Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-10
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 PARALYzED.
 BY STRIKE
Mediation Board Appointed With Power to Fix Wages and Hours; 15,0O0 Are Affected.

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 , New York. Jan. 9-Unless railroads
 can bring food into New York by
 rounda bout routes, the hunger point
 may be reached within 4S hours and
 the lives of thousands imperilled as
 the result of the marine workers
 strike which tied up virtually all traf-
 fife in the harbor today according to a
 statement tonight from the office of
 A. II. Smith. regional railroad direc-
 tor .a
 At the end of the first day of the
 marine workers strike, which virtual ly halted traffic in New York Harbor
 the New York Boat Owners Associa- tion announced tonight that the men
 had signed an agreement for the ap- pointment of conciliation board to
 arbitrate all differences. This an-
 nouncement brought prompt denial
 from the strike committee, which termed it Gan owners'' welfare prop-
 osition.
 In this connection William A. Ma her, Vice President of the Marine Workers Affiliation, issued state
 ment asserting that all settlement
 propositions submitted to representa-
 tives of the men will be considered by the general strike committee at a
 meeting called for 10. o'clock tomor-
 row. For that reason, he said the
 strike could not possibly be called off
 until that hour.
 The announcement that the strikers 7 had agreed to creation of "the New York Harbor Consolidation Board" was made by Joseph J. Glatzmayer, President of the Boat Owners Asso- : citation.
 ) Asserting that i've have no quarrel ] with our men, but that this strike , has been precipitated by just six la , bor leaders and it is high time to check Bolshevism." Glatzmayer de-
 scribed as "a new declaration of in- dependence" the agreement which he said authorized organization of the board.
 The board will be governed by 20 men, ten to be selected by the em- ployers, and ten by the employees" continud Mir. Glatzmayer. Ut has full power to fix wages and working cor ditions and to enforce it's orders by meetings to be held monthly or often CT, which will be open to everybody" Meanwhile, many other agencies are at work to restore to normal condi-
 tions in New York Harbor, which were almost unprecedented today. Union : leaders declared that 16O0O men were idle. Scarcely ferry boat, tug or lighter moved after six o'clock this morning. There were no tugs to dock ocean liners and no boats to carry freight.
 The first step toward the settlemen. of the strike of Marine workers which began this morning and virtually paralyZed traffic in New York harbor was announced tonight after the sign ing of an agreement with the appoint ment of the New York harbOr cecilia ; tion board which will arbitrate differ . ences between boat owners and their employees.
 The board will be composed of 20 men, ten of whom will represent em- ployers and ten employees. It will bs vested with power to fix wages and , working conditions and to enforce it's orders. In making the announce ment Joseph J. Glatzmayer, President of the New York Boat Owners Asso- , citation, said that within AS hours, the
 board will announce new wage scale. applicable to all Marine Harbor eqnip- ment not under government control. Crews of 15O railway tugs joined the
 harbor strike today, enforcing sus- pension of all marine operations of the railroad administration. Superintend-
 ent Pollock of this branch of the ser vice said that with ferries and light CTS 1900 railroad craft were idle.
 Except for a small fleet of ferry r boats, tugs and lighters engaged in . debarkation of homecoming troops ' and loading of pedishable supplies for l the American expeditionary forces ? harbor shipping was at standstill l today as the result of the strike of 15,- t 900 marine workers in an attempt to . force arbitration of their demands for . higher wages and an eight hour day.
 Not only privately owner craft, but the boats of the railroad administra- 3 tion, 1900 in number, were tied up. . and the sailing or berthing of ocean steamships, as we'll as the ferrying of { passengers between Manhattan and its ? neighboring boroughs mad suburbs. f was impossible.
 The harbor men carried out their
 threat to tie up not only the railroad
 and privately owned boats. but also . those in the municipal service. As result Staten Island has it's last pas-
 senger ferry early this morning. For 'ty thousand persons who labor m Man. 3 haitian were left stranded on the is- : land. Shipbuilders, bound 10 rthe Em' !. ergency Fleet plants on staten ls- kn %Np wsAPK