The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-05-26
Board of Trade Committee and
Representatives Meet Again
Without Results
AWAITING A REPLY
FROM UNION BOARD
Expected That Strike of Long,
shoremen Will be Terminized
When Answer is Received to
Telegram Sent National Pres
dent of Union

The committee from the Board OF
Trade and committee from the union
affected by the strike on the Clyde
docks met last night at the City Hall
at s.: 80 and it wa snot until a few
minutes before midnight before the
meeting adjourned.
Albert Fendig. chairman of the
Board of Trade committee, acted as
chairman and William Dunwody, sec
retary and every phase of the dispute
was fully discussed without reaching
any agreement but it may be stated
that the way seems clearer than at
any time since the strike started, for
adjustment.
The men are asking for a fiat rate
of fifty cents per hour which rate,
shippers claim. is more than is being
paid by neighboring ports for exact.
ly the same work but the grea bone
of contention seems to be the differ.
ence between deep sea and coastwise
wage scales. The latter, of course.
calls for more pay than the former
and it is claimed by the men that the
recent ruling didn't separate the deep
sea scale and the coastwise and they
contended that they are entitled un
der the ruling of the government
board 70 the higher rate, while the
shippers sy that there should be Q
difference. To settle the matte il
was decided to send telegram to
T. v. OConnor, preidient of the Inter.
national Longshoremen's4 Union put
ting the matter before him. This tel
egram was sent just. before the clos
ing hour at the Western Union Office
last night and an answer is expected
some time during the day.
In the meantime the situation is ex;
actly as it stood before and it seems
that it will remain this way until an
answer to the telegram is received
The message was signed by Albert
Fendig chairman of the Board of
Trade committee, to the president OF
the union whose headquarters are in
Buffalo, N. Y. An answer is expected
today and when the citizens commit
tee and the committee from the unions
will meet again and settle the matter
if theresisI possibility of settlement
whatever. In the evetn an answer is
received today the committees will
fn1 ivu of
o'clock.
While the committee from the
Board of Trade was in position to SET
tie the matter at the meeting last
night, the committe from the union
came only to receive any proposition
that would be made and then report
to their union and await action by the
union as whole.
The gravity of the situation was
fully discussed and many ports, such
as Port Royal, once very active, now
dead, were pointed out to and exam
pie drawn as to what to expect here
unless some agreement was reached
General Agent Thomas Fuller, Of
the Clyde-Mallory line was presep,
and read the wage scale for Whining
ton, Charleston. Savannah and Jack
sonville and each port it was showr
that loading here was at greater ex
pense for labor than the other ports
An effort was made to get the men re
turn to work and leave the entire
matter to the adjustment board bu
thi offer was declined by the men not
| with standing the fact that they were
Nguaranteled retroactive pay in th'
event the board drided against thu
shippers. 1t seems that both the unior
and the shippers wanted the, matter
settled once and for ALL In the mean
time ships chartered for this pcr
have been ordered to Jacksonville
and ties lumber, etc., which woouie
.have been handled through this por'
are being sent for shipment through
| Savannah and Jacksonv:ll,.