The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-30
HOTELS SCENE0F
DEMONSTRATIONS
SEVERAL THOUSAND EMPLOYEES
OF HosTELRIEs JOIN IN
RIOTlNG.
SCORES HURT IN MELEE.
Windows as High as Sixth
Floor Broken by Stones
and Bricks. e

New York, Jan. 27.-A series Of
demonstrations and disturbances &C.
CURED in the hotel and restaurant dis
trict of this city when thousands of
striking walters and sympathizers ov-
erran some of the principal streets
and engaged in serious rioting.
The rioting followed successes by
several thousand hotel employees in
Gripping the dining service in a num-
Der of big hotels. Failing to tie up
other hosteleries and restaurants, the
riotous elements carried on a war
fare of jostling patrons, turning in
false alarms of fire, attacking walters,
who have not walked out, and throw
ing bricks through windows.
JostIe Theatre Crowds.
When the theatre audiences began
to pour forth, the disturbers we're still
overf1owing the sidewalks. Men and
women in evening clothes were forced
Into the streets IS gangs of idlers
swept down upon them. Many fights
resulted when, escorts retaliated with
fists.
The life of n proprietor, James
B. Regain of the Hotel Knickerbocker,
has been threatened, it is said. Re-
gan has thrown a guard of so speciai
policemen, each man more than six
feet tall, around his hotel, and has
announced his intention of keeping RI
citing walters away from his doors.
Regan Thursday discharged his entire
force of walters, having anticipated a
strike, and hired others in their places.
At every police station in the hotel
district, the were prepared
for a call at any moment, and squad
after squad was sent forth to quell
disturbances.
Ritz-carIton Stormed.
In the course of the disorder. 200
striking walters stormed the Ritz-Carl-
ton hotel and swung one of the big
revolving doors from it's socket in
their rush. Others, from vantage
points outside, threw stones and sue.
ceeded in breaking windows as high
as the sixth floor in the Carlton house
apartments, where Police Commits
sioner Waldo has rooms.
During the attack several pistol
shots were fired, by which side in the
scrimmage was not apparent at the
moment. AS a result of the disturb
ance under his window Commissioner
Waldo personally summoned police re-
serves from the nearest station house.
Some of the hotel and restaurant,
managers, alarmed at the trend of the.
nights events, said they anticipated
asking Sheriff Hamburger to call out
his 1000 deputies to put down the dis
turbers. The more agitated among
them added that they were considering
a call on Governor Sulzer for protec-
ton through the militia. 1t was con-
sidered by most of those chiefly con-
cerned, however, that the police were
amply able to cope with the situation.
Sheriff Hamburger said that he
would call his deputies out if it was
found necessary and he was called
upon to do so.
Among the strikers were 300 wait.
ers and other employees at the new
Hotel McAlpin. The diningroom force
at the T~wenty-third street branch of
the Y. M. c. A. also Joined the strike.
One Case Cited.
Among many persons hurt during
outbreaks was Dominick Leonora, a
cook said to be on strike. Leonora
was attacked near strike headuuar.
tiers and left lying in the gutter. His
skull was fractured and he was taken
in a serious condition to a hospital
Several hundred strikers attacked
two non-union walters outside the Ho.
tel Aston and seriously injured them
before police dispersed the mob.
Three men were arrested.
The strikers marched to Shanley's
restaurant making a demonstration.
Another battle with the police in
which 400 strikers we're involved, en-.
sued. Some of the strikers carried
railroad spikes. A detective and sew.
eral strikers were injured. The police
arrested nine men while quelling this
riot.
The hotel workers union made it's
declaration of al in a statement re-
citing the strikers demands and dc.
claring that unless they are satisfied
10000 employees will quit work within
three DAYS.