New-York tribune., 1903-06-13
GRAFT" IN CHICAGO.
4RBITR4TT 1T Il PRICE.
CHARGE That Labor Leaders Ofefed
to Settle Strike for 81, 1000.

Chicago. June 12-rhe Employers Association
representing more than fifty hotels Of this city
including all the prominent ones. gave out the 1ol-
lowing statement tonight:
ployes of the hotels OF Chicago have called strikes
to-day many of the hotels of this city lnci9ding
hotels such The Auditorium me 4hneS am y, oar rHr
House tie Sherman House, and others. For some
days the proprietors and managers OF the Thlcaso
tions of difference amicably by negotiation win
the local boards Of the unions rePresendeo tr sr
controversy with the hotels The motel @
individually and through their ASSOCIATION nave
all questions OF wages and hours and also :i arnl-
traton upon the question of union Tecog ,be
question OF union recognition as aa'a"'eu ny ''0
The various unions of hotel employees. as repre-
scented by their respective heads nave Stateo ,Id o
be the arbitration Of their own board and have also
stated that before With they hotel %eqd empoye1 hey the
uno2 unions board @ should first deterine hours ags and
wanI9 thew consIder the question OF freedom OF
employment even If the hotel men agreed 10 employ
The hotels where strikes have been eaed lb5 j5f afe
uraliy handicapped by the calling of the strks taS
open and will continue to Re I open abiIify In
the situation as it stands the guests WI ne Pio
ded ,hs nd wfh r9Hms aG foo to ta ce Of them
The cooks and walters strike to-day invaded m ltie
est eaas sen n9f and and nsrE dozen the big fam
h%mf { h9tf nea IN ne nd Ching room ep
Instances the c1amberrnaids and bellhoys also
luncheon hour delegations from the strikers unions
visited the AUDITORIUM The Annex. Grand pacinc
hotels and on refusal Of the proprieors to accept
tnG 3ted fat a walked out in the seven hotels
Shortly after O'Clock the enlptoSeS OF tIi' a7ca
dstr51ted dHf 1te Tfrt lunch boxes ao restaurant
patrons with the statement that fhe laIeS free of
charge. which TO spread luncheohs brought
from home.
Last night the Restaurant Keepers Association
an organization distinct from the Hotel keepers
Association held stormy meeting After MD
night G. W. Walton, president OF the assocla'loii
was expelled from the organization after pelhs
openly accused of acting as mediator between
labor leaders and restaurant owners win Propo
siton to settle the strike for $1,000 OF this sum
s. 900 to be paid to a labor man whose Iai,le
was mentioned in the meeting and written III the
reports Of the negotiations which nave occulleu
and $1,000 was to be paid to each of five other mem
bers of the Joint board of walters unions The
alleged attempts at extortion were detailed by
John Il. Vogelsang as follows;
Last Saturday evening met Mr. Walton .:a and It RE
lated to him failure in our negotlatiohS WIZ NJ
the ioint hoard of the cooks and walters, on the
previous evening and after tnsning M ~ Mdtbo tbot
said to MIR. Vogelsang. dent you know, 'nat @
YOU cannot do any business with that noard u'-
faep in the day was met again by Mr. Walton
told he had been IN ' - 9r 9d1 Vas
the amount demanded and that if the % none? ba va
deposited in escrow with satisfactory pefeiHn St'
would agree to a plan OF arbitration as Iol!oWS. Ne
We would he allowed on side to appoint thteg
men: the joint board would appoint three men gnu en-
!. seventh man would he appointed by thest ~
and that we would not have to pay 81 uHt'i liie
g"4o {Id "f br, We Would have nothing to do with
such d scheme.
The sudden break off in the negotiations Det"ee"
the unions and hotel keepers came because the
managers of the union became convinced that tiieS
were dealing with the hotel keepers as an ass%oca %
tion and not as individuals. The cooks ana wall an
80 have contended that their union could not
raSoGTize the association Of hotel keepers and nave
rcf,,eed to have any dealing with the members OF
that organization. as individuals.