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Show scone TELEGRAM IS SEIT TO STRIPS CJxrTIman Hurley Tells Shipyard Carpenters and Joiners That Interference Inter-ference With Shipbuilding Ship-building Will Imperil the Lives of Our Soldiers Sol-diers on the Line in France. j DEMANDS RETURN OF THE WORKERS I I I Declares Mothers and Fathers Giving Their Sons to Battle Will Not Sit Patiently By and Permit Paralyzing of the Life Line Between Be-tween Us and Front. VNGTOX. Feb. 14. An urgent j.. to striking carpenters and Joinera In stern shipyards to return to work was e d tonight by Ch a i rni an Hu rl ey of thT; building board, who sent a tele- ! gram to union he;.ds declaring mothers j and lathers giving the ir sons to battle j not long permit continued interference interfer-ence with the shipbuilding programme. The telegram was inspired, by reports of strikes at yards in the vicinity cf New Tork and at Baltimore, where the men are demand ii-.g the wage scale recently re-cently granted for the Facific coast of 5.60 a day. It went to W. L. Hutchen-son, Hutchen-son, general president of the carpenters at Indianapolis, and to union leaders in j the d:s:ricts in which strikes have been called. Insists Upon Return at Once. Mr. Hurley insisted that the men go to work pending an adjustment of their grievances by the wage adjustment board, which within a few days will recommend rec-ommend a general wage scale for 75 per cent of the yards on the Atlantic coast-Mr. coast-Mr. Hurley's telegram follows; While the people of this country are mourning the loss of the brave young Americans in the Tuscania horror-while horror-while thousands of American homes are anxiously watching the lists of survivors slowly coming in to make certain that another precious life has been snatched from the Atlantic i ocean, a telegram comes and with it the grim announcement that the carpenters in shipyards are now on Etrike. Purpose of Strike. Before any govern men t agency Is VJgiven an opportunity to act, and de-Sle de-Sle the good record of our adjust-meToard's adjust-meToard's promptness and rairnesa in dealing with all labor matters, you attempt to paralyse tho shipbuilding ship-building industry at the port of New York. Do you realize that you are adding add-ing to the fearful danger our soldiers already face, the danger of starvation and the danger or' slaughter if food and ammunition are not sent over in ships and in many ships at once? Do you think the fathers and mothers whose sons are making this sacnlice will sit patiently by and permit this paralyzing of the 11 fo line between us and the western front to go on? Offers Suggestion. Will you take my friendly suggestion sugges-tion and go back to work at once ? The machinery for dealing with all your demands and with the right of labor is at hand. You will be well advised to foLlow the methods of well-managed and patriotic lubor organizations), or-ganizations), at least until you have tested whether or not your government, govern-ment, for which aa shipbuilders you now are working, can be fair. I advise you to end the paralyzing of the shipyard work now. I am sure you would not deliberately imperil the lives and safety of our brave fellow fel-low citizens. J am sure you believe with me that those whoso tons a ro now giving their blood that you and I and our children may bo safe and free will not long permit cither you or me to invite destruction of heroic lives and disaster to a great world cause. STRIKE LEADERS REFUSE TO TALK ABOUT TROUBLE EALTrMORR. Mi., Feb. 1 1. ('lover n-mei!t n-mei!t shi pbu Sitting at this port was ser rioualy hampered today by strikes of c;ir-inters c;ir-inters and Joiners in the shipbuikh ng Ijlant of the Bethlehem Steel company, l Sparrow's Point, and the Baltimore I)ryrirjri- Shipbuilding company. Two hiirju ,m.n at earn v,lu-f failed to re-.ior re-.ior work thin morning. An official of the Haiti more Dry dock (Continued ou page Three,) i SCORCHING MESSAGE IS SENT TO STRIKERS (Continued from Page One.) & Shipbuilding- company said he did net know the reason for the strike of his men. They had made no demands, he said. The leaders of the men refused to discuFs their action, say in? "they know all about It In Washington." "While the strike leaders refused to discuss dis-cuss the matter in any way a local federation fed-eration of labor officer conversant with the situation said that the trouble arose over the question of wages. The men have been drawing from 45 to 54 cents an hour and they demanded more, just how much Is not known, but it is said that they demanded the same wage as is being paid on the Pacific coast. There, it is said, carpenters and joiners make 60 cents an hour. |