New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

in Fifth avenue to 31st street, where
they turned west 10 Broadway ana
continued north.
The greatest demonstration OF the
afternoon occurred in Astor ooui' l.
west of the Waldorf Astoria, between
33d and 34th streets. The narrow al
lev was filed with hooting, howiihg
mob. Manager Boldt sent hurry can
for help. As the police reached the ales
they rushed at the mob. the MOI
stood it's ground. The policemen are"
clubs and yielded them with such ell
feet that a score or more of the strlKers
were laid Up with broken heads the
noise attracted the attention OF the
mounted traffic policemen on Firth
avenue. and they galloped into the
fray.
So busy were the strikers battling
with the policemen that they did not
notice the cavalry until il was on top
of them. Down cath street at 1ui'
gallon, came the mounted policemen
chcered by hundreds in windows every
where about. Into the struggling mass
IF men they drove The strikers hesi-
tated. wavered, then broke and neu'
leaving five of their number in the
hands OF the enemy.
Undaunted by defeat. the strikers
yained courage as they left the wal
lorf i'm the distance, and through o4'h
street they went to the new McAlpin
Hotel The hotel management mao
been forewarned. however. and SQUAD
of police reserves poured out of the
obby. driving the crowd before II. AS
hey fled one of the walters hurled a
brick which struck the left hand OF
one Of the policemen. His hand was
fractured and he was taken to a hos
pital.
Miss Flynn. Patrick Quinlan and some
other Industrial Workers Of the World
leaders addressed the strikers at meet
ing in Bryant Hall in the afternoon. Miss
Flynn told the strikers. to the accom-
paniment Of cheers. of the success OF the
strike She read out list Of twenty-slS
hotels a majority of whose employees had
Joined the strike While she was speak
ing delegations of walters and kitchen
help from other hotels marched in and
announced they had quit. AS each delega'
ton arrived IL was greeted noisiiy, th'
crowd standing on chairs. After the meet
ing the strikers marched down Sixth ave
nue. 10 Union Square, where they awaited
their leaders.
Tresca, the Industrial Workers of the
World leader, who was arrested OUTSIDE
Bryant Hall on Friday afternoon. spent
Yesterday in a cell i'm jefferson Market
court. unable To get $500 bail. Up to late
hour last night the bail had not been
furnished.
The Hotel Mems Association ISSUED a
statement in the afternoon In part II
read:
The Hotel Association. when inc
Internationa! Hotel Workers Mon frst
fried TO enter into negotiations with II,
absolutely refused TO have anything 10
do with this organization, because ths
members realized that they We're Deils
called upon 10 deal with people OF no
morals and with no standing IN the COM
munity. and that the leaders and many
Of their followers were no better than the
savage Moros in the Philippine ISLANDS:
stand made then, and as result their
houses have not been crippled. Such
places as are affected were made so be-
cause their employees were influenced pF
The restaurants which are badly Grip
plcd are not members OF TINS association,
and until recently were not ORGANIZED.
The sO-calleG demands which these leaders
have caused to be published are not made
in good faith. but are merely "A subtertuSe
10 mislead the public. Almost everything
contained in them was granted by our
members voluntarily long ago. The COM
paints which they also make never OK
The Hotel Association is more deter
mined than ever, if that is possible, not
to have anything to DO with this per-
fidious organization, and the restaurant
men will do likewise. Determined action
by our police and judges Will bring 70 an
end any further acts of violence and the
destruction of property.
Magistrate O'Connor. in the night court,
late last night discharged the ten men
who were arrested earlier in the evening
in front of the Hotel Knickerbocker on a
charge of impersOnating officers. In the
court at the time were eX-Fire Chief Ed
ward Croker, by whom the men were en-
ployed, and Mr.. Regain. They r.dd a Ions
conference. Later Mr. Regain raid that
the men had decided TO bring Individual
suits against the Police Commissioner for
false arrest.
Ex-Fire Chief Croker. when asked about
the arrest of his men. said:
Il will have them back again in uni
form in less than one-half hour. AS tc
Police Commissioner Waldo, will be
charitable and say this The Commission
er is not responsible for what he does
william B. Joyce. international organ
izer Of the Hotel and Restaurant EN-
ployes' international Alliance and the
Bartenders' international League, both
Of which are affiliated with the Ameri'
can Federation Of Labor, gave out tbs
following statement last night
The present strike OF the hotel workers
under the auspices of the Industrial
Workers of the World is bound to be a
failure Not only will the public and TIE
employers be injured by the strike but
the workers themselves will profit moth
ing by their present. methods OF violence
and sabotage ] propose 10 organize the
hotel workers on more conservative
LASTS and along the lines of true trade
unonism. a great number OF the hote
workers now out on strike are dissatis
fed with the high-handed methods OF thu
present strike leaders.
| shall open a headquarters at No. 2l'
West 5Oth street tomorrow. I have five
special organizers under my charge anC
viii first attempt an organization among
the hotel walters.
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