The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-26
HOTEL WORKERS
FREELY CLUBbED
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Especial 20 The Times Dispatch,l
New York. January 3.-Ihe ponce,
already wearied OF reserve duty and too
much running 20 court. freely dubbed
the striking and riOting hotel workers
to-day. and while the night sticks
were rising and falling the magistrates
were sending brick throwers and street
fighters TO the workhouse-
The immediate result was an i'm
provement in the general situation.
While there were two or three savage
fights between the police and prfVate
watchmen. on the one hand and the
strikers on the other such as took
place about the dinner hour outside the
Waldorf. there were fewer such en-
counters than on Friday
Ghere was undeniable proof that the
tip-takers' strike reached ats crest on
Friday night. and that the ebb had be
gun to-day Although numerous hotels
ana restaurants We're incOmmoded. not
one was put out Of business. Even the
restaurant that were most affected
managed 10 give some sort OF service 70
their patrons Tonight. Sherry's and
Rectors and the Hotel McAlpin. which
were hardest hit of all. were receiving
patrons. and were having very little
difficulty in hiring recruits.
Hotel Men Confident.
The hotel and restaurant men were
saying confidently that despite the
tactics of the Industrial Workers OF
the World the strike was crum ping,
and that by Tuesday or Wednesday
next conditions would be about nor
mai.
Elizabeth Guriey Flynn and other
strike leaders and organizers insisted
that most of the hotels and restaurants
would be begging for peace By Monday.
but there was nothing in sight 10 bear
out their claims Walters. buses and
kitchen employees were deserving the
strike and secretly applying for their
old Jobs.
The Ritz Carlton. the Waldorf, the
Knickerbocker. Delmonico's and the
Savoy were the main defenses OF the
hotel men. In these. as in similar places
are the largest tips given, and IL was
the notion of the strike organizers that
if the help i'll these hotels could be
drawn out. it would be easy to disaffect
the workers in the smaller hotels and
restaurants, pHces where the tip scale
is smaller But the Ritz and the
Waldorf and the other defenses were
i'm pregna BILE. Strikers and pickets
howled without, but failed 20 disturb
the smooth running of business. That
IL why the hotel men were so confident
o-night in saying that the strike is on
the downgrade.
Pursuing their campaign OF parades
and .intimidations, the international
Hotel Workers Unon and the leaders
of the Industrial Workers of the World
sent out columns to attack hotels and
restaurants where the help had con-
tinued to be loyal. These demonstra-
tions reached their climax shortly. after
p. NJ. at the Waldorf. where George
c. Boldt's private Waterman. rein
forced by police reserves. fought MOP
of 300
The strikers marched TO the Waldorf
from Union Square. where they had
been addressed by Elizabeth Gur.cy
Flynn. Patrick Quinian. chief organ
izer of the industrial WORKER of the
World. and others ouinlan. in his ad-
dress. advised the strikers to resort 70
sabotage If they were beaten
Start Out to Make Trouble.
After the meeting 500 strikers and
sym pathizers separated into detach
ments and started out to make trouble
at hotels and restaurants that had defed
them. The main column hectored the
Breslin. Shanley's restaurant at Broad
way and Thirtieth Street, the Hofbrau
and other places. marched eastward to
the Holland House. where they smashed
windows and frightened patrons and
then headed for the Waldorf Here
they clashed With the police. The
police dubbed the strikers freely and
they we're routed and scattered Three
were arrested
While this fight was on. other columns
we're attacking The Hotel Lafayette.
the Brevoort. the Wolcott and the
Hofbrau-
At the Lafayette the strikers scared
the walters from their duty. but at the
Brevoort they were repulsed by private
detectives after stiff ght.
Police Guards Are Arrested.
Commissioner Waldo and Proprietor
James y. Regain of the Hotel knicker-
booker. quarreIed tonight In the old
TendcrIoin police station just after the
commissioner had personally conducted :
the arrest OF squad OF Croker
Fire Prevention Bureau men that Mr..
Regan had hired to protect mis- property
and his patrons. Regan was furious
He shook his fist under Commissioned
Waldo's nose. denounced the arrests
as an uniustihable and high handed
that he would fight the issue out in
court IL necessary
Commissioner Waldo laughed and re-
piled merely that he was acting IN ac-
cordance with Law that forbids the
in approximation Of policemen
After Regan had precipitated the
general strike by evicting 25s union
walters. who had been hectoring him
for weeks ne went TO ex-FIre-ChIef
Edward r Croker and hired twenty
Ave Of the stoUte-t and most reliable
men Croker had around for protection
against the raids OF the strikers
These wore a uniform closely resem-
bling a nreman-s garb. Commissioned
Waldo. accom- panied BY Fourth Com
missioner Dillon. drove UP 70 the hotel I
a. o clock tonight and ordered /
Policeman Hand 80 arrest these guards
They were arraigned before Waldo In
the Wet Thirtieth street station
for a violation OF the law that fo-bids