Evening star., 1934-07-18
Lines Willing
to Consider
Proposal.
PEACE HOPES
ARE INCREASED
Meat Famine Is
Broken as Shops
Reopen.
By The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1s-An
arbitration proposal gave new hope to-
day 10 San Francisco and other strike
prostrated bay cities
The General Strike Committee
called opposing forces in the Pacific
Coast maritime dispute for a show
down." voting to arbitrate differences
and send all strikers back 10 work as
soon as shipowners agree to recognize
the maritime unions
The employers have agreed to arbi
trate all issues in dispute as far as
the iongshoremen are concerned, but
have refused TO arbitrate with the
other maritime unions, asserting the
nine unions, exclusive Of the Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Association,
are not representative of their trades.
Though the proposal failed to Tore
cast specifically an end TO the gen.
eral walkout of nearly 100 900 union
workers. which has paraiy2ed the nor
NAL service to ! 300 900 people OF the
metropolitan area, 1t was quickly
hailed as a possible way out of the
demoralizing crisis.
The resolution adopted by the COM
mittee by a vote of 207 to l8o after
seven hours of debate followed day
of increasing tension as 10000 East
Bay workers Joined in the walkout and
raids and riots struck the region.
Threaten Restaurants.
Threatening crowds gathered when
a Citizens Committee opened four
restaurants in Oakland and Berkeley
today without the authorization of the
General Strike Committee, but later
dispersed without violence.
Police maintained patrols in front
of the restaurants.
Meanwhile Charles w. Reel, secre-
tary Of the Teamsters' Union, ar
ranged for delivery OF meat to hos
pitalss iails. charity institutions and
the % restaurants authorized to re-
main open.
The twon OF Piedmont, where So
eiety men have joined the police
force of volunteers, barricaded all
streets leading into the city, except
Oakland avenue. to keep a tight
listed control on the situation.
Meanwhile the East Bay striking
union members awaited the outcome
of the San Francisco Strike Commit
tees recommendation that all mari
time disputes be Immediately submit
ted to arbitration.
All pedestrians and motorists we're
stopped and questioned and none ad-
mitted who could not show they had
legitimate business in Piedmont.
Nearly 5000 citizens were sworn in
TO augment police forces of Oakland,
Berkeley, Piedmont and Albany Most
of them were armed with pick handles
Mayor w. j. McCracken said more
were steadily being added to the 5000
signed on Oakland's Special Commit
tee of Public Safety. Berkeley's 800
was growing Piedmont had $50 citi
7ens enrolled
Albany's Committee of Fifty pa
trolled railroad property where emer-
gency guards had been on duty fol-
lowing a report that two cases of
dynamite had been found.
National Guardsmen. in control of
the San Francisco waterfront and
touring the East Bay cities in squads,
aided constituted authorities
p. A Donaghue chief examiner of
the new National Labor Reference
Board, arrived here by airplane from
Washington.
Labor Leader ColIapseS.
The San Francisco General Strike
Committees peace" call came from
a turbulent meeting of the members
at the labor temple at which John
A. OConnen, secretary OF the Cenr
tral Labor Council, collapsed and was
taken to his home in serious con-
dition
In its resolution stating the offer.
the strike committee called upon the
$1,000 marine and dock workers of
the coast to submit 10 arbitration by
a Federal board appointed by Presl-
dent Roosevelt.
Employers likewise were asked to
place issues in dispute in the hands
OF the Presidents board and the en-
tire proposal was made contingent
upon employer recognition OF ali the
10 maritime unions whose strike has
crippled shipping since May 9.
The longShoremen'S demand for
complete control Of hiring agencies
which has been a stumbling block in
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