The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-14

CREWS STRIKE IN BALTIMORE
BY MARGUERITE YOUNG
(SnaniaI IN thn nniIr MrnrL,nrA

Especial to the Daily Worker)
BALTIMORE, Md, May 1.-TWO
crews struck and re-struck the S. S.
Chillore, Bethlehem Steel Company
ore ship, in defense of the Seamen-
controlled centralized Shipping Bu-
reau yesterday and today, and strike
sentiment spread to seamen and
longShoremen in this and other
ports as shipowners launched a new
frontal attack on the employment
agency operetsd by marine workers.
The SIS. Mangore, another ore
line ship struck here today, raising
the same demands for which the
Chillore struck; recognition of the
Centralized Shipping Bureau; rec
ognition of the Marine Workers In
dustrial Union; and reinstatement
of the original crew.
From Philadelphia the M.WI.U.
received word that the crew of the
SIS. Alomar, another Bethlehem
ore line vessel, is out for the same
demands.
A longshoremen's local of the
M.WI.U. is preparing to strike here
Tuesday for higher wages, and it
will raise the demands for recogni-
ton Of the union and centralized
shipping bureau.
On demands Of rank and file
longstoremen of the International
Longshoremen's Association "a. F.
Of Ii Anton Becker, secretary of
the Baltimore branch of the M. w.
1. u. is speaking to meeting Of
an LILA local here Tomorrow night.
Call All Ore ships
The MWI.U. sent kilograms and
cables yesterday to all ore ships op-
Grated between here and Chile by
Bethlehem Steel to bring ore to
Bethlehem's steel plant at Sparrows
Point, u miles from here. The mes
sage informed all crews of the
attack on the Centralized Shipping
Bureau and urged action.
This line, organized 100 per cent
by the Marine Workers Industrial
Union, is. with the Calmar and
Oriole Lines, the bulwark of the
Centralized Shipping Bureaus
strength. They shipped 100 per cent
through the Centralized Shipping
Bureau until this week
After the Centralized Shipping
Bureau withstood the attack upon
it by shipowners who induced gov
eminent officials to withdraw un-
employment relief which had been
administered by Marine Workers,
however, the shipowners decided on
direct drive. When the Chillore
docked Yesterday, they were in
formed that henceforth they would
go to Bethlehem's Marine Superin-
tendent at Sparrows Point for jobs
"a plain notice that the company
would no longer ship through the
Centralized Shipping Bureau.
Strike Was Answer
The crews answer was to strike
and come down to the M.WI.U. hall
to report what happened.
Last night Bethlehem rounded up
another crew through "crirnp''
shipping agency. But at $50 am.
today. the second crew struck the
Chillore
Two hours later the Mangore, the
only other ore vessel in port, struck.
The company paid them off and
cops chased them from the ship.
Marine Superintendent Donovan
told them he was getting in touch
with company headquarters in New
York The seamen Immediately
organized delegates to watch at
strategic points. They are issuing
leaflets on all docks and ships, ex-
planning the attack and calling for
defense action.
Strike Sentiment Strong
There is considerable strike SEN
timent throughout the Port of Bal
timore, particularly in view of the
Marine and Longshore strikes in the
Gulf of Mexico and on the Pacific
Coast. Towboat workers for a week
have been talking strike. The M.
w. l. U. local of longshoremen, con-
centrated on coastwise lumber docks
but including half a dozen docks
have definitely decided to strike
Tuesday for a ten-cents- an-hour
increase in wages. The majority of
their membership are Negro long
shoremen, but they include white
longshoremen also.
The lila. has a Jim-Crow or
genization policy,