="
partment.
Mr.. Howe. according to r:sxna
the Marine Trade Council, deela"
unless the men made peace the Ers
ment would seize their doeS y.
the work itself. Instead. they "
after a meeting at the 10
Club with ". n. Todd and 0h.s
the employers he reported ~a
Washington that the strike was s.,
and that the yards would Dc N
on full time within a few Gays
BOSTON. Aug. 2L--The for
Shipbuilding Company has sTsnN.
demands of It's men FOR H...
rate of $3.50 a day. The eenP,,f<
subsidiary of the Bethlehem s'.t.
pany. employees $500 hands re-. y
work for the United States 81 4
British government.