The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-13
Demand Recognition Of Their Organ
ization and Abandonment OF the
Proprietors' Association.
UNWILLING TO ARBITRATE
AND ARE ENDEAvoRING To FORCE A
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
Hotels All Running with the Aid OF
Guests Waiters-Pickets
Posted by Strikers.

CHICAGO, June 12-The strike in the
hotels OF Chicago, impending for the last
three weeks, materialzed to-day and twen-
ty-hve of the leading hotels OF Chicago are
tonight badly crippled In all departments.
All OF the hotels are running however. and
the proIrietors declare the establishments
will remain open for business at any cost.
AT some of the hotels the guests are acting
as walters.
The first call TO the employees OF the
hotels to go on strike was made by the
walking delegates at O'Clock this morn
ing. and all day the delegates have been
visiting the different hotels, represented in
the hotel keepers association. and have
been calling out the help. In several places
the walking delegates were refused ad-
mission. and were compelled to signal the
employees from the outside. In others the
strike leaders were met with the declara-
tion that there was no need OF making a
call on the men to 60 out. the hotel pro-
prietors telling the help that ii would be
necessary to get out and stay out until the
trouble was over.
The complete list of the hotels in which
the employees have left follows: Auditorium.
Auditorium Annex, Sherman House. Grand
Pacific, Stratford. Palmer House. Briggs
House, Bismarck. Kaiserhof. Thomson's.
Victoria, Wellington, Lakota, Chicago
Beach. Delprado. Vendome. Hyde Park.
Windermere, Metropole. Kenwood. Holland,
Great Northern. Virginia. Brevoort. Union.
The Lexington Hotel signed the scale pre-
sented by the union five minutes after the
help had been called out. -
LONG STRIKE PROBABLE.
There is every indication that the strike
will be hard fought before one side or the
other gives in. The hotel proprietors de-
clare that the demands made by the men
are unreasonable. and the unions claim 10
have not been fairly treated by the pro-
prietors. in that the proprietors agreed to
treat as individuals with the unions and
have not done so.
The proprietors have agreed TO submit
nearly every point at issue TO arbitration.
but to this the unions will not consent
They insist that their demands for higher
wages and shorter hours be granted before
also upon the absolute recognition OF the
union. To this latter demand the pro-
prietors say they will never agree so long
as the strikers maintain their present atti-
tude. The proprietors have expressed a
willingness TO arbitrate this proposition
also, but the mon will not recede from the
position assumed. The unions also demand
that the members of the Hotel Keepers
Association come TO the officers OF the en-
ployes' organizations as indiyiduals and not
as members Of any association
The strikers made efforts to-day to divert
supplies from the hotels. but were not Sue
cessful to any considerable extent. The
employees have hopes of bringing 90 their
aid the members of the teamsters' and en-
gineers' union in order TO keep food out OF
the hotels and to deprive the establish
ments of a supply of hot water. but so far
they have not succeeded. Tonight pickets
surrounded every hotel in which n strike
has been declared. and details OF police are
patrolling the sidewalks around the build
ings. When the men walked out of the
Palmer House this afternoon some exuber-
ant walters turned loose with yells and
whoops and tumbled a few dishes on the
floor before leaving.
Tonight all of the hotels are open as
usual and the proprietors are confident that
they will be able TO care for all the guests
that may arrive. Several proprietors have
imported help from outside and say they
can secure more whenever they need IL.
The members of the Restaurant Keepers
Association met to arbitrate, but the unions
will not consent. Seventeen restaurants are
already shut. and the chances are that
nearly all of the big downtown restau-
rants Will be closed.