Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-12
STRIKING COOKS,
WATERS OPEN UP
new RESTAURANT
Diners Fill Cooperative Eat
. Ing House to Capacity Dur
ing the Entire Lunch
Period.

Striking cooks, walters and wait
fesses opened their cooperative res.
taurant at 14l5 Harney street yes.
terday noon. Hundreds Of strikers
who had been waiting in line, were
Immediately fed.
William Sweeney. business agent
and secretary of the Cooks, Wait
ers' and Mattresses local No. l43
stated that food prices at this res
taurant were materially below those
of other restaurants.
Diners filled the new restaurant
to capacity during the entire lunch
period.
Prices Are Cut.
Radical reductions in the prevail
ing prices for meals have been an
nounced.
In many instances the prices OF
meals have been cut to less than
half OF the amount charged by
other restaurants. Those engaged
in operating the restaurant are also
receiving higher wages, as the un-
ion scale is above that paid by res
taurant owners who have not
reached an agreement with the
strikers.
The food is Of good quality, &C
cording to many of the diners who
have been questioned.
Following are some of the prices:
Boiled short ribs with horse radish
sauce, Is cents; roast sirloin of
beef, Is cents; roast loin of pork
with apple sauce, Is cents. Mashed
potatoes and vegetables are served
with each order at the prices named
above.
Profits to Strikers.
According to Mr.. Sweeney. all
profits from the operation of the
restaurant will be distributed among
the strikers. The public will share
in the operation by purchasing
meals at a cost below that in other
restaurants, he declared. The res
taurant, which can accommodate
$50 people at one time, will be op-
Grated until the union is successful,
he asserted.
The strike continues, In the mean
time, with no possibility of quick
settlement apparent. No conces-
sions have as yet been made by
either the employers or the Res
taurant Mems association. Picket
ing has been resumed on a larger
scale after withdrawal Of the pick
cts from the streets Wednesday.
Arrested Pickets Discharged.
Seven pickets, who were arrested
Wednesday on charge of disor-
derby conduct, were discharged
Thursday morning by Judge Fitz-
gerald in police, court.
The judge commended their stand
for higher wages and shorter hours,
but advised against the commission
of rash acts against restaurant
proprietors or pedestrians while do
ng their picket duty.
Those arrested and discharged
were Pearl Hendricks, Mary Flagg,
Myrtle McLane, P. w. Langstrom,
Jack Williams, S. A. Knowles and
Robert Murphy.
Cafe Proprietor Arrested.
Jerry O'Connor, proprietor of the
Delmar cafe, Twenty-fourth and
Farnam streets, was arrested Thurs
day morning on a warrant sworn out
by A. c. Harbers, 4 striking waiter,
who charged assault. O'Connor was
released on bond Immediately.
O'Connor's arrest followed a
threat alleged to have been made
against Harbers when the latter is
said to have insisted on standing
In the doorway of O'Connor's cafe
while on picket duty.
A week ago O'Connor received a
threatening letter, signed The
Onion," in which it was stated that
Funless you hire union help, the
ksng will clean out your place"
The letter was handed over to Chief
II Detectives Dunn.