The New York herald., 1921-05-03
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Will be substituted promptly. Extra
guards have been posted around the
| Bayonne refineries.
\ Secretary Hoovers suggestion of an
arbitration commission did not reach
I the officers Of the marine unions in New
York. They assumed that he wished
! FIRST TO find out the feeling of the own
ers, Informally. the union heads say
they would probably welcome arbitra-
| ton made under such auspices.
The resolutions unanimously adopted
at IL Broadway last evening by tn
American Steamship Owners do not in
clude a flat refusal to arbitrate. but
when the vice-president and general
| manager or the association, Winthrop l.
Marvin. was asked IL they meant that
the owners would not accept arbitration
he said Yes"
The resolutions summarize the nego-
tiations among the American Steamship
Owners Association, the Pacific Amer
lean Steamship Association. the Ship
Owners of the Pacific Coast. the Ship
ping Board and the marine unions
beginning April IL They say the
engineers refused TO discuss any modi-
hcation of the wage scale and that
! the firemen. sailors. cooks and stewards
refused to discuss either wage scale or
working rules until they received salts
factory assurance on six points, includ-
ing abolition OF the Sea Service Bureau
Of the Shipping Board. enforcement Of
the La Fallotte seaman's act and pref
erence for union members.
The associations stated their position
on these points, the resolutions say. but
the conditions imposed by the unions
prevented any discussion Of wages or
working rules. and the negotiations
ended on April u. The resolutions in
clude the letter sent by President Har-
ding to Admiral Benson on March IL
relating to disbursements and request
ing the Shipping Board chairman to
function as though the Board were fully
organized and to assert your full
authority under the law
In view of the above letter. the re-
solutions continue. 'the above sssocia-
tions have regarded and still regard
Admiral w. s. Benson as the represen-
tative of the Government of the United
States charged with the responsibility
OF administering the affairs OF the United
states Shipping Board" Therefore.
when Admiral Benson invited the own
ers associations to the marine confer
ence of April 20 in Washington they
regarded II as coming from 'the final
authority IN such matters" and adopted
the wage scale and working rules an
nounced by the Shipping Board.
These wage scales and working
rules the owners say in yesterdays
resolutions, ARE the maximum on which
the owners can hope to operate their
ships. The owners are convinced that
there is no authority more competent
than themselves to determine the maxi
mum wage scale and working rules on
which they operate their vessels
Then follows the clause of the resolu-
ton quoted at the beginning Of this
story.
Admiral Benson said in Washington
yesterday that economic conditions fully
justify the wage cut and changes in
working conditions. and that the graft
Tying success" which the Shipping Board
is meeting in its efforts to keep its ships
In operation indicates that the men on
the ships agree with the position of the
board. Admiral Benson made his state
ment after talking with Secretaries
Hoover and Davis. lie said he was will
ing to meet and talk with the union
heads, but not to negotiate on the ques-
tion of wage reduction. The only word
from the White House was an unofficial
statement that the matter was under
stood 10 be in the hands Of Secretaries
Davis ana Hoover.
The only deep sea vessels leaving New
York yesterday were the City OF st.
Louis for Savannah, and the Astral, a
Standard Oil tanker. for Beaumont. Tex.
Ii is understood that their crews had
been signed before the strike was called.
American vessels scheduled 10 sail to-
day are the Mattole. for Baton Rouge;
the Mohawk for Jacksonville; the Mum
rio, for the West Indies, and the Munin-
dies. for Cuba. both Of the Munson line;
the Potomac and the Old North State,
aud the Sixaola. d United Fruit boat. go
ing TO the West Indies.
Among the ships scheduled tc sail to-
morrow are the Montauk ana the Callao.
Attempts TO sign full craws for these
will BE- made to-day. The rive ships OF
the Polish-American Navigation Com
pany were declared immune from the
strike yesterday by Thomas .. Healey.
chairman of the Atlantic and Gulf
Conference Of the Marine Engineers
Beneficial Association. lie said that this
company and two small ones n Norfolk,
Va. whose names he did not recall, had
agreed 70 pay their men the old wages
and would not be molested.
The crew OF the Old North state is
said to have signed before the strike.
with the exception OF the engineers. Of
ficers or the engineers union said their
men would not sign.
The owners. however. asked the Ship
ping Commissioner TO have a deputy
aboard 70 witness the signing. as re-
a'iired by law The Potomac was quar-
antined after docking "A fortnight ago. so
Ter crew was all aboard. Several en-
gineers who eluded the guards brought
word TO union headquarters that the en-
gineers would resign" and tie up the
vessel. Seamen, Of whom there IS 2
great supply. were said yesterday to
! have signed on the Sixlola. but there
/ was doubt about the engineers At the
I Shipping Commissioners office yestor-
/ day Il was said that no request for q
deputy 10 witness the signing aboard the
i Potomac had been received.
I Among the ships scheduled TO sail to-
morrow are the Montauk ana the Callao.
Attempts to sign full crews for these
will be made to-day. The i've ships of the
| Polish-American Navigation Company
we're declared immune from the strike
| yesterday by Thomas g. Healey. chair
/ man Of the Atlantic and Gulf Conference
Of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso-
citation. He said that this company and
! two small ones IN Norfolk. Va. whose
names he did not recall. had agreed to
pay their men the old wages and would
not be molested
A one nj tho rap enrs casnneltfno a -.