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

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obey or would stick to him.
"We would have to follow the union.
was the reply
ain other words you would dictate to
me how to run my business" said Mr..
Sterry well. mean to run my business
myself, SO you had better not wait to
strike You can get out at once
A little later they sent deputation
asking him to speak to them again. MIR.
Stcirv gain me them. but q result
was the same as before and he told them
to get their pay and walk ont.
~ MARCH / ETf NEG q WA EKS.
Then Just as soon IA he ocked n
walters had reached he basement =
change to their on door coats iorty trim.
trained. light colorcd negro walters. who
had served for years in the hig hotels
Il Palm Beach in the winters and at sara.
toga hotels in the summers. and who had
l~en tastily gathered together through
Dr. Waller. negro physician whose
patie many Of them were and who.
because il was bet wepn seasons, happened
TO ,e in or near New York. took the places
vacated and everything in the halls
went on IA usual. soma Of the patrons
said much more smoothly. because the
negroes were more polite than the poly
glots who had been on the job before.
This however, did not settl" the strike.
which so far as the Plaza was concerned
was yet to come All the afternoon the
air in the lobby was charged with "X-
p"ctation The tip had come from a
loyal source that strike had been ordered
for the evening. and for this Mr.. Sterry
, had prepared himself. i'll fact had been
prepared for severa, days. The assistant
managers had been instructed what to
do and toward dinner time some of them
were heard to express the wish that tn"
strike would hurry up and com" and he
over with.
l. a. ~, .,, Lao
expectation that "A strike was going to he
called. Seven O'Clock came without a
sign being made. Then tho cafe was
quite filled and in the main restaurant
about eighty persons We're a, the tables;
\ little later there WIS Il sudden uui"l
in the room. Manager Fred King walked
over 10 a diner. IT'S coming pretty
soon now" he whispered. We Just
caught and threw out three men who
were about to give the order and
now THEY QUIT THE PLAZA.
strike" r.sounced through the room:
strike" And everybody turned toward
the door AT the sout hea>t corner Just
in time To see the understood waiter who
had uttered the command dis,ni"Ir
: through the doorway.
, The other walters seemed to hesitate;
3 then half Il dozen Ot them made Tor IN"
doorway. Others stood for a moment
and then followed ,ut. until on the iooi
We're left only IN" head waiter and the
captains together with two or three wait
"rS and about the same nutnl@r ot oinni
buses Onc of the former said later he
. Couldn't afford to strike because II" lived
or Long Island and WIS glad to lie ah" e
WORK
| pINtRS TAKE IT CALMLY
The diners took the situation viii
remarkable eptlanlmity and sat quietly
Mr.. Stcrrv, who had been dining IN the
,fl1 far y,,t ,..t1t
wen, out. The order 10 strike WIS glVe'
just at %.
lmmcda,clv Manager King. Assi-tan
Managers Skinner and Railing. Audt"
Iarinto-h and Harry SearicS 1t"pp"'
Into the brooch. Max Thompson th'
European agent. who had donned a Dime
, coat. picked ny Il tray "A waiter had rh
, down and proceeded to serve a WAITING
,plrty. The others hurried some 10 th'
ipantry and some To the Kitchen.
| Five minutes passed whom suddenly
the service door opened ard a long lln
of III" negroes Of all shapes ard sizes
walkcd in and stood hv the long s"rvin.
Liable in the middle of the room Fac'
( wore q white II" and Il short coat h"r
~"ra about t"cutv-tive of them. ftteei
! I Of their hirG - the same time had Gon
! INTO the GihiuE room. about ten NOR
l W.r" ht'd H. reserve upstairs a. 'h"'
. n.dd', )'".. ~" TO get IN" neT"Ns'lr'
: Jackets
VI Late ri took command Of the n.y
: forces ;rd his hoadwaiters and captain
, got busy distributing the order thl
we-e Ia le filed These of the eNcC,itiV
, staff whc had gone below took M ro-t
20 direc' the new men wher" 10 go for IN
different dishes
1 When noses were courici il VS. fOur,
that thirtv-fv. mon had struck in III" M i
! cafe. while downstairs of twr.tr Ia.
> walters only three were lei'
I hi. IT, II I
the sitIition us il threatened me foot
supply Of those who dinei in their rooms
but 10y shifting the situation was me,
NJ Pierre the chef, was luhilant No
one of his cooks, all of whom have hce
with him for five wears. had struck. ar,'
this he attributed IN part TO the cooprra
tinn Of NJ Iapperel'ie. the former Plaz.
chef. who il over here TO organize IN
etgfi of the now Copley Plaza in Boston
COULDN'T KEEP rM PROM COMING II
, EAT.
In the grill cafe and the rest,iuran, th
. interruption to the service was not Cclbie
but the new walters seemed willing aut
did their best and the guests were patient
More people kept coming IN to dine, an'
, though the situation was explained tc
them at the doorway they insisted upoi
coming in. To the uninitiated within
fifteen minutes after the strike hid tlker
, effect. nothing unusual could have beet
noted about the dining rooms
1T Is a joke" said Mr. 81 'rry. we now
have enough walters to get along with
and Tomorrow We shall have all we cal
possibly use. ! am not going to have III,
, walters union dictate 70 me as to how
, shall run my business. These men ar.
certainly alternating whatever sympathy
the public might have by striking AT tn,
time they do. Ever so many people hav,
come 10 me tonight and have said the,
We're with me, and am going to stick i
. out"
| The three men VINO were thrown on
l of the Plaza just before tho strike ordc
was given had been betrayed by tn,
fact that one of them gave the show ava,
TO a non union man whom he thought wa
, with him.
2 We amt going to strike tonight
= amt wey" he jeered, brandishing a not
D which bore the order and the names o
the three men who were to give tho signal
, one of which was his own. Forthwith
the loyal waiter reported the matter
and the three men were urged out of tn
building in short order,
! MAY HAVE ALL NEGRO WATERS.
, Managing Director Sterry was no
willing to discuss the report that he ha'
: ordered 200 negro walters from Hu
Springs and other points, but one of tn
, negro walters upstairs said that IL il wcr
necessary there woudd he 100 traine
: colored men on hand to-day, and as s
, many of them know the people who ga
at tn" restaurants in New York froI
, having served them in Florida and at tn
- ! leading s,Immer hptalS and kaSidas kpn,