Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-24
Great Lakes Steel
Strike Is Settled;
Miners Still Out
Other Disputes Disrupt
Shipyurds and Tie Up
Machinery Plant
BY the Associated Press.

! BY the Associated Press.
/ An eight-day interruption of op-
! erationS at the Great Lakes Steel
Corp. in a Detroit suburb ended to-
| day when strikers accepted settle
ment terms and began returning to
their JOBS.
! Other strikes, however, gripped
I coal mines in Alabama, held up
welding operations at some ship
yards III the Northwest and para
lived production at an Ohio ma
chinery factory.
C. 7. o. workers at Great Lakes
Steel Corp. voted last night to go
back to work as soon as the firm
could call them and men began re-
porting for the midnight shift.
One of the principal provisions in
the settlement plan called for REIN
statement of 16 members Of the Steel
Workers, Organizing Committee who
had been suspended by union Of
f1cials.
Even before the settlement was
announced, plans had been made to
open the plant, with State troopers
on hand to preserve order. The fac
tory makes high tensile steel for use
in Army tanks and for other arma-
ment purposes.
Coal Miners Still Idle.
More than 10000 Alabama coal
miners remained idle while their
representa- tives and the joint confer
ence of Alabama coal operators ne
gotiated for a settlement of their
differences.
The Mediation Board has rec
commended a wage increase of Is
cents a day, an additional cents
ton for washer loss and $40 in two
installments as vacation pay.
Operators of commercial mines in
the State, representing about two
thirds of the diggings, announced
acceptance of the Mediation Boards
recommendations However, the
problem of captive mines remained.
The Alabama captive workings,
owned by steel companies. are In
Guided in the national captive mine
strike called for Saturday midnight.
Employees of the captive mines are
demanding a union shop.
Welders Remain Out.
At Seattle and Tacoma, 1900
welders stayed away from their jobs
in shipyards, seeking recognition Of
a separate union for Welders and re-
instatement of 1T welders at the
Lake Washington shipyards. The
1T were removed from their jobs
by the Seattle Metal Trades Council,
which has a closed shop agreement
with the shipyards.
A conference was arranged for
today on the Walkout of A, F, l..
unionists at the Buckeye Traction
Ditcher Co. whose Findlay, Ohio,
factory has 100000 in orders for
tank parts and gun mounts. The
disagreement was over an asserted
union shop clause in a contract
signed a month ago.
The current upsurge Of strikes IN
defense plants brought renewed de-
mands in Congress yesterday for
ltSlSld W w vi ICSbllSU QUILL
walkoutS. Speaking in the House,
Representative Cox, Democrat. of
Georgia. Rich, Republican. of Penn
sylvania, and Ford, Republican, of
California all demanded action.
Mr.. Cox asserted that strikes had
brought about 'the most disgrace
full situation that ever existed in
this country and declared it was
shameful that neither the execu-
tive nor the legislative branches of
the Government are doing anything
about it."
Blamed on Radical Leaders.
Mr.. Rich blamed the walkouts on
radical labor leaders" and was crit
ical of Sidney Hillman, co-director
of the Office of Production Manage
ment. He asserted that Mr.. Hill
man, head of the C. I. o. Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, was more
concerned over his union than over
the country
A collective bargaining agreement
covering 1900 workers in the Detroit
tank arsenal of Chrysler Corp, one
of the Nations vital defense plants,
has been signed between the cor
poration and the United Automobile
Workers &C. I. o..
Effective until next June l, 1t
provides for maintenance of wage
levels of the automotive industry,
ranging from SO cents an hour for
beginners to S1.18 for nearly all
employees. The new wage rates go
into effect next pay day.
Longshore Strike Threatened.
In New York coastwise steamship
onerators rejected Yesterday a nro-