The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-15

LIVES !! " [!'S; OF OUR
S0LDlERS;C
NOT CONTINUE
Chairman Hurley Of the Shipping
Board Lays Down Law to
q. Carpenters Head
PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND IT
Declares Fathers and Mothers
With Sons in War Won't
Have Them Murdered

washington, foD.s l0.-Cnalrman
Hurley of the shipping board Thurs
day appealed personally to William
l. Hutchinson, of Indianapolis, presl.
Gent of the Brotherhood of Carpenters,
to end strike Of ship carpenters in At
lantic coast shipbuilding yards.
Ship carpenters are out in yards
around New York and Baltimore. Mr..
Hurley rebuked Hutcheson for calling
the strike without giving the labor adj
justment board an opportunity to in.
vestigate and report on the situation
The strike, Mr. Hurley declared in
the telegram, is endangering the lives
of American soldiers in France await
ing food and munitions from America.
do you think" he asked "the faith
ers and mothers whose sons are max.
ing this sacrifice will sit patiently by
and permit this paralyzing Of the
life line between us and the western
'front.'" m. .
"You will be we'll advised" Mr.. ,Hur.
ley added, ito follow. the methods Of
well managed and patriotic labor or.
'ganizations, at least until you have
tested whether or not your govern.
ment for which as shipDuilders you
are now working can be fair"
A copy of the telegram was sent to
the heads Of the striking locals.
2 HurIey's kilograms.
"a Mr.. Hurley's telegram follows:
while the people of this country
are. mourning the loss of the brave
young Americans in the Tuscania hor-
ror while thousands of American
homes are anxiously watching the lists
of survivors slowly coming in to make
certain that another precious life has
been snatched from the Atlantic ocean
"a telegram comes, and with it the
grim announcement that the carpen.
tiers in shipyards are now on strike.
Before any government agency is
given an opportunity to act and de.
spite the good record of our adjust.
ment boards promptness and frmness
in dealing with all labor matters, you
attempt to paralyze the ship building
industry at the port Of New York. &.
Adding to Fearful Dangers f;
do you realize that you are adding
to. the fearful dangers our soldiers
already face, the danger of starvation
and the danger Of slaughter If food
and ammunition are not sent over in
ships and in many ships at once? Do
you think the fathers and mothers
whose sons are making this sacrifice
will sit patiently by and permit this
paralyzing of the life line between US
and the western front to 60 on?"
'I advise you to end the paralyzing
of the shipyard work now. am sure
you would not deliberately imperil the
lives and safety Of our brave fellow
I am sure you believe with
me that those whose sons are now CIV
ing their blood that you and I and our
children may be safe and free will
not long permit either you or me to
invite destruction of heroic lives and
disaster to a great world cause"
Strikes at Atlantic Yards.
The telegram was inspired by re-
ports of strikes at yards in the vicinity
of New York and at Baltimore, where
the men are demanding the wage
scale recently granted for the Pacific
coast of $3.50 a day. It went to w. l..
general president Of the
carpenters at indianapolis, and to UNI
ion leaders; in the districts in which
strikes have been called.
Mr.. Hurley insisted that the men go
to work pending an adjustment of
their grievances, BY the wage adjust
ment board, which within a few days
will recommend a general wage scale