The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
MAKE NO TROUBLE
Cooks and Walters Conduct
Strike in Orderly Way.
Few of Restaurants Forced To
CurtaiI Their Service.

Don't patronize this place. Unfair
to organized labor
1t is the cry the pickets use in push
ing the strike of the Cooks and Wait
ers' union in Topeka. 1t is the cry
that was hearc in front of nearly ev-
cry cafe and restaurant in Topeka
which was affected by the strike order
this morning and this noon. In the
less busy hours of the day the pickets
retire to their homes.
Only one Topeka restaurant Is not
picketed, so far as could be found out
this morning. That one is Bates cafe
and the reason assigned for the nom
picketing of this place is that it has
always paid the union scale and has
been fair TO organized labor to the
point of favoring it in employing help.
But this cafe also refused to- sign on
iron bound contract agreeing 20 run a
closed shop.
Picketing of Topeka cafes and res
taurants by members or the striking
Cooks and Walters union was con-
tinued this morning, tho on a small
scale. The pickets took their posts
early this morning in front Of some
O. the place, stayed for an hour or
two and then vent away.
The strike order of the Union went
into effect at L o'clock Friday after
noon, and the union asserts that near
~ Low COOhS ana WATTS ana Wait
resSes struck at that time in conform
ance to the order. The strikers mt
to the Knights of Pythias hall with
out any special disturbance except for
few yells as they passed restaurants
where the walters and mattresses had
stayed on the job At the hall a meet
| ing was held, and pickets were as
| signed their stations.
According to reports from all pos
sible sources the pickets went about
their work in an orderly manner
| simply stopping persons preparing to
| ing them that that cafe is not fair to
| the union men"
Strike to Be Orderly.
M. L, Crumb. business agent for the
union. stated this morning that the
, strike will be conducted in an orderly
| manner turnout He said that the
| strike order would hold good until the
restaurant men accede to the demands
| of the union for closed shops.
Practically all of the restaurants In
| the city which were affected by the
| strike were doing business this morn.
| ing, tho some of them were short
handed and under difficulties. One
or two of the restaurants had closed
the table part of their establishments
and were only attempting to maintain
service at the counters.
One restaurant reported this morn
ing that two of Its Mattresses who
went out on strike Friday noon, re.
/ turned to work this morning.
Paying Union Scale.
Nearly all of the restaurant pro.
prietors said this morning that they
were already paying the union scale
OF wages. and some of them asserted
that their average rate of pay wa:
| above that demanded by the union
The cafe men said that the only thing
in the program of the union to which
they objected AS the demand for {
| closed shop.
The restaurant men said today tina
| it had been reported to them that thi.
was one of the especial features o.
the contract which caused the strik,
| Friday. All of the employers asserted
that they would never sign any con
tract with the union, and especial,
! one which provides for a closed shop
The cafe owners say that il that pro
vision should be adhered to, the,
| would be absolutely at the mercy o.
| the union in event of any further txou
| BILE over wages, or other things