The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-30


70 make Tf YOU are going ont tonight.
70 out now Go out how. quietly. with
CT; disturbing my guests. and | here
promi" YOU that not u man of YOU will
be blacklistrd not a man of YOU will lose
his job because of this When Won get
your senses back come back to me and il
] haven't got pliC" Tor you ! Will help
YOU get II good place somewhere else.
That Is a. iair n | can make it. and |
want YOU TO understand that | am not
angry n, Won do not believe YOU are
yourselves lust now.
But IL YOU men do not go out now, and
you wait until my guests are in the res
taurau's for dinner and thus cause trouble.
] promise every man of you that not one
Of you will ever work under me again
30 long as YOU live. want to make that
plain TO you. Go ont now and we will
be good friends, wait and cripple me and
! will pay YOU bacn You have sense
enough to know that sooner or later
the positions at the Waldorf Astoria will
he much sought after"
"lf you are so fair" said q man in tho
crowd why are YOU keeping lot of
strikebredkcrS upstairs"
"You don't think am going to lei you
put me ont of business" said the proprie-
tor You would do the same thing If
YOU were in my place. I'VE are going to
run on. just the same; you men Will bc the
losers in the long run
MIR. Boldi and his managers walked
down the stairs and the men waited for
a little while before they came after him.
Somebody sld that they held a little
meeting of their own. In any event they
came down the main stairs, passed into
the various dining rooms and from there
passed down the stairs to their dressing
rooms where they changed their clothes.
There was not "A word said but some of the
men who were going out came up the main
stairs and sought out the proprietor.
Three or four of them were in tears a.
they stood IN the main corridor. One
OF them went up to Mr.. Boldt.
"Oh. sir" he said. Il feel so bad. feel
like killing myself
Mr.. Boldt placed his arm around him.
Don't you mind" B." he said reass,iringlv.
1T will come out all right. They will
get their senses back soon and you will
all get back. The man went away a
little comfortcd.
The strikers went ont Of the hotel in
crowds of three or four without cheer.
without loud word They did not form
u procession as theI have done at other
hotels but wander"t of into the rain.
They were no sooner out Of the building
until another scene was enacted.
The elevators We're all run up to the
twelfth floor andl the strike breakers
who have been getting fat and living
high were crowded into the cars and
brought down to the ground floor All
were trained walters. although they did
not have the bearing of one Of the old
timers One hundred and twenty of them
came down in that way and slipped into
the Pa In Garden, the Fifth avenue dining
rooms and the mems cafes. wher" their
ewes were soon YiI-tpninn with tb0 81 Y r.,
large tips that tn" patrons handed over
TO them a. an evidence of svmJathy.
One man who was not foreign bat who
did know how To handle dishes stood like
a statue in the nen'S cafa
w hat : the natter" some one asked
him.
STUNNED ny A $40 TIP.
He turned. In his hand he hold n SO
bill which some generous manufacturer
had just handed him as "A tin. The OF her
men were likewise loaded down and when
"A new delegation Of walters started for
the Palm Garden around 80 o'clock
they We're applauded rs they walked past
the Office
Tn" real excitement at the Waldorf
Astoria was in IN. kitchens. The strike
bad not left any hut the very highly
paid and naughty chefs and few pastry
cooks. hey had no h"lI.rs no pot boys
no scul!lons. no aids 70 do the menia !
stan OF this kind in the city 4 group
OF naughty bell hops Went after the pots
and pans while the PANTRY force and
general assistants wer" Managers Stuar,
Frazer and McCuskor, II was said hat
IL was wonderful sight to see stuart
putting the trimmings around plank
steak while NcCusbsr was mixing up a
sauce iearnaise, but they got it upstairs
somehow even if they were very glad
when substitute force relieved them Of
their duty and they could so bacs to
managing
Il think We will come out all rich, -
said Mr., Boldt. Il believe the men will
come back when they have recovered
their sanity. We ar" running all of our
restaurants now and We will have an
additional force tomorrow. Of course
our service j. not up 10 the usual standard.
but our Cu"st- are IN sympathy with us "
just a. soon as the s'riN" had l.gun
Mr. Bnldt had caused printed cards to
be sent - every room and laid on every
table informing all patrons Of the situa-
tion. IN" cards read.
The management be gs 10 inform It's
patrons that II has made every enor, To
reach an amicrblc understanding with is
employees hut regrets 10 announce that
after repeated efforts II has come 70 the
conclusion that NJ the present time further
negotiations and concessions VIII h. of no
not 10 ally Itself with "A union and will main
tain an op"n shop Ia making this an
nonncem"nt II is but fair ia stat" tha, "A
great many of our employees would re-.
main afSHpTk were ~ not tor agitator. and
intimidation. We apoloGil" for any shor,
cnmlnE- IN our s"rNic" for the time being
We VIII do our best 10 rc"S'ahli-h order and
uisclpiiii" ~ N" earliest possible moment
WAbkEp OFT Al RECr,g'I
The strike at R"ctor'S last night wos
without any NOR" warning than that
which came to Capt, James Churchill
the evening before The mon c,it ma,
about the time dinner was being served
marched out N" sil" .ntranc. and pa :
rad"d over toward the Bryant Building
formerly Lyric Hail. which is now the
union headquarters Ther" were about,
sixty men in TN" party. walters, buses
ana Kitchen m"n, and they were greeted
with cheers. The action caught the hotel
people unawares and thnr" was consid-
cradle inconvenience, but strike breaking
agencies shot in half dozen taxlcahs
10 III" rescue. all filed with strike break
ers ana s"rvlc" was resumed "A little later.
W" ar" suffering with the others f"
cam" III" word from the management
w" "WiIl do the best we can and we are re
c"iving ASSURANCE. of plenty of helm TO-
morrow, We wlll make the tight with tho
other men
Wilson Miner tho playwright who
was one ~ party at u table. got up
end grabbed an apron off on. of the
s'rlk!nr waters as they marched past
hnd rafting il on himself. went down
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