, 1879-08-10
STREET. RAILWAY SERYICES
That Cheeky. Resolution of the
Trade and Labor Council.
What the Company and the Y, ID. G..
4. Hav5 to Say.


| Company was interrogated last evening regard
ine the action OF the Trade anu Labor Counct
Friday evening, With reference to the HOLDING
Of religious eer71ces' at the street-car barns
Those vino read the report OF the transactions
Of the meeting OF the Trade and Labor Council
will remember that the aforesaid street-car CON.
pan7 was violently assailed because certain
| members Of the 7. II. c. 4. had of late tnaug.
| uratcd d series Of religious meetings at the
car barns. It was held By the speakers wbe
brought the matter up that this was
an unwarrauted interference With the rights o1
the conductors, drivers, and other employees;
! that they were deprived Of their only period ot
enjoyment by being ruthlcssly driven to church
that, in short, it was an Outrage that the work.
ingmen must resent. Strcet-car employees
needed, they insisted, SONS time tor pleasure.
and they should be left to employ it Just as they
saw fit.
THE OFFICIAL WHO WAS QUESTIONED
relative to the matter, said:
ssSome three weeks ago few members OF
the 7. III. c. A. circulated petition among the
employees Of our Company for signatures, SET
ting forth the fact that they desired to hold re-
ligious services for the men, and asking II there
were apy objections on the part Of the officers
of the Company. OF course there we're none
We could see no reason why we should inter-
vices, and we so told the Y. NJ. c. a. folks that
it they wanted to hold meetings NC should not
object, und If our men wanted to go there was
no reason why We should Interfere.
They obtained permission to occnpY piece Of
ground near the Cottage Grove avenue stables
belong to the Company. Then they got some
boards and made seats, and have had pretty
good success With the services, understand.
good many OF the men go, and the result has
been pure and healthful in its tone. So for as
this being the only hour OF the 'wheu the
men are ct liberty to do as they please is con-
cerued, it is not true. There Is nothing to pre-
vent man laying of oil day Sunday If be
chooses to We ind that the most OF them pre-
fer to work. The reason the 7. n. c. A. folks
chose the hour WIS that 1t was most convenient
to themselves. Nest OF the workers have
church and sabbath-scbool duties IN other parts
of the CITY both forenoon and afternoon, and
bY going to the barns early they accomplish just
SO much more labor. understand that many
OF the men working for the Company consider
this action Of the Trade and Labor Council an
uuwarrantcd and inpertinent interference, and
TINT they propose to turn out tomorrow In
larger numbers than heretofore. So We may
expect q rousing meeting. It strikes me that
the 7. n. C. 4. are dong good work."
MR.. HEMINGWAY.
IL "
retary OF the 7. Ii. G. A., yesterday what be
thought OF the denunciatory resolutions of the
Trade and Labor Council.
'*'rhey are of the track entirely" said be, sin
saving that We are disposed to make the railroad
meetings compulsory"
&The conductors and drivers needn't attend
If they don't want tol"
"Certainly 0ot."
'Has the Association entered into m arrange
mcnt With the corporationss"
s'WHcn the matter Wes first talked Of wrote
Mr. Holmes, Superintendent OF the South-Sidc
Company, asking II he would permit the hold
ing Of services near their barns, and requesting
his co-oueration ii he approved it. A petition
was circulated among the employees, ind up
ward OF thirty signed 1t, favortng the holding Of
the services, and asking that permission be
granted. This. took to Mr. Holmes. So the
services were started at their own request, and
MIR. aolmes Is In hearty sympathy. Before
that, services had been held, all attending Who
wished, Prof. Swing preaching to the men..''
s'Have any Of the men objccteua"
"Not one. All iadorse. the. arrangements so
far as wc know. There arc some Catholics
the meeting is a good thing. The wives OF the
men are very good. They have not been able
to attend services With their husbands ocfore.:'
"Religlou is not forced on the men by coa-
piyance with the Compapies?"
Mot at all. AL the arrangement made with
them is to secure their cooperation. The
services are held at convenient times to suit the
men. The movement meets With the approval
OF the officers, the men, and the people In the
vicinity, and the neighnorhood pastors Coop
crate with us.''
.'yhr don't you preach to the 'soulless cor
porations,' and get them to give the men their
'sWe have nothing to do with hours or wages.
Our work is to look after the moral aud spirit
ual welfare OF the employees"