The sun., 1919-10-10
DOCK STRIKE GETS
OFFICIALSANCTION
Committee Named to Run
Fight-Marine Firemen
Vote Support.
BROOKLYN ENTERS FRAY
Port and Terminal Workers
Will Met to Decide on
WalkOut.
BROOKLYN ENTERS FRAY

The longshoremen's strike. which
looked as II II might die a natural death
through lack of authorization. received
last night the sanction OF all union off,
Gals in the port except President T. v.
O'Connor Of the International Longshore-
mems Association. This became known
at a meeting OF strikers which filled
Tammany Hall. Joseph Ryan. vice.
president of the association, presided.
A committee OF twenty. representing all
stevedores, checkers, clerks and en-
ployees of other departmnts which are
unionized and AFFILIATED with the long
shoremen, was appointed, with John J.
Riley. president Of the district council,
chairman. The committee will run the
strike and treat with steamship men and
the national adjustment commission In
an effort to get the longshoremen the
81 an hour and 81 an hour for overtime,
and the other strikers the scales they
demand.
Thomas Milligan. representing the
marine fremen, declared his organiza-
ton had voted to run the boilers of no
ships which were loaded by non-union
stevedores. 1t was announced also that
word had been received from England
that the longshoremen there will unload
no ships from New York until the strike
IN settled The strikers in Brooklyn
have named a committee to represent
them. according to a delegate from the
various locals there. The committee will
ma at xxytth he hara IN
night.
The name of President O'Connor. who
was not at the meeting, was consistently
Kissed In reference to his statement that
the strike was inspired by 1. w. w.
agitators and Bolsheviks. Those speak
ing chiefly were presidents of locals and
representatives of unions which have
pledged to fight with the stevedores.
All denounced the idea of radicalism
and maintained the fight was being made
merely for Justice" When opinions
were invited from the rank and file a
man who said he was William Rooney,
for six months a member of Local No,
79l and living In Twenty-fourth street.
attempted to make a speech against the
union officials. The longshoremen. he
said, needed no delegates. They don't
do anything but come around perhaps
once In six or eight days to look at
cards and the like"
Ousted From Meeting.
At this point the EXPLANATIONS of dis
pleasure from the audience were so
numerous that Chairman Ryan declared
Rooney out of order and he stepped
down from the platform, There was a
cry he had been seen circulating /. w.
w. literature. Rooney jumped down
two flights of stairs and escaped In
Fourteenth street, outdistancing po-
liceman who was running to help him.
At least 1000 men were at the meet
ing. which. 1t was announced, was not
called officially by the international
union but rather under the auspices of
Locals s24, Sss. Tsl. s74, 1917 and 1909.
Representatives of a half dozen other
locals spoke. 1t was announced that
other meetings were being held by locals
In Brooklyn and New Jersey. 1t was
indicated that efforts would be made to
prevail on the longshoremen at Newport
News, Va. to go on strike
There was a rumor along the water
front last night that the strike is
spreading to the port and terminal work.
ers, which includes flremen, deckhands,
cooks and water tenders on railroad
boats. One of the leaders of that or
ganixation said that there will be a
mass meeting of the union tonight In
White Eagle Hall. 233 Newark avenue,
Jersey City.
The National Adjustment Commission
which on Monday awarded the long
shoremen an increase of 8 cents an hour
will meet to-day at 10 o'clock in the
board room of the Produce Exchange
Although II was stated by Benjamin NJ
Squires. secretary and representing the
United States Department Of Labor
that the commission would complete
awards of the Boston, Baltimore and
Hampton Roads laborers and attend &c
other deep sea matters" men connected
with the strike believe the matter OF
New York's longshoremen will be the
chief subject of discussion.
T. V. O'Connor. president of the Inter.
national Longshoremen's Union, who
with Joseph Ryan, vice-president. repre-
scented the labor men at the hearing
yesterday, said that although Il dom
consider the award all that II SHOULD
have been. we gave our word to abide
by the decision. The men should keel
their word"
Mr.. O'Connor expressed the belief thai
the majority of men now out do not wan
the strike; that they are being pulled
by l. W. w. agitators. He said thai
one union of |. w. W. workers particu
larly was TO blame, the Marine Trans
port Workers Industrial No Of 16t
Sackett street, Brooklyn. which has beer
distributing circulars among the mer
calling upon them to strike.
Only 5000 at Work.
Only 5000 OF the 10000 men engaged
at the piers OF this port were at worl
yesterday. At the army piers In Hobo
ken soldiers were substituted for th'
strikers The workers at the Arbuckl,