New-York tribune., 1921-10-03
Pier Walk Out
Expected To Be
Broken To-day
Ship Lines to Replace the
Striking Longshoremen at
Chelsea and Hoboken Un-
less They Return to Work
No Help From Union
Ryan Declares Decision of
Majority of Locals to Ac-
cept Wage Cut Must Stand

Likelihood that the unauthorized
strike of about 1000 longshoremen at
the Chelsea and Hoboken piers will be
broken to-day, either through action
by the steamship companies in putting
new men to work or by voluntary re-
turn of the strikers to their Jobs, was
indicated by yesterdays Developments.
Although the creaking of derricks
and the hiss Of steam from the cargo
wlnches were absent at the affected
piers throughout the day it was re-
ported along the waterfront that the
steamship companies will end the tie
up this morning by replacing the
the event that the former fail to come
back to work. Statements were OBJ
tanned from the heads of the Interna-
tlonal Longshoremen' Union that they
VIII remain firm in their refusal to aid
the walk-out in any way.
Ihe strike, which began Saturday,
affects members of nine of the TWENTY
nine locals of the union in the New
York district, and was caused bv their
refusal tc accept the new wage agree
ment, although eighteen of the re-
naming twenty had voted in favor Of
~: \ ne agreement cut the wage scale
OF So'oo,Sl20 an hour to 5000
81 81 an hour, and an increase in
th tne number of working hours of from
losfy-four TO forty-eight The strik
ers are particularly bitter over the
after change, as they claim that il
deprlves them of Saturday afternoon
oVertime pay. They also assert that
they are not treated fairly by checkers
IN the comnutation of their time.
Best ObtainabIe Save Rv,r
THE agreement is not lust what 1ro
wanted, but it was the best we could
get IN our dealings with representativas
OF the steamship companies. and in
we" OF changing economic conditions
II was recommended for acceptance on
tne part of the membership by officers
OF the union" said joseph P Rvan
vice president of the association '''''
Eighteen unions voted for It. and
1T was carried by majority
rule. NO matter how disappointed mem
Ders OF the other nine locals felt ahout
IL, they should have decided to abide bv
a maJ aJoflty rule in their own organiza-
Ilon and remain at work.
HAD a majority voted against the
propos ton, with a strike resulting. The
strike to the limit But the inter.
national in this instance will not helm
the strikers in any way, nor will it in
ter1ere II the companies place other
men in their jobs.
Sees End of Walk-Out
.! feel confident, however. that the
men on strike will have come to their
senses by tomorrow morning. do not
regard 1he strike as serious, but merely
as demonstration of protest against
the agreement and its acceptance"
Ryan said that there probably wou,d
have been no strike in Hobokcn had il
not been for the action Of the officials
of the Panama Line in replacing a
number Of 1icboken longshorcmen, laid
on temporarily pending an investiga-
ton of pier thefts, with men from New
YorH. This aggravated dissatisfaction
among the men there and caused the
trouble to spread to other piers, ne
declared.
The company should have made its.
requirements from other Hoboken long-
;horemen,' he said.
Three piers are affected in Hoboken.
Nth about five hundred men on strike.
fhe piers concerned in the Chelsea dis
.rict are Nos. SO to 62, inclusive. Ships
If the international Mercantile Ma
'ine and Cunard, French and United
american INES tChcIsea) and the II OIL
and-Amcrica and Wilson lines (Ho-
'oken) were among those on which
here was no work yesterday. Sunday,
1owever, usually is the dullest day Of
ne week from the longshorcmen's
'oint Of view
Longshoremen remained at work
Turing the day at Brooklyn and Staten
sland piers. Extra forces OF special
policemen were on duty on the Chelsea
md Hoboken water fronts. No violence
vas rcySortcd