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PAGE SIXTEEN
LONGSHOREMEN CALL STRIKE
OFF.
There was great rejoicing last night
when Patrick Connors, leader of the
striking longshoremen, at a meeting
of nineteen branches of dock long
shorqmen, at Hudson Hall, Hudson
and Leroy streets, announced that,
acting in the best interest of«the
men, he intended to call off the strike
against the thirty-five transatlantic
steamship companies in New York
and Hoboken.
4 4 Your executive committee,’’ Mr.
Connors continued, “has adopted my
suggestion, but before deciding th >
matter finally, I wish to put it up to
you. I assure you that we have made
the best fight we could and there is
nothing to be gained by keeping
up a losing fight. Men, what do you
say ? ’ ’
With a yell that was heard afar the
strong chested longshoremen gave
voice to their approval .and the strike
was then and there officially declared
off. Connors received a vote of
thanks for the manner in whi< h he
had conducted the strike. He had al
ways told the men the plain truth,
and had left it to them to stick to
gether or go back to work.
12,000 Will Return to Work.
More than 12,000 men will return
to work this morning. The companies
have found that some skill was neces-
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sary to take cargoes out of ships or
put it into the vessels. Thousands of
non-union men whom the compani >s
had employed to take the place of the
strikers had been discharged because;
they could not handle the cargo, even
after having tried for a week.
The men will go back to work for
the same pay they received when they
went on strike. Their wages will be
30 cents an hour for day work and 45
cents an hour for overtime. Sundav
and holiday work. They had demand
ed 40 cents an hour for day work
and 60 cents an hour for over ime,
Sunday and holiday work. Thev later
on reduced their demands to 35 cents
an hour for day work, 50 cents an
hour for night work and 60 cents an
hour for Sunday work, but the com
panies would not agree to the com
promise.
The strike has lasted five weeks,
and was a great financial loss to the
• steamship companies and to the work
ers. The records in the Custom House
show thta the loss to the steamship
companies is high up into millions,
while the loss in wages to the long
shoremen has been close to a million
dollars. The number of men wh »
went on strike originally was 25.000.
The credit in having the strike
called off belongs to Industrial Med
iator Michael J. Regan. He has been
assured that nearly all the strikers
will be re-employed.
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