New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-15
TRUCE BY WATERS
PENDING CONFERENCES
Union Too Busy. Moreover, Says
RIochIinger. with Member
ship Applications.
OSCAR AT WALDORF YIELDS
Bars at Benefit Clubs Now a
Bone of Contention, as Alleged
Adiuncts to Employment
Bureaus.

officials Of tho International Hotel Work.
ers Union said Yesterday that for two
or three days there would probably be no
further action on their part in the strike
situation This was for two reasons. it
was added.
First. the applications for membership in
the union had poured into the union head
quarters I'm such a quantity said Edward
| BloChluGer. financial secretary OF the or
ganization that it had been found neces-
sary to declare a cessation " hostiiti's
for a time 80 that the union could take
care of its clerical duties and find out Just
where it stood.
The second reason given for the truce
was the personal conferences that were
being held with hotel men and head wait
ers acting their representatives. \ com
mittec, headed by Mr.. Bloch,inger. met
Oscar Tsch!rky. Of the Waldorf-Astoria.
to talk over the situation as II is there.
/ Mr.. T>chirky was called 10 account for
sending strike breakers To the Belmont
when the trouble began. but he explained
TO the satisfaction Of the union men by
saying that the order was ISSUED by a
subordinate IN his absence. \ demand was
also made that the pay for walters serving
at dinners at uisht bee =, but q temporary
compromise OF s. 81 was reached
The union discovered yesterday what
they declared was an effort on the part II
the hotel men 10 outtiank them. The pro-
prletors were trying to bring about set
Element o. the trouble, they declared,
through their influence in number of
walters benefit clubs. through whose en-
ployment bureaus most II the hotel men
engage their help
Jobs for Spenders at Bar First.
These clubs are one Of tile worst
abuses" declared Nh Blochltngrr, they
/ have bars and when II comes 10 getting
job the walter who spends the most
money at the bar gets the first job. The
/ hotel men exercise strong influence la
I these clubs through their secret itvorites.
/ and We are going to demand that Their" be
/ a free employment agency without d saloon
attachment Married men can't AFFORD to
spend all they earn a. 70 saloon 10 get ~u.-
! p.nymeut"
/ II was said for the hotel men that they
would bc unwilling 10 DO away with tG"
clubs as means II getting tuoir help, as
/ In that way they We're ADJ" o. get men
/ whom they knew and could trust The
union officials said that tn. h-ht would
/ be- waged to finish on this issue.
we have also received another impor-
/ taut .os.n.tlon." Nh B.ochlugrr said. Il
/ have received request from the state
Bureau Tor statistics OF the walters
| conditions. hour. OF work. wages numbers
and sI things pertaining 20 their business
I / have not had time 20 comply yet. and tHi-
morning I received a telephone request t0
/ visit the bureau Tomorrow morning 20 tax
J the situation over. / shall lay tho whole
situation before the state authorities II
] that time
Continued activities wer. reported ycst"r
day at the general headquarters among th,
/ special lines Of hotel help that mad been
/ drawn into ID. movement 90 Inion!Z" On,
/ who'll, business Mrs L'aul,- Brown. uo
: has undertaken an" organization ot TIE
/ chamu,lmaiIs int. a union. was hard ~
work Yesterday again, az on the day before
and announced That She had recruited over
four hundred members To- that branch %.
/ tine Organization.
Closed Incident, Says the Belmont.
IT,. plclets were kept abo., o.. Belmont
where "Pcar-m" was stiu the main Issue.
uut nothing strenuous Was attempted. \
meeting Of tie walters Who went On strike
1 al the Belmont last week was held Do tie
/ afternoon and II was announced aIterWarI
/ that they intended 20 such 10 oti despite
I oyrrtuTrs from t.- manage W. mt Iur nam
J agemrut maintained the attitude taai th'
/ strike was "a closed incident as FAR IS II
] was concerned
! The attitude yesterday among many OF
/ tine hotel men was that the movement wa-
7 not 10 be taken seriously 49, IN" walters
/ union had no. funds or affiliations 10 supp
Ily .he funds FOR long strike. The Wait-
! ers declared. on the other hand. That they
! could 20 on strike Tor prolonged struggle,
/ II necessary. at any moment. and tndt On,
! only reason they were holding back was
/ because the hotel men az individuals were
! showing q readiness To acc'de To- their de-
! manGs Their next step. they added, would
/ he TO present their demands formally To the
/ Hotel Mems Association.