The Washington times., 1937-03-16
WORKERS HOLD
8 CHRYSLER
FACTORIES
Show No Signs Of
Leaving Following
Court Order
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with union leaders we're abruptly
broken off at 4:30 o'clock thi!
morning. The Statler, where &
"sit-down" was staged last eve
ming, was being held by strikers
All policemen in the city were
put on 12-hour shifts. There was
some joking about the hotel tie
up, which greatly inconvenienced
. the travelling public, but under
meath there was a tension that
gave the authorities no little
concern.
. Murphy Speeds to Scene
Governor Frank Murphy was
rushing here from Lansing to
cope with the situation. Mayor
Frank CouzenS of Detroit, son
Of the late United States Senator
James CouZens, talked with the
governor over the long distance
telephone concerning the hotel
ShutdoWnS.
No service of any kind was avail
able in any Of the four big hotels.
Guests, upon awakening this
morning, we're apprised of the sit
r uation and in some instances
were advised to check out, with
the management expressing its
regret. Guests were allowed to
enter and leave on passes, but
no one else was allowed to enter
the hotels which voluntarily
closed.
At the Statler the strikers were
in full control.
Skate Star MarOOned
Among the guests marooned in
the Book Cadillac were Miss Sonia
Henie, the skating star, and Ty-
rome Power, Hollywood motion
picture actor. Lily PonS, famous
singer and radio star, was a
guest of the Strike-bound Statler.
At the request of Governor
Murphy, Mayor Couzens had acted
as arbitrator in all-night negotia-
tionS between union leaders and
hotel arrangements. Throughout
the night Mayor CouzenS went
back and forth between the two
conference rooms trying to iron
out the difficulties, without avail.
Negotiations became deadlocked
on the closed shop issue and were
finally terminated.
=. Ads Warn Public
Display advertising appeared in
today's newspapers reading:
"Owing to the conditions pre-
vaiIing in the hotel industry in
Detroit, i.e., a sit-dOwn strike
In the Hotel Statler and some
what similar occurrences in
, this and other hotels, we have
-. decided for the safety of our
: guests to close our hotels until
such time as these conditions
are corrected.
"HOteI Book Cadillac.
"HOtel DetrOit-Leland.
"HOtel Fort Shelby.
"HOtel Statler."
Police squads were thrown
around each of the hotels.
Negotiations Fail
William H. Walker, president Of
the Detroit Hotel Mems Association,
came out of the all-night confer
ence with union leaders at the
Book Cadillac at 4:30 this morning
and said:
Negotiations have failed.
DetrOit's four major hotels will
be closed"
Attending the conferences were
Frank McKowne. president OF the
Statler Hotels Company, of New
York city; Ralph TitZ. president
of the National Hotel Management
Company, and Walker.
, Unions we're represented by
Frank x. Martel, president of the
Detroit Federation of Labor, and
Louis Koenig, president of the
Walters and Mattresses Union.
: When the employees of the Book
Cadillac. Detroit-Leland and Fort
Shelby came to work this morning
they were told to go home. All
doors in the three hotels, except
5 one, were locked. The hotels main
tanned a skeleton staff inside.
Mostly night employees.
At the Book-Cadillac $50 en-
ployes, off duty at midnight. re-
. fused to leave the hotel. They
. quartered themselves in the Book
casino after that room closed and
remained there. At daylight they
moved to the Cafe Cadillac.
In the eight ChrySler automo-
bile plants the strikers still held
possession. BY court injunction
they had been given a deadline of
9 o'clock tomorrow morning to
evacuate the factories but they
showed no signs of leaving.
The Hudson and other plants in
Detroit were closed. So were 80 or
more stores and shops. The REQ
factory in Lansing was closed.
Governor Murphy sent word