MORE TROUBLE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 5

MORE TROUBLE.

//iIEEMEN' 6n;''s.s;Seotlxis!

Firemen, on: board tho Westport; Coal, Company's steamer Eegulns are' causing trouble-; ind inconvenience to'their, em-: • ployers.' v l. ;l '':'.■:;/ K : il'''::.i-<iv'- '•- ,'•'"';•" Prom .inquiries: made .yesterday it was learned that ;the: men'of the'.'st6keliold •want I'ossistaiioe' 'fdownj''-below"',,, in /the nhape of two trimmers./'At presient Mho E-epulus,'.'carries; '.three;'-firemen' V-ahd v: a donkeyman.j According tO'the-Act/she is entitled'to. carry -three' firemen, 'but > tho oompanyhavebeenin the habit of carrying one man above the complement re-, quired.'by;law. -The men' have requested' that /two trimmers -;bo .placed /on ~ the vessel, and, to /this the ?Westp6rt..; Coal Company-object.,, ' ':A .'."::/. ■-,; ;: . //'■ i Meanwhile theEegulus,-which'was-to havo <sSiled 'for/Westport to-day, will be tied.up at the wharf pending a settlement of the;difficlilty;' .'/-■-;/-/ ; /V//■/.\ : '• / , When -'seen'yesterday, -regarding;: the. COSB, Mr. W.' T; Youngi'seoretary of the Seamen's Union, ;said -.that.'■ he i-.believed that the facts were.correct../"As.fat as the union,i3 concerned".Mr.,;Toung continued, "we are. not connected with the case. ■; The union .has never made any requests ih regard: ; to - this matter..- It' is purely a question for the men concerned, ,and thß^mpahy./-/-/;// 1 - : ', ':■". It is understood that -trimming coal on tho Eegnlus;is ; notr : reqnirpd; unless the ve3sel:makes l a;trii) from Westport to Gis-boThe.V,This.-i3.n.ot;regtfarly;doneV v .', ; /:,-