New-York tribune., 1918-06-22
rs, 900 to 10000 Men
Here Are Affected BY
Work or Fight Order

Between $4,000 and 10000 men in
New York City will be affected by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder's eight
or work. mandate, Martin Conboy, di-
rector OF the draft here and local rep
resentative of the Adjutant General s
office. estimated last night.
'lnstructions for the administration
OF the new ruling have been sent to
all the local boards" said Mr. Con-
boy. "The boards are now scrutinizing
their registration lists and checking
up on the men who after July / must
shift from non-essential to productive
industries. Exact figures, therefore,
are not available just now, but l esti-
mate the number Will be between
26.0o0 and 100000"
Draft officials predicted yesterday
that the labor turnover will take place
smoothly. Most of the industries af-
1ected have been preparing for it.
llants doing government work here re-
port increasing numbers of applica-
tlons from men of draft age.
Hotels Hard Hit
Hotels. and department stores will
be hardest hit by the ruling, according
to representative men in those indus
tries. While expressing their willing
ness to accept the new order as war
measure, hotel men made no attempt to
minimize their fears that the ruling
will pinch seriously.
About 5000 walters, 5000 porters and
5000 bellboys in New York hotels and
restaurants will be affected, according
to Patrick V. Kyne. manager of Muir
rays and vice president of the Society
OF Restaurateurs.
while we want to help win the war
n1.TI1 all >,,,1, ..A1
new order,' said Mr.. Kyne, "it will hit
US mighty hard. 1t may even disor-
game the restaurant and hotel bust
ness until we get our bearings.
state law prohibits the employ
ment OF women in serving liquor. That
means most OF us cannot use women as
mattresses.
Can Use Few Women
"Another New York statute saws no
tells and restaurants can use women
between 10 p. m. and a. m. only in
certain capacities. These are as check
girls, scrubwomen, chambermaids and
N the ladies rooms. We can't use
them n5n as mattresses. estimate about
1000 walters here will be affected.
porters and attendants numbering
about 5000 and approximately the
same number Of bellboys will have to
go. While we might use women for
these Jobs during the day, We'll have to
employ men over draft age at night"
Hiram Bloomingdale, Of Blooming
dale Brothers, estimated the depart
ment, stores would lose about 10000
men. All the stores, however," he
added. "have been preparing for this
and will be in good shape by July /.
We have been substituting women and
men over the draft age. Well go on
as usual"
Saloons Not Worried
William Burke, president of The
Bronx Bartenders' Union, No. 20, said {:
II figure that the number of bar
tenders within the draft age working
in New York City is not much over
1000. Most of the men serving liquor
are fellows with ten or twelve years
experience. The rulings effect on the
liquor business will not amount to
much"
Charles L. Stewart, general manager
OF the Automobile Dealers Associa-
ton of New York, said the automobile
industry would suffer little. "As I
understand it," he declared, "the rul-
ing will hit only our statesmen in cities.
Its effect on US will be negligible"
Downtown Office buildings already
are preparing for the change. In sew
eral buildings women elevator opera
tors and attendants have been in
stalled.