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What's Doing and Who's Doing It ail CT ee is HE strike which was scheduled to take place on the lakes, starting July 29, has been amicably ar- ranged. On July 28 a conference was held in the offices of the United States shipping board which resulted in the strike being called off. Those attending the conference were Chairman Hurley, Gov. Robert P. Bass, who is in charge of labor matters for the shipping board; Andrew Furuseth, president of the Inter- national Seamen's union; V. A. Olander, secretary of the Sailors' Union of the Great Lakes; Thomas Conway, secretary of the Marine Firemen, business agent of the Sailors' Union of the Great Lakes, and John W. Ellison, business agent of the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Water Tenders' union. At the close of the conference Chairman Hurley forwarded two telegrams to William Livingstone, president of the' Lake Carriers' association, directing the association "to sign the nation's appeal for men to man its merchant ships as originally drafted and without any changes," and recommending that "dur- ing the negotiations before the United States shipping board concerning the grievances the Lake Carriers' association in shipping crews for its vessels should not require seamen to register in its shipping offices or assembly rooms." Telegrams were also sent by V. A. Olander calling off the strike. As these were received at all lake ports on the morning of the 29th, very little time was lost in getting boats out that were ready. * * * The tug Cotumpra was sunk on the bank of the Black river, south of the Erie avenue viaduct, Lorain, O., late in the evening of July 28. She was towing the steamer E. J. Burrineton, inbound, when she struck the vessel and sprung a leak. The Cotumpta belongs to the Great Lakes Towing Co. oe ok The steamer Mrnnesota, which was built at Wyandotte, Mich., in 1888, has been added to the Atlantic squadron of the merchant marine training ships of the United States shipping board recruit- ing service. She has been sent from New York to Boston, where she will be refitted. When this is completed she will be put into service at Norfolk, W. Va. * ok ** _ The steamer ANGELINE, while going _into the Carnegie coal dock at Superior, Wis., came against the concrete corner of the dock and stove a hole in her about 20 feet long above the water line. She was unloaded and towed to the shipyards for repairs. She is one of a Oilers and. Water Tenders' union; Patrick O'Brien,: By M. L. Shaner number of steamers which have been damaged while trying to get into this dock without a tug. ; x OK Ok The steering gear of the steamer W. A. Rocers became disabled on the night of July 29 and the vessel hit a dock at Sarnia, Ont. She damaged her rudder and quadrant and was taken to Aid for Stranded Vessels 7 the absence of so much of the wrecking equipment from the Great Lakes the United States steamship IsLA DE Luzon is ready any time to render assistance to stranded vessels. Commander Wil- liam N. McMunn had thought that the availability of this ship was gen- erally understood by masters, but he has informed President William Liv- ingstone, of the Lake Carriers' as- sociation, that he recently discov- ered that masters do not generally understand that the vessel can be used for wrecking purposes. If vessel masters will wire the district commandant at Great Lakes, IIl., when in need of assistance, the dis- trict commandant's office will com- municate with the Ista pe Luzon by radio, and the steamer will imme- diately proceed to the scene of dis- aster for the purpose of rendering such assistance as it can. The Isa DE Luzon draws 13 feet of water, 1s 200 feet long, 1030 gross tons and has twin screws. Her total horsepower is 2600 and she has a maximum cruising speed of about 12 miles an hour. Lorain, O., by the tugs Cotton and MicHicAN. It was expected that she would be laid up there for about a week for repairs. ok ok During the week of July 18, eight steel ships with a total deadweight tonnage of 35,890 were delivered by American shipyards, according to an- nouncement made by the United States shipping board. Launchings for the week included 10 steel vessels with a total tonnage of 53,250, and five wooden ships with a tonnage of 19,200, Of 430 trike on Lakes Averte 26 for Southampton, these seven were at Pacific coast yards and six at Lake yards. Shipyards on the Great Lakes led in deliveries with four vessels. These deliveries bring the total number of vessels built for the shipping board to nearly 250, with 1,500,000 deadweight tonnage. ke According to an announcement made by Capt. William H. Reid, contracts have been let to the Foundation Co., Port Huron, Mich. for the construc- tion of a sea-going tug for the Reid: Wrecking & Towing Co. The tug will be 120 feet in length, 25 foot beam and 15 foot molded depth. She is to be ready for delivery Nov. 1, is to be modern in every respect and fitted for salt water service. The Foundation Co. recently took over the Reid dry dock and .is expecting. a contract. from' the government for 10 ocean tugs. * * K The American Shipbuilding Co. launched the steamer LAKE HEweEs, building for the Emergency Fleet cor- poration, at its Cleveland yard on July 25. The new ship will be completed and ready for service about Sept. 1. The keel for another steamer for the Emergency Fleet corporation. was laid on the berth in a few minutes after the Lake Hewes struck the water. ee UE C. B. McAdams, Washington, Pa. wireless operator on the steamer Har- vey H. Brown, fell into the hold of the steamer at Erie, Thursday night, Aug. 1. He died at St. Vincent's hvus- pital where he was taken after the accident. * x x The tug Bowman, towing the Reid Wrecking Co.'s scow ELEanor, left Port Huron, Mich., on the morning of July Ont. where the wreck of the steamer GouprEAU is ly- ing. The Reids intend to remove her boiler and machinery. koe S & Charles Backus, for a number of years with the Great Lakes Towing Co. at the river office, is now with the R. A. & W. M. Williams Co. He will look after the chartering of grain ton- nage. * Ok Ok A 3500-ton steel ship was launched at the Ecorse plant of the Great Lakes Engineering Works on July 26, just 14 days after the keel was laid. This almost halves the record made when the 5500-ton cargo carrier, the TucKA- HOE, was launched in 27 days. A large force of men at the Ecorse plan* are rushing the work of equipping the ves- apd PN a ag ah Ae eee a wiht: Saati ain an