New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
TAFT WARNED TO
SHUN HOTEL FOOD
Strikers Surround Waldorf,
While Leader Sends Mes
sage to President, Guest
of Ohio Society.
YELLS DROWN SPEECHES
Suggestion of I. w. w. Leaders
That Strikers Visit Hotels
and Distribute Assaf9tida
in Dining Rooms Meets
with Loud Acclaim.

in Dining Rooms Meets
with Loud Acclaim.
More than five hundred striking watt
ers and members of the international
Hotel Workers. Union met outside the
Waldorf Hotel last night in one Of the
most unusual demonstrations that
has marked the strike thus far.
After marching up Fourth avenue
from an open air meeting in Union
Square Park the walters, marshalled
and coached by the leaders OF the In
dustrial Workers of the World, strode
west through 33d street until they
reached the Waldorf. There they
ioined hands and formed a GORDON
about the entire hotel block. bounded
by 33d street, 34th street, Fifth avenue
and Astor Court
While President Taft. guest Of the
Ohio Society, sat within the hotel and
listened to to8sts 10 his health. The
walters, holding hands and swayinG
from side TO side like children about
Maypole. shouted, shrieked, whistlod
and hissed their disapproval Of the
MANAGEMENT of the hotel. Their cries
were borne 10 the ears OF the President
and at times interfered with the speech
making.
Police Keep Hands Oh.
House detectives and ot-.r employees
of the hotel appeared at the windows
and looked at the demonstration In
wonderment and displeasure, but there
was no interference by the police.
The strikers remained as they were.
with hands clasped, while Elizabeth
IGurley Flynn, the Joan Of Arc" Of the
Industrial Workers Of the World. sent
a telegram to President Taft in their
behalf. The message said:
William Howard Taft, President OF the
United States.
The walters in this hotel are on strike.
The conditions under which the food is
prepared in the kitchens are filthy boyond
description. according to affidayts on nle
at the international Hotel Workers
Union We request you TO PERSONAL m
yestigate the Kitchens before dining
THE STRIKE COMMITTED.
Fer +. g. Flynn.
II is not known whether the walters
received a reply from the President.
but it is supposed that they did not,
as no announcement was made at the
walters headquarters.
After sending the message TO Mr..
Taft. the strikers unlinkcd hands and
vended their way back 10 their head
quarters. No. - West 56th street,
where they listened 70 imprisoned
fights of oratory by their leaders.
The meeting i'm Union Square Park
was not largely attended owing To- the
inclemency Of the weather. and when
the rain fell The meeting broke up.
The speakers who addressed the crowd
from the cottage at the northern end
Of the park, included Patrick Quinian,
Carlos Trcsca. Miss Flynn, Arturo
Gioyannitti and other Industrial Work
ers
Quinlan. a new figure in the present
strike. advised the walters 20 keep I'D
their courage. Referring to tho tip-
ping custom, be- said
"Tha; very benevolent ard charita-
bic gentleman John y. Rockefeller j..
recently gave the magnificent tip OF
five cents TO a waiter. Since this Is
sample OF the tipping system, all wait
ers are expected TO have country homes
on Long Island. But as the organlza-
tion develops and grows the tipping
nuisance that the public is so fond OF
condemning will be abolished by the
Industrial Workers Of the World
Advises Use Of Asofotida.
Ouinlan. who was listened to with at
tention. said that the pickets, with
their wives or daughters, should don
evening dress and dine at the hotels
against which they are directing their
present efforts. After paying for the
food they eat they should rise with
dignity and walk from the dining room.
Before doing this, however, the walters
aud the women members Of their
families. he said, should distribute
Iasafwtida about the premises.
Mr.. Ouinlan was sure this method o.
conducting the strike would be might
Nv effective in bringing tho managers
Of hotels and restaurants and the pub
lie ito their senses
Miss Flynns speech was along some
what similar lines She told the idlers
not to bend their knees To the hotel
mon. but To stand manfully for their
rights. She, too, appeared highly con-
fdcut Of the success Of the assfoe etida
campaign.
At Bryant Hall Sixth avenue and
lIst street. a mass meeting for all Ger
mani hotel employees was held at (
o'clock in the afternoon. Only persons
of that race were admitted. and they
were addressed entirely by German
leaders of the Industrial Workers or
the World.
Crucial Point in Strike, He Says.
The Germans seemed 10 absorb rap
idly the enthusiasm OF their leaders.
and all paid close attention to the ex-
hortations and pleadings of the speak
ers, who advised them 10 link their
fortunes with the other natioHalities
represented ir the strike.
According to Quinlan the German
meeting was the crucial point in the