TIIE JIOKXIXG OilEGONTAN", TTTESTJAY. SEPTEJfBER " 18, 1917.
STRIKE EXPECTED
TO BE OVER SOOH
TWO MEN AT WASHINGTON WHO LOOM LARGE IN EFFORTS TO SETTLE PACIFIC COAST SHIP
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Shipbuilders Feel Sure That Issue
Will Be Settled and That Men
Win Return, and They Are
Waiting for Settlement.
A feeling that the strike of ship
builders in the yards of the wooden
manufacturing; plants along the rivers
will not be of long duration prevails
in Portland.
T With but two or three yards working
their crews, the executive committee
'-. of the unions affiliated with the Dis
trict Council of Carpenters was in ses
sion much of the time yesterday, and
last night a general meeting of strikers
was held
, An Important meeting of the Build
ing Trades Council is scheduled for 11
o'clock this morning at the Labor Tim-
- pie. This is called to discuss certain
Phases of the strike, which vitally af-
; feet the members of this organization.
The executive committee of the Metal
Trades Council is keeping in close
- touch with the situation also, as there
Is a strong bond of sympathy between
" the organisation and the wooden, ship
; workmen. It is in relation to the
-z "closed-shop" feature, for which both
are contending.
While there was much secrecy con
" cernlng the features of the meetings.
It was believed by those concerned on
; the other cide of the controversy that
a vote will soon be taken to call off
the strike and permit the men to return
"' to their positions.
.! There has been no violence, and from
f?: the best Information obtainable there
;: will be none. The unions declare they
will not permit any abuse or force, but
will adhere strictly to a policy of per
T . suasion. The police were not much in
f evidence at any of the plants yester
day, although one uniformed man was
- assigned to each one, to be on the safe
.... side.
Operators Are Waiting.
i As far as the operators of the 'vari
ous plants involved in the shutdown
are concerned, they are playing a walt-'-
Ing game, expecting early adjustment
1 of the difficulties. They are, for the
V. most part, confident that conditions
I will be restored to normal within a
Z short time, possibly in a day or two.
Because of this they are not taking on
J . any new men, neither are they making
. any effort to start their plants.
, "I am not anxious to resume opera
? tlons with new men." said Joseph Sup
. pie. of Supple Sl Ballin. I could have
- taken on a full crew tiday. but as I
'. believe the trouble will soon be over
. I engaged none of the many men who
J ; called at the office for work. I prefer
to wait, and, if the strike Is called off
within a few days, to get back my old
and experienced crew,
i "Of course, should the difficulty drag
along, it will be necessary for me to
take on new men and proceed with the
? ' work on hand. I am confident, how-
- ever, that the men will return to work
- very soon."
t Caulken Waat No Snorte-' Day.
One of the peculiar features of the
- strike is that the caulkers, who are
. affiliated with the same organization
j ; as the carpenters and joiners, are de--.
termlned that the 10-hour day for them
shall prevail, while the others are
equally bent upon securing the eight
l hour day.
- The caulkers are working on a 10-
hour schedule and wish so to continue,
as they are drawing pay at the rate of
12 hours a day. The other allied trades
are absolutely opposed to a 10-hour
day, and one of the several things for
t which they are striking Is the recogni-
tlon of the eight-hour day for them-
selves.
; Practically all of the lumber that Is
being used in th- construction of the
s- wooden ships here is cut by the 10-hour
' day arrangement, and the strikers, so
; far as all but the caulkers are con-
cemed. are unwilling to work on any
of this cut.
The only plants In Portland which
are working as though nothing had
happened are the Coast Shipbuilding
' Company and the Columbia Engineer
ing Works, Linnton.
Yesterday morning men estimated at
perhaps 1000 walked out of the various
plants, thus strengthening the strike
situation, from the standpoint of the
unions.
LOGGING CAMPS MAY STRIKE
: Action in Sympathy With Ship
Workers Declared Probable.
ASTORIA, Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
Contrary to reports that the Astoria
union had received assurances from
Portland that three Portland shipyards
j had granted the union's demands, it
, wss said here tonight that a message
; was received telling that one small
yard bad granted the union's requests.
However, messages were received tell
l ing that all logging camps and lumber
7 yards will be tied up if necessary for
; the ship workers to win their strike.
It is said that all camps and yards on
the Columbia River will be affected.
Further reports say that the steel
ship workers on the Columbia and
Willamette will strike Thursday in
1 sympathy with the wood ship men.
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Left Ed ward If, Hurley of dalcmvo. ex-Clialnnatt of the Federal Trade Commissi on. Wlio Raa Been Appointed by
President Wilson as New Chairman of the Shipping; Board Succeed Ins; William Denman. Right Rear- Admiral
Waahlna-ton Lee Cappa. Chief Coutroetor of the Navy, Named by the President to Succeed MsJ or General Goethaln
as General Manager of the Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation
25,000 MEN ARE OUT
Arbitrary Attitude Cause, Says
Labor's Statement.
EIGHTH OF WORK TIED UP
Tonnage Valued at $150,000,000
InTOlved on San Francisco Bay
Alone Minor Disturbances
Mark First Day of Walkout.
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sons, including- organized workmen of
relative trades and their families, will
be Involved.
No attempts will be made to operate
any of the factories or works wltb
substitutes. It bad been announced by
spokesmen for the employers, who
several days ago sought Uovernment
intervention to settle tho controversy.
HCELEI PLAAS TRIP TO WEST
Shipping Board Hopes to Settle
Coast Strike on Seattle Basis.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Strikes In
Pacific Coast shipyards holding Gov
ernment contracts having assumed
suca serious proportions. Chair
man Hurley, of the Federal Shipping
Board, announced today that he was
considering' going to San Francisco
late this week in an attempt to settle
the trouble.
Strikes at Seattle, Portland. Los An
geles, San Francisco and other places
on the Pacific Coast now are holding
up about 12 per cent of the Govern
ment ships under construction. The
Shipping Board hopes to settle all on a
basis to be determined for Seattle
yards within a few days.
Officials of the board conferred to
day with . representatives of Seattle
yafds and union leaders regarding an
agreement under which workers would
be given higher pay with the Govern
ment paying a proportion of the In
crease. Working out of details now awaits
the arrival here, probably Wednesday,
of officials of a Seattle yard which
already has granted the highest wage
scale demanded by the workers and
who will explain the operation of the
system.
The Shipping Board today called on
the Department of Labor for assistance
in settling the strikes, and William
Blackman. an experienced conciliator,
was assigned to the work. He may
accompany Mr. Hurley, who said he
would go to the Coast only if the San
Francisco strike did not appear near
settlement by th latter part of the
week.
Report s reached the Board today
that the San Francisco strike was
prompted partly by an erroneous im
pression on the-rart of the union lead
ers that the high wage scale granted
by a single Seattle shipbuilding com
pany had been agreed to by all and
rstlTied by the Government.
ASTORIA SHIPYARDS YET IDLE
Only Men Employed by Government
Return to Work.
ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
All the shipyards in Astoria are still
tied up as a result of the ship car
penters' strike. Although the yards
announced that they would resume
operations today after a shut down
since Friday, only a lew men reported
for work. This fact probably was true
In a great part to the plant's being
picketed by union men. who Intercepted
every man approaching the yards
Several of the union men are out
spoken In declaring that they do not
favor a "closed shop." which is the
principal contention of the strikers,
and some have intimated that they
wish to return to work. The union at
a meeting last night voted to send
back to the yards all the union mm
bers who are employed by the Gov
ernment, and these were practically
the only ship carpenters at work to
day. For instance, at the McEachern
yards, which normally has 480 men on
its payroll, only about 40 were work
ing today. The majority of these were
Iron workers, there being only two
carpenters.
A similar condition exists at the
other yards. While the pickets have
been on duty all day, there were no
disturbances or trouble of any nature.
Immigration Inspector Gooch made
an inspection today of all the yards in
order to report the situation to Wash
ington. The Chamber of Commerce today Is
sued a call for a general meeting of
all Interests to be held at the Court
House tomorrow night for the pur
pose of trying to effect an adjustment,
whereby those who desire can return
to work without fear of molestation.
CAR SERVICE IS ABANDONED
United Railways Gives Up Night
Schedules After Riots.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. United
Railroads officials abandoned plans to
resume night service on the car lines
of the company, suspended for the last
three weeks as a result of the strlks
of approximately 1750 platform em
ployes of the company.
The decision was reached at a con
ference between President Jesse W.
Lilienthal of the company and D. A.
White, chief of police, and was said to
have been caused by the resumption o
rioting today following the iron trades
strike.
Employes of the United Railroads
have been on striike more than five
weeks in an attempt to enforce de
mands for recognition of their union,
increased wages and shorter hours.
FREIGHT HANDLERS TO STRIKE
New Union Makes Demands on
Southern Pacific Company.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. Union
freight handlers employed in the Coast
division of the Southern Pacific Rail
road will be ordered to strike at noon
tomorrow If an audience requested for
tomorrow morning by representatives
of the newly organized union is re
fused by officials of the railroad, ac
cording to a statement tonight by Gor
don A. Page, one of the organizers.
At the offices of Superintendent
Ahern it was said that nothing was
known of the demands of the men or
the existence of the union. The Coast
division embraces territory served by
the Southern Pacific extending south
ward from San Francisco to Los An
geles.
NAVY'S HEALTH IS GOOD
MEASLES AND STUMPS ARE CHIEF
MALADIES. .
Sanitary Measures at Shore Stations
Influence Nearby Cities to Im
prove" Le-cal Conditions.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Generally
good health for the Navy, afloat and
aFfcore. was reported today by Surgeon-General
Braisted. who said there
was little serious Illness. Some cases
or measles and mumps still are re
ported from the Atlantic fleet, with
rreasles less prevalent than mumps,
averaging only 10 cases a week for the
whole force afloat.
Conditions also are excellent at the
sbore stations, except at San Fran
cisco, where there are a number of
esses of measles and mumps.
"Sanitary measures being put into
effect at all shore stations are having
a good influence in many nearby cities
and towns," General Braisted said. "In
many instances where unsatisfactory
conditions were found the local au
thorities have responded promptly to
suggestions - and they are showing a
spirit of co-operation ' which Is very
gratifying."
LOSS OF BELGIUM FEARED
Pan-German Paper Demands State
ment of Government's Plan.
BERLIN, via London, Sept. IT. The
Pan -German Tages Zeitung, chafing
ui.der the persistent rumors that Ger
many has decided to yield up Belgium
calls on the government to make an
unequivocal declaration of its pur
poses. Von Reventlows paper refers to al
leged rumors that the imperial govern
ment had concluded to abandon the
idea ef maintaining dominion over the
territory of the peoples of the former
kingdom of Belgium and adds that
euch conclusions are said to have been
arrived at by authoritative factors in
the presence of the Emperor.
Clocks Turned Back an Hour.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 17. All clocks
in Holland and Germany were put back
an hour at 3 o'clock this morning. The
daylight , saving schedule, began on
April 15.
STANDARD WAGE AIM
Shipping Board Has Plan to
End Coast Troubles.
CONCILIATOR WILL BE SENT
Chairman Hurley Says He Has Been
Trying to Impress Patriotic
Idea Upon Both Shipbuild
ers and Laborers.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, September 17. No progress was
made today by the Shipping Board in
its efforts to bring about an adjust
ment of differences between shipyards
or the Northwest and their employes.
Chairman Hurley however' saw Secre
tary of Labor Wilson, and obtained the
detail of Conciliator William Blackman
to the Shipping Board, so that he may
confer with the shipbuilders and the
representatives of ship yard labor in
an effort to bring about an amicable
adjustment.
Mr. Blackman today had several in
formal conferences with the labor rep
resentatives but no understanding was
reached.
It is announced seml-offlciallv that
the Oregon and Washington troubles
cannot be adjusted before Thursday,
on which day officials of the Skinner
and Eddy yard of Seattle are to confer
with Chairman Hurley and Mr. Black
man. Some explanation will be de
manded by the Shipping Board.
Mr. Hurley in a talk with newspa
per men explained that the Shipping
Board Is trying to bring about the es
tablishment of a standard wage on the
Pacific Coast, which while probably
not as high as the Skinner and Eddy
wage, will be higher than the scale
generally prevailing on the Pacific
Coast. For the accomplishment of this.
he will look largely to Air. Blackman,
whose previous efforts as conciliator
in labor disputes have been highly suc
cessful. Mr. Hurley has been trying,
he "said, to impress upon both ship
builders and their laborers that they
have a patriotic duty to perform in this
emergency, and he says both sides are
discussing the points at Issue with this
in mind.
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EUGENE. Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
Allen Eaton, member of the faculty ot
the University of Oregon, whose re
moval has been asked by the Eugene
Chamber of Commerce because of his
participation in the meeting of the
People's Council for Democracy and
Peace at Chicago, has telegraphed
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Chicago incident.
"Until I have heard Mr. Eaton's
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President Campbell said tonight, when
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the resolution adopted by the Chamber
of Commerce.
SALEM. Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
Governor Withycombe said today - that
any action which might be taken to
ward ousting Allen Eaton, of Eugene,
from his place as member of the Leg
islature because of his activities in
connection with the People's Council in
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estly, but no doubt Indiscreetly."
ASTORIA. MAN IS ACCUSED
George Lounsberry Said to Be Ger
man Sympathizer.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
Formal charges against George Louns
berry, clerk In the city water depart
ment, were filed in the City Council
tonight. An affidavit, sworn to by
David McCroskey, an Astorian, asserts
that Mr. Lounsberry admitted being a
German sympathizer and uttered re
marks against Great Britain.
Clarence Realties, United States Dis
trict Attorney, explained that the re
marks took place before passage of the
sedition act and were therefore beyond
Government jurisdiction. Mr. - Reames
advised that Mr. Lounsberry s remarks
be investigated by the council.
Navy Reports "No Submarine."
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Argentine Strike Spreads.
BUENOS AIRES. Sept. 17. Railroad
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