New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-08
Six Proposals, Submitted
by Davis and Hoover,
including Is Per Cent
Wage Cut, Up for Action
Men Ask Guaranty
On Bonus System
Fear Owners May Draft
Heavy Penalties to OF
SET Gains: Picket Shot

Fbe fate of the nationwide shipping
.,,,ts rests upon the outcome of o
.,,iss of meetings which will be held
!, .his city to-day. At these meetings
~ general body of strikers-which
,,,ludes marine engineers, wireless
.,erstors, seamen, firemen, and stew
,ras-will decide whether they will
..,ent the compromise proposals put
onward by Secretary of Labor Davis
.sa Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
should these proposals be rejected,
here is every possibility that the
strike will be long drawn and bitterly
fought,
From q reliable source it was learned
Yesterday that the bases upon which
the compromise offers are built are
lie following six points:
AL men to be reinstated to their
former positions or positions equally
/. good.
2-The retention of the basis Of the
aght-hour day.
Ss--overtime pro-rata 1920 classifica-
ton of ships to be retained.
s.-The most efficient engineer to be
guaranteed one hour overtime day.
5.--No mention to be made of union
Or nOn-union afiliation, but the right
10 collective bargaining is to be re-
aimed
6-The Is per cent reduction in
wages to be accepted by both sides,
Sbut bonus plan to be substituted.
| Want Guaranty on Bonus
At union headquarters yesterday 8
leading official said that in all prob
ability these proposals would be re-
Ieeted, not because they are unsatis-
factory, but because there is no guar
snty concerning the bonus system.
"The men are in favor of the bonus
system, which, it is understood, will
he based on the Standard Oil Com
panys plan," this official said. "But
hey will not accept it until they are
gwen complete assurances concerning
.he system. They feel that if the
ssners have the final decision in
avarding this bonus various schemes
will be utilized in the form of penal
lies which would rob them of their
1onus."
Bert L. Todd, secretary of the ocean
scing local of the marine engineers
organization, said; Boiled down to it's
essentials the proposition to be put to
The men tomorrow is the acceptance
Of Che Is per cent wage reduction. I
Eel sure that it will be voted down"
Vessels Leave U. S. Ports
The local Shipping Board Office
sued the following statement: "The
Shipping Board announces that ten
,essels sailed from various United
States ports yesterday, having signed
On crews at the new rates Of wages.
hey further advise that business is
proceeding very satisfactorily, and that
aey are continuing to be able to OBJ
ain men as fast as they are needed"
The Pacific American Ship Owners
association gave up the fight against
!he strike yesterday, according to tele-
sfaphic reports from San Francisco.
MS organization will not make any
HN'~- cbOiC W OOloih
crews until the completion of the ne
Sotlations now proceeding between
secretary Davis and the unions.
Striker Shot on Picket Duty
a renewal of hostilities between
stfikers and strikebreakers occurred
ate yesterday afternoon, when George
ANDERSON, twenty-nine years old, a
stiislng seaman, of % Peck Slip, was
mot in the left ankle. According. to
anderson, the shot was fired by q
siulkebfeaker. His injury is not Sc
he told the police that he was on
9. acket duty near Cherry and Catharine
streets when he was approached by a
s,oup OF strikebreakers. He said that
saen ne refused to move along as com
shot. anu nc "as
o,s lo,,ce ~: reserves were rushed from the
9iu silp police station and orders were
Issued to patrolmen on duty 30 keen
ias crowds along the waterfront NOV
'"s' lest the attack on Anderson be
tcentinued or page shree)