The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-31

kins from windows Of red ink restaurants
along the way. Two or three employees
of Jacks came to the door when thcy
heard the shouting. waved their hands
and smiled and went back to work.
LOUIS MARTINS rNrRf JARED.
The strike caused more annoyance
AZ Louis Martins. MIR. Martin was taken
by surprise because. as he explained.
he already had given in totwo of the thrc"
demands of the strikers and had received
assurances that his men would not walk
out on him. at least until there had been
further conferences.
"lf your men don't keep their word.
what can you do?" asked Mr.. Martin
in telling of the situation in which he
suddenly found himself
When the matter was taken to Mr..
Martin last week he agreed to raise the
pay of wait"V> toy 81 Il week and to pay
the bus boys himself. they had been
paid 10y the walters before.
But he absolutely refused to recognize
The new union. Many of his employees
had been in his service for many years
and these assured him they would stand
in the matter of pay. But at 7:lj O'Clock
last night practically all of his help laid
of their aprons and walked out.
Altogether the strike gained about 1870
| recruits from this restaurant. The doors
| were closed To more diners and MIR Mar
] ers who had declined To leave their old
| time employer under any circumstances.
| the captains and men from the clerical
force tool: hold and tried To finish the
work left by the'men who had walked out
| The chefs and head men in the kitchen
had stayed at Martins, as they stayed
at other places affected hy the prcsen,
unrest, and il was possible to prepare
the food ordered.
| The rather scanty force Of impromptu
walters Succeeded in serving il too. with
n little delay but no serious hitch, Before
| long the doors We're opened again and
more diners were admitted the number
being kept down tom some where near
the capacity of the reduced staff
MARTIN TOO WILL FIGHT ro A FINISH
Mr. Martin said that he would fch,
the thing ont to a finish and was conf =
dent that many of his men would be back
shortly, since he had granted their de
particular Mr.. Martin expects to return
TO him and thes,. he saws h. will b. glad
TO take back. Like MIR. Muschenh.in he
says he has no hard feeling toward his
strikers and md places & ,hs bl|me on the as,
of them. have been with him too long to
| leave him without strong reasons
Mr.. Martin got additions to his force
before supper time last night and 10y
noon to-day he expects Ia have practi-
tdIN Iuli fpUlDISfntnl OF COOKS ana
| walters again.
Mr. Martin was a little worried abou,
the support he would receive from the
| Hotel Association, since. his place being
only restaurant without sleeping rooms
h" Is not an actlN. but an associate n"T
her of the association He was reas-lred
on this point last night and was told that
IN" association would stand by him as j;
would behind all the rest o { i's members
FIN OVER II All
The unexpectedness with winch the
strike came at Louis Martin provided
considerable amusement in various Part.
of the dining rooms. On IN" balcony
wa one especially jolly party which
took the strike a. tn. h. - lon. in the
table with huge tray of food which had
been ordered before the strike began
and started TO serve IL
one of the members of the party. a
young woman in gown of black and red
grabbed up a napkin, slunG ii over her
left arm. and telling the chef to go on
attend to the cooking end jumped up
and served the dishes he had brought in
to the accompan niment of much merrimcnt
on the part of her companions and her
self. Al Martin as we'll as AZ n lot of ot hnr
pla res the diners some of them incon-
venicnced, seemed to look upon the strike
as lark. to be enjoyed as something 9
brand new in the unr'it'cd course OF
restaurant dining
ALL LEAVE AT ELKS GLIB.
One club was affected by the strike
the Elks Club, housed in its new big house
in Forty-third street, There the full
stan OF thlrty-fiv" waters and fifteen men
from the kitchen dropped everything
lat the magic hour of 7;l5 and started
for their hats and coats. Tn. only men
left We're IN" chefs and captains The
club had prepared itself partially for the
event and in few minutes had thirtv-fiv
men III the places Of the fifty About 10,
, persons were eating in the club at the
. time, heir dinners were not seriously
! hindcred
REcroE's DESERTED.
An amused and amusing stream OF
food seekers flowed up TO the doors OF
time and extending through the eve
ming And large number of seekers
3 after other things than food were dis
' appointed nj the door of the cafe, for there
= were no walters there to bring drinks
p to IN" tables and a woman cant very
n well stand up and drink at bar, car
. she'
' The front entrance of Itector's, which
4 leads to the main dining room, was
o closed entirely and the room was dark
Prospective cust' rners stopped and peered
2 through the closed door and wenI
r downstairs cafe
There the tables were covered with
D nice freshly laundered and untouched
2 cloths and the chairs were all sat properl,
0 up to them, but there wasn't a waitel
in the place Men who were looking
q merely for a drink went on over to IN,
4 bar and got il, hut women turned back.
\ srERRY LOCKS EN- OFT AT PLAZA.
= Managing Director Fred Sterry of tn,
o Plaza had made up his mind to tn ke de
cislve action with regard to strikinl
r waiters,and having so determined, he pro
y ceeded without waiting for action on thei
h part on move of his own. This wa,
: nothing more nor less than a lock out o
|, the iioor walters, those who serve mea |
$ on the upper floors of the house. The,
Il when the strike came last night he wa
Y ready with n lot Of strike breakers an,
n when the signal came and most of tn
p uniformed crew in the resta lira nj h ,lrrie
y TO the doors it was only few minute
It before their places had been taken an,
patrons at the tables were getting tn
q food they had already ovdcred
=" Mr., Sterry yesterday morning a it'll
~ before II o'VloCk called tho floor waiter,
n numbering Fbont forty-two into tn
r grand ballroom and asked II they had an
IS grievance. INey said they had none es
4. cept that they Would like shorter hour
10 Nr' stsrry said thqt such a thip- be coui