Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-30 | Page 1 | Nonunion- Loaded Ship Sails from Honolulu

T'cnunlcn-Lcccdi Chip Sdh Frcim Icnclulu HONOLULU, TJL July to (TJP) The Isthmian freighter Steel riyer sailed for Panama Friday night with ths first cargo of sugar to leave the Hawaiian islands sines the CIO longshoremen strike startsd (1 days ago. Ths fact thet ths vessel headed for Panama indicated the sugar would bs unloaded at a gulf coast or Atlantic coast port, thereby avoiding a Pacific coast boycott against Hswailaa cargoes declared de-clared by ths CIO International Longshoremen and Wareoouse-mens Wareoouse-mens union. Ths ILWU Is fully organised oa tha west coast but its power ta prevent unloading of Hawaiian hips does not extend to the gulf or esst coasts. Virtually sll shipping except emergency relief cargoes has been , paralysed since the ILWU went on strike Msy 1 ta support union demands for higher wages. The Steal Flyer, however, was loaded by a new company, Hawaii Stevedores. Ltd, which wss formed since the strlks started. Ray Adelmeyer, president of Hawaii Ha-waii Stevedores, said the Steel Flyer carried SOOO tons of sugar and 1000 tons of general cargo. The veesel's scheduled sailing was kept a secret ta prevent possible pos-sible violence by pickets of the ILWU. The crew of the Steel Flyer, members of the A F L Seafarers International union, ran a 20-man ILWU picket line tn taxlcabs late Friday afternoon to board their ship. There was no dlsturb-ance.