STRIKE ENDS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 113, 6 February 1937, Page 9

STRIKE ENDS

Maritime Hold-up On Pacific Coast MEN RETURN TO WORK Authorised by Big Majority in Referendum EARLY SAILINGS LIKELY By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received February 5. 7.. i p.m.) San Francisco, February 4. The shipping Strife* was officially ended this afternoon by the joint strike committee and the men were ordered to return to work at 8 a.m. to-morrow. The referendum overwhelmingly authorised the return. Representatives of the seven maritime unions are expected to call membership meetings immediately forlhully to inform the mon that the strike Is ended. Shipping lines are continuing bookin ; in prospect of early sailings, although the situation may be complicated by the new longshoremen’s strike at British Columbia ports. Forty thousand men and 239 ships are affected. Mr. Harry Bridges, leader of the longshoremen, said: “Forty thousand men are grateful and I am only one of them.” Ono of the seven unions, the marine firemen, rejected the tentative accord, but its members voted in favour of arbitration on its differences with the employers. Cheers sounded along the faindrenched waterfront when the decision to return was announced. Business interests estimate the cost of the strike at 086,000,000 dollars, and its end lias rescued from slow stagnation 1000 companies find 900 exporting offices. It is estimated that 50,000,000 dollars’ worth of cargo is waiting movement across the piers. Los Angeles reports that 234,000 tons of cargo and 82 ships are waiting. *•