The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-19
Service Men.
Strike f or
Your Demands
Continued from Page y

face Of the intimidation Of La
Guardia and the Realty Board.
Many Of the buildings we're struck
without being called out by the
main Office Of the union.
Last Friday night the workers
voted for an immediate strike, and
are impatient at the further delay
called for by Bambrick.
David Ritchey, member of the Elk
ecutive Board Of the Union, de-
clsred late Yesterday afternoon,
when told that Bambrick had called
the strike off: AS far as
the union Office is concerned We
know of no strike settlement in
City Hall. We are sending out pick
cts as before
AS the Daily Worker went to
press, the bulk of the strikers were
out and picketing was continuing
Bambrick's statement declared:
1.-THE negotiations will go on the
rest of the night. They will result
either in a complete smash or a
settlement"
From City Hall it was said by
LaGuardia that an agreement
reached there, in which Bambrick
participated guaranteed buildings
previously mentioned in the former
arbitration against the strike.
At the Empire State Building, 200
strike breakers we're standing by,
ready to man the lifts the moment
the regular operators quit.
Demands Submitted
Officials of the Brooklyn units of
the union today submitted their
demands to realty owners on behalf
of 10000 men employed in buildings
there and in Queens. Officials said
the walkout might extend through
out every borough,
G. L. Brown, managing director
of the Empire State Building, run by
former Governor Al Smith. said
Elevators will be operated at all
costs. These boys (the strikebreak-
ers) are tough and have broken
many strikes. The elevators will
run
There are 70 elevators in the
building.
The strike spread rapidly as the
afternoon progressed. The entire
fur district began to pour out
around three O'Clock Picket lines
we're formed from 18th Street to
34th Street. along Seventh Avenue,
and one large building after an
other came out on strike.
The London Terrace, one of the
largest apartment houses in the
city, with 1000 apartments, was
closed up tight in the middle of the
afternoon, marking the spread of
the strike beyond the confines of
the fur district. The London Ter
race is located at 23rd Street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth Avenues.
In Harlem q buildings were re-
ported on strike, with most of the
other buildings which had been out
in Harlem signed up with union
contracts before the day ended.
Other large buildings which came
our during the afternoon were the
Greeley Arcade at 1871 West 30th
Street and a large building at 1913
Seventh Avenue.
The strike spread along Broadway
from one building to another
Buildings struck included a 30-story
building at 144l Broadway, and a
large office building at 1410 Broad
way. Burns strong arm men were
active around these Broadway
buildings
David Ritchey, Executive Board
member of the Building Service En-
ployes' Union, issued a statement
late in the afternoon in which he
declared that elevator service is
crippled in every building between
Nineteenth Street and Thirty-third
Street from the vest side of Fifth
Avenue to and including the west
side of Eighth Avenue.
Scabs were being herded in Vari-
Gus headquarters of the Realty
Board throughout the city. At 81
East Eleventh Street, where some
scabs were kept overnight, as vel
as strong arm men, fifty had beer
sent out yesterday afternoon. De
tective agencies are recruiting these
strong arm men and scabs. They
are being paid as low as SO a day
for their dirty work, it was reported
In Harlem, Macleod, one of the
leaders of the union, stopped the
parade of Negro and white Building
Service Workers, at 150th Street
The parade was originally scheduled
to go to 180th Street, along Seventh
Avenue. Macleod, who was sitting
in car with a loud speaker at
tached, spoke from inside the car
and told the marchers to go home
and stay there quietly. He thanked
the police again and again for Their
operation" with the union
~Show our cooperation with the
police"
The officials of the union, carry
ing out instructions from the main
office of the union, late this after
noon, with great difficulty, per-
suaded the $50 strikers at the big
London Terrace apartment to re-
turn to work The men went back
obviously dissatisfied with the union
leaders instructions Many refused
to put on their uniforms.
Only after an extended meeting
and much pressure we're they
herded back to work by the union
leaders.
One of the strike breaking man
euvers of the employers was the
calling in Of the owners of dress
shops who were circulating petit
tions demanding service. not, OF
course, STIMULATING union service
and attempting to furnish an argu-
ment for the calling in of scabs and
strong arm men as strike breakers