The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-05-28
There Seems to be No Chance
OF an Early Settlement OF
L0ngshOremen Strike
SOME SHIPPERS ARE
BRINGING LABOR HERE
Strachan Line is Working With
Men From interior Assisted by
Those Who Did Not Strike
Business Men to Hold Clyde
Mallory Line

After energetic efforts on the part
or the citizens committee of the Board
OF Trade. which had the strike settle.
Hent as a special committee. and of.
ter calling in many members of this
committee, with several conf srences
with the representatives of the unions.
sediment of the strike is not near
and the probabilities are that il will
result in both sides standing pat
The committee which sent the tele-
gram to President O'Conor, of the In
ternational Longshoremen's union re.
celved reply yesterday as also did
members of the union, as this was ask
ed of Mr. 0'Connor when. the tele-
gram was sent byi Albert Fendig,
chairman, after the same had been
prepared by committee from the
unions and one from the Board Of
Trade. Wednesday President O'Con-
nor was not at headquarters and the
answer was delayed until he. could
be located. He promptly answered
and told the committee that the men
We're wrong. and ordered them to re-
turn to work He was asked to send
4 telegram TO the unio nalso which
il is supposed he did.
In the meantime the union sent a
telegram of their own to J. H. Frick-
ey, of Pensacola, Fla. district vice
president of the International Long
shoremen's union. an dhe wired this
committee not to return to work I'M
less their demands, deep sea wages.
was granted for eOastwise vessels 1t
is stated he also intructea the men
not to work for the Mallory or Clyde
lines under any circumstances and it
sthe latter telegram that members
of the union have followed, although
the highest officer of the union, Pres
ident OConnor, ruled that the men
had put the wrong construction as to
deep sea and coastwise wages,
In the meantime many of the ship
pers are making other arrangements
for loading their vessels. Capt +. d.
M. Strachan has brought many work
ers to his wharves and these are en-
gagged in loading the ship there. The
men have been provided with tents
and being cared for along the eat
ing line. Some of the other shippers
will also bring men here from the in
terror and vii continue until the mat
ter is is finally settled
A committee will probably call a
mass meeting again in the near fu-
ture and this will be called for the pur-
pose OF laying plans for the work on
the Mallory whase ses as the. business
men. seem determined that Bruns-
wick's only coastwise steamship line
1t is thought that the steamhip owners
will ask that certain guarantee be
given them before sending another
ship here as the last one, the San
Marcos, was compelled to go to Jack
sonvillewhere it was loaded and had
ALL the hands desired. One thing
seems to be certain, the business men
will not let the Mallory Clyde lines
leave this port.
The international Longshoremens
Union has declared a strike against
these two lines but the ships have
no trouble in loading at other ports
Wilmington. Charleston and Jackson
vile, and it seems TO be certain that
in future they will get,as much con
sideration here as they do at the 9th
er ports.
Frickey,s headquarters are in Pen
sacola, Fla, and he is supposed to
represent the union in this district
/ but according to the agreement made
at the meeting on Tuesday night, the
men were to be governed by orders
from the real head Of the union, Mr.
O'Connor, but it seems the orders
from OConnor are disregarded and
the order from Frickey obeyed
/! The union held meetings last nigh
an dit is likely that satisfactory
settlement can be made with one OF
more stevedores and some of th'
coastwise vessels loaded by the fornel
laborers.