The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-01

"A meeting OF sympathiZers with the Cuban
revoutionists was held last evening, in the
Academy of Music. The house was crowded
and among the audience were many ladies. The
stage was decorated with the Cuban flag. and
filled with the officers of the meeting The
audience was very enthusiastic, applauding every
reference to and mention of Cuba Theodore
Cuyler, Esq, presided.
John Price Wetherill introduced the President,
Theodore Cuyler, and the latter spoke briefly i'm
favor of the object of the meeting. Addresses
were also made in sympathy with Cuba by Gene
raj Joshua L. Owen, Hon. William ID. Kelley,
Major William McWilliams, and Others During
the evening an anthem was sung by Mr.. Hart
man of the M@nnerchor.
John Goforth, Esq, read resolutions, which
were adopted declaring ''that Cuba of rioht
should be free and independent; that as a people
we will labor to encourage generous sympathy
for the noble patriots of that island in their
struggle, and to procure for them every form
of practical aid and comfort which may be pos
sbe for us to bestow without violating existing
neutrality laws; that the successive triumphs of
the patriots since October last and their pre-
sent self-reliant attitude, combined with the
significant resolutions of the House of Repre-
sentatives, ought to impart fresh impulse to
our sympathy; that, having reason to believe
that the President of the United States has
warm sympathy with the patriot cause
we hope that he will be guided more
by the instincts and principles of American
politics than by the precedents and the timd
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that should the continued success of its patriot
army be such as would justify the President in
recognizing the absolute independence of the
new republic, we sincerely trust that he will call
Congress together with alacrity, and urge them
to authorize him to welcome Cuba into the
family of nations; and that to give practical
effect TO the foregoing resolutions and concert
measures to promote the Cuban cause a COM
mittee OF thirteen be appointed by the chairman
of this meeting, who shall have these duties in
their charge, and are hereby empowered and in
structed to sit en- per"nGnence or until the inde-
pendence of Cuba is a positive fact"
The following gentlemen were appointed as
the ommittee:-Thomas Webster, Robert b.
Corson, Charles S. Ogden, Theodore Cuyler
James NJ Robb, Hon. Samuel j. Randall, Hon.
William d. Kelley, John E. Addicks, Caleb H.
Needles, Edward Pennington, Joshua Spering,
James c. Moore NJ. r. Muckle.
Yesterday the Mayor made the following APP
pointments:- Martin Kilacky, in place of Lieu
tenant Bowers, of the Fourth district Christie
pher Gericke, in place of Lieutenant Leighton,
of the Sixth district; William H. Souder, in
trict; Captain j. w. Ryan, special officer, in
place OF William Warnock; John Lynch, in
place of Sergeant Hamilton, Sixth district; Ser
geant, First district, George III. Guyer. Patrol
men-Charles Walters, Frederick Steinmeyer
James Donahue, John Burns, William H. Cam
mon, Peter Dick, John w. Mcguire, Thomas VI.
Reeves. Edward Murphy, Benjamin White, join
Mccormick, James Mcmahon, Thomas Evans
Peter j. Bum, John Lukens, s. G. Strowhouer
Thomas Mcfarland, James Riley, John McGoni
gle, Patrick j. Sherlock, William Tatam, Jane,
Donnelly, Patrick Maxwell. Reserve Corps
Samuel Hunter. ROundsmen-Albert H. Ran
dali and Dennis Muller
AS there seems to be difference of opinion
in regard to the construction to be put upon the
letter recently written by Secretary Borie abou
the hours of labor and the pay of the workmeT
in the Navy Yards, it may be interesting tt
know what is its understood meaning by thu
heads of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Unless
otherwise ordered the mechanics and laborer
who work eight hours in the Yard will be paiC
but for eight hours work, to be determined b,
the pay received by workmen outside. Will
eight hours is made legal days work under tn
instructions of Secretary Borie, the COmman
dant of the Yard is authorized to employ mel
on extra hours, and in that way they can worl
ten hours and receive the amount paid outside
The men, however, insist upon their right to re
ceive, for Il days work of eight hours, the sam
pay MS is given in private establishments for
days work of ten hours.