MARITIME STRIKE
EXTENSION OF TROUBLE LINERS HELD UP REPORTED FOOD SHORTAGE IN ALASKA United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) NEW YORK, 25th-. November. Local striking seamen secured a major gain when 226 of the- crew of the United States Line’s steamer President Roosevelt, joined the strike. Leaders of the movement further claimed that overtures for peace were made to them by representatives of the seven steamship companies. Since Sunday 447 stranded travellers were put aboard the Monterey at Honolulu. A pineapple barge made the transfer at night in a pitching sea, three coastguard cutters standing by. Mr T. Bridges, President of the Pacific Coast Longshoremen’s Union, conferred with union officials.. Mr McGrady, for San Francisco unionists, expressed doubt regarding a serious food shortage in Alaska, but expressed willingness to co-operate if it were shown that shipments of food were necessary.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 November 1936, Page 7
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