New-York tribune., 1919-03-11
I. S. May Seize
Boats TO Keep
aaa1'loor Open
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oe herihed by non-union tug. or
pier 10 which might be moored
r, lighters, scows, barges or
Substantially all OF the ocean
must get their supplies Of
bunker coal from bargcs and all ex-
those engaged ON work of. the
army or navy must work with lighters
aHi 9argos owned by the Independents.
.als resulted IN walk out on the
.Fort1 RIVER piers, Nherc the larger
ocean liners dock, as we'll as on The
last River, where 'ess Important lines
have piers
Il should estimate the number of nv
mon That have been forced to quit al
97a. said John f. Riley, president
oi tnc Long horemen's District Council.
last night. Conditions could not be
much worse If all We're out. and | am
rot SO surc in4t II would noe bc as we'll
u ihrN All did come out. The men do
not know whore they are at. and it's a
case Of confusion from Ganscvoort
Market north.
My men are now out ON the Cunard
lfeach, Anchor, White Star. Spanish.
1.yae. Mallory, Porto Rico. Nlunson
aha Spence ilnes. In the Chelsea sec
tion alone there are 800 men out
"Ihe men have been quitting as fast
as attempts have been made to coal the
.tHers, or to put cargo aboard from
Hghtcrs. scoWs or barges that are
manned by non-union men.
ut ) not question of our ordering
them out they would not stay in if we
told them to. In some cases non-union
tugs have par Objectionable boats
a+ongsido pier, and removed them as
soon as the men struck. In others the
non. once OIL. have refused to 20 back
whether the Objectionable boat was re-
moved or not.
"l DO not knoq how the steamship
compaalcs viii treat the situation. ii
possible for all except the very
largest bos 10 warp into a pier and
~ breast as well, but not all can
do this, "A it can be done at only
.4e most favorable stages Of the tide
H.fcn tnen there rs danger But when
.He5 are M, they must unload into
something. and if they unload into
eli0n boats they still have the neccs-
si'5 o. getting cargo from union boats.
not 70 say word about bunker coal.
ln the midst Of all this there is
o"nfer that The mon. firing of the
on agin, of aeln. gone agin, Finnapin'
etii IKE business, VIII insist on strik-
'"E until everything is cleaned up
Mont nion Work Charged
lne threat TO call out the men EN-
l.'Fcd on the railroads followed
cnafges tnat tugs Of the Lchigh Valley.
sylFania and Baltimore & OHIO
roads bad been moving non-union
a.eLt, cows and bargcs from the
nN.n criminal piers. On recent Of
lH'7e reports AZ strike hcadquariers a
,D'i 'o.ee Was sent TO call the men off
ih" boats of those lines Later tho or
oers were modified, limiting fhe rom
ini'lce power 10 Investigating loavirr
'ne question of action 10 be decidnd
tnls morning.
The mon win bc pulled of tho rail
road boate II We find hoy arc brookiuo
lhe agreement' said Tnomas J.. Dcla,
hAntJ, the STRIKE lea Ter. "Wc shall
not do anything hasty; IL il uossjblc
cases, but the managers will be wurnrd
not 20 allow this sort of blundcrinY %
become a habit II NC find thcm blum
9eriuH the men viii come Of The boat.
and shat is all there IL TO It,"
mr. Dclabuuty added that he hoDco
this would not be necessary, md that
10 any event he hoped II would not be
nccessary 10 call out the mon on Tho
fcrrjcs.
NUT Play Pair, He Gay.
"But.' hc nhdcA "the railroad people
nrat play fAir, Ycallze That The biV
fDlJouz up t1p Hent W do the riQht
thing, but n ja diGicrlt for GONE of ,hc
UndNy4srappnrs, who haze buen fighting
tbq rnrn oll th4iy jjyea. ~ ,hanpe thoix
entire policiea pDw and not tako adyAn-
'taYe NJ u ch4nl4 W ptH onD oyer on
tho men
"Arjdu fy1no mir. nynyythjnN IL going
80 our litlpH, Jo-day Ne signed aprcc~
m@nty Wt,h dIz>tu Driyatu operators,
hmDnH thum nm Vim HubmaJjnr Boat
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