New-York tribune., 1921-05-05
Ship ie-l|p
G,roVs;1
Efforts Fail
II ashington Loses Hope
and Operators Of u. S.
Vessels Start Virtual
Lock Out Of Strikers
Only 8 Of 13 Boats
Scheduled Get Away
Three Companies Report
ed to Have Yielded and
Restored Pay Sea / E

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TIE nationwide shipping strike
which went into effect last Sunday be-
ran to exert strangle-hold upon
Americas mercantile marine for the
6rss time yesterday. The reports COM
iax ID from all parts Of the country In
dicats the possibility Of an almost COM
pjets tie-up Of American shipping be-
lbrs the end Of the week.
Coincident with this came the news
isom Washington last night that all
lcps for settlement Of the dispute
eyer the Is per cent wage reduction
ia been abandoned by representatives
Il the Marine Engineers Beneficial AS
sociAtion after an al-day conferences
With Secretaries Davis and Hoover.
i similar conference by the repre-
ssssatives of the steamship owners and
Shipping Board officials on the one
sids and Secretaries Davis and Hoover
ID tho other also failed to produce any
sencrete results.
Baltimore Riots Quellcd
Ths serious rioting which marked the
progress Of the strike in Baltimore ON
Tuesday was quelled by the police yes
serdsy. Police officers were placed on
practically every ship in the harbor
and police launches were patroIling the
waterfront.
Steamship companies operating United
States Shipping Board vessels adopted
what tantamount to lockout policy
st general meeting in the Shipping
Board Offices, 45 Broadway, yesterday.
At this meeting tentative "ruIes Of
eonducs" TOR operating Shipping Board
vessels were adopted, which Charles
Hines assistant manager of the operat-
t1e department of the United States
Shipping Board in Washington, charac-
se1issd ss Sign on, or get off" policy.
W Hines, who presided over the.
meeting appointed the following COM
nittse 70 handle the strike situation
r ttls port: George Bartlett, Of the
+ Herberman, OF the Export Steamship
Company; BENJAMIN Harnett, 81 the
Rlssk Diamond Steamship Company; J.
Craig, New York and Porto Rico
Steamship Company, and C. e. Potter,
ot the Potter Steamship Company.
Three Out Of Thirteen Sail
The first real effect of the strike in
fais port became apparent yesterday,
when only three coastal steamships sue
tseded in leaving port out Of the thir-
teen American ships professionally
! stheduled to sail. This was further
emphasized by the report Of United
States Shipping Commissioner Patrick
Quinn that none of the vessels
.thed1led to sail to-day had applied to
nave their crews signed on, with the
exception Of the Eastern Crown, which
sEned its crew on May /.
Ine Marine Engineers Beneficial As
soclaticn scored victory yesterday,
Faen they succeeded in signing COM
tracts with three shipping companies to
operate under the old wage scale. The
three companies signing these contracts
efe the Polish-American Navigation
Company, the United States Transport
company &c. w. Morse Company and
5ne United States and Mexican Pc
Ioieum Transportation Company. It
slso was stated that q contract had
+ e seen drawn up with the United States
asi steamship Company, which prob
susy VIII be signed as soon as certain
Minor dlnerences concerning the status
q older men have been settled.
Men to Sail at Old Wages
The steamer Gdansk, Of the Polish
American Company, has signed on q
! sssW at the old scale of wages and will
ssil to-day for Danzig. Should the en-
s'heefs' organization succeed in sign
,mas . contracts with the United States
aa msl Company it will be notable vic
sy ior them. because the concen-
s.sted efforts Of the owners associa-
W. syn were exerted to clear the Old
msoftn State and the Potomac Of this
!lpe under the new wage scale. The
sosomac, which was due to leave Mon
esy tor Danzig with 1000 steerage and
sve cabin passengers, is still tied up
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Under the terms Of the contract
mae -, With the United States Mexican
Wi Company, q full crew was signed
- the tanker LillmAe by Commis-
sloner Quinn yesterday. James Moran,
Ssae of the business managers Of the
sssaneers' organization, announced
ssssserday that the leaders in Washing
a had instructed harbor tugboat men
tais port.
Under the new code of rules adopted
IL tne meeting Of the operators of
salpping BOARD vesselg yesterday It
8 decided to begin the work Of sign
- Up crews on all steamships that
b - sls scheduled to sail in the near fu-
sn This policy will be followed on
- - snaps other than those actually laid
pecAuse Of the depressed condi-
''0a q the shipping business.
Code to Combat Strike
the code Of rules which are designed
Ss,,. M combat the present strike is AS
Vessels In actual operation. A
ts;e g possible after the receipt Of
~ slxcslar all vessels under this
s3s*sss g sign on crews. men TO be
7kSs0 k@0 90 the following order:
S,is kaneers, fremen, sailors, stew
"a wlreiess operators.
L Se,ss enfaneera, wireless operators or
( nsed members OF the crew to be
w IN any capacity on vessels in
s|ssS operation unless they sign avtt-
rules are laid down for ves-
/ going repair and vessels laid
ia ~, y3,nder the heading OF I" General
n ~ 1asHsasoWang rules are specified:
I'LL members Of the crew signing