Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-09 | Page 1 | Strikes Paralyze Coast Shipping

Strikes Paralyze Coast Shipping I OTHER BOATS BOATS' FACING UPON ARRIVAL East Coast Carriers Ca Idle as Crews Seek N New ev Accord By 13 Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Jan 9 9 A crisis appears imminent in inthe inthe inthe the tangled Pacific coast maritime maritime mar- mar time situation Neither employers nor labor leaders will vill make any predictions predictions predictions but of coastal vessels vessels ves yes sels has so nearly paralyzed coast shipping that only 11 are actually in trade today seven Fifty-seven steam schooners schooners- small coastal carriers have carriers have been rendered idle 23 of them as the re result re- re suit sult of crew demands for a six-hour six day in port the Association Association Asso Asso- of the Pacific reported today and the remaining 11 will probably probably probably ably be tied up as fast as they make port porto Big Ships Idle The thirty four other schooners are idle for lack of cargo or r because because be- be cause of obsolescence Four water deep ships all from the he cast east coast are tied up here because be be- cause causo their crews want west v st coast agreements which would give them higher pay The steam schooner controversy is s of long standing The 1934 award ward which ended the great maritime mari mari- time ime strike of that year ear provided that hat steam schooner men should unload un- un load oad ships working eight hours a day and should receive 70 70 O monthly plus 70 cents an hour for or overtime Asked Six-Hour Six Day Before the award was tas renewed last September 30 the schooner workers asked formally for a six-hour six day dayn in n port for longshore work NoIce Notice Notice No tice Ice tice of amendment of the award was vas filed upon which under provisions of the award were required to negotiate with the sailors This the refused to todo tolo too lo do o saying sains that they paid ample wages Early in December sailors began to tie up the steam schooners schoon- schoon ers rs declaring they were forced to todo too too do o so because refused to o abide by their promise to bargain Sailors Discharged In actuality sailors have merely quit uit work at tho the end of six hours of f their first day in port whereupon owners have discharged them Since ince other sailors refuse to sign on In n the vessels remain idle The four water deep-water ships including in- in ludIng Panama Panama-Pacific's passenger liners iners Pennsylvania have eastern cities as their home ports so their crews automatically work under Con Cont Continued te n on Paw Page Two Column STRIKES TIE Up UP l lJ J COAST SHIPPING Continued from Pace Page One Ons east coast agreements The saIl lall sailors sailors' rl firemen and cooks want the registered to west coast ports porte that wes west coast agreements agreement will pre pr vail van S Ordinary seamen on the e cut et coast coust get 35 35 monthly and 45 45 on I Ithe the tho west west coast bodied Able seam learn seamen n get and 82 50 East EMt coa cout t seamen seamen receive nothing extra i. i overtime while west co coast seamen get 30 cents cent an un hour Crews Crewl of th 3 four tour vessels say their union nion re r Y 4 signed agreements jia out allowing the men any voice In Inthe the matter thus denying they ire are are f violating contracts by striking i About 1500 men arc are involved b jj the ste steam m schooner and about COO jOO in the others ij