The New York herald., 1921-05-02
SHIPPING NOT YET
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many sailings have to be postponed or
account OF It.
II was predicted in some quarters yes
terday that the unions would make an
other attempt to-day to arrange for
further negotiations with the owners.
possibly with a view TO arbitration. The
one big weakness OF the men-the fact
that such a large percentage OF them
already have been thrown out of em-
ployment by the decrease in shipping
may prove to be the deciding factor in
the controversy. The head of one OF
the largest shipping companies in the
city, who asked that his name should
not be used, summed up the situation
last night as follows:
"Shirping is not and will not be seri-
ously hampered by the strike. The men
in general are not in sympathy with the
uncomprcmising attitude of the leaders,
who have done all this on their own
initiative. The steamship companies
are losing good deal OF money right
now, and most of the employees have
sense enough to know that a cut of 15
per cent. is very small indeed under
present shipping conditions"
He added that his company and all
others that he had knowledge OF would
go ahead to fill whatever vacancies may
occur with new men. He said, however.
that preference would be given TO old
employees who wanted to sign under
the new scale.
Spokesman OF the unions. insisting
that the correct term is lockout" said
that the men would sign articles for
new voyages on all vessels paying the
old scale and operating under the old
working conditions. No attempt will be
made to picket vessels now in port, they
said. unless the companies place strike
breakers on board. They said that 20,-
600 seamen and 10000 oilers and fire.
men would leave ships in this port in the
next twenty-four hours.
The order for a walkout has been
dashed by wireless to the crews OF
American ships now at sea. but as the
men on board are signed for complete
voyage at the old scale of pay these
ships cannot be affected until they come
| back TO port.
ships That Sailed Yesterday.
The four privately owned American
VESSELS which eft this port yesterday
were the Rayo. tanker. bound for
Providence. r. l. the Naugus. a steam
ship, for Chefoo: the Ampetco, tanker.
bound for Antwerp. and the Sintram. n
schooner. for Philadelphia and New Or
leans.
The five Shipping Board steamships
were the Plow City bound for Copen-
hagen and Reval; the Chickamauga,
bound for Svendborg. Danzig the East
ern Belle. bound for Cork and Dublin; ;
the West Gslatea, bound for Norfolk,
and the Invincible, bound for Rotterdam
The ships due to leave to-day are the
Eastern Crown, Shipping Board vessel ;
OF St Louis. which is due to leave for
Savannah. Ga. Ships due in port to-
day are the Esperanza. the Coamo, the
Comus and the Fort Hamilton.
For a week at least shipping will be
light Both the prospect of a strike and
the fact that a comparatively small
amount of shipping is going on are said
10 be responsible for this With little
shipping. and with so much unemploy'
rnent. the operators argue that they
should be able TO send their vessels to
sea with the minimum of delay.
At late hour last night Andrew
Furuseth. international president OF the
Seamen's Union. had not returned from
Washington. where he was the chief
spokesman for the unions in the con-
gested that the controversy be left t.
President Harding for arbitration, but
the owners refused. Mr.. Furuseth's as
sociates said last night that he probably
was waiting in Washington In the hope
that other conferences looking toward
arbitration might be arranged.