The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-02
EXECUTIVE TO TRY AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON
Session Is Called After Strikers Break Bar
 ricade at Dock
TWO BOATS DUE TO
 REACH HERE SUNDAY
Longshore, Miners Com mittees Asked to At-
 tend Session

In the hope of reaching some kind of an agreement in the cur rent longshoremens strike here be- fore two vessels-both with cargo aboard for Juneau-reach the city tomorrow, Gov. John w. Troy and committees of longshoremen and sympathizing mine workers were scheduled to meet in the Gov ernor's office in the Federal and Territorial Building at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon.
 Gov. Troy called the session early this afternoon as Juneau's long shore controversy entered it's sev- enth day of existence. Hope of agreement was the announced pur- pose of the meeting in order that the Northland, due back from Sitka tomorrow morning, and the North western. due from Seattle tomorrow night, could be- unloaded of Jllneaul freight.
 The conference was further in- spired when strikers and sympath- iers effectively stopped freighting operations last night on the sec- ond vessel to touch here since the longshoremen demanded a raise in pay early last Sunday morning. The Alaska Steamship Company's Yukon was held up then; the North and Transportation Com panys motorship Northland was the victim last night.
 Barricade Erected
 For nearly three hours last night, barricade of "two-by-fours" err ected on the approach to Femmer's Dock held off a crowd of strikers. sympathizers and curiosity seek CTS. When the Northland was berthed at o'clock. the crowd was conservatively estimated at 800 per- sons. However. before the success ful breaking down of the barri- cade, the crowd had dwindled to half that size.
 As announced yesterday, mail promptly was taken off and trans |ferred to waiting truck outside the gate. Then committee of longshoremen and mine workers was permitted to pass through the barricade and investigate the situa- ton on the dock.
 While 1t was gone, the behavior of the crowd was, for the most part, good-natured. Humorous re- marks, mixed with an occasional shout of more serious nature inti- mating desire for action, were heard. However, no attempt was made at this time to force the gate.
 Make Report Finally, after numerous confer ences with workers on the dock and with United States Marshals and Juneau Police Department of ficers, the committee went back to make it's report. Al Nygren, Presi- QtIlt Ol tiic Aidohd AsAi4tc WOtAtAo Union, spoke for the committee.
 He explained that there were four non-union men operating trucks from the ships sling to the warehouse and that the jitney, brought in the hold of the North land. was in operation. He read the names of the men working. He said that mail, express and perishables were being unloaded. Following this report, the strik- |ers, shouting, Let's Co.," made rush for the barricade and almost succeeded in breaking it down This attempt was stopped by Nygren. who asked the men to wait while further information was secured. | Taxicab on Scene This held the sympathizers and strikers quiet until, at 8:30 o'clock a taxicab was driven up the dock approach. The automobile, carrying a sign Cardinal Cab on it's side. was maneuvered through the crowd by Driver Dan Stanworth until it's front bumper touched the lower most part of the barricade Strik- stcontinued on Page Eight