Evening star., 1864-04-29
LOCAL NEWS.
AMUsEaEars To-N1aHr.


rs damon and Pythias." Mr.. Davenport viii
appear as 50 Damon Mr.. Wallack as :. Pythi.
vii, ha hao ,o,,d mIs FaIren as Hermione." This
Sfe.la Sorsia.p In addition tc the a6ove.named
"na take part in the entertainments
FoRD's iHFATER.-In no character ia Mr.
Forrest more attractive than in the indian
character OF /" Metamora," which is announced
IoI U- h,ght 1t is ascharacter to which he has
ssy ,Ssy 9. and + !, scarcely
1aAs TO do it full and ample justice. =.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lea opens a new
budget OF fun tonight, and the bin will be
JrsI rr,eG M 1u' py such performers as Mrs. Frank
'soanl. Rainforth. John MulHgan and host Of
other favorIte performers. =.
yARIHTIRs AT this music hall and theater
burlesques and farces: and sweet songs NAV
oe heard. The Ethiopian corps too, is one well
calculated to make the most demure laugh
heartily. ,sr-9l.st. - Et7 = 4 i .-Z5 "a ss.1
METRoPoLTTAE HALL.-Arnons music halls
this one occupies favorable position, and the
infringement seem teternained to leave nothing,
undone to please their patrons. There win be
Ethiopian eccentricity Tonight Iss-z
FAIRs.-The fair and festival at Ponpeian
Hall, Georgetown, Is snll open. The proceeds
are tor the benefit OF Catholic Free Schools; an
object worthy Of an extended patronage.
Fourth Presbyteri Church keep mp their de-
lightful fair It has thus far met with deserved
success, and 1t must be matter Of regret that
1T will close Tomorrow night. ss
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Boss HoRsK-sHoRRs AND BLAcKsMTTHsi
aAssoCIAI1ON.--The boss horse-shoers ana
blacksmiths held . special meeting last night
called 70 order by the president, MI. W.H.
A eonstitution and bylaws for the govern.
society was designated q, the aBiacksmitns'
Association" ."s One provision Of the constitu-
ton requires that whenever 1t is known a
that iixsd BY the association. all his hands %
shall be notified to lea We him. ana if they refuse
to do so no other member Of the association
It was suggested that there were q good
many shops owned and controlled by colored
men, where work was invariably done at less
whites. 1t was desirable that something
should be suggested to these colored shops, in
order that they might adopt the, prices or the
Mr. Murphy offered q resolution fixing the
charges foT work at the following rates, viz:
Plain shoes, per set, 80: toeing new shoes, per
set S2.50; toeing old shoes, SI.75; removing old
shoes, sl.5G; bar shoes, IS cents each. -
Mr. Murphy thought these prices should be
adopted at once. 1t.was absolutely necessary
that the above prices;should be fixed, for at the
present prices It was impossible to i've. But
he believed the principal shops Of Washington
were represented and therefore they had
q
public would pay the price willingly. IF any
one did not choose to pay the price, they could
go to the colored shops; but after a trial or two
at the latter shops they would soon return.
The resolution fixing the above as the STAN
dard prices was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Murphy said the above scale of prices
and the names of those who agreed to it,
should be advertised in the Star until the next
meeting, and thereafter the names Of all boss
blacksmiths who agreed to the scales should
be published in the same paper for onemonth.
Mr. Bennett said the Star seemed to be the
principal paper here, and one which was uni
versally read; and therefore it was only neces.
sary to make the publication, he supposed, in
Mr.. Murphy said that was SO. Nearlyevery
body read the Star, and it was the only paper
that had taken an interest in these mechanics
associations. And more than that, he tor one
was going to vote for Dick Wallach, the brother
OF the Editor of the Star, at the coming cleo
ton. ..as-.- -.-ze
same effect, and said that they too would vote
for Mayor W allach, as he had proven himself
the poor mans friend. TN 49,
essary to look at the correspondence with re-
gard 70 the draft to show that Mayor Wallach
was really the poor mans friend; for he had
succeeded in reducing the quota SO that now
there were scarcely any to be furnished. All
the working men would vote for Dick Wal
ZACH. . .A.- So. -r ~.
acter, it was resolved to make the publication
in the Star. -
A resolution was adopted thst II any one left
the shops of members Of the association on &C.
count Of increased prices and went to the
colored shops and had their work done, that il
they returned to the white shops, they should
be charged twenty. five cents over and above
the regular scale. f...
On motion, 1t was resolved that the names
of all parties refusing to pay their bills for
horse. shoe1ng shall be reported to the associa-
tion. ...-a a-. E.- ~ E--..-. ---s
4 committee, cons isting OF Messrs. Murphy,
Ward and Doran was appointed to attend
meeting Of the Journeyman Blacksmith's Asso-
ciation, and see If some arrangement could be
effected whereby a man should be paid for
what work he could do, in order that the bosses
might not be compelled to pay to inferior