The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-22
UNLOADING BIG CARGO,
 CITY DOCK
Longshoremen Work Here . Mixup in Orders Is
 Cause Brief Delay


 BULLETIN--At 2:30 o'clock
 this afternoon, all troubles were
 reported eliminated and as soon
 as a longshore crew could be
 assembled, ischarging of
 freight from the North Sea
 would proceed at o'clock to-
 night.
 George Ford, ILWU delegate.
 brought word from Ketchikan
 that sent Juneau's longshore-
 men back on the job unloading
 the North Sea.
 The steamship will sail early
 tomorrow If she Is unloaded
 by then" company spokesmen
 said.
 Ford arrived from Ketchikan
 at 2:l5 pm. today.
 Juneau's ILwU longshoremen abruptly stopped unloading the Northland Transportation Com pany's North Sea at 500 am. today after seven and cne-half hours work, although the l9 day water front strike was reported settled Saturday. A picket line has been thrown around the dock.
 Hank Green. Northland agent here, said the company had signed all agreements and did not know why union members had stopped unloading but presumed the stop page was caused by some crrrr in notification which he described as a "technicality."
 Prior to the 8:30 am stoppage union members unloaded approxi- mately 70 tons of 500 ton cargo. including meat, eggs, butter. vege- tables. cement, plaster and mis- cellaneous items. Merchants who were on the waterfront before 8:3O am. today were able to pick up their goods. but there have been no store pick-ups or deliveries since.
 At Ketchikan. the Taku is re- ported in an Associated Press dis patch to have been discharged last Saturday.
 To the westward. at Seward. the Glove Hill and Victoria were to be docked and freight discharged.
 Four Army transports were also at Seward to be discharged.
 LONGSHORE AGREEMENT At Ketchikan, last Saturday. Steve Glumaz, International Long, shoremen's and Warehousemen's { Union tCIO) representative. and Lester O. Gore, representing the Waterfront Employers. issued joini statement today announcing an agreement had been reached to end the longshorc strike that had tied up Alaska shipping for 19 days.
 The agreement provided for a , wage scale of si.32 an hour for straight time and $l.98 for over- time. retroactive to April l. In the meantime the question as to whether wage increases and s..es ucnefirs granted Pacific coast longshoremen should apply to Alaska longshore workers and , be retroactive to October 1, 1914, will be submitted to arbitration Dr. vern Mund of Seattle was named arbitrator with authority to set all times for filing of any briefs or statements which the longshore- men or employers desire to file. Steamers Start Loading
 Following the announcement of the longshore strike agreement. the Alaska Steamship Company an- | nounced Saturday that three ships, the Cordova, Denali and Columbia i would begin loading immediately.
 The Cordova. Derthed at pier 56, will deliver her freight in Kodiak Island ports and is posted to sail April "A.
 D The Denali loading at Pier 5l, twill take her cargo to Alaska Pen- insula ports. and is scheduled to sail April 26. The Columbia berth ed at Pier 50. will go to Cordova. Valdez. Seward and Prince William Sound cannery ports and is posted { to sail April 24. Any additional cargo for the Columbia will be linn tied to foodstuffs.
 It also was announced that the Baranof will sail May for Ketch- ikan, Juneau. Yakutat. Cordova, Valdez and Seward and. the Lakina April 27 for Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet ports.