The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-10-21
TROOPS NOT FOR
STRIKE DUTY
Commanding Officers Deny
Any Intention to 0veraWe
Workmen.
MAYOR HYLAN IN BREACH
Developments in Progress
May Bring About End to,
Traffic Tie.Up

New York, Oct. Ala crisis
in the strike of 10000 New York
longshoremen was reached to-
day. The International Mercan-
tile Marine, which has forty
ships tied up in port, put strike
breakers at work moving car
goes, and 500 United States
troops began work at army piers
where transports to and from
Europe have been tied up.
!. Private shipping companies, led
by the International Mercantile Ma
iine, again threatened to use strike
breakers during the day, under police
protection, to enable ocean going
fteighters to depart.
2. Dissensions have broken out in
the ranks Of the striking longshore-
men over the presence of Paul vac<
carelli, former president OF the long,
shoremen's union, On Secretary of La
Cor Wilson's conciliation commission.
3. The first full meeting of the
Cancellation commission with repre-
sentatiyes OF the strikers having
blt en- up because of the withdrawal
or many or the longshoremen, Mayor
HYlan promised to address the strik-
ers themselves at Tammany hall this
afternoon.
4. Five hundred United States
troops are guarding American army
case piers to keep the transport sery-
ice moving.
D. Paul Naccarelli refuses to with
draw from the Cancellation commis-
sion, despite the protests Of the strik-
ers' committee that they will not treat
win the conciliation commission SO
iong rs he Is member Of 1t.
8. John T.. Riley chairman of the
strikers committee, Is leading a fac
tion o. insurgents" among ti... strik-
c"s who declare they will hold out un-
I'll their demands are granted In full.
The threat of the Ini ei national
Mercantile Marine to employ strike
breakers during the day led to fears
OF disorder along the waterfronts of
Manhattan and Brooklyn, and special
police precautions were taken. The
International Mercantile Marine has
forty ships held up in port by the
strike. An official OF the company
declared that It Is now determined to
| begin the movement of freight with
either union or nonunion labor"
| Leaders Of the strikers declared
that they feared their interests would
not be sufficiently safcguarded with
Naccareli upon the Cancellation com :
i mission, despite the. fact that he was
thfn.on. IKE Y
Mai. Gen. David c. shanks. COM
manding general OF the port OF en-
barkation. denied that the 500 troops
of the First division were sent here
from Fortress Monroe to do strike
duty to overawe the strikers.
| "TheS are here as government SER
wants and on government work solely
and 1t is foolish to say they are here
with machine guns to cast fear into
the hearts of the strikers" declared
Mai. Shanks.
lnjuring Own interests.
The meeting was closed except to
members and delegates. The feeling
that the strike should be ended was
everywhere prevalent. Delegates who
came out of the meeting. said that
everyone would be back" tomor-
row.
OConnor told the men that they
were injuring their own interests by
remaining on strike. with shipping
paralyzed and millions of dollars
worth of foodstuffs rotting on the
wharves and in vessels because OF
lack of labor to unload them. He
urged that they return to work and
leave their grievances to be adjusted
by the national wage adjustment
commission and the special commits.
sion on conciliation, consisting of
Mayor Hylan, James l.. Hughes, OF
Pennsylvania, and F. +. Vaccarelli.
While the meeting was in progress
regular doughboys from the Twelfth
United tSates infantry were working
: on the docks which are controlled by
the army.