Evening star., 1936-03-06
NEW YORK HOTELS
ARE FACING T|E-UP
ASSTR|KE EEXTENDS
WaIkout Aimed at New
Structures, With Threat
Against SkysCrapers.
5.5O4 ELIGIBLE POLICE
ARE BEING Modified
Move Made to Combat Renewed
Outbreaks of Violence-Arbltra-
ton Attempts Deadlocked.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Controversy between Ne1U York
building employees and management
has been going on for months.
Strikes OF short duration tpere held
previously in dolonto1Dn business
section.
Present ,ralk-out, beginning last
Monday morning. clin1dreS stale
mate between Building Service Em-
ploues' Union and Realty Advisory
Board. Union seeks 1uage increases,
hour reduction, closed shop and
Improvement in ,0orking conditions.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 6.-Hotel
workers were called away from their
Jobs today in support of the building
employees strike which strike leaders
prepared TO extend to Manhattan's
important grand central zone, Brook
lvn and Queens before nightfan
The first hotels affected were the
Barbizon-Plaza and Hotel Windsor
both on Fifty-eighth street on the
near West Side. Strike leaders SAID
80 employees left the Barbizon-Plaza
and IS the Windsor.
The managers of the hotels said
swift requirements of the strikers
had enabled them to continue service
to the guests. Other smaller hotels
were visited by strike leaders who
reported that union members were
responding to the walk-out call.
The action came shortly after
Chris Houlihan. president of the
Hotel Workers Union, left his Offices
with the announcement that he would
pull the hotels.
The Hotel Workers Union is sub
sidiary of the Building Service En-
ployes' Union which is conducting the
strike.
Move Is Supported.
The general strike" threat voiced
earlier in the week by James j. Bran-
brick, head of the Building Service
Employees Union.s received measure
of support from Paul N Coulcher, sec
retary-treasurer of the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees Union.
Coulcher announced that 5000
kitchen and dining room workers in
100 hotels would join the picket lines
of the striking workers.
With the strike spreading, the Po-
lice Department continued extraordi-
nary precautions to protect property
and citizens in the event of violence.
More than 100 policemen were dis
patched to Harlem and Washington
Heights, sections to which the walk
out spread yesterday following a
breakdown in peace parleys.
Flying squads" of motor cycle police
were established in the downtown area
of Manhattan.
Estimates Vary.
Varying figures concerning the ef-
fectiveness and extent of the strike
came from union officials and police.
The union claimed that of 1895
building affected, agreements had been
signed with LAB Police reported
that the number of buildings affected
was 1920, and that agreements had
been signed with lis of these.
Attempts to arbitrate the strike
remained deadlocked today and union
leaders ordered a campaign of mass
picketing, with wives of strikers SWELL
ing the ranks of the demonstrators.
Police headquarters, in an almost
unprecedented action. modified 5504
eligible candidates for membership in
the police department as a reserve
force to combat renewed outbreaks
of violence.
Negotiations to settle the strike
broke down yesterday when building
operators refused the arbitration offer
(See STRIKE, Page 81