New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
Engineers Halt
SettlementOf of
Marine Dispute
Seamen's Strike Ends as
Is Per Cent Increase Is
Ratified, but Ship Own
ers Face More Trouble

While hundreds of ships were being
prepared yesterday to make early sail
ings from American ports following
the end Of the seamen's strike, eleventh
hour instructions were issued by the
Marine Engineers Organizations
warning their members not to sail
until the American Steamship Asso-
citation had met wage demands recent
ly submitted.
If the shipowners will make def
mite agreement on the new wage scale
the 500 or more ships that have been
tied up for the last eighteen days will
be enabled to move out to sea to-mor-
row or Tuesday. If the schedule is
not awarded, union leaders asserted
last night, the ships and their cargoes,
destined for coastal and overseas ports,
will be subject to continued delay.
The associations interested in the
new wage schedule for engineers are
the Ocean Association of Marine En-
gineers and the Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association. B. L. Todd,
business manager of the Ocean Asso-
citation, issued orders late last night
that members are not to take out any
vessel until the demands of the en-
glneers are settled.
Declines to Revoke Order
Thomas L. Delahunty, president of
the Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso-
citation, has declined to revoke an or
der issued to his men last week warn
ing them not to ship with strike
breaker crews. Mr.: Delahunty said
this was tantamount to ordering the
engineers not to sail until their wage
scale had been adopted. He said:
The shipowners had eighteen days
during the seamen's strike to settle
our demands. They have indicated
through verbal means that they are
willing to grant the increase We want
to see 1t on paper, and don't want our
men to ship until 1t is settled
Mr. Delahunty said that the en-
gineers would insist on the reinstate-
ment of every licensed officer who was
discharged during the seamens strike
because he would not agree to sail with
non-union crews.
1t is probable that the union leaders
and the shipowners will confer to-mor-
row, as the lifting of the ban by the
international Seamen's Union has pro-
jected an Unusually large number of
clcarances for the early days of this
week. Few Of the ships will clear
port to-day, it was said, and the en-
gincers hope to have the matter set
tied before further delay is caused.
Schedule of Wages
Tho scale of wages asks a pay for
chief engineers which will be only $25
less a month than that Of the master.
The schedule runs through Glasses A,
b, G, D and E, according to tonnage,
with varying amounts figured on the
basis of masters salaries. The en-
gineers first gave notice to the ship
owners that they would give them un-
til August ! to consider the demands.
The matter has been in controversy
several weeks and the union leaders
want it settled now
1t is expected the original committee
will meet tomorrow or Tuesday and
discuss the schedule. In addition to a
Of shipowners. including
Messrs. Hebble, ODonnell and Nc
Carly, the conferrees include Bruce
Gibson, Of the Shipping Board; George
II. Wiley, Of Boston; William II. Hy-
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