The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-04
NEGOTIATIONS WILL LIKELY BEGIN ANEW
 IN MARINE DISPUTE
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awaiting a. conference "i't
 ment officials, union delegates ana organizers here continued their efforts to effect further tie-up In American flag ships. Operators, on the other hand. continued to recruit new crews to take the place of those that had walked out.
 Two other liners, transatlantic pas senger vessels, were held up at the last minute, due to the calling out Of f1remen. engineers and members of the stewards department. They were the Old North State, United States mail liner with so cabin passengers, mall and freight, for Plymouth and London, and the Potomac, a former German liner. scheduled to sail for Danzig with 800 passengers The .atter's departure " as postponed by the walking out of the engineer crew.
 The Old North State left her berth to anchor in the stream, lacking about 20 stewards. A number of other stewards were placed aboard later from tugs, and ship officers declared their only shortage was of cooks, who walked off at noon.
 According to P. J. Pryor, secretary of the Atlantic and Gulf conference or the marine engineers, more than 65,000 men have responded to the strike call on ships from Galveston to Portland, Maine.
 A line of pickets stretched today. along the Manhattan, Brooklyn New Jersey and Staten Island water fronts. Other pickets in motorboats patrolled the harbor, going from ship to ship at anchor and meeting new arrivals, car rying the strike word and appealing to union members to obey the call.
 In response to call to Capt. Pat Foley, a majority of the government craft met in New York today to dis Cuss the strike situation.
 Reports from Capt. o. w. Parker, marine superintendent here for the shipping board, were that all men needed to man shipping board vessels, were available. It also was reported by the operators that numerous men with wartime sea experience were of fering their services at the boards sea service recruiting bureau.
 Winthrop L. Marvin, representing the Steamship Owners association, said the position of the owners had been made clear, and they would not rescind their declaration for the f5 per cent cut in pay.
 ALL UNION CREWS
 Among arrivals today were nine American flag vessels, on all of which were union crews. On some of these ships the 24-hour notice that the men would quit was given to the masters before the ships reached port, word of the strike having been reported through wireless messages sent broad cast last night.
 The strike committee of the Inter national Seamens Union of America voted tonight to extend the walk-out to the proportions of a strike by call Ing out all seamen without waiting until the workers were asked to sign new contracts involving the disputed wage cut. The committee has issued printed appeals to all marine workers to resist the attempt to bring back the deplorable conditions of years ago.
 Al the headquarters of the seamen's Organization, it was reported that the crews of three more ships have quit work These ships were said to be the United American liner Mount Clay Which was deserted immediately upon it's arrival from Germany tonight the International Merchant Marine ship Montauk and the Munson liner Callao.
 The transatlantic passenger liner Old North State, departure of which was delayed, succeeded i'll getting away shortly after midnight tonight