12 T H E C U B A R E V I E W 



SANTIAGO DOCK STRIKE 



The strike began January 3ci , when the stevedores and helpers stopped work on a steamer 

 discharging at the Santiago wharves upon refusal of the sliipping agents to grant their demands 

 for an increase in daily wages from $2.50 to .S4.00, and other dictatorial conditions as to how and 

 when they should load and unload steamers. The shipping agents and representatives were 

 agreeable to granting their demands fcr an increase in wages, but refused to recognize their 

 Union and its intention to impose unreasonable conditions governing the handling cf a steamer 

 on arrival at the docks ui Santiago. No agreement could be reached on this point and the 

 strike continued quieth' until January fifteenth. In the m.eantin:e the situation had become 

 serious in the city as regards food supplies, and on January 14th, at a conference of the mer- 

 chants and shipping agents, it was decided to attempt to break the strike Jan. 15th, by get- 

 ting all the volimteers possible at $10.C0 per day and using the clerks from the various stores 

 and offices. This plan worked better than was expected and more than 300 young men reported 

 for duty early on the morning of the 15th, including the President cf the Chamber of Com- 

 merce and some of the city's mcst prominent business men, who removed their coats and went 

 to work handling freight and dri\ing the carts to destination — and the only new disquieting 

 development favorable to the cause of the strikers up to this time was a sjTnpathetic walk-out 

 of all the cart and truck drivers — but this did not disturb the good work going on by the men 

 acting as strike breakers, and they finished their first day's work without much interference 

 owing to the excellent protection given by the Government rural guards, and a large quantity 

 of much needed merchandise and perishable provisions were moved from the docks to the con- 

 signees, and to all appearances the strike had failed. 



To an outsider's view the strike was conducted in a most orderly way and settled in the 

 only possible manner. After the first da3''s efforts on the part of the shipping men to show 

 the strikers that they meant business and the co-operation of the rural guards to preserve order 

 and keep the freight moving from the docks, the strikers asked for a further conference and 

 withdrew their unreasonable demands and were allowed to return to work. It is to be hoped 

 that this satisfactory' settlement of the Santiago strike will have a beneficial effect on other 

 labor troubles now brewing throughout the island. 



CAMAGUEY FARM SCHOOL 



The formal opening of the branch agricultural school located in Camaguey province near 

 the city of Camaguey has been delayed owing to shortage of construction material and fit- 

 tings for the various laboratories. The Adminstration and Class Room building, dormitories, 

 creamery, wagon and tool houses, cattle barns and stock pens, chicken runs and bee yeards are 

 all completed with the exception of minor fittings, and it is now expected to begin the enrollment 

 of classes and start the teachiag of the various practical courses not later than IMarch 15th, 

 this year. 



The Cuban Government, through the laws of its legislature in July ISOO, created six farm 

 schools for the island to be distributed among the different provinces and dedicated to the teach- 

 ing of practical agriculture, farm mechanics and stock husbandry, to young men and boys over 

 fourteen years of age, the schools to afford equal opportunities to native and foreign hihabitants 

 of Cuba. At the beginning each school was to have sufficient capacity for thirty students. (The 

 C amaguey school will be one of the largest, most modern and complete schools on the island 

 and will have ample facilities for sbrty students at the outset.) The State is to furnish board 

 and lodging during the course of study, which will consume about two years for the following 

 subjects. 



Arithmetic and Drawing Chemistry and Physics Natural History 



Agriculture Plant Culture Farm Bookkeeping. 



Sixty acres of land were acquired for the Camaguey school in December 1913, and an addi- 

 tional sixty acres in June 1914, and with this last parcel of land a substantial brick building was 



