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Show The Fifth Avenue Hotel Boycotted. New Yobk, December 16. Recently the proprietors of the Fifth Avenue became involved in-volved in a quarrel with the Painters' Labor Union, and the latter association immediately immedi-ately decided to boycott the hotel and everyone every-one who stopped there. For obvious reasons the boycott only extends to public men, and men of business prominence. Senator John Sherman was one of the first to go to the hotel after the declaration of war, and the morning after v his arrival he found among his letters a circular telling tell-ing him the hotel was in a state of seige, and that he must leave it at once if he wished to save his social and political future. The circular went on to say that the Central Labor Union was a powerful organization and could ruin any man socially .commercially or politically, if they so desired. Sherman simply turned the circular over to ne of the clerks of the ' hotel, saying he Iiad no use for it. He continued con-tinued to stay at the hotel, notwithstanding the circular, and had been placed on the proscribed list. Secretary Endicott's experience exper-ience was similar. Warner Miller received Iris warning circular ten days ago, but he returned again to the Fifth Avenue yesterday, and increased his offense by taking his wife there with him. The only man the circular is reported to have affected is General Butler. He received notice just as he was leaving the hotel a short time ago. The clerk at the hotel said to-day: "The General has not returned here since?' General Butler's position as proposed pro-posed champion of labor and the Labor Union has aroused some curiosity as to how he will treat this, edict. Where he stops when he next comes to New York will be watched with interest. |
