New-York tribune., 1919-03-05
Tied Up
When $4,000
WorkersQuit
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work. Tho difference, it was explained.
between the two was that an order
Of exemption would not permit the
mon to be ordered out later, while
the substitute would
On vote the Vaccarclli resolution
was declared carried and almost i'm To-
mcdiatcly reversed on the ground
that the members Of the strike com
mittec did not understand what thcy
were voting on.
Aside from this matters moved
ssmoothly At strike hcadouartcrs.
Ear ~ reports showed the railroad
oon's were tod up and thht lighters,
coal and grain boats were tying up in
large numbers. BY noon it wns cs-
tmntcd that 10000 men we're out.
with moro reporting by telephone
or TO plckets on duty along the water
front
Strike to Grow IL Forecast
There will be more out by night
inll.' Thomas l.. Dcahunty. the strike
leader declared. at has been i'm
poss'blo to get word to everybody.
ny TOMORROW morning the strike will
DC huch more complete than it is
now. In strike Of this sort it al
ways is stronger on the second day
than on the first"
Soon after Professor William T..
Hh'pley, labor specialist of the United
States Shipping Board called at strike
headquarters with A. H. Stockdcr, Of
the same service. He was closeted
with Mr., Delahunty and Captain Will
IAN A. Maher, Of the masters, mates
and pilots, for ii while, and left with
out making any statement. Mr.. Della
hunty said he had called hoping for
infOrmation
Gle had nothing to offer in the way
OF peace PROPOSAL" he added
Professor Ripley later went to the
Offices of Paul Bonyngc, counsel for
the boat owners, and still later to
meeting of the private operators and
representatives of the railroad admin
! stration.
Mediator Hughes followed not long
after Professor Ripley. He was with
Messrs. Delahunty and Maher for near
ly three hours, hearing their side of
the. case and reporting a visit he had
had with the operators. He said when
he left that he did not expect to re-
turn until to-day.
Hughes Meets Committee
Within an hour, however, he was
p"Ch az Slilhe NeauQuai IcIS, accom-
panied by Colonel Harrison j. Nerrick
Of the quartersmasters' department,
and representatives of the naval es-
tablishment. They went at once into
meeting with the strike committee
This lasted until nearly o'clock, when
Captain Maher announced that nothing
had been accomplished.
Paul Bonynge, speaking for the
boat owners, said the strike had not
been as effective as the one in January
"It is clear that more men have
stuck to their jobs than did them"
said Mr.. Bonynge. "but | cannot give
any figures tonight. | should have
figures tomorrow. Any 1 might give
out now would be guess work.
Mr.. Bonynge added that the boat
owners were preparing to operate
their craft. "They do not anticipate
much difficulty in getting men," said
| he
Heavy police guards at the various
ferries and along the water front
found very little to do during the day.
Such of the strikers as remained about
were orderly.
AS far as the commercial traffic
was concerned the lower bay and
rivers were virtually cleared All the
way up from the Battery not a single
tug, railroad float or barge was seen
ahoat.
New Haven Men Out
All the men employed on the boats
of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company were out,
numbering $40 boatmen, 40 captains,
DO engineers, 44 dcckhands, 66 fire
men, Sc hoatmen, % oilers and 12
cooks.
At the Long Island Railroad freight
terminal, at the foot of Sixty-ffth
Street, Brooklyn, it was stated that
no car floats arrived after 5 n. m.
Officials here said there would be no
congestion in the yards for some days,
but matters would become more ser
ious if the strike continued for any
length Of time.
Several car floats were dockcd at
the Bush Terminal, South Brooklyn,
during the early morning, the men
quitting as soon as their craft were
tied up. Five tugs Of the Morse Dry
Dock Company were moorcd TO their
docks. 1t was said here there were
enough ships available to keep the
force Of men busy for three or four
days. When men at the James She
wan & Sons yards, at the foot of
Twenty seventh Street. Brooklyn,
were not forthcoming during the day.
States cruiser Chattanooga into dry
dock they refused until they had re-
ceived specific instructions from
headquarters in Manhattan, which
was not forthcoming during the day.
In six other towing companies in the
Grecnpoint section of Brooklyn work
men walked out shortly before noon,
tying up more than thirty tugboats.
Altogether the tieup along the Brook
! lyn waterfront was complete, with an
estimated number of 400 craft desert
| ed by thpr crows
There was one exception, however,
to the general walkout. At the Bauer,
Richert and McAllister towing offices
the men did not leave their tugs, and
remained on the job until late in the
day. Whether they will eventually
quit could not be learned.
Army Base Not Affected
The United States Army base, at the
foot Of Fifty-ninth Street. Brooklyn,
was not affected by the strike The
navy fleet supply base, however, was
cut to rs per cent of it's activities
Government work, it was stated. was
not interfered with
Just how the strike is affecting the
shipment Of merchandise and food
stuffs was exemplifed by the conditions
obtaining at the piers Of the New York