Show LONGSHORE MENS STRIKE both sides resolved to fight to the end new york may IS 18 announcement is made today that the finance committee of the international mercantile marine company ihns ahas approved every act previously done by its officers and has ordered that the strike of the longshoremen be fought to the end tho the committee has also alo taken from every officer the power of compromise or arbitration and has authorized the expenditure of any amount of money to carry out the agreement entered into with 35 other deep sea lines to fight the strike among those at the meeting at which this action was taken were J P morgan I organ jr and charles steele and J bruce ismay the strikers show the same determination mi as the companies 10 lo do to fight it out and am the prophecy in gome some quarters that they would be starved into submission has haa not yet materialized the men generally are orderly A A number ot of them who were congregated on tho the river front last I 1 night awaiting developments helped to save thousands of dollars worth of freight during the big fire on the southern pacific pier which caused a loss of halt half a million dollars they are receiving much praise tor for this action |