The evening world., 1912-05-16
WATERS STRIKE
YFA|lS TO TIE Up
\ Il. THE VANDERBILT
Manager Says Only IL Out of
- Employees Left the Din
ia. ing Rooms.
FULL STAFF WORKING.
Park Row Manager Suggests
That All Fines Go to
Blind Babies.
FULL STAFF WORKING.


and restaurants of the Vanderbilt
Hotel to-day the strike Of walters last
'oloht was not the striking success the
o6icsrs Of the International Hotel Work.
srs Union described 1t. The stan of
wastsrs was filled. every guest was
prsmptly served and there appeared to
~ no dissatisfaction.
Manager Thomas HIlliard was IN.
Amant because a report was published
In the morning papers that he had met
. committee OF the union and made a
number OF concessions. He denounced
- untrue this report, which had been
circulated by the union officers.
I have made no concessions to the
onion and will make none." he declared.
Conditions here are just a. they were
. week ago. This hotel Is an open
shop 20 far as walters are concerned.
Z don't care II our walters belong to
ne union or not. but will not recog-
oise the union as an organization.
u "A committee from the union called
IN me last night. I told them our
walters had two grievances---poor VEN
, olation In their locker room and the
Uniform they were compelled to wear.
] had already agreed to do away with
the uniform and to put in . system to
ventilate the locker room.
GAYS THE GRIEVANCES WILL BE
Adjusted.
TT was an outrage to pick out this
hotel as an object of attack. We pay
our walters the standard wage, they
al wi
have mentioned will soon be adjusted.
When an outsider stepped In here
last night and blew q whistle signal. IL
Or IL walters in the Palm Garden walk ed
out. There were q walters on duty in
fhe Palm Garden. No delay was ex-
Derlenced BY patrons but of course
ehere was some confusion In the hotel
eout!ne becaure OF the unexpectedness
81 the affair.
~ asked the men why they were
lsaving. They told me they had been
ordered out by the union. 7 am IN
Formed that they were threatened with
Violence II they refused to obey the
Gsnal. All but two OF them have re-
eurhed 10 work.
4. There u no strike on At this hotel
thore is no reason here for calling a
strike. And in forcing a few OF our
men out last night the union violated
an understanding or agreement that
they would not call any strikes until
their So called demands had been sub
United to the Hotel Mems Association.
These demands have not yet been sub
mittsd."
Charles Sugar. manager OF Ham S
Park Row restaurant has come to the
front with a suggestion which he
claims. will do away with dissatisfaction
ever the system OF fining walters All
Ssstaurant and hotel managers claim
that only by the imposition OF small
1nes can discipline be maintained among
walters.
FINES At HAMS GO TO THE
BLIND BABIES.
In Hams the nnes inflicted are not
sollscted by the management. When q
waiter u fined, after his first offenst
has been carefully considered by the
Oaanagernent. the amount Of the fine /:
Na6s known to him. He promptly drops
Il INTO one of the collection boxes Of
- International Sunshine Society.
operating boxes for blind babies
0svsrA OF those boxes are distributed
Abeat the restaurant and the walters
knOw where their fines 20.
Joseph Elster. business agent Of the
.dsa, was arrested In front of the Bel
mont Hotel last night charged with
ubu1inS Central once Detectives Moore
nd Walsh and fined e in night court BY
oraSastrats Krotel. Elster claims he
Aought the detectives were Pinkerton
hsA
The cooks held Q meeting last night
n No. N West Torty-Eighth street and
ARMED q mutual free employment aSsn'
u. ono Of the things TO have been de-
1anAsd By them from the Hotel Mems
Association.
Arrangements are being completed TO-
Nay for Q mass meeting Of women hote
vorksrs at the New Amsterdam Opera
1ouss on Sunday ntsht. Mrs. Rose
Pastor Stokes Will Be ono Of the speak
Srs ana devote her remarks chiefly &c
ne need Of organisation.