The sun., 1919-10-19
HYLAN WILL HELP
TO END PORT TIEUP


longer. Thousands of tons OF foodstuff
is rotting on ships in the harbor or on
the piers. Cargo of all descriptions is
piled up. Shipments of food and ma
terial to Belgium. France and Italy are
being held up and with no relief in sight
so far as can be expected from the long
shoremen. The shipping interests re-
stated their intentions not to grant the
men higher wages than the 70 cents an
hour and 1.5O for overtime, awarded by
the commission.
When asked IL the shipping men had
been visited by the strike committee.
Mr.. Toppin said mo, not at all. We
wouldn't entertain them II they did seek
an interview. The steamship men will
deal only with the accredited represent
tatives of the Longshoremen's Associa-
ton"
1t Is understood that efforts to move
cargoes will be made with soldiers
guarding the Shipping Board ships and
docks and policemen guarding private
ones.
At the office of the chief Of trans
portation, u. S. A, 1t was stated yes
terday that soldiers are available now
to be employed as longshoremen. They
are being held in readiness at Camps
Mead, Dix, Upton and Mills. At the
office of Major-Gen. David c. Shanks
the announcement was made that efforts
were in progress to get an order from
the War Department authorizing pay
ment of longshoremen's wages to the
soldiers who do this work Following a
communication with officials of the
Railroad Administration in Washing
ton, Major L. Ormonde Power. in charge
of labor supply at the port, said that
sufficient soldiers had been obtained
from nearby camps to replace strikers
at the Government piers in Brooklyn
and to protect workers at other piers
of the waterfront.
Tons of Foodstuffs Go to Waste.
About $50 vessels, oceangoing and
coastwise, now are at piers or in the
harbor waiting to be loaded or unloaded.
OF the $50 controlled by the Shipping
Board thirty-three are heavy cargo ships
of the International Mercantile Marine.
Most of the coastwise ships are loaded
with perishable food consigned to New
York. One large ship now in the harbor
has 275, 900 bags Of onions rotting in it's
hold. The cargo may have to be dumped
overheard. This is one Instance cited
by Arthur Williams, Food Administrator.
who says thousands Of tons of foodstuffs
are going to waste.
At the offices of the United States
Shipping Board. division OF operations.
i. was reported yesterday that charters
in the l. l.. A. would be taken away
from longshoremen's locals here which
hold out in the strike. T. V. O'Connor
said later no such action had been taken
yet and refused to be quoted further. A
delegation OF strikers endeavored in the
afternoon to obtain O'Connor's sanction
Of the strike.
II would not change II were going
to die for the principles that l have ad-
hered to-" he answered them.
Somewhat earlier the president of the
l. L. A. said: II will not compromise
The men who have voted to strike are
not more than 1000 out of our $4,000
membership. / understand that the
strike committee wants me to try for a
compromise, but this Is not an issue
which can be compromised. The honor
of the organization Is at stake"
Clash Near Brooklyn-Pi Piers.
In Brooklyn, where the longshoremen
after accepting the terms of the wage
commission and returning to the piers
OF the army base, Norton-Lilly lines,
the Funch-Eddy lines and Prince lines.
walked out again, a clash occurred be-
tween 1000 strikers and the police yes
terday morning. The men, mostly of
to the docks. The police say they were
standing at Forty-thrd street and Sec
ond avenue and that the fight started
when they attempted to dispense the
strikers.
About twenty of the men were
dubbed, one of them being Thomas
Dempsey. president of the local. An
other was felled. James Wilson, bust
ness agent of the union, protested to
Capt Gillen of the Fourth avenue sta
ton. Then he reported to Major Power
at the army debarkation base, Fifty
eighth street and First avenue, that
because of the action of the police"
he had called out the 1900 longshore-
men working there for the Federal
Government.
Six of the Brooklyn locals held a
mass meeting last night in Pilgrim Hall,
2sS Court street. These were Nos. 327.
33S. 346. 900. 925 and 929. Circulars
announcing the meeting, printed in Eng
lish and Italian, said: Mass meeting
of the I. L. A. to defy the capitalist
press, which publishes that 10000 long
shoremen have returned to work. which
is not so, We will keep on fighting
until our rights are granted"