New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-12
STRIKERS De LUXE
NOW INVADE HOTELS
Men and Women in Correct
Evening Garb Try to Get
Walters Out.
GIRL PLANS NEW MOVE
Sends Gayly Clad Emissarles
Into Hotel Belmont, Only
to Have Them Arrested
on Disorderly Charge.

Eliza beth Gurley Flynn, slim ana
pretty young woman, with tired eyes, a
member of the Industrial Workers OF the
World, told, last night, how she and her
fellow leaders were trying to bring the
owners OF the big hotels to their rect
However, although she and Patrick L.
Quinlan, another Industrial Worker OF
the World representative. did their best
Yesterday TO have walkouts In certain
hotels, only Murray's restaurant suffered
and mere handful went out there.
Miss Flynn and Mr. Qulnlan said that
hereafter they would send their well
dressed strikers into the hotels. accom-
panied by equally well gowned women
their wives or daughters. They inquired
they would not attract attention ana
cause disorder by such method
Last evening. just before supperume'
Miss Flynn escorted two gayly clothed
strikers to the door OF the Hotel Belmont
and there bade them come out only when
they had called a strike among all the
walters and kitchen help there. But she
waited outside for long time end heard
nothing from them. Later, when she re-
turned to strike headquarters, she learned
that her two men had been arrested
They were G. s. Glider, president OF the
Nationalist Book Association, at NO 22'
West 135th street, and Frank Pease, a
San Francisco reporter, at present staying
at the Hotel Lafayette. Eugene Hardl-
gan, manager of the hotel, had them ar
rested on charges of disorderly conduct.
The two men walked into the Palm room
of the hotel and then started to call about
them the walters in the room. They
told the walters who they were and asked
that they all get together and call a
general strike.
The only important news that came
from the headquarters Of the strikers was
the announcement that the statement of
Ettor-"If you have TO go back to work
under unsatisfactory conditions, do II
with your minds made up that IL is the
unsafest proposition in the world for the
capitalists to eat food prepared by men,
bers of your union"-should not be inter-
preted as meaning that food would be
poisoned. Nothing was further from the
mind of Ettor, they said 1t was also
stated that the striking walters and COOKS
would Join forces with the women gar
ment workers, now on strike. and with
them march through the city on Monday
morning bearing flags. banners and dec
larations denouncing such police, private
and public. as have attacked them.
There was an cutlery among the motel
men when they learned of Ettors state
ment. Thomas NJ. Hilliard. manager OF
the Vanderbilt Hotel, said: This man
should be arrested Immediately. The
morai effect upon those ignorant and
anarchistic walters who heard him say
such q thing is appalling Other man.
ayers gave out statements to the same
effect.
For three days the strikers had been
trying to have all the walters and Kitchen
help in Murrays restaurant. 42d stree'
near Broadway, walk out. Yesterday
afternoon they succeeded in getting tnir-
teen walters and five cooks to join their
forces. They left just before the luncheon
hour. by Manager IL. IL. Cookie declared
he had discharged them because he had
suspected them from the first news OF a
strike ,.,ro.
ton, when five hundred walters set oul
to "clean up things" two of them were
arrested in the Taverne Louis, in the
| Flatiron Building, for assaulting severa
other walters One OF them, Henry
Heryelin. of No. 3l9 West 18th street. was
placed under arrest for assault.