The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-29

at the Cambridge Building. Thir,y-'nir,l
street and Fifth avenue. yesterday after.
noon to consider the demands Of the six
walters unions. None of the hotel mon
will recognize the International Hotel
Workers Union, which has started most
of the strikes. and it was OH the express
condition that this union be not repre-
sented that the managers consented to
consider the walters demands.
Fred Reed of the Park Avenue Hotel
Edward Tierney of the, Marlborough
George G. Boldt of the Waldorf William
Sterry of the Plaza and Thomas
Hilliard OF the Vanderbilt were the com.
mitteemen who discussed the demands
At the end Of the meeting Mr. rierncv
said that they had gone over all of the
demands and made some concessions
but what these were he would not state.
The answer of the hotel men was To 90
to the walters unions. and not until they
had taken action would there he ANYTHING
given out by the hotel employers
The walters representatives that he
saw. however. said MIR. Tierney seemed
satisfied with their answer.
PLAN TO HABEAs CORPUS sTRIKEB REAKRRs
Rudolph Eicher. member of the press
committee of the International Ho,eI
that a writ of habeas corpus will be sued
out in the Supreme Court to-day for the
release Of over half hundred strike
breaking walters who. ne said. are being
detained in the Hotel Astor against their
will.
Eicher at the time he made the an.
nounccment was in the West Side court.
He, with Aloysius (ryns, an organizer
of the union. and Charles Gronke a
striking waiter. together with three 9th
ers. had gone to the police court to get
a legal order for the liberation of the
men from Magistrate Freschi. \ var
rant would do, or even summons.
Cryns told the Magistrate that in all
there were fifty-two unwilling strike
breakers being detained at the hote!
against their will. To make matters
worse fifteen of these were union men,
he said. and the whole lot Of them were
prisoners in rooms under lock and key
Cryns was unable to say whethe Mr.
Muschenheim. thu Pinkerton Diet tActives
employed by the hotel or the head wait r
was responsible for the detention OF the
alleged prisoners The Naaistrate told
Cryns that in view of his inability place
responsibility for the detention Of the
men he could issue not even a summons
but suggested that possibly they could
through writ Of habeas corpUs. Then
ii was that Eicher announced that h
would procure one early to-day
They have been nervous AT the Hotel
Astor about their walters tor several
days. Yesterday they had ii dozen
detectives stationed at the entrances
to the various dining rooms. who We're
on guard against interference from out
side The anagemeut was taking every
pracsutt,n against intimidation.
The .Astor said IT. held in reserve iND
men who were reody to take the place,
Of their regular walters il these should
walk out. There We're other men quar-
tered in building on West Forty-ffth
street engaged by various hotels to make
up vacancies in case of a strike Ii was
also reported last night that the Astor
would lend walters to the Waldorf in case
of trouble there and that the Wador!
had agreed to do the same thing bv the
Astor
Plaza YIELDS TO MILK DEMANDS
! The striking spirit affected the kitchen
! helpers at the Plaza last night and the,
went TO Manager Ratings and told him
mat they weren't getting enough milk III
their coffee in the mornings They said
they felt pretty sore about this and that
II they didn't have all the milk they wanted
told them that they could have all the
milk they wanted If they would be nice
and go back to work. which they did
NEAR STRIKE AT 22D REGIMENT DINNEE
! Adolph Susskind. manager of the Ter
race Garden had u bad few moments when
he discovered that there was talk Of a
strike among the 40 extra walters that he
had last night to feed some l 200 officers
and men of the Twenty second Regiment
that was having blowou; at the garden
following their parade. MIR. SussAind
found that his fifty regular walters were
unehected. but n representative OF the il0
told him that they would walk out if they
couldn't get 81 for their nights work in
stead of $3.50. Mr.. Susskind agreed 10
pay them what they wanted and they
went back to work.