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New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Collective Rent

Captain Goldsmith agreed to be
responsible that nothing would be
prematurely paid. All through the
session the $4,000 lay on the table.
They "rangled and wrangled
Three times Mr.. Englander rose to
leave, saying that the landlord had
the whole right to determine the
rent, anyway, and he would no
longer be a party to this unidentified
proceeding. The six women on the
committee broke into the proceed
lngs from time to time with shouts
'ot GENIAL Of the landlords state
ments.
And yet, through all the bitter
ness between landlord fighting for
return on his investment and ten
ants struggling to keep their homes
there was the leaven of good humor
when this is over, we'll set
aside a floor in one of the> buildings
for social hall for tenants" said
Mr.. Englander, during lull.
"Betcha $40 you don't" re-
sponded one Of the tenants.
You're on" said Englander.
Then they returned to the scrap.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Prices Go Up, Tips Go Down,
And the Walters Go a-Picketing

few simple words explained the mis-
sion of the visitors, their desire to
see Mr.. William Lehman, secretary
and business agent, and Mr.. Ma
thaniel Cohen, the walters attor-
ney, as well.
Instantly there was peace and un-
derstanding. The artist fetched
forth his pad and pencil and began
sketching, while 400 or more walters
leaned admiringly over his shoulder
or tried to interrupt his vision IN
such a manner as might lead them
to some hope Of being included in
the picture.
"Put Milton in," said one, point
ing out q waiter prodigious of girth
"Don't forget Mawruss," said an
other.
The hair on Mawruss's head,
laid hair to hair, would reach from
New York to Buffalo. 1t was head
Of hair that would have caused an
alfalfa field professional jealousy
it would have supplied a dozen front
rows at our leading musical come
dies; distributed equally throughout
the United States, it would throw all
the hair restorer manufacturers in
the country into involuntary bank
ruptcy. Such was the hair on Nav
russ's head, and the writer doubted
not that the artist would run out Of
pencils reproducing It,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

JOG LAppe, CT al, are on SCTlKe,
~ with headquarters at 1922
East Twenty-seventh Street
Sammy and Moe and Able and Joe
are sometimes poetically referred to
as knights Of the tray and are said
to IDEAL them off the arm," which,
translated into Second Avenue,
means walters and the business Of
waiting.
Until now Broadway will have
known nothing of this strike. 1t con-
Germs the lower East Side and Har-
lem. It is directed at the small eat
cries; the combination bake shop
and restaurants; the super-dairy
lunches. Broadway is fed by and
Broadway tips another species of
walters, who are gathered together
in an independent body and have
nothing to do with Walters Union,
Local No. /, on East Twenty-seventh
Street. Walters Union, Local No.
/, feels that it best represents the
pulse-if not the thumb--of the
waiter, and when it comes to affili-
ative association it believes that
these connections, II. and r. E. I. A.,
B. I. L. Of A., A. F. of L. and G.. f.
u, written large on the professional
card Of every member of Local No. 1
set these gentlemen off in a blaze of
glory that the rival organization
never can hope to equal, let alone
surpass.
1t was at the Walters Club that
a Tribune reporter came across
the plot of the proprietor and the
plight of his waiter, thrilling story
that could best be dramatized in
seven courses. There the perfdy of
the cafe owner toward the public
was exposed until it stood without a
stitch to thwart the eye and one per-
ceived the guilty countenance of the
genie of the high cost Of living.
Firm footed, even fiat footed, the
outline Of the waiter was discerned
in the background warning the
public of the cafe proprietor's
greed, which amounted to raise of
five cents on soup, the same on meat
and fish, on cereals, on vegetables,
on what not-on what not, indeed I.
For himself the waiter desired onlv
the boon Of a IS raise weekly in the
vicinity Of the pay envelope. Not
that " fish served at SOC was heavier
than an order at 25c, or that a cereal
at zoe took longer to distribute than
one al 15c This was a physical
equation beyond the ethics and the
economies cf the proposition. A
ragout Of Beef or lamb fricassee
varies less in its grams or proteids
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Workers Unite

The strikers showed their union
cards to the "schleppers" and ap-
pealed to their fellow workers to
stick by them. The "schleppers"
looked over the crowd of women, re-
membered their own homes, and de-
cided that it was time for the work
ers of the world to unite. SO they
told Marshal Mcbride to take them
home, for there would be no evictions
that day.
The next day the marshal made
another unsuccessful attempt to
carry out his writs. He then de-
cided to rest over Sunday, and ad-
vanced upon the enemy with a new
army of ''schleppers" Monday morn
ing. But meanwhile the strike was
settled.
And the settlement was the most
remarkable part Of the whole affair
1t was not made by learned judge
IN solemn gown, but by an cner-
getic, grammatical man in his
shirtsleeves. The agreement was
not contract drawn by lawyers
hagglng over technicalities, but a
document scribbled by the shirt
slecved arbitrator on sheet Of vel
low paper, and typewritten, in the
absence of professional stenograph-
ers, by q young lawyer who spon
sored the cause Of the tenants. It
was guided not by law but by
expediency and desire to see all
parties satisfied. Yet by this irrogu-
lar proceeding the landlords-nor
without doubts and shivering-.re.
nounced the right, secured to them
by ancient law, Of fixing the rent on
their own property.
The tenants committee, headed by
Jacob Friedman, met Jacob Fox and
Oscar Englander. representing the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Explanations

Here was an example of the
beauty that inheres in the matter Of
explanation-how would we, how
would anybody, do without it? A
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
HOtU 1t Started

Out of our own brains we got
organized" said Mrs. Hauser. "In
these days who is it that is so stu
pid not to have union? We didn't
need no leaders. We all wanted it,
and if we hadn't nobody could have
organized us at all. Oh, we were
wise to these landlords, and we got
ready for them three months
ahead"
The tenants appointed commit
tee, which told the landlords that
the raise was too big. After con-
siderable pickering the total raise
requested was reduced by half.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
PicketS Uifh Babies

Pickets with babies under each
arm shouted so loudly at the tenants
who refused to pay their rent to the
union committee that the strike soon
appeared to be universal throughout
the seventeen houses. 1t later de-
vcloped that the more timid paid
rent to the landlord, and then again
to the coVlmittee, in order to be safe.
NO representatives of the landlord
dared approach the buildings, and
not single liew tenant moved in.
Justice Maher, in the Sd District
Municipal Court, struggled in vain
to arbltrate the case.
On Thursday, September 4, CITY
Marshal Hugh Mcbride took a gang
of "schleppers" to move out the fur
nlture. They were met by howling
mob Of women who threatened and
pleaded.
"What could the poor 'schleppers'
do" asked one of the women, tell
ing the story afterward. "With
about ten thousand women running
about and yelling like murder they
must have thought they would get
killed. Believe me, l wouldn't like
to be in their place.
But it was great fun. A friend
of mine was upstairs when it start
ed, and she wanted to get down and
get in it before it was all over. On
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Tenants
Bargain
Together
FOrRent
BY Robert l.. Stern

N HARLEM, in The Bronx, in
Brownsville and in Williams
burg the landlord no longer is
certain that he shall be able to con-
troll his own property. There was
tenants strike in The Bronx as
long ago as New Years Day, 1917,
but that was an isolated case. Since
the end of the war it has become a
regular thing.
The latest and most spectacular
tenants strike occurred in Williams
burg, in block Of seventeen walk
up, cold-water tenements on Bedford
Avenue, Flushing Avenue and Wall
about Street. Nearly two thousand
persons were involved and the rent
under dispute amounted to about
$4,000 year. The story of that
strike and the revolutionary way in
which it was settled is here told
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
Up 60 the Rents

About two months ago the 3. r.
Y. Realty Company, which had re-
Gently organized to buy the seven
teen tenement houses on Bedford
and Flushing avenues and Walla-
bout Street--hence the initials b. +.
W.~-decided to raise the rents. The
houses needed SO many repairs that
81 higher scale was found necessary.
It should be noted right here that
Captain J. J. Goldsmith, the special
adjustcr for the Mayors Committee
on Rent Profiteering, which settled
the case, declared openly that the
landlords were not profteering.
The raise originally asked amount
ed'to total Of something more than
$4,000 Il month, 20 be divided
among four hundred families The
rents at that time varied according
to the location of the fat, but aver
aged about SIS a month. Therefore
the $4,000 raise, amounting to IS q
family, was an increase Of one-third.
These figures are rough, for the
actual detailed accounts were in dis
pute throughout the strike, and can
not be accurately determined.
The tenants had been suspicious
ever since the new landlord had
taken possession. They smelled a
raise in the distance.
In the old days tenants in that
position would have got ready to
move, but in these days they have
no place to move to. Moreover,
the breadwinners in most of these
families are workers in trades
which have long known the value
of organization and which have some
of the strongest unions in the
United States-the garment trades.
So the tenants did the modern
thing. They organized union.
On the last day of the strike q
reporter asked Mrs. Jacob Hauser
who lives at 144 Wallabout Street,
how the union had started. Mrs.
Hauser was slowly wheeling a baby
carriage back and forth on Bed
ford Avenue while she discussed So
ciology with a group of her neigh
bors.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14


Ascending the stairs there was to h.
observed a group of waters bein.
initiated into the union. Upon TAX.
ing the pledge they were required IA
raise their hands above their head.
the significance of which Remained
unexplained. 1t was unusual to sss
a waiter make 50 much effort.
Avay With Tips
"The day is coming said M.
Lehman, "when tipping will be
abolished. We are in favor of that
now and have said so. The waitsr
is too dependent upon his tips. With
the general raise in the cost of for
the waters fees have been cut
That is the first object Of retreneb.
ment that occurs to the customer
"If walters could obtain a straigh.
salary of $40 or $50 week and let
the proprietor charge service fee
say 5 cents-the walters stains
would be bettered. There are ton
many persons now who are disposed
to take it out on The waiter when the
food fails to satisfy or the bill is
higher than was expected. Under
the present conditions the waiter
must receive more in tips than he
does in salary to meet living con-
ditions. BY the time he has paid
his omnibus and squared things with
the counterman he has little enough
left for himself"
Mr.. Lehman said further that the
waiter started each day at loss.
for, in addition to a clean bib, which
he supplied himself, he also must
have shave and his shoes polished.
II to the whole he added a manicure.
then he was 81 to 50 on the wrong
side of the ledger before he began
dealing the hot cakes off the arm.
In return ssr s&is meticulous
cleanliness and superior service the
waiter asked a raise of only five iron
men weekly, and was aghast when
he was turned down. since the pro-
prietors served notice that they
favored an increased price standard,
the walters allege, by shooting tip
their prices on bill-of- fare favorites
both on the st and the 18th of June.
And so on.
Walters Union, Local No. /. has
5000 dues paying members, among
them 500 mattresses. Heretofors
they have been successfully piloted
over the shoals of q strike by their
diminutive business agent. and, with
the aid Of picketing, black coffee and
pinochle, they expect to succeed
again.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

Victory number one for the organ
ized tenants.
But this was not a settlement.
The tenants were not satisfied, and
the landlords didn't like the looks
OF things. Affairs were still un-
pleasant. The union insisted on a
further reduction. The landlords
baked. SO the tenants called a
strike
The strike, which lasted six
weeks, provided more fun and ex-
cltement for the neighborhood than
it had ever known before. The
tenants took care of the material
side by appointing a treasurer and
paying their rent to him instead
Of to the landlord. He put the
money in the bank and settled down
to enjoy himself with the rest of his
ncighbors.
They made themselves paper and
cardboard signs, reading "Here is
rent strike,' in English and Yid-
dish, which the women hung around
their nccks and draped over the
baby carriages. They paradcd up
and down the streets. They hired
store on Flushing Avenue for
their headquarters, hung the win
dow with signs and held meetings
and gabfests outside.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-13
SEMIN0LES FILMED IN
NEW PRlZMA PICTURE

Two recent releases 81 Prizma
Natural Color Pictures distributed
by World Pictures arc THE Last Of
tho Scminoles and The Roof 81
America" The first picture Ia taken
deep In thc Everglades Of Florida
where 500 Scminoiea. the last Of a
nation OF $4,000 red mon. live The
second picture shows tho Continent.
al Divide from which mountain
streams flow ives, 20 the Pacific and
East and south 20 the Cuff.
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to have as many admirers as most
heroes. His latest villainous charac'
terization is "Bullhead Bulger." in
William Duncan's new Nitagraph
serial Smashing Barriers"
"Hoot" Gibson who began as COW.
boy atmosphere" in Western fea-
lures, forsook the film TO so to war
and returned to be elevated to star
dom IN Westerns. win feature with
Josephine HIN in "The Broncho and
the Bronx
Claire Du Brey Is taking vaca-
ton. after finishing the Ince feature
"Americanism versus BolsheVism, "
and is devoting her time to initiating
her parents from the East. into the
wonders of the film colony.
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Picture R{fer

THE Lady from Longacre," a
story OF American life by the famous
British author. Victor Bridges, has
been secured by Fox Film Corpora.
ton for William Farnum.
Frank Losec and William r. Carl
ton. leading men, have been signed
~ one-year contract each by the
Famous Players.Lasky Corporation.
Joe Ryan fills n unique position In
the motion picture field. He is an
out.and-out screen villain. yet seems
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WOMEN, DRY CLEAN
THINGS At HOME

Save five to ten dollars quickly by
dry cleaning everything in the HON,
that would be ruined by soap and
water-suits, coats. waists, silks
laces, gloves, shoes, furs, draperies
rugs-everything.
/ Place n gallon or more of gasoline
in dishpan or wash boiler, put In
the things to be dry cleaned. Their
wash them with Solvite Soap. Short
ly. everything comes out looking Ike
new.
Nothing fades, shrinks or wrinkles
No pressing needed, Do not attempt
to dry clean without Solvite SOAP
This gasoline soap is the secret of all
dry cleaning.
A package OF Solvite Soap. CON
tanning directions for home dry
cleaning. costs little at any drug,
grocery or department store. Dry
clean outdoors or away from fiaina
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NOW -
GEORGE LOANE FUCKERS

Private exhibitions Of movies arc
held twice week at Buckingham
Palace. IN London.
King George. Queen Mary and the
rest Of the royal family are all said
TO be- enthusiastic movi. fans and are
particularly devoted 10 Charlie
Chaplin.
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ronAN's PROGRAMS

roDAN's PROGRAMS
fIuIKfN-Ars-nr iupin story, '~rhr
Teeth ~ the rlser'' s~nn~tt con-
eda, "Salome ~, Shenandoah
Pathe News
titMMTR-N Rogers In Almost
- ttu.hand'i Mr.. and 'Mrs. Carter
lie Haven In "Aftcr tho itawi."
comedy.
toIt-rtM--.Aniis stewart In "u.r
kinsda Of Dreams" supported
~ allsstar east,
>tNt>p-t.~otge tosnr Iuekcr's
The Nifari. Man" second week
HtN - Narld production. when
t-sreat Went pfs"
Mt~sio>--.Iune Caprice and Crrish-
taa ttaie la "A psmsei la bis-
treas"
( COLONIAL B.~~le Barriscal@ In
KITTY Kelly, VI. ~
tIrIi.t--paugia Fairbanks In Ills
MsJr-ts. the American"
CLASS A--Ssnartt- Yankee Doodle
Ia n~riln"
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fashion which sends the ahivcra up
and down your spine: Joseph bowl.
Ing acts the role u the Old patriarch
known as the Miracle Man" In "A
way which stamps him na sterling
actor Of the old school
The Miracle Man might well BE-
termed 100 per cent production.
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No picture In recent months has
aroused more genuine enthusiasm
than George Loane fuckers produc.
ton The Miracle Man" which -
playing at the Strand. II II an In.
spiration. plc,uring wonderfully "a
story which appeals TO all classes Of
people.
Great care has been given in
choosing the east Of players.
sweeter. moro appealing little
Rose than BETTY CofnpNon gives 70
tho screen would be hard 60 imagine.
Thomas Meighan ~ wonderful as
Tom Burke. Lon CLANCY as the
Frog creeps around IN distorted
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lFREE TRIAL

1o-TO. che Harrsi~.s u~rs~dy for
Nzmxch Nseries. such a. Gas. Sour
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Eer&eh between NrRls--rsifeved ia
NO MINUTES Excellent remedy
if canstlpafion. BitiouSr@-~. sick
Hssf4rt<s. etc. Address BEt.f.fSC-
Exss
Frsr samples may be had at any Of
~ bartell Drug stores or swift s
"a Drug stores.
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y.ola Dana says she spends hen
r<s time these days teaching hsr
y, poodle TO sit up on its hind legs
nd bark
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CIENiNiER

We're you ever married In n game
Of fortunesf Wei. that's what hap
pens 10 pretty Peggy Wood and WIN
Rogers in Almost Husband at
the Ciemmer this week. There
wasn't any ring. but the ceremony
was performed by regularly or
dalned minister. Instead % the mar
rlage being a joke Il WAS tho real
thing Poor Peggy aud poor VIII.
they so thru a string 90 dramatic
and humorous incidents before the
author let's them fall IN love with
each other. and then. OF course. they
are glad and tho audience Is glad
that the wedding was real.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-13

Let's go buy Boldt's French pas
try. Uptown, 1ili Sd ave-; down
town. 9I3 I'd ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-13

A woman doctor Ia o. X. n she's
young and pretty. Tho citizens %
Fracaa. Arizona. thought so anyway.
when they iampcd pretty kitty
Kelly. NJ. D."
Young Rand had bad attack Of
heart trouble and Kitty put him on
a Bevo diet and told him 20 keep
away from her. But Rand kept his
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LIBERTY

Lovers Of mystery detective yarns
who have been thrilled by the ex.
ploits OF Arsenc Lupin. Maurice Le
Blnncs master crook creation, will
enjoy the Teeth of the Tiger" az
IN. Liberty this week Tho role Of
Lupin Is enacted by David Powell.
who il featured with Marguerite
Courier In the production.
Tho picture abounds In suspense
ana mystery with Arrcnc Lupin
tracking a murderer down az the
end by novel means a love story
runs thru the plot.
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Jacquard Comforters $3.50 Each

A limited number of Jacquard Com
forters in light colors that have be-
come slightly soiled, are on sale Friday,
each, $3.50.
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Towels for SOC

1896 inch serviceable
Huck Towels, with blue
borders and hemmed ends.
We limit these six to a
customer. For Friday, 8
for SOC.
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eye on her and saved The nretiy doc
tr"sa from the bad man ~ the town
Later. when the bad man was
found murdered things looked pretty
dark for itand. but Kitty proved
herself as good n detective as she
was a physician.
Bessie Barriacaie plays kitty
Kelly. NJ. D." at the Colonial until
Friday night.
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66xS0-inch Plaid Wool-mixed Blan-
kets in splendid weight and beauti-
fully finished. These are exceptional
values at $1,000 pair.
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juno Caprice and CREIGHTON Halls.
the popular co-s,arH Of such previous
features as "oh Boy and The Love
Cheat" are happily east In "A Dam
sci in Dsstress.s the comedy drama
az the Mission this week.
Miss Caprice plays Maud Marsh.
the -damsri in distress" and Hale
is seen as young playwright who
adds considerable to the damsel's
distress by falling In love with her
when she already loves another
chap.
This nhotoplay In from the story
by Pelham Gronvillc. which ran
scriaiiy in the Saturday Evening
Post.
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COLISEUM

Her kingdom % Dreams" the
ail-star east feature showing a; the
Coliseum this week. ccnters about
the work OF an unaophis,icated coun.
try girl whose loyalty 60 her em.
pioyer PERMITS him 70 ask her 10
marry his rather irrcaolutc son. The
marriage. thought 10 bc entirely
ioveicas a, fret. develops into a
hushand.and wife devotion that
saves a tremendous industry. the
reputation % Fred Warren and
Judlth's happiness
Anita stewart IL cast as judith
and .iahlon Hamilton a. Warren
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CLASS A
Mack sennett'n comedy Yankee
Doodle In f5criin- IL now showing at
the Class a. Boutwell, Browne. the
popular female impcrsona;or. Is IN
tho picture Browne. a. an Am~ri.
can aviator. goes 10 Berlin. where
disguised m woman. he vamps
Wilhelm. fiindonburg and the crown
prince.
Marie Provost. Ford Sterling
Chester conklln. Phyllis Haver and
Ben Turpin are also In tho plot.
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REN
The Rex IL showing when Bear.
cat Went Dry" Tho story Of this
picture has 20 do with the hardy
mountainesrn who live In Eastern
Kentucky. IL Ia tale brinfui OF
action. One OF the big scenes la a
battle royal between nifty men.
Tho picture Ia adapted from
Charlie. Neville Bucks novel.