Evening star., 1955-09-13
Dockers' Strike
Spreads Along
Eastern Ports
Some Stoy on Job,
However; Cost of
WoIkout Mounts

NEW YORK, Sept. Is P).-
The strike Of longshoremen
|, spread along the Atlantic Coast
today as dock workers stayed
OF the job at many ports from
Portland, Me-, to Miami, Fla.
The men quit work in support
Of New York,s dockers.
The cost Of the stoppages
mounted swiftly and was esti-
mated at 81 million a day in the
vast port Of New York alone.
Perishables rotted on> piers
while dockers here carried their
strike into its seventh day. Their
action is aimed not at employers
but at the Waterfront Commits
sion created by New York and
New Jersey to police the piers.
Move to Clamp Embargo
Overland carriers moved to
embargo consignments for abroad
headed here. Detroit's Chamber
Of Commerce. warning of costly
prospective delays along the East
Coast. urged Michigan manu-
facturers to use that city's ship
ping facilities.
/ The State Trucking Associa-
ton advised 1900 members to
halt export shipments into New
York, and the Association of
American Railroads was to de-
eide today on q possible similar
move.
The general strike of long
shoremen in all ports on the
East and Gulf Coasts was or
dered yesterday by the independ-
Ient international Longshore-
mems Association. The union
claims 100000 members.
The strike did not stop all ship
movements.
Two Liners Arrive
The liners Flandre and United
States came into New York from
Europe this morning, and COM
Ipany white-collar workers helped
passengers unload baggage. The
Queen Elizabeth was due later in
the day.
But no longshoremen were at
work in all Of the New York
harbor. except for the Army
pliers in Brooklyn and Staten
Island.
The same quiet prevailed else
where along the seaboard. al
though there was rebellion
against the order in such im-
Iportant cities as Baltimore and
New Orleans. Ships were worked
In both cities and In Baltimore
some longshoremen went so far
los to handle ships diverted from
New York. They did the same
last time their fellow unionists
refused to work.
Fifty LILA men continued to
work, too, in Albany, N. Y.
A longshore leader In Halifax.
Nova Scotia, said there would
be no walkout there. and added
he would like to see more auton-
Iomy for Canadian longshoremen
within the lila. But he pointed
out that Canadian labor works
under entirely different laws.
Houston Work Continues =
Far to the South, union leaders
in Houston, Tex, met yesterday
to discuss the immediate" stop
work order, adjourned without
announcing any decision and re-
convened their meeting today.
Work on the docks continued.
In Alabama, Mobile pier work.
ers were on the job this morning.
There was no activity in Bos-
ton, which had 10 vessels in port.
Two ships were tied up in Prov
idence, r. !. Philadelphia was
shut down tight. About 10 ships
have been affected in New York.
In Savannah. Ga. an lila Of
flcial reported 1900 men walked
out from Wilmington, N. c.. to
Miami. The stoppage will con-
tinue. he said, until the situa-
ton in New, York clears up"
Face Court Actions
lila headquarters here called
for a general walkout despite
court orders against a strike and
contempt-of-court actions facing
union leaders.
A union aim was to interest
the Federal Government, but in
Washington officials indicated
they had doubts as to any basis
for Federal action.
Clyde Mills, assistant director,
said the Federal Mediation Serv-
ice "has no intention of inter-
vening in this situation because
1t does not appear to be a labor
dispute in the usual sense" /
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