NEW PHASE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 23 November 1936, Page 7

NEW PHASE

MARITIME STRIKE Masters and Pilots Join In WAGE CONFERENCE SOUGHT (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received Nov. 22, 8.24 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 21. The maritime strike entered a nei pahse when the Masters', Mates’ an Pilots’ Association and the Marin Engineers’ Beneficial Association is sued general strike calls on the eas and west coasts due to the failure c certain steamship companies to gear requests for a wage conference. All ships here left to schedule tc day and the officials of the Intel national Seamen's Union claimed ths the walkout had been broken and th: ended the joint strike policy. The committee for the Pacific coaf was in session all day at San Francisc and dispersed without taking actio on the Australian transportation re quest. Mr. Bridges later addressing th Central Labour Council, declared tha Labour was determined to see th fight through to a finish. "We woul rather face machine-guns than g back to the conditions before 1934, he said. "Certain employers, I mea the American-Hawaiian, Dollar an Matson Companies, are so blind lha they want to take the hiring of hall away from the maritime unions. W are convinced that the shipowner are waiting for the racketeers t< break the easteren strike and thei move in on us, but we have though out our programme and we are stick ing to it."