Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-13
RESTAURANTS ALSO BADLY CRIPPLED
PropristOrs Say They Gan Prov. ""'be,, N
Accommodation for All.
EATING IS A DIFFERENT PROPOSITION
Hotel Owners Issue Statement Giving
Their Side Of Trouble
SAY THEY ARE WILLING TO AHBITRATE
Teamsters Refuse to Ala the strikers
ON Account of Refusal TO Accept
This Method of Settle
ment.

CHICAGO. June 12-The strike in the |
hotels Of Chicago. impending for the last
three weeks. materialized today ana
twenty-five of the leading hotels OF Chi
cago are tonight badly crippled In all de-
partments. All of the hotels are running |
however and the proprietors declare that
the establishments will remain open for
business at any cost.
The first call to the employees OF the
hotels to go on strike was made 1y the
walking delegates at o'clock this morn
ing and oil day the delegates have been
visiting the different hotels represented In
the Hotel Keepers association and calling
out the help In several places the walking
delegates were refused admission and were
compelled to signal the employees from the
outside In others the strike leaders were
met with the information that there was
no need to make a call on the men to go
out, the hotel proprietors telling the help
II would be necessary to get out and stay
out until the trouble was over. The last
hotels In which the strikes were declared
were the Virginia, the Great Northern the
Brevoort and the Union. The men in these
places walked out tonight.
List of Hotels Affected.
The complete list Of houses in which the
employees have left follows: Auditorium
Auditorium Annex Sherman house, Grand
Pacific stratford. Palmer house, Briggs
house, Bismarck. Kaiserhof. Thompson,
Victoria, wellington, Lakota, Chicago
Beach, Del Prado, Vendome, Hyde Park,
windermere, Metropole, Kenwood, Hol-
land. 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.
The Employers association, representing
more than fifty hotels, including all the
prominent hotels OF Chicago held meet
ing this afternoon and gave out a state
ment, In which they review their efforts to
bring about a settlement OF the contro-
yeres. This statement says;
The hotel emRIoysTE; ipdiyidgslly slIrOd and "a
tEszlss sns fEsissssl0s sSSea Ana e sisg a.,
aesOson hdtss ss sSen Ssreea to suS
mits to arbitration the question OF union
theinseives The various unions of hotel
employees, AZ represented by their respective
they would consent topwould be the arbitra-
ton OF their own board sd;i and have tsradS0 alS0
any negotiations further with the hotel
employers. they, the union board, should
first determine hours and wages and also
consider the question of freedom of en-
pl0yment even IL the hotel men agreed to
The hotels where strikes have been de-
cSered are not closed. While they are dis
tSe eSIfIns f1 Of the strike they are open and
will continue to take care of their guests
70 the best Of their ability Iii The ne S.1Stod ntOIidod
with rooms and accompanying accommoda-
tIons and SUFFICIENT food TO take care OF
them.
indications OF Hard Fight.
There Is every indication that the strike
viii be hard fought The hotel proprietors
declare that the demands made by the men
are unreasonable and the unions claim to
have not been fairly treated by the pro-
prietors in that the proprietors agreed to
treat as individuals with the unions and
havo not done so.
The proprietors have egreed to submit
nearly every point at issue to arbitration,
but To this the unions will not consent. The
unions insist upon the absolute recognition
OF the uLion. To this latter demand the
proprietors say they viii never agree so
long as the strikers maintain their present
attitude The unions also demand that the
members Of the Hotel Keepers association
como to the ONCE OF the employees associa-
ton as individuals and not as members OF
airy association.
The strikers today made efforts TO divert
supplies from the hotels. but were not sue
cessful to any great extent The employees
have hopes OF bringing to their aid the
members OF the teamsters and engineers
unions In order to keep food out OF the
hotels and to deprive the hotels Of a supply
OF hot water. Present prospects are that
the strikers will be disappointed in these
hopes for President Young OF the team
sters' union declared tonight that his or
Eanization would not declare a sympathetic
strike in aid OF the cooks and walters be-
cause the latter placed themselves in tbs
wrong I'm refusing 10 accept the offer Of ar
bitration made by the proprietors.
The officers of the engineers union made
thu same declaration. and added that th'
engineers would remain on duty no matter
n an effort would be made TO run the hotels
with nonunion help
Omcers OF the Chicago Federation o.
Labor gave similar views,
Qniet Up TO Present.
Tonight pickets surrounded every hote
IN which strikes have been declared anC
police are patrolling the sidewalks arounC
the buildings. SO far there has not beer
the slightest evidence OF disorder.
When tho men walked out of the Palme
house this evening some exuberant waiter
turned loose with yClls and whoops an,
tumbled q few dishes on the floor befor
leaving. The police were hastily sum
moned. but there were no arrests
Tonight all OF the hotels are open a
Z usual. and the proprietors are eonfiden
they will be able TO care for all the guest
' that may arrive. Several proprietors hav
imported help from outside. and say the.
can secure more whenever they need It.
telegram was sent tonight 20 Presi
dent Gompers OF the American Federation
OF Labor asking his assistance In settling
the strike and reply was received fror
him saying that he would be here on Mon
day.
The members OF the Restaurant Keepers
association met tonight and took actiO
that Is practically certain TO shut up
number Of establishments In the morning
The restaurant keepers decided that IN
frst thing tomorrow they would o1er I