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MEN LEAVE THE SHIPS.
17 OF THE COMPANY'S BOATS IN HARBOUR.
"Until yesterday, the officers and engineers of the China Navigation Champány, although on strike, re- mainen on board their respective
vessels.
pending resumption of normal trad- ing by the Company's services to review the position of each quarter's working at the end of ewch quarter and if,
their opinion, the results
MANILA STEVEDORES? STRIKE ENDS.
HANDS.
EMPLOYERS' VIEWS OF ECONOMIC SITUATION.
jestify it, to pay the io per cent. SMALL INCREASE FOR OLDER fur such quarter: The Guild, how
ver ignored this proposal and demanded that adjustment and arbitration boards should be, enll-d under the agreement of May, 1916. They also have stated that the Company intend to jettison the whole of that, agreement. This is absolutely
The inencreet.
19131 agreement deals with certain proż visions
pension Luzon Stevedoring Company who with regard to scheme, spate of pay, home leave; were on atrike during the past two and recognition of the Guild, and weeks, reported for work carly this the Company's attitude with regard morning, sngs last Wednesday's
to such provisions remains unching.
More than 700 stevedores of the
ed but they made it quite plear Manila Times, But because only a
FOR MANY YEARS THE NAME
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The pathlic were curious as to how] in letter to the Guilds ante fow vessels are in port only 200 men S. MOUTRIE & CO, LTD., MANUFACTURERS.
long this arrangement would last, and the general opinion was that it would not last very long. Now it Das me to an end, for although no official announcement has been nt it is understood that the | Guills yesterday issued instructions | That the men were to leave the ships.
Following these instructions, it is reported. the majority of the men exte ashore but it is believed that
number of the Masters and one. or two Chief Engineers remained' behind,
Opinion is sharply divided upon! the question of the advantages and disadvantages of men being allowed to remain on board when a strike is in progress. They, of course, obtain free lodging and it is pointed u that an unmarried man, with a few hundred dollars in the bank. for pocket money, guld, in the circumstances remain on strike for an abnust indefinite period without the slightest inconvenience. On the other hand, it is recognised that in on sense it is of value to the Company to have the officers on baril to care for the ships in MOST of need. Presumably the Guilds have arrived at the conclu sion that, in allowing the men to remain they were giving the Com pany an advantage greater than that the men themselves were receiving and their instructions for the men to leave can only be re- garded as an attempt to bring greater pressure to bear on the
owners.
There are now sevent, en of the China-Navigation Company's vessels in harbour and as they cannot be left unattended temporary care- takers" will have to be provided. It is possible that some of the oiltʊ staff will have to take a hand in this work.
THE COMPANY'S STATEMENT,
The questions in dispute have already been fully discussed in the Daily Press. The Company's state- taent and the official correspond. ence issued by the Guilds have been published. Another statement by the China Navigation Company was given in the North China Daily News on June 29th, and although it does not give any facts which were not previously known the state: ment is reproduced here in order that the position may be made per. fectly clear again. The Company
wrote:
.
As far back as July, 1925, the secretaries of the Guilds have been aware that if dislocation and gus. pension of the Company's services on account of the disturbed poli- tical condition in China continued, a reduction in pay might have to be made..
The question was again discussed in January, 1926, and in September, 1923, the Company specially invited the Shanghai and Hong Kong-secre taries to a
meeting when the
posi tion was explained and discussed with
they were advised them, and that the time had some when a reduction must be made. The Com- pany have throughout been reluct ant to reduce the scale of pay even temporarily; they have post- poned it as long as they possibly could, and it was not put into effect until April 1st this year.
December 11th, 1917, when all the
settlement and been settled, that Applegate, manager of the firm. outstanding questions in the 1916 were assigned, necording to W. L. any future reference to arbitration The rest, however, were assured must be by mutual constat.
Lotter To The Guilds.
This letter read as follows:-
All the outstanding ques tions in the settlement on May 12th, 1916, between the coil- panies and the captains' and offeers representatives having now been settled, our principals have instructed as to advise you that so far as they are pan. cerned any future proposals for refer to arbitration must be by mutual consent,
that the company would get them as soon as there is work for them, or as soon as their turn arrives.
Guly For Older Employees. The Luzon Stevedoring Company has not allowed, nor is it contem plating the allowance of an incrense of 95 centavos in the base pay of the men, declared Mr. Applegate, flatly denying a story appearing in a morning paper that the 25. contavo increase applied to both new and old employees of the com-
pany.
The arm, Mr. Applegate said will grant a 25-centavo in- crense to the older men, so that they will get P.2.25 instead of P.2, but the new and inexperienced men will, have to start at P.1.60.
At the same time they desire it to be made perfectly clear that this is by no means to be taken as an indication. that the China Navigation Com- pany is opposed to arbitration: it menus only that the company cannot hold itself bound to sub- wit any and all questions which may possibly arise to arbitration and be bound by the result." Compulsory arbitration on any
"It is simply impossible to start and all points would create an in- possible position in any business. new men at P.1.75 a day, for to do The Company have always main-so would affect the labour situation tained that they cannot agree to throughout the country," declared submit any and all questions which may arise in connection with their Mr. Applegate. "In fact, we have business to arbitration. They have been fighting for this very thing as taken pains to ascertain and con..
a matter of principle. Jf the firm that their attitude is a correct que and they are prepared to sup- demurid of the strikers for an in- part their position by all reasonable crease of the daily wages of new aud legitimate means.
men from P.1.50 to P.1.75 is grant- ed, the wage scale in the Philip- pines would undergo radien! changes to the detriment of both labour and capital."
While the Company "deplore the action of the Guilds in forcing the issue by deliberately choosing to call a strike, they feel they cannot depart from their position because such extreme measures are employ.
ed.
THE GUILDS REPLY.
The next day the Secretaries of the Guilds replied to the statement by the Company as follows:-
Sir-With reference to the state. nent of the China Navigation Co. appearing in your issue of to-day we would thank you to publish the following reply of these Guilds:
Shorn of irrelative matter the arguments of the Company arc :-
(a) The necessity of the salary reduction consequent on the critical political situation in China:
(b) Arbitration must be by mutual,
Ponsent:
(c) Compulsory arbitration on any and all points would create an impossible position in any business:
(d) They have taken phius th
ascertain and confirm
Incidentally, Mr. Applegate, in explaining what he called a fight for a principle, disclosed the fact that his firm suffered a loss of ap proximately P.20,000 in the two week's duration of the strike. The company, he said, is willing to lose a similar amount to sustain that principle.
Work Going On.
The Bailey Stevedoring Company, sister firm, of the Enzm Stevedor ing Company, has likewise started its usual work this morning. Over 200 men reported for work, but only
The Second
PROMENADE
CONCERT
Postponed from
July 2nd will take place on
..
SATURDAY, JULY 9th
Sat 9.30 p.m.
at the
Lee Gardens
(In the event of inclement weather, the concert will definitely be held at the Lee Theatre)
POSTE RESTANTE.
UNCLAIMED CORRESPON
יי'.
DENCE.
LIST UP TO SATURDAY.
A Post Office Notice gives parti- culars of unclaimed correspondence
a few were assigned to vessels in at the G.P.O. on Saturday:-
Letters.
[6080
HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE.
INTERNATIONAL COMPANY BEING FORMED),
ORDERS BY THE CAPTAIN
SUPERINTENDENT..
The following. Police Reserve orders are issued by the Hon. Mg..
D. C. Wolfe, C.S.P.-
International Company.
A. E. Barzoso, E. Bolton, B. B.E. Brown, M. Burgess, T. H. Cherry,
the bay. F. L Merritt, manager of the company, conferred with that Director Cruz of the bureau of their attitude is a correct one.labour this morning anent the final T Clayton (Marine Engineer), In reply to the above-
settlement of the strike. The com- (a) Simply means that the rom- pany has suffered losses, which these guilds bave never denied:
1
(b) Is absolutely impracticable as conciliation arrangement for the adjustment of disputes between employer and ployce to the mutual satisfac um of both. Visualizing the in attitude of any two parties in dispute, one of which suggests "mutual arbitration and the other refuses it, only em- phasizes the absurd position of both those parties to arrive at a settlement. (Witness, in this connection, a recent instance, the refusal of the miners in England last year to agree to arbitration and the consequent appointment of a Royal Commission).
Mrs. Crocket, A. Dakanay, A. C. It has been decided to form an Davis, Madm. Delegado, M. Dun- International Company of the Hong any will agree to whatever deci can, Joe. Edmunds, E. Feneck (as. Kong Police Reserve open to all sion is finally reached between the Darndale), L. Finko, Raul Cao-nationalities except those belonging Luzon Stevedoring Company and court, G. Le
Miss J. L. Grange, R. Greaves, to Companies already for bed g its men.
E. A. Hallaro, process of formation (e, Chinese, This afternoon officials of the Miss N. Harry, L. D. Henry, Lt. Indian and Portuguese). Service Luzon Stevedoring Company and Col. A. G. Hill, E. F. Holmes, Dr. will be of one year's duration, and. representatives of the strikers were H. C. James, Mrs. H. James, Vernor the intention is to have always in scheduled to meet at the office of P Jepsen, Capt. T. M. Johnstone readiness & body of trained, uni the director of labour for the final (8.8. Keng Yuan), A. R. Jones, formed men to assist the regular settlement of the strike. The con- Khan Kalundar, J. B. Kemp, & Police Fores in the case of enier- tracts under which the dockmen are Kilpatrick, Wm. Kirkpatrick, L to return to work were to be signed Kornitzer (Diamond dealer), J. O.
at the meeting...
Leary (6.8. Modesto), Mias C. Ledonna, J. Lourie, E. Lyster,
Yrs. H. M. Madden, N. G. Majer, G. H.
a series of lectures on police work. Mansley, Sir J. R. McDonald, D. W. MeMillen, M. Mendler, Miss L. British, American, Scandinavian Ogley, B. A. Rogers, M. A. Safeer, and other nationals interested aro C Serverolio, L. Shuck, J. O invited to apply to the Adjutant for Single, The Principal Southern Oil particulare, or to call personally at was of all parties when the agree, Co., Mra. A. Stredwick, Mrs. F. his office at Police Headquarters on ment was entered into and signed Swan, A. J. Tassell, R. S. Thomas, any week day between 9.30 mm. and
There is not the slightest shadow of doubt in view of the above quota tion of the late Consul General to show what the intention and spirit
gency,
Training will comprise simple squad and arms drill for those who have not already been trained, and
(e) An assertion entirely contrary two days later in the case of the Mrs Claude Thurston, V. Vladi. 12.30 p.m.
to any history on industrial C...G. and five days later in mizeku, H. W. Walker, Wee Sing disputes and one so extra- the case of the M.E.G.C.) and the On (as. Silverpine), Y. O. Widmer, ardinary that it is impossible word "shall" clearly, proves that Walker Wilson, Lomblot Youy, and
the B. E. Young. to conceive that serious compulsory arbitration
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thought was given to it hefore greed medium by all parties for
Unpaid Correspondence. the settlement of the future dis- it was indited:
putes. For the China Navigation Hotel), Mrs. D. Keith, and Mrs. A. Mrs. S. Erlanger (Repulse Bay (d) These
also. guilds have. taken pains to ascertain and Company to now allege that it was H. O'mara (e/o. U.S. "Ambassador): confirm that their attitude is not, is simply:
a correct one. Again, on the question of the agreement of 1916 by what virtue The Adjustment Board. does the China Navigation Co, as On April 29th the secretaries one of the parties thereto, arropate wrote to the Company calling for to itself the right to declare that anad ustment board under the mutual consent?" The spirit and future arbitration shall be by agreement of May 1916, and on intention in which the Company now May 24th stated that members of
the Guilds would cease work on gard the agreement is in distinct June 30th unicas the dispute was contrast to that in which they enter submitted to such adjustment boarded into and signed it on May 12th and 15th, 1918, and if anything or the level of pay restored..
omphatically disproves the mutual The company informed them that arbitration argument the Com
Registered. Covers.
G. B. HARTFORD, D.S.P.. (R.). Adjutant. Hong Kong, July 2nd, 1927;
TELEPHONE SERVICE
BREAKDOWN.
AFFECTED.
(1) Discrediting their own coun-
ter offer made to the Guilds J. Chaney (c/o. American Con-AREA EAST OF NAVAL, YARD through the Consul-General in sul), Far Eastern Biography Ch., May, 1016:
JM Gutierrez, L. D. Henry, K. (2) Burking the Company's resLutowicz, T. Miller (8.8. Yuan ponsibility for the presenten, N. V. Straits of Java Trad. ing Co., B. Reid, Tsang Ping, and regrettable crisis: (3) Disparaging the late Bir Yoch Pio Teng.
Everard Fraser's recording in
Unclaimed Parcels. his conveyance of the Coin-
Miss E. Bell, and pany's own suggestion to these Kwan. Guilds on May 10th, 1918. Finally, the members of theag guilds in the service of the China Navigation Company, whilst de
the effects on the Company's pesi- nany now advances, it is the follow-ploring the position into which the
tion of the critical political situning paragraph of the late Sir company has forced them, will not
Owing to a cable breakdown in Queen's Road, near the Royal Naval Dockyard; all telephones East of
Ngizine Gap, have been rendered par- the Naval Yard, including Magi-
tially inoperative for approximate- ly two days.
HOSPITAL COMFORTS.
The effect of the breakdown in the majority of cases is that aub- soribors can be called, but cannot
The breakdown occurred on
tion in China, and the consequent Evernid Traser's letter to these permit the present dispute to inter- The Committee begs to acknow-call the Exchange. necessity for the reduction, are not guilds on May 10th, 1010, (previous fere with the manning of the Com-ledge with very many thanks, matters they could submit to to the agreement being signed by pany's vessels should such be re-receipt of the following gifts for Saturday, and workmen have been arbitration and that they must re- all parties) and which records: quired for emergency purposes.--1
tain freedom to meet the situation which, it must be evident to overy-
one,
is subject to extraordinary changes following upon long periods af stoppage and dislocation ak services, but that they had decided
Similarly, all future questions am, etc.,
in dispute between your guild and themselves (the Company) shall be submitted and decided in the same way."
(Oontinued on next Column.)
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