Evening star., 1941-10-03
Mobile Shipwrights
And Ohio Clerks Vote
To Call Off Strikes
Mediation Proposals
Accepted in Disputes
Affecting Defense
~ the Associated Press.

c. I. Q. shipWrightS whose walk
out has hampered operations at the
two Mobile yards of the Alabama
Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. voted
last night to return TO work pending
consideration of the dispute by the
National Mediation Board.
John Green. national president of
the Industrial Union of Marine and
Shipbuilding Workers, had urged the
men to go back to their Jobs. Esti-
mates of the number OF men who
walked out varied. The union said
$500 were absent: the company con-
tended the number was consider
ably smaller.
Details of the Workmen's griev-
snces were not officially disclosed,
but reliable sources indicated the
unions principal demand was for a
maintenance clause under which
every man who belonged to the
union would have to pay his dues
or lose his job,
A. F. L. Office workers who had
been on strike for two days at the
Government S $50 000, 900 Plum Brook
tOhiol ordnance plant voted yes
terday to return TO work today after
their business agent told them that
an o. P. NJ. representative said their
demands for overtime pay would be
mediated following their return.
Picket Line Effective.
AS a result of the strike. A F. L.
- = oN,d unrE
ers had refused to cross the office
workers picket line, and A. F. l..
walters and helpers walked out OF
the plant cafeteria. The office men
make from S35 TO 500 a week.
Members of the Mechanics Edu-
cational Society of America. an un-
affiliated union. last night walked
out of four of the five plants of the
Cleveland (Ohio> Graphite Bronze
Co. which has orders for bearings
used on planes and tanks. Union
spokesmen declared the company
was "stalling' on their wage da-
mands.
The company'S personnel director
said a deadlock had been reached
following the company's refusal to
grant a minimum wage OF Sl15 an
hour after six months experience.
Union officials denied that this was
the reason, but did not amplify.
A strike of c. L o. workers con-
Hnued at the Waverly Terminal
plant of Breeze Corp, Inc, at Eliz-
abeth. N. j.. and the National Me-
diation Board here announced 1t
would hold no hearings on the case
until the strikers had gone back to
their Jobs. The men are seeking a
minimum wage scale of rs cents an
hour. with 10 to Is cents increases in
higher classifcations. The present
scale was not disclosed. The plant
makes srmor for airplaneS.
Coal Strike Called Illegal.
John L. Lewis. president of the c..
I. o. United Mine Workers. tele-
graphed anthracite miners in the
unions district 7. in the Hazleton,
Pa, area, urging them to end what
he called their illegal strike" Six
teen thousand miners in that dis
trict have been idle three weeks in
protest against increases in union
dues and assessments. In addition,
some 1000 miners in other Pennsyl-
vania hard coal fields have joined in
the strike
Approximately 500 employees Of the
Chris-Craft Corp. at Algonac. Mich,
we're idle today in a strike called by
the Federal Labor Union "a. F. L.
over a wage dispute.
Union officials charged the COM
pany with failure to negotiate de-
mands for wage increases. The
strike was called yesterday. two days
before expiration of five-day cool
ing off" period. Pickets patrolled
plant entrances. The company has
defense orders. Present wage scales
and demands were not disclosed.
In Pittsburgh, operations of eight
principal hotels came almost to q
standstill because of a walkout by
2,400 service employees, members OF
an A. F. L. union. Executives of the
hotels operated elevators and. in
some instances, cooked meals. The
strikers ask increases of Is TO &c
per cent in wage scales which range
from 500 a month for bellhops to
SITS for chief cooks.
IL Cases Settled.
Yesterday the Defense Mediation
Board issued a statement which said
IL cases, involving 122991 workers
were certified to it during Sep
tember, and that by the end of the
month workers were busy at their
Jobs in each instance.
Some 65 baking companies in New
York City reached agreements with
Local 802 of the Bakery and Pastry
Drivers and Helpers Union "A. F
L. today. union spokesman said
and more than 1000 strikers re-
turned to work. He did not revea
terms of the agreements. He sale
he expected early settlement with
the remaining companies The strike
was called yesterday over unior