New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-24
R|0T|NG WATERS
STORM HOTELS
Continued from first puge.
crossed over to the north side and went
on TO Sixth avenue.

crossed over to the north side and went
on to Sixth avenue.
Nicholas Geronos. a man who gave
| his address as No. hos West 18th
| street. was arrested. charged with
smashing one of the knickerbocker
windows.
Telephone messages poured in TO the
Vest Goth street station from scores
Of hotels and cafes asking for protec-
ton. Evidently they feared attacks OF
violence from the riotng walters.
The entire body Of 100 walters en-
ployed in the Follies Bergere Restaur-
ant. No. 2O6 West. 46th street. walked
out on strike at midnight without Civ
ing warning. They left the restaurant.
which was crowded at the time, empty
Of help.
| II. b. Martin and Mr.. Kaiser. the
managers. impressed the bartenders,
cloak room boys. those Of the non
union kitchen help who could be
spared, and other employees into SER
vice az walters and soon began serv-
| ing customers again.
It was said that many of the union
employees in the kitchen also left when
thew heard the walters had struck
thus disabling this department cOnsid-
| er2bly.
Mr.. Martin said that he could not un-
d stand why the walters had struck,
for he had signed an agreement with
them New Years Eve with which they
| expressed satisfaction.
At about the same time about ha'i
| Of the walters employed at the Cadillac
| Hotel. at Broadway and 43d street.
walked out. Manager Wallick denied
that he had been seriously handicapped
| in the service of his guests, however.
| He said that he had given each waiter
who remained twice as many tables as
usual and that they had been able to
give every one efficient service.
Miss Flynn, the leader of the strike
movement, made announcement OF the
impending strike call at q union meet
ing held in Bryant Hall, Sixth avenue.
near 42d street The result Of ballot
taken among six thousand walters and
hotel employees was announced as
| showing that 81 per cent Of the voters
were in favor of strike.
About midnight the hundred or more
walters employed at the Hotel Rector,
nd CIV
in the dining room on the first floor
and announced 10 the management that
they were going out. Manager Farley
asked them TO wait until he could say
peal TO them to remain until morning,
when their differences with the man.
agement would be thoroughly thrashed
out He spoke intensely, and with the
result that all consented 10 return TO
work at least until this morning.
The management Of the Astor Hotel
said last night that no fear Of "A strike
was held there because non-union
walters were employed. with whom an
agreement satisfactory 10 employees
and employers had been drawn up and
signed.
Pickets had been stationed in front
Of all of the hotels OF the Broadway
and 42d street district last night. but
they remained quiet until soon after
midnight.
Then the walters in Bryant Hall left
that building. and with many who
joined them on the outside marched
up Sixth avenue 10 i2d street. They
were about fifteen hundred strong and
filled the sidewalk along the line Of
march. Four policemen on duty in the
vicinity tried to dsperse the marchers
but with little success.
At first there was no great disorder
except spasmodic and scattered yelling
Then waiter broke one of the plate
glass windows in the revolving door
at the entrance 10 the Knickerbocker
bar The smashing OF three OF the
panes in one OF the storm windows TO
the hotel blue room. on the Broadway
side came next