Show MAY ASK PRESIDENT I TO 10 SETTLE STRIKE I I r by Longshoremen e n Is Assuming l. g Dangerous I Point I Now New York Tor March 23 The 3 T The c only solution so so- i lution of or the strike of or longshore longshore- longshoremen men engaged etl in C coastwise t traffic Is a direct appeal to tho the White Whito House It n. M. M 1 Squires of or the thc national wage wn-c adjustment ad- ad ad adjustment l commission announced to to- to night The Tho announcement followed re- re re receipt of oC telegrams from the Charleston Charles Charles- re-j re ton S. S C C. C X chamber of oC l an anI and front from planters and farmers farmer in other I I southern districts ts demanding demanding- Informal Information l I tion of oC steps taken o to settle settie the strike j I l I b by ar arbitration I I 1 11 Plantel In ll tr j districts about Charleston Hampton Roads Jacksonville Jackson Jackson- Jacksonville Jackson Jackson-I ville l Fla hi and anti New Orleans have havo hundreds nun hun hunI I of or thousands yf ui dollars' dollars worth j of or perishable foodstuffs on seaboard and inland piers awaiting shipment to I Now ow York according to 0 the telegrams 1 Further urther dela delay of or these shipments they Isaid I said would cause a 1 very err disastrous situation sit ua Demand Inge nJ c Strike leaders who are demanding that the strikers he be granted ranted wage In Increases Increases increases In- In creases and shorter hours to today la asserted as asserted as- as the coastwise steamship managers managers' managers managers' man man- l agers' agers association has persistently re refused refused re- re fused to enter into IntI any scheme looking toward settlement with till tho the longshoremen longshore men using the time commission as an In arbitration arbitration ar Ar- machine The I he rs Ir maintain wane wage increases in increases in- in creases s 's cannot be uc granted unless s freight rat rags s are nrc ral raised NJ and that thai even en then the wa wage Increases CH could not be bc made retroactive The Time long longshoremen favor increased freight rl ht rates but de- de deI I a a retroactive c tva wage wao o Increase 1 nine Ninety ships operated In coast coal II i wise e trad trade have been made Idle by the strike and a large number of or men employed employed em em- I In III the thc offices of ot tho the steamship companies have been thrown out of I I work Mr Ir 1 said aid II |