Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-03
sTEAMsHIr OWNERS REJECT
 SUBMISSION TO ARBITRATION

Now York. May 2.--The suggestion of Secretary Hoover that the controversy 1rer a wage contract between steam shi7 owners and the unions of engineers. f-emen and sesmen he submitted to ar '.t-ation by 7 comm ission of three men. ro+ government officers. was rejected here 0-irht by tho American Steamship Own rrs association. The owners said it r0uid be contrary to business judgment '-rcipie and precedent.
 The action of the steamship owners -l7sed what was intended to be an open g for an adjustment of a nationwide 11 n0i-E s-rike. involving thousands of employees on majority of American -rps on The Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf oo7sfg
 Waikouts in response to the calls of union leaders began in al ports today. Tn New York more than 1o< ships were ~ec-.y affected on all of which at least ro-n of the men walked ont
 Reports 70 the Steamship Owners as- s0-'a.'on were that many Of the engineers were remaining loyal 10 the companies md refused Co leave. Of these sht0s r0-r than a dozen are passenger lin IT'S me of which is in the transatlantic -sie and is scheduled 70 sail tomorrow Tor London. The Mallory. Southern Pa -if- and other coastwise lines received 7-'ct from many Of their men that they
 -iil respond to the call Of their unions
 Winthrop l.. Marvin. general manager
 frc Steamshin Owners association. raf5 that apnrovi mately 40 per cent of he American flag tonnage was idle-due ID lack cf cargo offerings. His esti- rat~ was that s5. 5.nno men would be con- -rrred iu the strike. The estimate Of The union leaders N'sces the number at 7vrr la5. .ooo.
 Efforts 10 bring about a settlement through a commission of three men fol- lowed failure Of a conference with Ad- n-i-al Benson last week to reach an agreement. The owners today. in a set 7f resolutions declared there was mo authority more competent than them r.lves to determine the maximum wage scaie and working conditions on which they could operate their vessels"
 Al the office Of the Marine Beneficial azsocia ton it was announced by Thomas B Healy. chairman Of the Atlantic and f;uN conference Of engineers, that one line operating five passenger ships to uanzir. and two lines of freight steam ore out af Norfolk had signed an agree rrent with the union. He added that the mon of all the striking organizations had hv rerefendum vote declined to ac- ~--t wage cut and would remain out rnfH the difficulty was satisfactorily ad-  iusted.
 FiIrt L. Todd. secretary of the Allan lie and Gulf Coast Conference of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association ,nnounced tonight the resumption of the .,ss+uise towboat strike which wal called a month ago.
 truce had been declared pendinr Inc outcome of negotiations with thu American Steamship owners Association ,r Che general deep sea shipping wag' .-hed1le The towboat men had beer contested to accept reductions of pa! nrrinr from IS to 25 per cent
 MT Todd said word had been received rom Norfolk tonight that all oceai -oinr tnEs at that port had been tied up instructions have been sent to New Lon lon. Conn. directing men 10 quit tow ,oars at that port also, he said. Th' owboats affected there are owned b. members of the New England Ba1g,
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