[3] The strike continued through the rest of May but police began reprimanding protestors, making many of them go back to work.

Upon leaving the Belmont Hotel, workers held signs and communicated their demands to the public, before being dispersed by police.

Many waiters could not even afford the high membership dues that were required for the union, which effectively kept out lower-class workers who found themselves working in higher-class establishments.

[1] This union was originally going to fight against the Hotel Men's Association; however, it was very disorganized, had trouble mobilizing its members, and excluded many of the workers who wanted to participate in the strike.

But when the 1912 strike ultimately failed, the IWW withdrew their support leaving only a select few behind to help lead the Hotel Workers' International Union, mainly Ettor and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, who led the 1913 New Year's strike for the union.

Union members observed that higher-class eating and hotel establishments rarely ever accommodated outside labor organizations.

[1] By this time, the Hotel Workers’ International Union was receiving major harassment from the police and media outlets.

[7] The Herald is quoted saying, “It is inconceivable that any properly managed establishment could afford to do anything that would place the control of its servants in the hands of an irresponsible union”.

[6] May brought the hotel workers' strike to its most rousing numbers, but it quickly began to dwindle in June.

The entire strike, although only lasting from May 7, 1912 to June 25, 1912, cost 117,000 days in lost working time for hotel staff in New York City.