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Show STRIKE CONGESTING COASTWISE FREIGHT NEW YORK, July 16. Failure of coastwise coast-wise steamers to leave port on schedule time owing to the strike of firemen, oilers and watertenders, has resulted In a great accumulation of freight on the piers of the lines affected. It was estimated that 300 vessels engaged In coastwise trade were tied up hre by the strike. Captain Frank N. Ferria, managing agent of the United States shipping board, prepared lists which- showed that 1S6 vessels were tied up, although he declared that seventy-six of this number were awaiting repairs. Of the nearly 600 ships In port, 101 were steamships owned by American corporation.", corpora-tion.", 186 by the United States shipping board, 71 LVritish and 33 Norwegian or Swedish. |