The Washington times., 1912-10-24
HURRY IN WATERS
TO RELIEVE CAFES.
STRIKE HITS HARD
Hotel Managers and Servers
Equally Confident of
/, Victory.
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too big. Most Of the pickets employ
their time In walking around the build
ings they are assigned to watch. Some
times they nab a fellow who looks like
q strike-breaker; sometimes they sue
ced In turning him back; but there has
ben no evidences OF a rough house" on
the streets.
The police insist merely that there
shall be no unseemly congregating, and
that the pickets shall Keep on the move.
Paying of Men.
The hotels were busy today paying of
the men who walked out, without a
word Of warning. during the dinner
hour last evening.
Indications are that the effect of the
strike will show itself within the next
few hours. II the hotels affected are
eiiabled to serve dinner with anything
like accustomed dispatch this eva,,ing.
It will bear out the statements Of the
various managers that. aside from the
temporary Inconvenience, the strike viii
not seriously discommode the hostelries.
However. up to this hour. there Is not
a. fun quota Of walters In any Of the
ally delayed. A ravenously hungry man
probably would prefer to eat at home.
Try to Get Buffers.
Attempts Of the hotel arrangements to
enllst the SERVES of the men,
beys of the Washington Buffers
Association was one Of the i'm
portant developments. The bhtlers' as
sociation is composed OF white men,
many OF them said to be Government
employees in a small way. who are fire.
Quently called upon during the winter
TO help regular stats Of walters at ban
Quets. According to the strikers, some
Of the members Of the buffers associa-
ton are employed as janitors in the
schools, and others from time to time in
humble, places in the departments. y
Some of these men. II is admitted at
strike headquarters. have Joined the
hotels. but they will all leave by night
were induced not to enter the hotels by
the earnest solicitation of the pickets
Those who went to work got g for
luncheon. and will get 50 more for din
ner, a total Of 80, which is as much as
=, 2 waiter gets regularly from the hotels
Pickets succeeded in persuading con-
siderable number Of colored men from
entering the Raleigh dining room this
sna t the ss at this hotel at
ton as at breakfast, when the head
waiter. q cloakroom girl. a colored walt
or, white waiter. who had not walked
out, and beilboy. or two. besides the
dining room cashier. waited on the
Pullman Car Walters.
The New willard at noon had. ap-
parently. the same number Of coiored
men a. at breakfast. 1t was stated
officially that these were Pullman car
walters WHOM the shatel. management
Had had in reserve in anticipation Of q
strike. The strikers asserted that these
colored walters were regular employees
OF the hotel. serving as kitchen helpers
The Cafe Republique was not bothered
with the question Of serving breakfast.
for 1t does not open until II a. m. each
day. AT noon a force Of colored men.
the same management. served the
guests. A crew of colored men from
the Hotel Rudolph. In Atlantic City, Is
due to arrive tonight to work at the
cafe. The Rudolph is also under the
now conducting the Cafe Republiaue.
s.... At the Powhatan.
The Powhatan also put to work a
force of colored men. and its manage
mont asserted 1t was getting along
without delay. No question exists that
the strike has crippled the kitchens Of
all. the places where men are on strike.
and delays are occurring outside the
dining rooms or not.
This afternoon, in contrast to the
statements Of the hotel owners and
managers. the striking walters are al
together optimistic.
We know every move the hotels are
making and have checked them all,
II was said at headquarters Of the strik-
ers at 1891 @ street. 1.-THE colored walt
ers will all be out Of the dining rooms
by tomorrow, and the EFFORT to get
to go to work has been a failure. The
strike will spread rapidly to the other
departments Of the hotels. Many cham
bermaids and cooks have Joined our
ranks today, besides those who went Out
last night. We have them on the run.
TESS to be-"
Pickets Are at Work.
Pickets worked with the greatest zea'
and energy all day. and addressed them
selves to white and colored alike.
Don't let the hotels fool you," said
the pickets, to colored walters who cam,
up. They will treat you well for q
couple Of days, and then as soon a,
the strife Is over. kick you out in
the street. They will call you brother
now, and something else later" ..
Police stationed at each hotel and cafe
kef the pickets moving and did no,
allow them to -congregate in large
o1pups. Peaceable solicitation of sup
posed strike-breakers was not interfer
cd with, however, and the only seri
Gus trouble which threatened was earl,
~ the morning at the cafe when striker,
caught hold OF q ,colored cook VIII.
sought to enter and would have re
strained him by force. The cook pulled
sway and the management telephonet
Tor mort police. 10y ~. ','I,I'
Early in the, morning two, picket
walking around the New Willard ad
dressed remarks to guests and colore,
walters through the windows on tn
Fourteenth street side of the hotel
Major Sylvester, chief of police, dis
covered this himself and ordered DO
ncemen to stop II. After the order wa
given. the strikers went away. Durin,
most OF the day pickets and polio
nhatted amiably until the officers sud
denly recalled the fact that the picket
Were not supposed to be standing still
and told them to move on"
How Guests Take It.
Hotel guests behaved variously whel
experiencing delay, according to thei
natures and temperaments. At break
fast IN one hotel those who had. t