The evening world. Newspaper, August 23, 1918, Page 5

OO CR RT en 1,900 BARBERS OUT ON STRIKE AND BIG HOTELS WARD IT =" Jrion Leaders Declare 7,050 to 8,000 Men Will Quit by To-Night. The strike of barbers in Manhattan @ssumed serious proportions to-day 1,500 barbers belonging to Local No, 682 of the Journeyman | when nearly Barbers’ International @nd leaders boasted that before night- fall their number would be increased to seven or eight thousand, Hotels are the hardest hit. Thi morning the majority of hotel barbe shops, some of which employ twenty or more barbers, were doing the best they could with two or three, At th Hotel Astor shop not a single barber repbrted out for work this mornin, ——_——— TELLS DYSPEPTICS WHAT TO EAT. ‘Avoid Indigestion, Sour Acid Stomach, Heartburn, Gas on Stomach, Etc. Indigestion mach trouble, say medical due nine timer out of ten to hydrochiorie acid tn the Aaronte id stomach” {ts exceeding!: Angerous, and sufferers should do either on a limited an * jagnesia, purpose, It has no direct actio stomach and is not a dig it a teaspoonful of the powd of five-grain tablets taken in further formation, T. f the treui HOW A YOUNG GIRL SUFFERED And Was Restored to Health By | «« Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound—Told By Her Mother. BROOKLYN, N.Y. “1 cannot praise Lydia KE. Pink fam's Vegetable Compound enough for what it has done for iny daughter. Sh She suffered agonie from backache dizziness and = wa three months she wa fling, so I didn’ know what to do. read in it your medicine, so fu made up my mind to try it taken five bottles of Lydia I ham's Vegetable Compound back and side aching. She has gaine: in weight and feels much better. recommend Lydia FE. etable Compound to all mothers ani daughters." Mrs, M. Finore, 51 Marcy Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y For special advice in regard to suc’ ailments write to Lydia Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass Advt. Union of ‘America were reported out on strike, 4 practically all forme of and It ts widely used | tent fr with the food will peutralize acidity which may be present i was 15 years of age, very sickly and pale|on the Brighton Beach line are two ten and she had to stav| provements credited to Public Service home from school {Commissioner Kracke of Brooklyn. Four most of the time. 8 have been used on the Broad- and without appetite. For ; ee) doctor's | {Pains on the West End line in Brooklyn under the if ot t which are now turned at Trion care and got no bet-| Square, Manhatta ter, always com-| through to Time & daining about her | *way with practica'ty Tall the congesti ee Bd side ach- | °*!sting at the former. the papers wonder- She has | Pink- and doesn't complain any more with her Pinkham's Veg- Pinkham PTR tre a re pe nee and only the proprietor was on duty |before a waiting line of patrons. | When told that officers of the barbers’ union claimed that the Astor wos about to accede to their demands Le became indignant. Yo," he exclaimed, with a flourish or. “We will do nothing of the gort, even if we have to be closed We recognize no The proprietors of nearly all hotel chops sald they would wait until after a meeting of the Master Barbers’ As- sociation ut the Hotel Belmont at 2 ‘clock this afternoon, before decid- ing what attitude they would take. The proprietor of the Times Square Barber Shop, at No, 213 West Forty- | third Street, said he would accede to the demands of the men, and he an- ticipated that the majority of pro-| prietors would decide to do the same, His shop was in full operation. The shops of the Biltmore, the Hotel Man- |hattan, the Plaza, the Waldort-As- toria and the Knickefbocker were all open, but with a greatly reduced «| force of barbers. | | Jf the demands of the barbers are y|met it will mean that the following increased scale of prices will go into o [effect at once Hotel Shops—Hair cut, 50 cents; | shampoo, 60 cents; massage. 50 cents; oil shampoo, $1; shave, 25 cents singe, 50 cents; tonics, 2 and 15! | cents. Street Shops—Hair cut, 40 cents;} shampoo, 40 cents; massage, 40 cents; shave, 20 cents; ol! shampoo, 80 cents; The demands specify that no bar- ber is to work more than ten con-| secutive hours, including Saturdays. Sundays and legal holidays shops are to be closed after noon, Hote! over $30 a week 4}asked to pay $15 a woek and half over $25. It is further demanded that only union barbers shall be em- |ployed and these must be secured through Local No, 682., | H. P. Apgar, President of Local No | $82, said “this mornt ng that the strike | Was progressing “finely,” but he did not think it would be finally settled in |ington had taken a hand, owing to the obstinacy of some of the pro- prietors. | port of the public,” he sald, We are trying (o protect the public by putting the barber profession on a decent living basis. For years men have worked twelve to thirteen hours Ja day for wages of $13 a week. We don’t want to be beggars and depend | for a precarious living on tips, ceeds of the business. is put in the hands of the War Trade Board I am confident that our de- mands will be considered not only justifiable, but very moderate."* At a meeting of about 400 striking barbers this afternoon at their head quarters, No, 300 West 41 Street, it said tbat the situation in the Bronx was learing up,” that many thes had acceded to the demands of he men and were open. B. R. T. SERVICE IMPROVED, | Cominineianaas Kracke | With Secaring the Ch Five instead of four car local trains on the B. R. T. Broadway subway between Rector Street and Times Square and an inereage from two to three cars a train Credited e decause of the lack of track sat Whitehall Street. Slight changes will admit en additional car to 5 | the station, Within a short time a_new crossover will be installed in the Broadway sub | Way just above Times Square, so that 8 t > 1! SICK, HE SHOT HIMSELF. “Break News Gently to My Wife.” Sutetde Wrote. NEWARK, Aug, 23.—William Hel strom, forty-five, of No. 424 South 14th Street, was found a short T| M4 lung. He died soon after, A rr lay beside him, and in a pocke roading May Concern volver 1] Wa a note e To Whom It Reing 6| sick for some time and having n> pros pects of getting well, I made up my | mind to ‘start Uhat long jou going west. Please break the ne! Rently to my wile, She ts not very we found "7 “This Advertisement With | of Axminster, Velvet, Brusse! and Crex Rugs. bo DR in many patterns Linol, ums, Mattings and all kinds Brooklyn’s Biggest Credit House 219, 221, 223, 225, 227 164, 166, 168 and 170 Grand Street | Smith Street __ Cor. Driggs Ave. 1 fh _ Cor. Wyckoff St. RUGS AND CARPETS Warm a Weather Clothing We will sell ou Mi a good large 2 1 08 Floor Coverings in great veriety, You and Get Your TEN Per Cent. New Account Men's and Youn: Mad Up Newest Fabrics and Coloring. Is M Weight ie Colth, e- of , Up-to-Date Models EN MONDAY AND GATURDAY EVENING», singe, 40 cents. | barbers ask for a weekly wage of $16, | 7) with half of the proceeds of the chair | Street shops are/ juntil the War Trade Board in Wasb- | “We ask for the sympathy and sup- | “because | We} demand a decent share of the pro- | If the matter | ance from | his home to-day with a bullet wound in| = SE RT PEE: THE EVENING WORLD, MRS, MELLEN ASKS DIVORCE | struck, beat, 1 that he h 8 against her” kicked d ma¢ and ¢ Wife of Former Railroad President perasnal $500 wn pentinehed 10, the Mrs Also Says Husband Attempted to Damage Her Character. PITTSFIELD, Mass., Aug. 23.—Mrs Katherine L. Livingstone Mellen of| Stockbridge to-day filed suit here for a divorce from Charles S. Melien, former President of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. Crue Six Hand Cor by Carden’ Order. the ly day off jand abusive treatment and attempts to] to.day by Capt. Godfrey L. Carden ' damage her character are charged The boys, about 600 of them, h Mr. Mellen, who recently began pro- | “fed by contract” at nearby res ceedings for a separation, referred to| 0nd they didn’t like it, The reauit of) | ‘ many complaints was the instal tation of letters alleged to have been passed be- |i reeuiae army mess service, tho tween Mrs. Mellen and a New York} meal being served Inst night ‘hotel man, and charged her with de- | roast beef, mashed potatoes, green peas sertion. ‘The Mellens were married in| home-made ple and a lot of coffer Brooklyn in 1898 “Iva just Uke home av Mrs. Mellen a hat on Nov. 18,| “Exact said June her husband since you boys like 1916, and } | | nd bruised her’ | and crue! |one o: and |once a week d four minor children. |MUST WRITE TO MOTHERS. | ards Affected The Coast Guard boys down around] Battery must write home to mother at least once & week or lose their week 1 been FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, I'm going to see to it that every home at least home. 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