Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
WAGE INCREASE
To Be GRANTED.
Part of Striking Carpenters and
}oinefs Willing to Accept
Terms of Shipping
Officials.
WILSON STUDIES THE FACTS
Rivalry Between Labor Leaders
Thought Largely Response
bic For Trouble Along
East Coast.
WILSON STUDIES THE FACTS

boards wage adjustment board today
agreed on an increase IN wages, dell-
mite working conditions ana overtime !,
pay tor All snip yards workers IN the
Socalled Delaware yards, comprising
about go per cent OF ship workers on
the Atlantic coast. 1t does not include
the striking carpenters. but is expected
to affett their strike.
tnanS " az t'ih'ls ~, 80.
ltoMe'ei: ueSpite tle auaiee ~ ~
uhioh "tlieiais. hoNe s!Sh'ileu lleAl ~ W.
teu,ion VI accsptths ths aMaiu'
SttikefS IN tne New Aork aiSllltt w
hor oote So put II II ho'eu tley WI.
lne "%" Witt st"'c IS iot 81 nis,!
Us t'e .~ciliN Coa2t 'ate io' 50 't,Su
as INC New 1ofh StfihefS uet'laio. pu'
IL VIE e tlle hlodeI '"' set,ieiicii's ~
otner tlSlrlcls on the SCUM A'''h'"
ana s"iL coastS'
iHe "oafuS uS'iS'oh wa PEI te'leu
attef conferences toU"N ostweeh 1Nct-
ing secretary itooS"N"tl. o' thc navy
chairman fiulieI, OF 'ne Shlpplns
boaro' General Manager f1ez, o. the
emergency ileet corporation and mar
fnah MACY OF me adJuSllheht hoard
Open TO Strikers.
1t dues not take III The striking cay
penters at New York, it was said, be
cause they have insisted on being dealt
with as q snecia) class which the shir-
ping board has bsep unwilling to do.
The strikers. however. are Derfect1v free
to avail themselves OF the Increases and
iunroved conditions which the adjust
ment board proposes
Formal announcements of the details
! Pres,dnn ~ Wilson 1ner is ,,sn, - 70 toxic
some action to end the strikes. The
president has given the Situation mis-
peraouat attention since Yesterday.
Wan. RI E;ob+ S+rikers
m,,gars ar .hi,1 ,,a,aa ~ ,Io >.,r
Wv I;5, v n = 'niun ~ III N"M
+bn c,rnenta,S 80 ,',n - ~, .rniI LII 49, ~,
,sI,nd the shinnins hn,r1 ,n let ,i,o,,,
ass.p 1ne silpp'i1s o"ai" 10 tel ,iai!
taSma 'e'o r 2 ~ 81, set ,t tiH u ne Nus
~. .N 81
f,,sn'1 =, oxnoH. ~ ,di 49, :" !Ia
tusu,' v ., ha ~ 'ioi'li.S I!,t Nv
Shinninn hoard nr,iriais fnGaT s.,id
.na ~ ~ VI o = ,,io ,', n.a5"Set -
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amt t@'.''c" q, - mo n : ~ NJ Va Nn ~
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airfaa",aot ~ - Ito - i,,t n,I,,t ~ ,'n,rd
w y w. ~ n ~ 10 =. "ffi -
az o' 10y ntpl.5- "a, ~
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10 ~ u of ,,1,,cn nf the iro1bis
We bot[oni = i ,JN , :" aecliao5 ia
ftutcisnS''4, II IS "tclll9G, " &C. s.
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menu u Hiiteit"It9 - tiig Au'Is9s +.
pnafG "esp'1r ~ r -" [ - nbiaFe
"fH't' ~ u' - y
.oprnl no ppEs,DENT
r7' ~ tS'Sn ,7,-asi li,a,1
" IE;I.n,, fl, ;,,t a,,I.,,t il, IN,
~ f .tin ,..rta zynr ~ oo,t,a cod
a., ,.,vernnent contracts wtll he made
49,. -, tn J.aitaG Brothr,honG OF
49, 49,, a,s md .1oirnls il waX am
,n,ncai nv offici,ls Of the ORGANIZATION
DataN' ~ 49,
M nt,;ko v-nllIa st,a,d from, New
.' 5n atbnr citias aIn,,a the Atlantic
49, tt,oy said unless wage demand,
% r"I ad TN n1,,,,hor of mon ON
1,nr, ~ declared 10 be between 90,
Nv. ,i 900
1,,a sirneal to The president, Nv
G.uerin said. would suggest a coTlpro
mise similar TO tina which was effected
last October between the government
and the navy yard carpenters who were
men threatening to strike.
Al tnis time the navy ward worker:
>anted $3.50 q day, similar to the waS.
which ~shipyard workers are receiving
m the Pacific coast today. Sccretar,
Daniels and Assistant Secretary Roose.
ye't called led the dnn1 hsads Of II sh W epFpenteT;
Mr., Guerin said. and an agreement wa:
rcached fixing an eight hour day, /;
wage of sass. Il five per cent bonu:
r raa 9 aeF: and e all holidays = with pay
annivalent in all 10 $3.50 a day.
such compromise now in favor o
4ne shin yard workers would he accept
,hle Mr. Guerin declared.
e.;ected by Carpenters.
ar,n,.n1 10. re- iac,ad . nron
20 spre thn- carnantsrs hrotherhoo,
ns4.iau - shiy u.o,,rTs hn allowed +
.l1 ~ renresentotiye on the I,abo
pace q hoord of tho en,aroanc
ahJ.Se uLeanrat;on - settle the nresen
zee. ndptrnrarsv If vas annbunced b
WasC Ioa;n Tho shin workers wante,
"a anpoint such a representative witt
the right 70 vote anu Win poM.iN enna
TO those he" W s''efiine'' repre-
seo'at1Ves.
Claims Exaggerated.
Contrary to the claims of the Bro
therhood leaders. reachln