Evening star., 1921-05-05
T|GHTENS
IN MARINE STRIKE
Failure Here to Settle Trou-
BILE Encourages Unions.
Owners Claim Gains.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 5-Failure of ef-
forts in Washington TO settle the ma
tion-wide marine strike called May
as a protest against Is per cent wage
cut served to draw the battle line closer
here today.
Union headquarters claimed that be-
fore the week had ended every Ameri-
can ship not then at sea would be tied
up tight Engineers, firemen and sailors
were reported leaving their ships in in
creasing numbers. and it was asserted
there were not sufficient non-union men
available capable of handling marine
engines to replace the strikers.
On the other hand. the owners as
serted that the situation was well in
hand. Recruiting bureaus. the locations
OF which were not made public. were
said to be receiving all the applications
operators could handle. A fleet of tugs
has been employed to carry men from
these Secret bureaus direct TO ships.
Claim Full Crew Secured.
manned in this way today was the
Shipping Board passenger ship Cal.ao.
operated by the Munson line in the New
fork-South American trade.
The Callao left her Hoboken pier
shortly before noon and went to an
r.
son Line officials said she had a COM
plete replacement crew, and would
sail before night with passengers.
cargo and mails for Rio de Janeiro
and Buenos Aires. The delay at the
anchorage. they said. was to per-
init repairs to her machinery. Union
officials. however. said her crew was
not complete.
Other ships announced to sail today
were the Ohioan, for Boston. the Wal
ter ID. Munson, for Cuba. and the
Arapahoe for Key West and gulf
steamer Philadelphia, for Central
America. has been Cancelled. it was an
nounced. and passengers and freight
intended for her will be forwarded on
Norwegian ship under charter TO
the company.
Mail Steamship Company it was said
the passenger liner Potomac, held up
early in the week by her crew leay-
ing. had been renamed with the ex-
ception of one or two men in the
engine room crew. 1t was announced
the ship would sail for Danzig within
twenty-four hours.
Norfolk Striker Fined.
NORFOLK. Va. May 5.-Cursing
men VINO mad signed up to work on
steamers in this harbor and calling
them scabs' resulted in the irst ar
rest OF a striking seaman in Norfolk
last night and in court today a fine OF
$23 and costs was imposed
The picket was one of five who
were taken into custody by the police
yesterday. because of attempted in
reference with men who had signed
up to take the places of striking sea
men.
While the striking marine workers
are succeeding to some extent in ty-
ing up American shipping. British and
other foreign craft are getting car
goes lined up that would be handled
in American bottoms if the walk-out
or engineers were not in effect
With the coal export trade picking
up, with an increasing demand the
British are diverting bottoms To
Hampton roads. with view of TAX
ing cargoes that had been expected
for American ships. This Is the situ-
alton as shipping men see it,
Injunction Il Refused.
BALTIMORE. Md, May 5.-A bill
for an injunction to prevent marine
strikers from picketing vessels or
persuading men from going to work
on them was filed yesterday in the
United States district court by the
Baltimore Steamship Company.
Judge John &. Rose refused to is-
sue the Injunction. but said he wouId
do so Immediately if evidence of in
timidation or violence from now on
were presented to him.