The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
WATERS AND
COOKS STRIKE
Restaurant Owners Refusal
to Sign Compact Results
i'm a General Walk-0ut
no ANNOYANCE RESULTS
PrOprietorS Are Prepared
and New Men at Once Take
the Places Left Vacant

OAKLAND. June S.-The Cooks and
Walters Union has gone cut on strike.
The cause of the trouble is the refusal OF
the members Of the Restaurant Owners
Protective Association TO sign the
agree nlcnt presented by the union. the
old one having expired to-day. The
restaurant owners some time ago de-
cided TO declare Tor Tho open shup. to
refuse 10 treat with tho Union rs an
orsa nization and to retain the right to
hire and discharge cooks and walters.
regardless Of tie union.
The prOTrietors did not. however.
make any attempt to break the former
agreement with the union and have
from the first expressed themselves as
willing TO grant all the demands as 10
wages and hours which are set forth
in the new agreement. but only to the
men as individuals and not the union
as body. The men insisted that the
restaurant owners recognize the union
and bind themselves not 10 hire any
bat union mcn. ON the refusal to ac-
cedc TO these terms the cooks and
walters walked out this morning.
In only ono Instance. however. did
tho strike find the proprietor unprc-
pared. This was at the Palace Bak-
cry. Of which Henry Kracke is the
proprietor. lie had not made any
preparation TO secure help in case OF a
strike and when his men left him he
was forced to suspend business Cor
several hours. This was the only case
where the strike caused any serious
trouble. as all the other restaurant
owners had made arrangements to Sc
ccre non-union help in the event OF
trouble with the Cooks ard Walters
Union. and in every restaurant where
the men went out their places were at
once taken by the men who had been
notified To be ready for work to-day
J. i. Bowen. the business agent of
the Building Trades Council. said this
afternoon that the striking cooks and
walters would have the support of
every one Of the labor organizations in
the city and county lie said that it
was very doubtfulsi il the members D
the Teamsters' Union would deliver
goods or supplies TO the restaurants on
tho unfair list. Bowen also said that
the strike would probably receive the
Endorsement Of the Building Trades
Council. the Provision Trades Council
and the Central Labor Council
The first case of trouble alleged TO
have been caused by the strike oc-
CURED AT Fischer's Bakery this morn
ing. When the night crew in the
kitchen left after midnight. the oil
which is used as fuel in tho range was
left turned on. flooding the bottom of
the range, whore il could not be seen
from the outside. When the fire was
started this morning the accumulated
oil exploded. bat fortunately no one
was injured. The proprietor of the
restaurant said:
There is hardly a possibility that
the oil could have been turned on and
then turned of again by accident and
] am compelled to believe that it was
tho intention of tho party who left the
oil in the range to iniure men who
should take the places of the strikers
] am inclined 10 believe that the guilty
man is the former night cook. Ben
Ba ayles, Tor he was the only one of the
night crew who knew anything about
the working of the range"
The restaurant least affected by the
strike was the Gas Kitchen. of which
John MarcoVich IS the proprietor At
this restaurant only one man left in
response TO the strike call Of the
union and his absence caused no in
convenience.