The morning call., 1893-09-16
THE CLUB WINS.
It's Walters Had No
Right to Desert.
The Food and the University Clubs
Cook Upheld on Appeal in the
Superior Court.

Superior Judge Wallace yesterday heard
the case of George Williams ct al. vs. the
University Club, which was appealed
from the justices Court.
Williams aud five others were walters in
the University Club and in July last had
left that institution owing TO some dis
agreement as to the food. The manager
refused 10 pay the men their wages on the
ground that they had deserted the club
without giving due notice of their desire to
leave. The case was heard before Justice
BarrS, who gave judgment in the plain
tiffs' favor for the amount claimed. From
this decision the club appealed.
The first witness called yesterday was
George Williams, former waiter OF the
club and one of the parties to the suit. He
said that for some time the food had been
so bad that neither he nor his associates
could eat it. The chief trouble lay with
tie clubs chief cook, who was lord Of
the kitchen" ang gave them to eat what
ever he pleased.
1--WE generally had kind of stew" said
Williams. consisting of all odds and end 5
left from the recherche dishes served TO
the guests. These would be collected
anyhow, sometimes swept off the table into
the dish. Once we found six cigar stubs
floating about in the mess"
ADOIHGT CduoH Ul COulpihIuL was TIE COZ
Zee. The clubs manager was cutting
down expenses right and left and had
stopped the mems coffee. They had 10 wait
till late hour for II.
The testimony of the last witness was
cOrroborated by Headwaiter GranberZ,
who said that the chief cook was master OF
the situation and in place of eating with
the other servants he took his meals alone.
The cook always took care TO eat well.
In crOss-e1amination Granberg was
asked whether or not ne had on occasions
been supplied with bceisteaks and eggs by
the chief cook. Granberg was fain 10 con-
fess this was so.
Then the chief cook, Samuel Hamilton.
was called. He testified TO having previous
10 his present engagement served as chief
cook at the Pacific Union Club, and second
cook at the Bohemian Club. He saw no
reason for the walters com plants, as he
had always done his best TO see that they
were well served. He had been cautioned
by the manager on the subject. As to the
coffee, he had always been accustomed in
former places to make two kinds, one fur
the guests and one for the walters. In the
University Club, however, he had made
bat one kind of coffee.
Manager Grant of the University Club
said that on July 3 he received a petition
from the club walters respecting the quail
ity of the food. They also complained
that they could get no coffee until o'clock
In the evenings. He was investigating the
matter when the walters deserted
y Z. YerrOD. another former waiter, said
that the walters had quarreled with the
chief cook, who was probably reyenging
himself by making them eat what he
pleased. Witness had left by reason of
such quarrel.
The clubs attorney said that the only
reason the club had for refusing to paw
wages to these men was that they had de-
serted without notice and thereby seri
ously inconvenienced the club
Judge Wallace took this view of TIE
matter, and remarking that there was evil
IDENTITY some i'll feeling between the cook
anu the walters, gave judgment for the de-
fond olnh