Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-13
NORTHERN PACIFIC
TRANSPORT FIRST
TO Be UNLOADED
Crowd of Striking Long
shoremen Stand Idly By
Watching Progress.
CAMP MERRITT TROOPS
SENT TO HOBOKEN HARBOR
Efforts Now Directed to Make
Strike Effective Along Entire
Atlantic Coast.
d EMA NDS OF WORKERS
Insist on Receiving 81 an Hour and
S1.oO Per Hour for Over
time.
DEM NDs OF WORKERS
insist on Receiving 81 an Hour and
S1.oO Per Hour for Over
time.

NEW YORK. Oct. 12.-Thc first ac
.ioh oy inc government as a result of
.he ionGshoremen's strike was seen to-
aay. "hen, In accordance with Secre-
tary OF War Bakers orders. troops
we're hurried from Camp Merritt 70
Hohoken to help unload the transport
Northern Pacific, among whose passen-
gers were Colonel Z. NJ. House and
foreign delegates to the Chamber of
Commerce conference.
The soldiers turned in with n wi,r
assisting the ships crew in UNLOADING
the DIG steamer. while n large crowd of
striking longshoremcn stood idly by
Watching. No demonstration was made
The result OF tho vote now being
taken among the strikers at their
locals locals will not be known until We'd
In the interim the efforts to make the
SStrlke effective along the entire At
van Wnsic csneatma seahoard have not abated. 1t
men are idle through the waikomt
either enla as strikers or those whose work
i,ts ms perforce been stopped by the walk
Milk Situation BETTER. &
The milk situation in Greater Nav
YORK was slightly better today, owing
t,ti,, TO the increased facilities afforded in
moVinS the supply. due to the light
supply was by no means normal.
d.n, v, oConnor. International prcsi-
ton. said today he still held hopes OF
convincing. the leaders of the strike
"ia' they mad made serious mistake.
Third Strike in Ten honths,
harbor and dock workers have almost
completely choked off the commerce Of
tn the port port Of New York. The first tic
President Wilson's request that the
issues issues be put up to the War Labor
That body's wage and hour awards
dissatfshed the marine workers who
struck again. paralyzing the port seven
weeks. until an agreement was made
IN March to return to work pending
permanent adjustment July /. Because
ttnis ms permanent adjustment has not
assert. the present walkout has taken
place.
Demand 81 Per Hour.
The lonEshoremen. striking without
union onI i, authority and repudiating their
cents an hour and 81 for each overtime
hour; They, demand 81 an hour for
regular work and S1.5O an hour over
The oilers. deckhands. bridgemen.
incr.es. iec on terry nf and tusboats wan! fiat
pay on extra overtime basis for WORK
exceeding exc eight hours. They are now
,il paIa the regular hourly pay for oveT-
Salaries Now Being Paid.
These arc tho rates per month now
barges: ''A
Ferry y-Boats-captains or pilots.
assistant engineers. ,1s5! 'oner; oilers siissSS:
hremen; tasI sis; deckhands. slo5: por-
Tugs and Steam Lighters-canta;ns
$3.50; pilots. si7o; mates tsteam rsa,na;
iighters(. s11o; deck mates (passenger
boats). $120; mates on transport tugs.
sl45; chief engineers. $50; assistant
SIP: first deckhands. sl1o; second
deSkhands. @105; cooks, s1O5: hoatmen.
Steam. Gasoline or Hosting Rarres
Captains Call gasoline and oil engines
ana single-drum steam engines), SIPS;
captains double and triple drum steam
engines). $3.50; mates, 500.
Schedules Are Cancelled.
biHs though 6a a few departed. eoastwise
s;aiiinGs. Those that got away were
the Lake Cathoon. Craycroft and
Tiyives. all for Norfolk.
Southern Pacific Clyde. Morgan and
Ocean Steamship Lines were unable 10
clear yesterday. and will remain in
port until the strike is over. The
october II. Tho French Line steam
ship La France was to sail tomorrow,
ana lie same company's liner Rocham-
oeau on Thursday. but as unloading OF
ooth mas proceeded very slowly, with
the aid of clerks. bookkecpers and
other office employees. they may not
get away on schedule. Officials yes
terday were considering postponinG
IN the departure of the La France until
Thursday. The companys steamship
Savoie Is due today with 544 passen-
gers. l,044 bags of mail and a large
general cargo
Short OF coal. the Royal Italian Mai,
liner Dante Alighieri left two hours
tate yesterday. but headed for New
port News instead OF for Genoa She
Will take on coal at Newport News,
and from that port will return to New
York. t'
message from Baltimore tonight
today not to strike in sympathy with j,
the strikers who have tied up the port
OF New York