The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-03
WORKERS WON'T
ABIDE BY MACY
SCALE AWARD
Two Ships Have Been Ordered
Sent to Bruce Drydocks
i'm This City.
MORE TO BE SENT
TO OTHER POINTS
Unless Men Return to Work I'm
mediately at a Reason
able Wage.
(spseisI to The JournaD

NAV ORLEANS, April 2.-Unless
the boilermakers, pipe filters, copper
smiths, welders and moulders, helpers
in the 26 shops and foundries here re-
turn to work at wages the Macy award
says they shall be paid, all work OF
the shipping board will be taken from
New Orleans and sent to yards along
the gulf and Atlantic coasts where
the men are working for the scale set
down In the Macy award. go
r.. 10. Ames, assistant district man
ager OF the construction and repair
department, announced tonight he had
received word from the Industrial re-
lations division of the shipping board
at Washington TO take all work away
from the yard here unless the men
return at a reasonable wage.
AS result. Mr.. Ames sent two big
ships from New Orleans Saturday to
the Bruce dry docks. Pensacola, where
repair work will be done at the wages
set down In the Macy award.
THE boiler makers, pipes filters, cop.
psharniths. welders' and moulders help
ers here are on strike. refusing to ac-
cept the wage offered them by the New
ORLEANS Metal Trades association, of
Ihioh j. III. Murphy is president and
Thomas Killeen, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee.
Machinists, pattern makers, moulders
and blacksmiths have accepted the cut
and are at work, but Mr.. Killeen an
nounced Saturday night he had re-,
ceived word that a committee from
the boiler makers, pipe fitters, copper
smiths. welders and moulders' helpers
win wait on him Monday and offer to
arbitrate the question OF wages.
In the meantime, however, Mr.. Ames
says the shipping board cannot walt.
He explained quick work must be
done In repairing ships the board has
for use. He explained one OF the ships
sent from New Orleans Saturday had
a cargo waiting for II April and it
had to be at Port Arthur. Texas, on
that date.
"The Macy award gives the mechan-
lists so cents an hour and the helpers
80 cents an hour" said Mr.. Ames. This
rate Is paid at all other gulf ports, and
along the Atlantic seaboard On ac-
count OF competition. New Orleans Metal
Trades association has found IL almost
impossible to get work because OF the
wages paid on the Atlantic coast and
at other gulf ports. Necessarily they
have asked the men to accept the
Macy award.
This they have refused to do and as
u result. as much as regret IT, have
been forced TO divert some OF the ships
10 other ports for repairs. You would
not believe 1t, but IT is fact that the
vessels OF the Shipping board in the
river suffered damage OF S15o.O00 in
thaystorm that swept over New Orleans
during the week. We did not know IL
until we examined the vessels and found
they had been buffeted by the wind, had
run into each other, dragged their an
chors and suffered other mishaps.
sAAs a result, this meant the boats
must be repaired quickly. One that left
Saturday had been partially finished by
"A local firm. Then the strike came on.
knew the shipping board vessels had
20 be repaired at once. and so 1 notified
Major X. ID. Gatewood, director OF the
division OF construction and repairs, OF
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