Show N. N Y OWNERS OF I 1 BOA BOATS IS REFUSE yO j TO ARBITRATE Board l b 1 fY Y Contentions of t. t arbor alli of Employers I r. r f rk Dec 21 ReCusal 1 Refusal of or as- as representing harbor boat I It t F submit to arbitration 1 n 1 th their es regarding I I. I P. P r ri- ri rit t hours was rebuked hO national war labor board I r ruled their claim that the tho thoi i 11 harbor wage ahe adjustment I t I tell under a an nil n agreement with had gone Jonc out of oC existence of oC the armistice t 1 For er President William 11 II Taft fact ll Basil Manly Joint chairmen of or the i nr labor board dismissed tho the con- con of oC tho the employers cr that dent dent Wilson In III saying to Congress Thus Thua the war comes to lO nn an end had l proclaimed peace They also denied n a pica plea of oC tho the boat owners that Ithe wage adjustment board ha had been dissolved by 11 resignation of oC of or Its members and advised that immediate I steps bo be taken to fill till the tho vacancies r Moth Duth Sides 1 nul tl Hound Houndt I Ii t i Consequently the they stated both em- em and bound b by were their agreement of oC Slay May In last to sub- sub emit throughout tho the war all nIl differ differ- to the wage adjustment board and emphasizing the urgency of ot the necessity for Cor the tho food being shipped o ropo for tor the civilian populations hand for tor our forces under tinder arms across r rethe ethe the sea sen f 1 Previous Pre to the tho reading of oC the tie de- e- e b by Mr Tart Tan tho the boat owners announced announced that tho they were wera willing to Arbitrate the wage question but not before belore tho the wage adjustment board J l' l thc they considered without au- au A basic lc hour eight-hour day the they asserted was Impracticable for tor harbor Jcraft The owners' owners delegates deles loft left tho ho cono conference con con- ference without any Intimation Intimation-as ns as to I whether their attitude ha had been changed b by the w war r labor boards board's deree deree de de- cree ree Many n Sent During tho hearing called callei with tho the hope pc of oC averting a n. threatened of or the harbor workers set for tor last Thursday and postponed pending to today's today's to- to days day's conference it developed eloped that T. T V. V OConnor O'Connor tho the marine marIno t workers workers' organizations org Frederick A. A shop a delegate from the owners' owners associations and two taro representatives atthe of at the the railroad administration had hall re- re from the wage adjustment t board oard but that the resignations had hall hadnot hallot not ot of been acted upon A strike of ot tho the harbor workers hh h would affect officers and crews of t i tugs lighters ferry terry boats and all aU raft operating here except those uner under uner un un- der er control ot or the railroad Would practically tie up the tho trac tra- tra r ilc c a of gt the tho port |