The sun., 1919-11-02
MORE STEVEDORES
RETURN TO WORK
Several Hundred Get Overtime
Pay for Loading Ships at
Chelsea Piers.
END OF STRIKE FORESEEN
Mayor Hylan Makes Little
Progress in Inquiry He
Promised Unions.

Several hundred striking longshore-
men returned to work yesterday at the
Chelsea piers. Tho men were chiefly Of
local 791, the principal union of the
faction led by T. V. O'Connor. president
of the longshoremen's international or
ganization, which had voted more than
week ago TO discontinue the strike. 1t
Is said they previously have been with
held from carrying out their promise by
the fact that the rlggers, who, operating
tackle and hoisting machines, are in
| dlspensable, would no. return in suffi-
cient numbers to make possible employ
ment of longshoremen.
Union leaders continued their claim,
made daily for two weeks, that the end
of the tleup oil the port was in sight.
Yesterday they based their contention
on the action at the Chelsea piers. This
section has been the stronghold all along
of the Vaccarelli- -Eutler factiony which
has conceded that II the men Il tturned
to work there almost all other lAcals of
the twenty-seven would return also.
While it is known that the clerks ana
| checkers have returned at the Chelsea
piers. it is claimed by the Vaccarelli
| faction that the riggers still are not
working, and that few union men are
among those enumerated by the shipping
interests as being at work.
Mayor Hylan's promise TO investigate
the charge that strikebreakers were be-
ing paid 81 an hour and So for overtime
developed nothing yesterday, so far as
could be learned. The Mayor, after con-
| Tossing to the strikers Friday night that
he could not prevail on the shipping men
| to grant concessions further than the
| award made by the National Adjustment
! Commission OF a "5 and 10 cent an
hour increase, received letter from
Frederick Toppin, vice-president of the
International Mercantile Marine, con-
hrming that statement
/ According to John +. Riley, chairman
OF the former strike committee and chiei
supporter of O'Connor, about 500 unior
men were at work along North River
yesterday at piers where they have not
worked since walking o't a month ago
| At the office of the ,'ulted States Ship
ping Board, as Broadway. 1t was said
that the men. to gain advantage OF the
overtime scale started working Friday
night as follows; TWO hundred and ter
at the pier, foot of Fifty-seventh street
| $40 on piers from Forty-fourth to Fifty.
| seventh streets 100 at Cunard Line 81
at White Star Line and 175 at Pier 81
all on North River. In Brooklyn 500 are
working at the Army Base, 1,20o at thu
Bush Terminal, 1000 on miscellaneous
Manhattan piers and 1000 along Eas
| River. About 400 are working or Slater
| Island and none In Hoboken.
About 200 additional longshoremel
returned in the afternoon at Pier 56
North River, Cunard Line An equa
! number applied for work at the French
line pier, No. ST. but were turned away
by the pier superintendent because, 4
is said. they were not in sufficient mum
Der TO make up seven gangs.
Frederick Toppin, writing on behalf
of the National Adjustment Commission
and the steamship interests, Informed
| Mayor Hylan that no further negotia'
tions with the Vaccarelh-B Butler faction
| Of strikers was possible. Despite this
| fact and the fact that Mr.. Toppin re-
! fused over the telephone Friday night
to consider the suggested compromisa
that the men return on promise of S5
cents an hour to become effective De-
cember /, the strikers yesterday came
| forward with a second compromise offer.
The offer Is taken by shipping men 70
! indicate that Dick Butler and his strike
committee are beginning to feel the
ground sliding from beneath their feet,
| The compromise embodies these
points: To obey any requests OF Presi-
dent Wilson, no negotiations with T. V