Evening star., 1921-05-02
I|E-UP IN SHIPPING
| NOT YET IN EFFECT
Government Sees Early End
to Strike-Men 0beylng
Orders, Unions Claim.

Orders, Unions Claim.
Probability of an early settlement
OF the marine workers strike ap-
peared bright today. with announce
ment by Secretary of Labor Jaws
that he was working on the ne"
wage scales put into effect at m!d-
night Saturday by order of Chairman
Benson of the shippikg Board. Both
Secretary Davis and Secretary HOO
yer are watching the SITUATION tIo
" and are prepared 10 take iut IT.;
action in an effort 10 avert I,,,
trous tie-up of the nation
marine. . $500 ,,dar
AT the White House 1t was ,I uru.
stood that appointment of ieoela
commission to mediate IN the
yersy between the shipoW ners @ "u"
marine workers awalted "N r,di.,
by the owners of government 70
tion. The shipowners are
day in New York.
Mediation Offer Pending.
p-ssiSsnt Harding last Saturday
placed the whole situa'i'" !"
hands of Secretaries DAVIS ana ''''>'
and II was understood today th'' nv
Secretarv of Commerce was IN com
effort to-h have them accept tht pio
posal for mediation through " 'o
mission which was made ny tue WIN
ers. So, .or,e
The government hopes l" hNi 81
solution for the marine labor u'I
tics Secretary Hoover said. WnlCH
will bring an end 10 the trouoies d
present confronting the merChai't ne
rine. Nothing will bring sreattr w
ffculty to America commerciaiIt
Secretary Hoover said. Traffic wouiu
he hacked up on the railroads. eHport
contracts would be broken uneinpid
ment in other lines of Industry ~ ~~o
be created and the strike "ou.u Ioast
at time when the country o
afford it
Secretary Davis has had placed pc
fore him the pre-war wages pa,u ' nc
rine workers. the war scale anu tHe
scale proposed and ordered oy mar
mn Renson. which has the support
of the shipowners. The scare IL nv"
IN effect on government az.
craft. In addition to cuts IN the ":t.
scale. il also proposes reauct,
the subsistence allowance ana otner
detailed reductions in remuneraIio"
Of marine workers.
Very Few ships Held Up.
sFarIy reports to the shipping Board.
of;ciais said TODAY showed that only
two ships have been held in port-oS
refusal of seamen to accept the "ase
reduction. Both the vessels are ''eu
lin in Baltimore harbor.
AS the wage cut went into eHect
early yesterday morning. II was eH-
planned that il probably wouId De iate
today or tomorrow before an accurate
idea of it's effect could be had. IL was
said at the Shipping Board that niue
difficulty in obtaining crews for snlps
was anticipated because 3o,"oo sea-
men were idle.
sSecretary Davis said TO-DAY that an!
decision on wages arrived at by the
suggested commission and accepted
hy both sides would be retroactive
NEW YORK HARBoR QUIET.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 2.-The marine
strike called yesterday to COMBAT
IS per cent wage cut Will anect not
only American flag ships. but any
foreign craft that attempts to sign
up American crews under the re-
duced wage scale. labor leaders de-
clared today.
Thomas Milligan. assistant general
secretary to the Marine Flremens
rnion. announced that his organiza-
don already had tied up one British
ship 10 enforce the mandate that Tor
ejgn vessels must meet the union scale
II they sign men here.
With the port virtually cleared of
days. the water front showed little
effect Of the strike call. Saturday
forty-fi vessels were cleared.
The ffst inbound ship to feel the
effect of the strike was the Ward
liner Esperanza- arriving today from
Havana. On this vessel 100 men from
the deck freroom and stewards de-
partment Joined the strikers.
At hedaurters of the various
unions officials declared their men
we're obeying the strike order to the
letter At the clubrooms maintained
by the engineers. firemen and stew
ards there was constant stream
of men from various ships IN the
harbor. calling to register as having
obeyed the call to quit.
Union officers predicted that coast
wise shipping would be tied up tight
within forty-eight hours.
The Is per cent reduction. suggested
by Chairman Benson of the Shipping
Hoard and placed in effect at mid
night Saturday. means virtual re-
duction Of from 40 TO 80 per cent.
when certain new working conditions
are considered. workers declared.
OF the $4,000 workers affected by
the walkout. 10000 TO 10000 are in
this port. The number of ships af-
fected Is said to be about 2b00, of
this port. The total tonnage involved
n more than 100000. of which
1900, 900 is owned by the United
States shipping Board.
Mobile Sees Little Trouble.
MOBILE. Ala. MA With an
nouncement of officials of the sea serv-
ice bureau of the United States Ship
ping Board here. that enough men are
ready to sign up to man every ship
ready to sail out OF the port OF Mobile.
the seamen's strike * not expected to
seriously interfere with the operation
of vessels here.
- SAips Tied Up In Galveston.
HbyESTON, Tex. May Six
CE1ed States chipping Board vessels
are tied up in the port Of Galveston
as the result OF the marine workers
strike. Seamen. cooks. stewards, engi-
neers and fire men quit the steamers late
yesterday upon receipt OF notice Of
Is percent wage reduction.
situation Mt St. Johns.
SHsuJOHNS. y. r, May 2.-Shipping
waHed up al the wharves today as a
re I'D Of a strike of longshoremen n
agAiNSt a wage reduction. Many YES
seI&8ere able to get away in order to
av The tie-up
~ strike at Army Bnse.