Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-24
TERRITORY TO
BE HARD HIT
BY DECISION
Vessels To Carry Needed Sup
plies Cannot Be Loaded Un-
til Agreement Reached.
AWAIT ARRIVAL OF RYAN
Violence Crops Out In Several
Disturbances Reported In
Oakland Area.
AWAIT ARRIVAL OF RYAN

SAN FRANCISCO, May "a. UP)-
Striking longshoremen and sailors
virtually isolated Alaska today py
their decision not to load cargoes for
territorial points until a settlement
is reached in the shipping strike in
which gunfire again was heard.
AS the maritime workers walkout
entered its third week, federal med
iators learned of the newest move to
cripple shipping from Pacific coast
points. Strikers at Seattle voted
against handling any Alaska bound
cargoes after pleas had been made
for special treatment of the terri
tory.
Unless Mayor John Dore of
Seattle carries out his threat to open
port the refusal of the workers to
load Alaskan ships meant economic
disaster for the territory. The fish
ing season is at its height and CAN
nerieS need both supplies and food
Dore was to have acted yesterday
but no attempt was made to work
cargoeS under police protection.
While peace negotiations awaited
tiAC QlAAtol IlClC VI OO'oCpll Ivy ctl4,
president of the International Long
shoremens association, violence
flared anew in Oakland and the
strike spread to members of the
Deck Officers and Marine Engineers
Unions.
Ryan is due here late today by
airplane. While he was looked upon
by mediators as the last hope for
an early settlement, neither Ryan
nor strike leaders here showed any
indication of receding from the de-
mand for union recognition. Ship
owners equally were adamant in re-
fusing to accept the I. l.. A. as rep
resenting all of the longshoremen.
Two men were wounded in Tie
Oakland outbreak. They were Ralph
(Hack) Miller, former major league
and Coast league ballplayer, and
Ernest Hay both identified as strik
ers. Police arrested o. D. Cromwell,
Negro stevedore.
Residences Attacked
The shooting occurred when
group of strikers approached Crom-
wells residence, where the steve
dore was organizing a group of Ne
groeS for cargo work. Cromwell al
legged the strikers charged his
meeting.
Several hours later, Louis Lewis.
%, Oakland. came to the county
emergency hospital for treatment of
a gunshot wound of the right hand.
He said he was striking longshcre-
man and had been shot by a strike
breaker while doing picket duty. Po-
lice were told several shots were
fired in the clash in which strikers
resisted efforts Of group of Ne
groes to board tug.
Police in San Francisco planned
to investigate. reports that an at
tack on the home of Frank Lam
bertson manufacturer, may have
been due to the belief that it housed
strikebreakers. Windows were bro-
ken and telephone lines were cut at
the Lambertson residence. No one
was injured.
The decision of the deck officers
and marine engineers to join the
strike movement brought practically
every maritime craft in the walk
out. Sailors were the first to join
the longshoremen in sympathy
strike and scores of seamen left
their ships when they reached ports
along the coast. The deck officers
are expected to take similar action,
further paralyzing shipping.
A survey of the situation showed
that only in Los Angeles harbor are
shipowners able to move cargoes at
a close to normal rate. Seattle and
Portland are stagnated completely
and San Francisco and nearby bay
points have many ships tied up.