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Show PREVENT BIG SHE OF UK SEMEN Wage Increase Is Granted and Other Demands Are to Be Investigated. WASHINGTON. Sept. SO. The strike of j Great Lakes seamen set for tomorrow was called off here today by union lead- I ers when the shipping board, serving as arbitrator in their dispute with the carriers, car-riers, decided to grant wage increases demanded. de-manded. Other demands were waived pending investigation by the board. The dispute was brought to the shipping ship-ping board when it appeared the carriers refusal to deal with the seamen's union had defeated all hope of an adjustment. Both sides asreed to abide by the board's decisions in all except the demand for union recognition, which the carriers still refuse to meet. The men asked a minimum wage for seamen during October and November of ?rtf a month. The carriers had declined to pay more than S$.V Deck hands will receive $60 a month. $2.50 more than the carriers were willing to pay. The lake carriers were the only ship owners of the country who did not enter Into the general agreement negotiated a month ago by the government with shipping ship-ping Interests and union representatives under which a new general wage scale was fixed and living conditions aboard ships improved. |