Evening star., 1941-10-23
Captive Coal Mine
Workers Set Strike
Saturday Midnight
70, 900 Remain Idle at
.AIobomo Pits; WeIders
Tie Up Seattle Shipyores
BY the Associated Press.


Tie Up Seattle Shipyorts
BY the Associated Press.
Seven large steel companies to-
day faced the prospect of strikes in
their captive" coal mines Satur-
day midnight, while 10000 Alabama
coal miners remained idle in a
wage dispute.
The C. I. o. United Mine Workers
last night issued a formal strike
call in the captive mines, renewing
their demand for a closed shop. A
similar demand last month caused
seven-day strike of $4,000 workers,
ended by a 30-day truce arranged
to permit the National Defense
Mediation Board to consider the
dispute.
About $1,000 of the miners live in
Western Pennsylvania. The captive
mines are operated by the H. C.
Frick Co., the youngstown Sheet
& Tube Co. and Bethlehem, Weir
ton, Wheeling, Crucible and Re-
public Steel Cos.
Chairman William H. Davis of
the Mediation Board said a recon-
mendation in the case would be
made by Saturday.
Alabama Factions Meet.
Alabama coal mine operators met
last night with representatives of
the C. I. o. United Mine Workers
for a discussion of the unions de-
mands: An increase of 40 cents a
day above the present basic wage
of $3.50, paid vacations and changes
in the methods of computing coal
weight loss because of washing
operations.
The Defense Mediation Board has
recommended wage increase of 25
cents a day, retroactive to May l,
with an additional 15-cent increase
to be granted when conditions war
rant. The boards other recon-
mendations include two $40 pay
ments for 1941 vacations and pay
ment of cents a ton for washer
loss.
While the Office of Production
Management appealed to workers
and management to avoid inter
ruption of work by strikes or SLOW
downs" in these days when mate
rial on the battlefields is everything"
there were these developments in
the defense labor situation:
PITTSBURGH.-A decision to
mediate averted for the present a
threatened general strike of 25o,0OO
A. F. L. craftsmen in the Pittsburgh
industrial area. Leaders of the
A. F. L. Central Labor Union had
approved walkout in support of
grievances of the Building Trades
Council against the Duquesne Light
Co. The union is seeking to have
the company use A. F. l.. labor in
building an 100000 power plant.
Walkouts at Shipyards.
SEATTLE.-About 1900 welders
and burners, members of a newly
organized independent union, struck
at a number of shipyards, holding
up defense orders at the Seattle
Tacoma shipbuilding plant, the
Todd-Seattle Dry Dock, Inc, and
elsewhere along the water front.
The independent union demands
the replacement of lit welders at
the Lake Washington shipyard, who
were pulled off the job Monday by
the Seattle Metal Trades Council
GA. F. L., which acted under its
closed shop contract with the yard.
NEW YORK.-The Federation of
Long Lines Telephone Workers an
nounced that $4,000 union members
employed by the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. were taking
a strike vote to enforce demands
for wage increases ranging from 50
to $21 weekly. Present wages range
from $40 to s66 a week.
Ryan Signs With Welders.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Ryan Aero
nautical Co. and the United Air
craft Welders of America signed a
labor contract for the duration of
the presidentially proclaimed ma
tional emergency. Wage increases
for the 100 welders covered were in
dicated, but no details of the agree
ment were released.
BUFFALO, N. Y.-An impasse was
reached in negotiations between C.
I. o. workers and the Bell Aircraft
Corp. The union, which has au-
thorized strike but has not set
the date, seeks a general pay in
crease of 20 cents an hour, a mini
mum pay boost from so to rs cents
an hour, q union shop and the
checkoff.
CHICAGO.-President Roosevelt's
special fact-f1nding board investi-
eating the national railroad wage
dispute, having concluded its pub
lie hearings, will draw up its recon-
to be in the Presidents
hands by midnight November S.
BENDIX, N. IA C. I. o. picket
line of 5000 strikers and sympathiz-
ers forced temporary shutdown to-
day Of the Air Associates, Inc, plant
and for three hours blocked highway
traffic. The line gained size during
the early morning hours, but after
8 am. began to dwindle and soon
less than 100 were marching up and
down busy Route 2, which had been
closed to motorists for a mile and q
half. There was no report of dis
order.
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