New-York tribune., 1919-03-13
fle'IIey Fears
Strike Will
Stop Transit
Continued from pnRe I

require 1000 tons day and we must
get it
VIII Appeal to Government
"lhc Interboroueh has notified the
commission TINT iis coa supply has
fallen below ihe seven day minimum
set as The safety limit said Mr. Whit
npy "Ihe commission will nprea 10
the futrtnmeni for nssislnnee II
would hn unHiHe ~ sny just whni viii
br dunn ~ advance nf doing II"
MI 'nntnRe Wps moro ppnldnni ~
tho ininrbiolgh's nhillly 10 pet eonl
"Wllb tnplpna ltuasoi md Hlll
woRan and iWr Yuluuieor crews Worh
iuE eouliuuouhlG' hr hnid, "thoro is no
iohAOn Tor the public TO be nlnrmrd
lest com ehpfnHo pul The suhWnys,
oleYhied md surface limos out of com
miehluu."
lumoe l.. Ilughoa, the Iodcrnl mcdin
tor who hnH been trying to djust con.
ditiouH between bOnt owners md work
err, remained IN Washington yo8tor-
/ dhY IN conference with Sccrcinriog
: Wilson, Baker and Daniels and the
War Lnbor Bonrd. Tho net roault Of
the coufcrcncoa, aa given out for pub
/ hcntion. vas the final retirement Of
the War Labor Ionrd from the matter
and it's agreement releasing the fight
/ ing arms Of the government from the
/ Macy award.
Talk of Communicating Boats
Unofrcially it was stated last night
that the question Of communicating
boats was taken up, but no agreement
reached pending other efforts to reach
n settlement. Before intervention is
had it is expected that the department
Of commerce may also take hand, on
account of the effect the strike is hay
lr,cr on 0rau,, mir
During the day the Cunardcr Ca
ronia left for Halifax, where she will
fill her bunkers aEd proceed to Liver
pool. The Mauretania, which has been
held up for several days, will sail for
the Nova Scotia port to-day. The Pa
cihc Steam Navigation Company's Or
cana. due to sail to-day for the west
coast of South America, postponed sail
ing until March 10. The French liner
Niagara, due to have sailed earlier in
the week, is expected to sail to-day,
while the Chicago, scheduled to sail
Saturday, will not depart before Mon
day.
The White Star liner Belgic, due to
sail to-day, will not sail until Satur-
day, if then, while the Italian liner
Caserta, which was scheduled to sail on
March 5, has her sailing date tcnta-
lively fixed for March 10. No attempt
has been made to fix a sailing date for
the Europa OF the same line.
The difficulties Of several of these
lines is due to the refusal of the
Long shoremen's Association to allow
its members to handle boats of the
Berwind- White Co., ono of the largest
handlers Of coal in the port. This.
John +. Riley, head of the longshore-
mems council, explained, is quite in
dependent Of the general strike.
Not only are steamship lines handi~
capped by the coal shortage, but some
of the larger Office buildings which
have but limited bin capacity have
also been threatened, the warm wealth
er alone preventing their troubles
from becoming serious. This trouble
has in part passed through the agree
ment Of the Howard II. Loguc Com
pany, to meet union conditions. This
concern supplies among others, the
Woolworth building. Another concern
in which signed up yesterday was
George H. Northrup & Co.
Hospitals and other harbor insti-
tutions will, beginning to-dny, be sup
piled by coal towcd by the tug Man
haitian, Commission of Charities Col
cr's request for crews for the tug and
four barges being granted by the af-
filiation.
II. NJ. Ice, head of the Liehtcragc
Association, in a formal statement, re
newed tho offer Of the boat owners to
ncgotiatc with committee Of workers
not selected by the unions.
THE necessity for some sort Of
satisfactory settlement Of the present
harbor strike is agreed TO by both the
employers and the unions" said Mr..
Lee. at is agreed by both sides that
the most desirable settlement is one
that will possess the most points satis-
factory to all concerned, and par
ucularly ono that viii hive the quality
/ of pcrmancncc.
AT present the situation is dead.
locked, the contributing causes to this