New-York tribune., 1919-03-06
Separate Peace Proposed
for 40 Per Cent of the
Craft i'm Harbor Strike
Answer Must Come
BY 2 p. M. To-day
Leaders Favor Accepting:
Reports Conflict as to
City's Food Situation

The railroad administration. operat-
ng about 40 per cent of the tugs and
,ther floating equipment in New York
Harbor, will this morning propose a
peace with the striking mem
oers of the Marine Workers. Afilia-
ion. The administration plans to leave
he Independent operators to fight out
heir grievances with the workers.
The other important developments
in the strike yesterday we're:
I The tying up of additional pri-
vately owned fcrryboats operat-
ing to Brooklyn and other points.
y The laying off of $1,000 long
shoremcn and railroad freight
handlers. Several thousand more
will be affected to-day.
Z Admission by the boat owners
that the tic-up is complete This
was made in letter to Mayor Hy-
Ian, offering to furnish 400 boats TO
handle garbage and other city scows
if the Mayor would furnish engineers.
4. Refusal of the Quartcrmaster's
Corps to allow government tugs
to be used to move lighters for pri-
vate concerns. This ruling also ap-
piled to work of the English govern
mcnt. th Marine Workers Aflla.icn
insisting that government tugs do
none but purely government work.
= Announcement by the Scow
Trmmcrs' Union, the oldest or
ganlzation Of longshorcmcn in this
port, that the strike, so far MS the
Street Cleaning Department is con-
ccrncd, cannot be settled until the de-
partmcnt dismisse.s men put in the
places Of men who struck last Jan
uary.
Officially the terms of the railroa,
administration offer Will not be mad
public until after the strike commit
tee Of the afilation meets th
morning. Unofficiallv, it was sai
last night that the ofIer probably will
ignore the Macy award and give tn
men the eight-hour day with overtim
pay.
Leaders of the men were in doub
last night as to the reception the otfe
will receive. TO date they have insist
ed on one settlement, which must in
clude all of the employers, whethe
Federal or privat te. Fears were ex
pressed that the offer would be reject
ed, though the leaders recommend +
the several unions that it be accepted
The Importance of settlement witt
the railroads became known yester
day when a canvas of the commission
merchants by representatives of tn
administration indicated that the cit
has but two days supply of vegetable
and similar perishables on hand.
Conference Held Yesterday
The proposition which the railroa
administration will make to the strik
committee is the result of a confer
ence between representatives of tn
roads and the committee in tine genera
Offices of the Erie yesterday Afternoon
This was arranged by Thomas l
Hughes, of the Department of Labo,
who presided at the meeting. Thoma
l.. Dclahunty, of the engineers; viii
lam A. Maher. of the pilots; Paul A
Vacarelli of the harbor boatmen.. an
John Brennan, of the tide water boat
mon 1vere the chief Snokesmen for r h
strikers A. J. Stone, of the Erie
William B. Pollock, in charge of ma
rine equipment in this port; P. T
Crowley, of the New York Central; {
H.. Ewing, of the New Jersey Centra
and R. l.. O'Donnell, of the Pennsyl
vania. represented the railroad ad
mlnlstraton.
At this meeting the men made i
clear that the Macy award would nc
be cons dered for a moment by thos