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J I J r STRIKERS DEFIANT lip MEt If I i TAKES A HA f I N SEATTLE Shipyard V Workers Are Stubborn Boilermakers ers Ousted From Union Union Union Un Un- ion ion j Carpenters Out i S' S v 1 I 1 1 I I Charles director general genera I of the United States Emergency I r Fleet corporation apparent apparently has I taken control of tile the strike j I situation here her fro from the hands of shipbuilders shipbuilders ship ship- ShiP ShiP-I I builders and anda nd a board of three me men ap appointed appointed ap- ap I I pointed by him will attempt attempt t settie settie settle set set- J tie tle the dispute dispute- between the yards and I Ithe i the union of the shipyards shiP shiP-I shipyards ship ship- i yards ards who h haVe ve been on strike since I January I A telegram am from Mr Plez to the shipbuilders shipbuilders' said I Inasmuch as the Emergency Fleet corporation has accepted and carri carried d j I the responsibility of matters in Seattle I request that the the- builders leave heave the carrying out of or this policy polley and all announcements announcements an an- connected therewith I an-I in inthe Inthe th the hands of or John F- F o maine Elaine I Henry enry J j i McBride and Dr L. L C. C Marshall who I J t represent me as a committee in hi this I matter This request was accepted by the shipbuilders at a conference DISAPPROVAL PERHAPS Taken In n connection with the an announcement announcement an- an I that they would reopen their plants Wednesday morning employing employing em em- at the gates those who applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied piled the telegram in some quarters was believed to be an indication of government disapproval of the owners' owners policy Dr Marshall held a series of conferenceS conferences confer confer- with yard owners striking work workers rs and International officers of vallo various us unions who are here to Investigate Investigate investigate gate the situation WILL STAND PAT The strike conference committee In Ina Ina Ina a statement said the Metal Trades council under whose jurisdiction the strike e was called would stand pat paton on the shipyards ultimatum Later It was announced that Hope Lodge of Machinists the second strongest strong strong- est union on oa strike voted to remain away from the yards ards If they reopened I I. I 1 I I William Hannon representing the I general executive board of ot the International International Inter Inter- national Association of oC Machinists j told the Hope lodge members to re remaIn remain remain re- re main out as a body or return to work sol solidly idly REGARDED AS OUTLAWS By UI Associated Pre Press TACOMA Wash Feb 18 pons ions were adopted here by a I commit commit- committee tee representing the Aleta Metal Trades council which declared that any person person person per per- son returning to work worl in any shipyard ard where a n. strike now is in effect would be regarded as S A t strikebreaker The resolution was waR adopted as a reply to the announcement by the Todd Dry Dock Doel and Construction corporation of Tacoma that its plant resume steel ship construction Wednesday provided the Seattle yards reopened at the same sam time Members of the tho strike committee said that any shipyard worker whether er or not ho professed to obey oi orders ders of oC an international union officer In returning to work would be ha regarded as an outlaw member in the eyes ees of at the local council i DENVER STRIKE SETTLED By Associated Press DENVER Colo Cob Feb 18 The The strike I of stationary engineers which has baa tied up a number jot of of the public schools for the last week ek has been fn settled Continued on page 8 TAKES CHARGE S Continued from page 1 1 The strikers and antI the school board agreed to arbitrate their differences All schools were reopened this mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing the the strikers returning to work pending settlement of their demands BOILERMAKERS OUSTED By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Feb The J San Francisco Iron Trades council last night expelled from membership the San Francisco Boilermakers union on ona ona ona a charge of insubordination In having failed to discontinue the practice of taking Saturday afternoon off oft after atter sanction for tor the procedure had been refused Seven hundred members of the Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- Oakland land Boilermakers makers union whose strike for a readjustment of the wage wag scale I for a readjustment of the wage wag scale ha has not been sanctioned by the international InternatIOnal International Inter Inter- national organization at a i meeting as assured assured assured as- as M. M 1 J. McGuire MeGuire international representative representative representative rep rep- I the they would return to their I work in the San Francisco Bay shipyards shipyards shipyards ship ship- yards today McGuire declared that unless ss the theother theother theother other members of the the Oakland union returned to work by Wednesday the charter will have been t-en finally forfeited forfeit forfeit- ed and a new union of boilermakers will be formed from those members who have disobeyed the strike call cail MEN SETTLE STRIKE By Associated Press S NE NEV V YORK Feb IS Representatives tives of the Building Trades Employers Employers' Employ Employ- ers ers' association of this city and abd their striking building bunding trades trades- wor workers ers each announced today that they would send committees to meet Secretaries Baker and Wilson in Washington in an attempt to settle the nationwide strike effective yesterday on contracts held by the employers' employers I association |