Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-17
SH|PYARDS IN EAST REMAIN AT MERCY IF
 CARPENTERS
President Wilson Is Prepared to Take Some Action. Other Developments Promise An Early Settlement.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. Is.- Efforts by the government to end the strikes of carpt nters in ea~-ern shipyards brought two important developments today which officials daclar1d pr3u-Is to effect an early set ement
 President Wilson prepared to take some action in the situation, the nat ure of which has not been disclosed, and the shipbuil6Ing labor adjustment board handed down a wage award GOV ering Delaware river and Maryland shipyards which will form the basis of general eastern shlpbuilcing wage scale
 The president is expected to express definite views on the situation in re- ply to a telegram he received tonight from William L. Hutcheson, president joiners, asking an opportunity person ally to put the situation before him.
 Other developments in connection with the strikes during the day were:
 Other Developments
 Indications that the heads of other unions will not support Hutcheson' s position and assurances from New York metal workers that they will con tinue work awaiting an adjustment by the wage adjustment board
 A statement by the shipping board that no effort will be made 10 cOerce the strikers by Shre 'tenins to call them into the military service
 A declaration by Chairman Fletcher of the senate commerce committee, in- vestigating shipping. that the govern ment should take oF,r the operation of all shipyards and fix a general wage scale
 A request by shipyalds that they be permitted to crush the strike in their own way.
 Carpenters Alone
 Hutcheson's refusal to leave a set tlement to the labor adjustment board drew from officials cl the board to- night me statement that the carpen- ters' organization, alone of all the trades engaged iD shipbuilding. has de- cIired to let it adjust difficulties
 Officers of the Ame 1can Federation of Labor, it was declared, have little sympathy with Hutcheson's attitude and are likely to repudiate him Or ganizatiOns of the carpenters OB the pac fic coast and gulf oOastS and along the south Atlantic, despite orders from HutchesOn, are leaving to the adjust meat board, its members said tonight. all questions affecting their relations win their employers
 The Delaware river and Maryland award establishes a uniform wage sedie and working coalitions in 50 per cent c. the Atlantic coast yards. It gives carpenters a minimum wage of S 50 day and the striking Baltimore carpenters, although T5t parties to the agreemCnt. will be rGrmitted to sc- cept it's provisions if they so desire. The award will be usef as basis for arranging other agreements.
 The New Scale
 The new scale is not as ,,igh as the Pacific coast scale. Carpenters under it's provisions will b. paid one dollar less a day It makes no provision for bonus psy- Empioye:- will be requir ed in certain instances to pay the transpO5 tation of the -yorkmen-
 The award provides for Saturday half-hOi day, time and a half pay for ordinary overtime an double pay for Supfays and holidays Mer employed on night shifts will Cav per cent higher pay than those employed in the day time
 EighT hour shifts are urged on en- ployerS and emplOyes wherever the system can be put inc effect.