AMERICAN ITEMS.
VUSTR ALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION
u. S. SHIPPING STRIKE
NEW YORK, May 6
The Secretary of Labour, Mr Davis, is strenuously endeavouring to effect ,i compromise between the shipping owners and the unionists. ’ Violence has broken out at New York and Savannah. There was a melee at New York between strikers and nonunionists. Several shots were fired. One sailor was wounded.
At Savannah some strikers fired on shipping hoard officials, who were arranging a place of crew of strike breakers outboard a vessel. There were no casualties.
The Shippinag Board announces its vessels are clearing from New \ ork, with a minimum delay.
The striking engineers have set up a counter claim.
There are 434 ships tied up at this port.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1921, Page 2
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123AMERICAN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1921, Page 2
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