Show NEW NW YORK HOTEL EMPLOYEES SIH NEW NE YORK YORK May May- 30 The The first serious sentous seri sent serous ser ser- ous strike New York hotels have have eer experienced expert expert- ence occurred last lat night when he the waiters wait wait- at era ers walked aed out of ot the Wal Waldorf Astoria or Gotham the Breslin and and Rectors In the tho to midst o of the e evening dinner hours hour leavIng leav leav- lag Ing ng hundreds of ot patrons patons in the te lurch Approximately waiters waters and cooks cook simultaneously went on strike and with those tou who had bad Joined previous strikes wih at the th Belmont Belmont the Knickerbocker and ad make a total of ot more than 1200 who have actively ely act participated In th the to fight for higher wages and better working conditions The hotel managements as a reported by y the Hotel Mens Men's association practically pr- pr had ha surrendered to ItO most moat of or the demands of their employees employee before to tonight's tonight's to- to nights night's strike began but without recognition of ot the new International Hotel Workers Worker union which claims clams to have havo enl enlisted en- en listed Ute l ted 1000 hotel botel employees The strikers ers er d demand mad recognition of their union unon and ad Increased wages Manned by skeleton a crew the tho Waldorf last night managed manago to serve nerve most of ot it its Is' Is pron patrons pa but not without Nere delays delay confusion contusion and and general genera embarrassment It I t was W estimated that 1600 1500 diners were at table when the strike was wa called The management management promptly marched caled Into he the te main man dining loom with strike strIke- breakers braes Tho rho kitchen kichen which had suffered uttered the loss Iou oss of n nearly arlY cooks cooke was manned with lh a a- sufficient number of or substitutes to supply current curent demands Etra Extra forces of ot detectives and and police stationed about the hotel were about and pro pre vented disturbances disturbance The Gotham Gotha the Breslin and ad Rectors managements took tok similar t precautions so 80 far as a police protection pro- pro went but thoy they had ad no M strikebreakerS strike strike- breakers ready for the emergency I Tb The Tb Hotl Hotel Mens Men's association unanimously voted to Increase the wages of or I all employees employee 20 por per cent and upward I to abolish fines and Ind make other Im Improvements Ira Ira- i pro ments in n working conditions but It was wa emphasized that the action was wast I t taken aken en Irrespective of ot strikes and without i recognition of pt tho ho union |