The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-02-28
EsrHus1Asrrc MEETING At WoopRyRRy-Er-

| ENTHUSIASTIC Meeting AT WooDBERRY-EN
DoRsEMENT OF THE TEN-HoUR BILL.-A very
largely attended meeting of factory employees
was held in Woodberry, on Thursday night o.
| last week, to give expression of their approval
of the bill recently passed by the Legislature
making it unlawful to work children in any
kind of factory labor more than ten hours each
day. The large hall known as Hare's build
| ing, was decorated with evergreen festoons, and
band outside enlivened the meeting with va
rious airs during the evening. Upwards of fit
teen hundred persons were present. consisting
chiefly of those whom the bill directly affected
men, women, boys and girls, ranging from eight
| to eighteen years of age.
At eight o'clock the meeting was called to or
| der, and the following officers elected :-Presi-
| dent, James H. Smith, of Woodberry; Vice
Presidents, James Baughman, of Mt. Washing
ton, A. j. Miller, of Clipper, Stephen Barton,
of Druid, VIM. White, of Mt. Vernon, Paul KEW
and John H. Sepple, of Park Mills; and as Sec
rotary, Thos. j. Powers, of Druid Mills.
The president opened the meeting with an
exceedingly interesting and enthusiastic speech,
closing with letter from the Hon. T. Sturgis
Davis, our State Senator, which announced
that the bill was now a law, having received
the signature of the Governor, and pledging all
MS en0rtS TO nave III enforced. Inc leJLor Wds
received with the widest applause.
Mr.. W. NJ. Marine, of Baltimore, and Mr..
Jacob Baughman, also made spirit stirring re.
marks pertinent to the occasion, which elected
oft-repeated applause from the dense crowd OF
their enraptured hearers.
Mr.. Baughman, at the conclusion of his
speech, moved the adoption of the following
resolutions:
Whereas The present General Assembly of
bau ad of
hours of labor in manufactures, &C., OF chill
dren under sixteen years of age; therefore, be
it
Resolued, That we deeply feel the untold bless
ings brought amongst us and ours by the pass
age of the above act, which We consider as very
impairment to our offspring who may be COM
PEELED to abor for themselves and family.
RESOLVED, That our thanks be rendered to the
Hon. T. Sturgis Davis, of this county, for his
able advocacy and success in contending for our
rights in the face of so much opposition, and
winning for himself the thanks OF a heretofore
oppressed people.
RESOLVED, That we also return our thanks to
Chas. A. Buchanan and VIM. S. Keech, of the
House of Delegates, to Messrs. VIM. E. Hooper
& Sons, and all other advocates of the aforesaid
law in behalf of the worked children oil
the State of Maryland.
When the question of adopting the resolutions
was put, the building fairly shook with the tu-
mutuous and unanimous assent that went up,
and many of the children laughed with glee
afterwards, to think that they had voted. Mr.
Paul Kever, of Savage Factory, and several
other gentlemen, made characteristic and SEN
sible speeches. In conclusion, Mr.. Smith said
that it had been asserted that there was q flaw
in the wording of the bill, and that the chill
dren could be employed in the mills on long
hours through their parents, and therefore not
'compelled." Parents who shall thus sell their
children, may remember that when so doing
they lay themselves liable to fine of $50. In
order that justice might be done he moved that
an executive committee be appointed to see
that the law shall be enforced, which was adopt
ed, the officers of the meeting by common con-
sent being made the committee.
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The New RAILROAD WHAT is THOUGHT ABOUT
IRA correspondent of the Belair Egis, writing
from Fallston under date Of February 9th says !:
"OHe year ago our county was considerably
exercised over the contemplated Maryland ana
Pennsylvania Railroad Our good citizens al
along the supposed route or routes, were busy
locating depo,s, building villages selling build
ing sites, &c, &c. not exactly at work in these
matters but seriously talking over the subject, as
country people do any enterprise of importance
But alas a change has come over our spirits Ia
regard to railroads. and we just now seem to be
disposed to think and talk about other things
In fact, notwithstanding considerable money has
been spent on the proposed road, from the N. U.
R. R. TO Cromwel's Bridge, many of our most
intelligent neighbors have but little or no faith
in railroad being made through Hartford at all
'There may be cause for this lack of conf
depce on the part of our people. No doubt IN
their own minds, they have good reasons for
thinking as they do but there are also quite
number ofenterprisng men with whom frequent
l.. eIart Int tha rNad IN IN
der contemplation and partially made, will be
finished, and that those of US who may be blessed
with life few years longer, will actually see
with our own eyes the 'ingine and hear with
our own ears the steam whistle "toot," as train
after train speeds its way across the hills and
dales of old Hartford. Among my friends who
have from the first remained sanguine, that the
road would be made, and that at no distant day,
is our very obliging merchant, Charles K. Hol-
lingsworth This gentleman and myself, on Wed
nesday of last week, started as seekers of iuforma-
ton concerning the Road" We made for Tow
sontown, and arrived there about II m. From
thence we repaired to the Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Office, situated in Smedley Row.
Here we found and interviewed to our hearts
content, two young gentlemen in charge Of the
office. They had nothing definite to commune
cate, but gave us very hopeful view of the en-
terprise. The engineer was absent from his office
at the time of our visit. This we regretted. The
young gentlemen in charge will please accept our
thanks for their kind courtesies.
''We were informed that work has never been
entirely suspended but for short time since the
company began its operations. Taking every
thing into consideration, we have reasonable
hope that we will soon have a railroad through
Hartford
at now becomes our citizens to do all in their
IL ~ 0c fha nv
now engaged Considerable work has already
been done. The grading is nearly completed
from the Northern Central Road to Cromwell 8
Bridge. Thousands of dollars have been spent ;
hence it is safe to conclude that the road will be
Finished
APPOINTMENTS FOR BALTIMORE CoUNTY.-On
Tuesday last Gov. Whyte sent in the following
nominations for Magistrates, Registration Off
GERS and Coroners for Baltimore county, all of
which were confirmed by the Senate:
MAGISTRATES.
LIST District-Lewis Lehman, John j. Pilert,
Mark Mellor, Joshua Mellor, David Feelemyer,
Albert Smith, Owen Knight
I'd District-William Mcdonald, William II.
Harker, VIM. P. Bennett.
Sd Listrict-Alfred H. Slade, John Wright,
Samuel B. Mettam, Isaac Bowen, R. E. Tidings,
William Pole, VIM. H. Richardson.
4h District-Jeremiah 7. Quicker, David L..
Slade, Henry Bushey.
9TH District-Noah w. Alban, William Dun
can, Abraham s. Cooper.
9Th District-Wilson Houseman, Bennett L.
Hoshall, Mordecai Alban.
7th District-George H, Coney, Henry Weirs,
Eli s. Sampson.
Sth District-Joshua Cain, enjamin P. Mat
thews, Aquilla Galloway, Aquilla Jones.
9th DISTRICT Gideon Herbert, James H. Smith,
James Miller, Frank Lewis, VIM. H. Taylor,
John P. Clark.
10th District-John S. Curtis, r. Thomas
Smith, Thomas Kauffman.
LII DiStrict-Charles r Halle. Samuel Pin