Show STRIKES CAUSE 1 x HEAVY LOSS LOSSES LOSSES' S SANTOl ANTOl ANTOFAGASTA AGASTA Chile April 30 Strikes have been in progress among the maritime ie workers here almost continuously con con- continUously for the past ten months months and and are reported to have caused heavy losses to the the- steamship lines Business Business Busi Busi- Business ness Interests are much concerned over this situation and it is fe feared red that Antofagasta which is the principal pal port In northern Chile may lose most of its shipping business re- re as a re sult suit The British government Is report reported to hav have hae e made representations to the Chilean foreign office to the effect that British steamship companies would b forced to suspend calls here unless there was improvement in in- inthe the ports port's labor conditions The newspapers assert Lloyds Lloyd's London Lon ton Lon don has threatened to refuse to insure cargo argo destined for owing to lo thefts of or merchandise which are re al at- r to be widespread aa In the port It is asserted that certain groups of cit port ort workers have now established a virtual boycott against all steamship companies that are known t to be tran trang- trang porting orting liquors This is part of an agitation against the sale of ot liquor which already had resulted in refusal refus' f of f the port workers to load oad or unload d it th here |