Evening star., 1941-10-09
New WoIkouts Occur
As Others Are Settled

The Buffalo IN. " Forge Co.
busy with s13,47000O in defense or
ders, was struck today by c. I. o
steel workers in a dispute over
higher wages, bargaining confer
ences and reinstatement of three
discharged union men.
The Steel Workers Organizing
Committee. claiming a majority of
the plants 1900 employees, called the
walkout "a hours after an authori-
zation vote of 387 to 81. Union
sources said their wage demands
were 10-cent increase in the pres
ent basic scale of a to so cents an
hour.
Construction of the Governments
100000 San Jacinto (Tex0 ord
nance depot was at standstill be-
cause of an A. F. L. strike, but some
progress was achieved toward settle
ment of a similar strike at an SILL
100000 ordnance project near Tex
arkana, in the same State.
Work Stopped Yesterday.
Work on the San Jacinto jot
stopped yesterday when several hun
dred workers walked out A spokes-
man for the A F. l.. Teamsters
Union said the contractors had re-
fused to recognize the local as bar
gaining agent. Officials of the con-
struction company declared that only
5 per cent of the employees belonged
to the Transfers Union.
A one-day strike of c. I. o. en-
ployes at the Carnegie-IllinoiS Sheet
& Tin Mill, Gary, Ind, was settled
last night after company officials
assured the union they had mo in
tention of interfering with any law
full, peaceful dues inspection" out
side the plant gates.
A dispute involving A. F. L. sailors
appeared to be nearing settlement,
but wage negotiations between the
G. I. o. National Maritime Union
and % steamship companies were
reported to be stalemated.
Joseph Curran, president of the
c. I. o. union, said the members
desired higher wages and adjust
ment of working conditions to con-
form to rising living costs and war
circumstances. Present wage scales
were not Immediately available.
Bonus Proposal Accepted.
The A. F. L. Sailors Union of the
Pacific notified the Defense Media
ton Board of ratification of the
boards proposal for increased war
bonuses-from $50 month to $50
In settlement of shipping dispute
which last month tied up 25 vessels
on the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf
coasts The A. F. L. Seafarers In
ternational Union thus far has not
reported its decision on the pro-
posal, which has been accepted by
the shipping companies.
The union workers previously had
turned down a Mediation Board
proposal, because a 13-cent-an-hou
blanket wage increase for workers
making more than IS cents an hour
would not be retroactive to July 5,
but would become effective october
4. However, the membership ap-
proved that part of the settlement
plan which provided an increase in
beginners pay from 55-65 cents an
hour to 60-75 cents, retroactive to
July 5.
Consolidated employs more than
27,o00 persons and has orders for
s750,000,000 in bombers for the
United States and Britain.
At Norton, Va, a new contract be-
tween the Virginia coal operators
and miners, embodying wage, hour
and working conditions probably
will be signed today.
The 1941 contract has been in the
making for seven months.
New working conditions covered
include seniority, vacation pay,
safety specifications and medical
care and disqualification. The new
agreement also provides for an in
crease in basic pay from $3.50 to 81
per day.