The sun., 1919-03-06
Big HARBOR STRIKE
AT DEADLOCK NOW
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So far as the boat owners are con-
cerned they will not enter into any fur-
Their arbitration or submit to any media
ton. Cancellation or anything else but
the Macy award. There is the issue OF
Fundamental right, and until somebody
in Washington is man enough to see 1t
all these efforts at new arbitration are
futile"
Mr.. Hughes then asked, the boat own
ers to go to Washington and lay the
case before the Cabinet. which they
said they were willing to do. but abide
by no ruling OF the Cabinet. for as one
of them said:
hind the Presidents back and making
new deal in defiance Of the National
War Labor Boards arbitration done at
the command of Mr.. Wilson"
Prof Ripley OF Harvard, who is act
ing for the Department Of Labor In the
strike situation. told Mr.. Hughes prac-
tically the same thing. He said there
was nothing the Government could do
In the matter until the men go back to
work and submit to the Macy award.
He said the strike was in defiance OF
The United States Government, but de-
clared Mr.. Bonynge was no man to say
that, inasmuch as some Of his clients
had refused to submit to arbitration.
The meeting ended with nothing accom-
plished and the boat owners just as
firm In their stand to have nothing to
do with the strikers until they recog-
tho Macy award.
Appeal to strikers.
persuasion with the strikers. They met
in Mr.. Stones office at 40 yesterday
, afternoon and sat FOR several hours with
representatives OF the Railroad Admin
'stration. With Mr.. Stone were G.. II.
Ewing. manager of the Philadelphia and
Reading: r. l.. O'Donnell, Federal man
| ager OF the Pennsylvania, and p. E.
| Crowley. Federal manager of tho New
York Central. Thirty-fve strikers acted
! for the unions. Mr.. Hughes was in
hopes Of getting n settlement between
| tire men and the Railroad Administra-
| ton after his failure with the boat own
ers. The administration operates 40
rer cent Of the boats in the harbor.
Joseph H. Moran, chairman OF the
New York Tow Boat Exchange. issued
| the following statement on behalf of
the private boat owners
Il see that Capt. Maher, the leader
1
Pilots. has jumped into print again with
the challenge to the private boat own
| er5 TO accept some form of arbitration to
be proposed by President Wilson. II I
| am not mistaken this Is the same Capt.
Maher who Joined his seven assoc iates
in sending a cablegram to President Will
| son early in January in which they
/ said: The striking marine workers OF
| New York harbor have returned 10 work
and submitted their cause absolutely to
the War Labor Board. which YOU have
| declared TO be the fundamentally set
up by our Government TO settle such
controversies At the same time Presi-
dent Wilson cabled to the National War
Labor Board as follows
~ am sure that the War and Navy
Departments, the Shipping Board and
the Railroad Administration and any
other Government agencies interested
in the controversy will use all the power
which they possess to make your find
ings effective
AHront to President.
THE union leaders. in utter defiance
Iof their solemn compact with the Presi
dent, have ridiculed and repudiated thu
Macy award and tied up the commerce,
of the port again. The challenge to 6
new arbitration Is an affront to the Pres
ident and a piece of impudent self-ad
vertising.
AT this juncture there is just on
question to be decided. The people o
New York are entitled to know whethe
the Railroad Administration and the OF
flcials in Washington are going to up
hold the honor and dignity OF the Gov
eminent and President Wilson by In
sistence upon strict observance of tn
Macy award or whether we have nov
reached that stage OF degradation whep'
an agreement with the President ma!
safely be treated as scrap OF paper
Until the Government defines its stti
J tude on this very vital issue 1t would b.
, premature for the private boat owner
to make any declaration of their owl
intintions." De-. rx.,,.n
offered the city the use of 400 boat
without charge for the purpose of cart
ing rubbish and garbage away from I'll
city. The letter addressed 10 Mayo
Hylnn follows:
Ut is the desire of the members
OF this association to mitigate. so far
. as liz In their power. any inconveni-
Z ence or suffering TO the people of
New York as a result of the present
marine workers strike. With the
mild weather now prevailing we rec
> ognize that accumulations of garb-
r age and filth may readily become a
S menace to the public health, and II is
our wish TO do everything TO aid YOU
s in ayerting this danger. To this end
. we hereby tender to the city OF New
s York the Use OF all or any part OF the
I equipment owned ny our members.
:. We can supply all the needed IL
censed masters as well as the deck
hands, cooks and oilers. For the time
being ii will be necessary 20 ask the
clty to furnish the required engineers
from its civil service employees al
| though we believe that even this DIFF
4 ficulty can very speedily be over
come
/ The crush at the Hudson and Mar
T haitian tube stations was no worse tina
n Tuesday and apparently the crowd wa
3 | making the best OF a deplorable stua
I ton. The rush was distributed over
longer period OF time, and so was les
:. intense. jersey Central trains entere
Jersey city on the Pennsylvania Raj
road and passengers took tube trains =
the Exchange Place station In Jerse
City. The Jersey Central Terminal q
- CommuntnPw has no tube station G
convenient access to the tube station
and its passenger traffic has been CT
deeply by the strike.
No Word From Tumulty.
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey Cit
Y said yesterday afternoon that he ha
received no answer to the telegram /