New-York tribune., 1919-02-28
Men
Again Appeal
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IN order to obviate any further contro-
ervsy in the harbor. 1t seems very
likely that definite move in this
direction will be made in the course Of
the next twenty-four or forty-eight
hours"
William A. Maher, general manager
or the American Association of Mas
pointed out what the workers declare
are its injustices in the award
About sixty boats out of TAT in
the harbor Exclusive of ferries) get
the eight-hour day." he said these
sixty boats employ the double crew
system. They get the eight-hour day
provided the boats are kept in con-
tlnuous service. On these boats are
employed but $40 of the 10000 marine
workers in this port.
But even the $40 do not get the
eight hour day when on continuous
service. They can be worked sixteen
hours. They get the forty eight hour
week; This is the only kind of boats
affected, the passenger boats being en-
tirely eliminated.
Mr.. Macy's award purports to grant
an eight-hour day to the ferry boats.
These boats have enjoyed the eight
hour day for twenty-five years. AL
tnough many are not on the actual
elght-hour day, they never worked
more than sixteen hours in forty-eicht
leaves as they were under the award
OF the New York Harbor Wage Adjust
ment Board, effective June /. 1918, of
ten hours day. This also is the case
OF the hosting engineers
The coal boats, grain boats and
deck scows receive no increase or
shortening of hours. Mr.. Macy did
grant them $1.50 a night for any
night they work after o'clock For
this $1.5O they can be worked all
night and they must work more than
one full hour in order TO get the 81 80
In other words, the overtime rate is
one-half Of the day rate"
Thomas L. Delahunty also made ar
attack on the Macy award yesterday
in letter to the editor of a morning
paper which had criticised the action
OF the aftiliation in questioning the
award
Delahunty Defends Action
We called off a highly successful
STRIKE" he wrote, and went back to
work at the request Of the President
and his assurance that the War Labor
Board would hear the evidence and de-
eide the case. Instead they sent the
case to an umpire who had not heard
ehe testimony, VINO was unfamiliar
with the case, and who, under the
peculiar rules of the board, was not
permitted t" hear directly from the
men.
"We might formally accept Mr..
Macy's award, and the only result
would be the disruption of our unions
and spontaneous, unauthorized strike
by the men themselves, so far does it
come from settling the issues on any
fair basis, but we have no intentions
Of asking our men to suffer further
for the failure of the War Labor Board
Nothing is to be gained by pretending
that the award is a satisfactory solu-
tion of the problems confronting u.s."
Timothy Healy, president of the Fire
men and Eccentric Union, notified Mr.
Delahunty last night that in the event
of strike his men employed on the
municipal ferries will quit
Every man jack of them will drop
his shovel or mis- slicing bar when we
get the word" he said. eve are not
at all afraid that Mr.. Hylan will have
Us indicted for conspiracy, as he threat
ened the last time. He will have an
other chance to use cops as strike
breakers If ha wants %ov