New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01


tent figuring and planning on the part
Of the union. and the result Of mass
meetings in the unions headquarters.
at No - West Both street. and in
Bryant Hall. at Sixth avenue and 4lst
street. where. from Monday afternoon
until early yesterday morning. thou
sands Of cooks. kitchen helpers. omni-
buses and walters listened To- the
speeches Of the union leaders
Minority Vote Wins.
The union claims almost 1900 mem
bors. Al the mass meeting 1000 mem
bers voted for a general strike. and the
remaining 5000 either voted against
il or did not vote at all. The leaders
frankly declared they had it in for
the Holland House. the Breslin, the
Imperial, the Hoffman House. Church
ills. the Folies Bergere and Archsm-
baults Just why they didn't say.
When committees visited the Folies
Bergere Archambault's and Churchill :
the managers OF those restaurants &C
! trNeQ 10 the many ufHldIbN.
The secretary Of the union. Charles
Etzcl. also declared the Waldori-As-
torIa. the Plaza. the ST. Regis and the
Ritz-Carlton had been the only hotels
To live up to the understanding with
the union. agreed upon just after the
last big strike. Therefore, those hotels
would not be bothered. he sail. Later
in the day. the management of Maxim
and the St Denis signed agreements
with union representatives.
The demands of the union are that
walters be not compelled To purchase
their uniforms from their employers or
from anybody designated 10y their en-
pIoyers: that the union shall not be
Disseminated against. either in the
hiring or dischargng Of members that
they shall be provided with gooo food.
cooked under sanitary conditions. and
that no fines be imposed upon them for
any reasons whatsoever.
The following special kitchen con-
ditions are demanded: No kitchen en-
ploye shall work for more ;han six
DAYS in a week and not for more than
ten hours each day. there shall be no
reductions i'm the present scale OF
wages: cooks shall be paid fifty cents
Tor every hour they work overtime.
while all other kitchen help shall re-
ceiye twenty-five cents.
What Walters Demand.
Dining room staff conditions are
more elaborate Walters. captains and
omnibuses must have one day off DO
every two weeks. with pay. and any
waiter taken from his regular station
for any special occasion shall be paid
81 FOR each such meal that he serves.
They shall receive the same overtime
pas as DEMANDS the kitchen help. and
all STEADY" walters shall be paid so
month and captains 500 month
Omnibuees shall receive So month
Evening walters demand that they
work but three and a half hours each
evening and receive so q month. Nhue
the dav walters will work but seven
hours and receive 50. Then come The
evening" omnibuses. who insist upon
serving AZ hut two meals. or doing
eight hours work. and to be paid $50
a month. while the evening captains
wanted only 10 do eight hours work
and be paid 500 a month Extra
walters and cooks ask - a day ana
extra kitchen and other help - =" a
day
vybeo news of the likelihood Of a
strike reached the ears of the hottI
authorities Yesterday word was sent for
q snecial meeting 10 be held IN the COM
r,ittee room Of the Hotel Mems Assoc
citation Of New York At Fifth avenue
and 33d street.-The Cambridge Buil'-
ing 'rhe managers were in session FOR
almost two hours. at the end Of which
time Mark r. Caldwell, secretary Of the
association. issued the following state
n,ent;
We have heard that in some Of the
hotels part Of the kitchen staff walked
ont This morning We further under
etand that they presented no grieN-
ances and gave no notice. They simply
,,.Il,ed ont Aside from that they at
tempted to prevent other employees from
taking their places and continuing thelr
,rork As far as we know they have
no grievances ard have made no de-
mands.
The committee decided To take no
definite action until the employers act
ual1v faced a strike. Among those at
tho meeting were George &. Boldt, or
the waldorf Astoria. George sweeney,
Of the Victoria. +. NJ. Ham OF the 81
Regis. Frederick j. Reed. Park Ave
mo. Waller Chandler. Martinique.
Thomas billiard. New Vanderbilt. and
Concland Townsend, Of the Imperial
.About twenty cooks u the Hotel I'M
norial and six in the Holland House
marched out before noon. They made
M demands. presented no complaints
simplv walked out At the Imperial the
cooks and kitchen help gathered about
the kitchen and attempted TO i1tlmi-
date those who refused to'leave The
notice from the West goth street sta
ton drove the strikers away.
JAMES CREELMAN RETIRES
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