New-York tribune., 1919-01-11

almost constant session until after 6
o'clock the message did not come.
In the afternoon the question of po-
lice operating the Staten Island ferry
boats was taken up. In the discussion
the police were bitterly assailed, as
was Mayor Hylan for permitting John
II. Delaney, commissioner of plants
and structures, to SO use members of
the police department.
The reports to the meeting showed
that the police were not able to give
anything like adequate service on the
line they were running, and it was
suggested that as q means of diverting
their attention the striking Of the men
employed on the boats supplying the
harbor institutions would help.
This was put to vote, and while
some of the members expressed regret
at the necessity of cancelling the ex-
emption previously voted the men on
these boats, all agreed that they should
be ordered to quit at once.
Reports of pickets indicated that
with the exception of the Lackawanna
ferries no boats of consequence were
operating in the harbor. SO far as the
Lackawanna is concerned, the pickets
! had been unable to induce the masters,
mates and engineers to quit. Other en-
i ployes on this line went out Thurs
day, their places being filled by men
drafted from other classes of work.
To meet this situation it was sug-
gested that the Teamsters' Union be
requested to order its men to refuse
to haul coal to these ferries. This
suggestion did not take the form of a
vote, it being the sense of the meeting
that enough trades are involved now
and that the calling out of any teams
a trrB{
! IN more or less general strike.
II necessary, however, this request
, Will take the form Of vote next week.
Awaiting Washington Action
Just before ending work for the day
Thomas l.. Delahunty, president of the
affiliation, declared there was small
change in the situation.
I'VE are" said he, "standing pat and
awaiting action by Washington. We be-
| lieve the only way quick settlement
Will be had is by the government talk
| ing over the boats and ordering the
men back to work pending an adjust
ments of the matters in dispute. Mean
time we are trying to avoid the call
| ing out of more men. SO far we have
refrained from calling on the long
! shoremen to quit, but if necessary we
will
For that matter, if it becomes nee
cssary to win this strike we will call
out the men employed in the engine
/ rooms of the ocean liners In nv opin-
ion that will not become necessary
though if it does that would take the
seamen out also. This is mentioned
not as a threat but to place our cards
! upon the table" ~
/ During the day, he added, he had
been been notified that men who were
employed on army boats had been
threatened with courtmartial for strik
ing:
This does not worry us and does
not worry the men," said he. "They
can threaten until they are black in
! the face, but that will scare no one.
The men are within their rights in
! quitting work"
In Readiness for Call
The men, he said, would be glad of
any honorable settlement and to that
end were in touch with representative
! OF the railroad administration and had
held themselves in readiness for call
from Stanley King, representing Sec.
retary Baker. Failure to hear from im
was not significant, Mr. Delahunty said
I We assume that he is busy else
where and that when he wants US he
WIZ Senu 1or US, ne SAID. 1T is fail
/ to assume that he could not get all of
the other side in the few hours he has
been here and in due time will get
around to our side"
He added that Mr.. King might hear
from some of the smaller boat owners
who had been seeking to obtain set
| tlement.
Few of the strike leaders were at
headquarters last evening; most of
All IS
| Mates and Pilots Association at the
annual ball of the association in the
Central Opera House, East Sixty
! seventh Street.