New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-28
WALTERS LEAVE DELMONICO
A STRIKE IN THE FAMOUS RESI- AuRANl'
FORTY FIVE MEN QUIT WORK AT DINNER-TlMh

FORTY FIVE MEN QUIT WOhh Al DiNNi'"
WATERS OUT At THE GRAND HOTEL ALSO.
Dclmonico's was brilliantly lighted and at nearly
all the tables IN the famous restaurant there ~'i
many weLknown men and women. IL WAS ".i'
O'Clock last evening Everything was moving
smoothly Men who had dinod regularly at DeiIno'r
Icos for wears were there waiting for their dinners
At 6 30 o'clock the walters, always lme'' 'ou'"o"
and polite were not TO be- seen. The patrons vi "c
restaurant waited and waited Tor the eAecu''oh VA
their orders. They were all disappointed Ill wv
office Of the restaurant a different scene was occur
ring A committee OF walters were taking VII"
Charles Delmcnco the proprietor Mr.. D'iho'''
wos shading his head in a manner that conveyed ai
unmistakable meaning. Five minutes alter 'neio
we're lexs than dozen walters III the great e'''o
shment For the first time in the history Vi per
haps tho best known restaurant In the wora nearly
all "a tho walters were strike at the very hour VI
all hours when s'rii" would most mco">e "''"''
the patrons and the proprietor
For about two weeks there has been mhch 'a'h
among tho walters about strikes In all their asi'a'
lion meetings the speakers have taken the P'si'ioh
that strike In Demonico's the pinnacle OF glory.
so 1t Is supposed that The lh'erna'ioh' ho''
Walters Association has covered t.ef with glory
A committee Of walters employed in Deim'nico'
sent n formal written demand to Mt. Deimoh'co
few DAYS ago for an increase in wages. INC "'i''i'
wanted $50 n month and the ''omnibuSeo' wah'eu
SD The demand also contained ii cCmpa''t 's"'n''
the second headwaiter. whose name Is Norai' Inc
men received no reply from their employer. 20 la''
evening shortly after q O'Clock. committee oI
walters approached Mr.. Delnonico ana denlahue" al
immediate reply to their communication
NJ answer said Mr.. DelmG1lcO, :" Il ms: SNAIL
M, grant any OF your demands. would prefer 10
close nv r. staurant. II necessary rather tEah ihu'o
any concessions TO you
Every we'll, then, We'll quit now" replied one oi
the men.
"Ycs. we'll all quit the committee SAID IN con-
cert
+, LOGS than two minutes thirty waters rushed
into In. hallway from different parts OF the build
ing slipping their Oyercoats on over their iuiurss
| snts The thirty fairly into the street ana
raced NIL the w0y TO the chimney corner DIT
siythave and Twenty.ffth ST.. where their comrades
ero whiting for them julius Lcckcl. vice president
| O, ,be association received the men With cheer.
In about ten minutes fifteen more walters came 10
the meeting room I'm the Chimney Corner. Ihey'
| too came from DelmOnlcos.
Mr. Delrnsnico when seen BY Tribune reporter
Inst evening said "The demsnds Of these men are
simply outrageous l shall never make any con-
cession to them. / will go out OF business hrS''
Their action tonight Is despicabie.
| A wedding reception was. being heid IN o"e Vi '''
| upn.r rooms OF the building at the ume OF 'he
strike The guests were greatly Inconvenience ana
many had to leave the place because there "eTc less
than dozen walters who remained 10 serve I'M
Arorc the guests who were annoyed by the stri"
were Judge Henry Hilton and Frank WORK
Dclmonlco's never looked duiler than IL Ola "s.
ovon,np after the strike. Only few persons coma
tho served and they evidently did not relish 'he ue
NJ eating With dozen other solitary guests III sre"
room made for the accommodation OF hundreds III
once rather than for dozen or so.
strike germs evidently FLIED the air hst evening"
Delmonic0', was not the only place where WALTERS
struck. At 6:45 O'clock all the walters. win Tue
xc.n,ir,, Of three or four, the dinDgroom OK TIE
| GRIND NAtei Quit work. The dinngroOm was in"
| OF cuests nj thp frnc. The men gave no warning
| they simply put on their Ovrrcoats ana went AWAY
10 their headquarters in the Chimney Corner rs
IN. walters were leaving the hotel, Mr. Walton, the
proprietor stepped into he dining-room ana toia Ms
! ,r.rs Win, had happened. lie told them That he
| - moi rrsponsible for IL. The dining room was
| closed Mr.. Walton said 10 "A Tribune reporter
NV walter, demanded ~ "A month. the piVirs'
| of wearing mIstaChcs and n day on ohce Ill wv
weeks" ,,.., 81, ,,,,
At the Chimney Corner Julius Leckel sail ina
,hrro would IN. trouble IA the Hotel Uro'V"nor Il
rnth-.t. and Fifth ave-. odaN unless thr ma ~ -
signed a contact Il year John Me- OF me noe
and Restaurant Walters AlianCc. an or'iuHal ', v
wrich Is A rival 20 Ia. aS>ociaiion s;lid li>t MN
that he had secured favorable CONCESSIONS rom .iN
Madison Avenue Hotel. Hotel Gro>v'nor: ana tne ir
.ndnn Hotel. Mr.. Dcmonico ana MI Walt'M fN
pect to get entirely new force oi wai WILL, HNny
ma striking walters from p"lmon'o'> ana the "Iah'
Ilotcl Will hold A mass meeting TINS evening
| uusn,>s was resumed LAST evening IN lclinohco :
Tb. walters employed In the aytlW' III Dfhi",'"
Hrnvcrsi. restaurant were found, ana thcy looh TIT
places OF the strikers