Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-08 | Page 1 | Strike End Expected Soon

TRI EN N EXPECTED SOON I S S Sarine M Marine arine Workers and S. S Ship i p Owner A Agree on on Six of Mooted Points s Union Holds Meeting N NEW IW YORK May flay 7 The The mar marine marine ma ma- r rine ne strike which began a week ago may be settled tomorrow tomor tomor- r row 11 it was announced here this afternoon The American Steamship Steamship Steamship Steam Steam- ship Owners' Owners association stated that Its representatives In Ww Washington conferring with delegates of the International in international international In- In union has reached a a complete agreement on six Ix of the fhe he- he disputed points which brought about the strike The entire New York union membership membership membership member member- ship is to hold a meeting in Cooper union tomorrow afternoon to consider the remaining question open to settle settle- ment POINTS POINTS- SETTLED According to the owners owners' owners owners' association association tl tion n the tho six points agreed upon were Reinstatement of all strikers Retention of the basic hour eight-hour da day Overtime t to be paid on the basis of an hour eight-hour day Retention of the 1920 classification of ship tonnage One hour overtime daily for the most efficient engineers Elimination of the open shop proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed by the owners The strikers were said to have agreed to have their answer answer answer an an- on the seventh point In Washington Wash Wash- Washington ington before 10 a. a m. m Monday STEAM STEAMERS ERS SAI SAIL L. L SEATTLE Wash May 7 The 7 The steamer President of the Pacific Steamship company's Puget Sound- Sound California fleet 1 t sailed for San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco today manned by a crew which signed on on at at the reduced wage scale put into effect by the shipping board The President was the first ship owned by a private corporation to sign a crew in Seattle at the new scale Port engineers engineers en en- of the company at San Francisco Fran Fran- Francisco cisco and Seattle were in charge of the vessels vessel's it was said NEWPORT NEWS Va May 7 The shipping board steamer Willimantic loading here with coal was discovered sinking at her pier today with fifteen feet teet of water in her engine room Had the bulkheads not held she would have gone down the agents said adding that they did not know whether the ship had sprung a leak or whether the had b been n left open Experts Experts Experts Ex Ex- say the ship is in no danger