Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-02 | Page 4 | San Francisco Cafe Balt Has a Strike

SAN FRANCISCO CAFE BELT HAS A STRIKE SAN" FRANCISCO. Aff. I. San Francisco's Fran-cisco's cui'e belt lacked its customary brilliance toumlit, as the result of a lockout lock-out against union culinary workers, bartenders bar-tenders and musicians effected by the Kcstaurant Men's association, when approximately ap-proximately oUf) cooks, cooks' helpers, w a iters and waitresses struck for an eiuht-hotir working day for the men and increased w.ikcs for women employed iri cafeterias. Several of the largest and gayest cafes were dark and some ot tiers were operating operat-ing short-handed with non-union help, while red-ribboned union pickets exhorted diners-out. not to patronize the establishments. establish-ments. The union employees planned to wage :t sort of progressive strike, beginning operations op-erations in a few of the larger cafes and txlending their activities as the proprietors pro-prietors of the places lirst affected capitulated.