Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-28
The Butler Club Again.

Inc ButIer CIuD Again.
TALL AND NQuIsITIvE STRANGER CREATES An
ExCITEHENT-GOvERNMENT EMPLOYEES DEFINE
THEIR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF LAST NIGHTS
HEEETlNG.
| The doors OF the Butler Liberty club stood wide
pen last evening, and the resolutions passed last
week excluding from the meeting ell but bona tle
j1tler men was not enforced. The president OF
tiie club, Col Lee Crandall, proceeded at once TO
business, and appointed committee on rules, as
follows Edwin NJ Blake. chairman; Joseph Fan
hing, '" : Waudby, e. Mcdonald and j. W. Con-
sIuihe IL Was decided TO postpone the ratification
meeting until AFTER the democrats had held theirs
anu The assessment was changed TO IS cents per
month Mir I. f. CAN'T. in response to a call,
made a stirring speech upon the issues OF the cam
paign- Mir: T. L. Manning was elected financial
secretary.
MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
Mt. Paul 7. Bowen then addressed the club, and
While he was speaking tall, thin man arose In the
gloom of the lower part OF the hail. and, interrupt
| ing the speaker, asked:
Are YOU In government employ?n
81 am, replied Mr.. Bowen.
What is your position" continued the stranger,
! amid the suppressed Indignation OF the club.
81 am Clerk In the Treasury department."
The stranger was about TO continue his catechisn,
out Was prevented Oy inquiries hurled at him FROM
all parts of the hall Some suggested that he be
| put out, and Others maintained that he was not a
member OF the club and ought not 10 be allowed to
speak. Finally some one asked:
lis he member OF tue cluO?'
The stranger acknowledged that he was not, and
1 Incl iOouhico h'S oEde AAO ucCl1lcu w say any
| thing more.
MI. Blake sprung to his feet in great excitement
and called cur: III the gentleman wishes to take
my name now he can do so. My name is Edwin NJ
Blake, and am employed In the government print
Ing Office"
The opinion was very generally expressed that the
man Was Blaine spy; but the stranger refused to
throw any light upon that subject.
IL was ascertained That the unknown Questioner
was MI. W luailiS, vi Nebraska.
Mr.. Bowen then continued his remarks and
wound up by defining his own position. He said
that 1t was intlmated at the last meeting that a
man who was in the employ OF the government
drew pay from the republican party. TIE speaker
said that II The republican party paid all the taxes
OF the country this was true. But the money in
man In Office, in his opinion, owes his allegiance TO
tue taxpayers and not 10 the party In power.
MR. BLAKE DEFINES HIS POSITION.
Upon the conclusion OF Mr.. 3owens remarks Mr..
Blake arose and said that it was due to himself
that his position should be more clearly defined He
was in the government printing Office and had OBJ
tanned his place under The present government
printer When ne entered upon Ofice the govern
meDt printer said 10 HIM:
"Of course You are good republican,"
NO, MI ROUNDS. ain not replied Mr.. Blake,
II am simply hboring man and not politician. >
MI. Blake then went ON TO say that In the present
campaign he was exercising his rights as free
American citizen
Before the club adjourned, on motion OF Mr. Fam
ming, vote OF thanks TO THE STAR for Its impartial
reports OF the meetings was adopted.
A resolution WAS also adopted that the meetings
OF The club be open TO all, but that no one be al
lowed TO vote except members
Inc cIuD then adjourned
----o----
Nr. Ward and the Carpenters.
THE BOYCOTT AGAINST ALDERNEY R.IsEp-MR WARD
TAXES HAND IN THE MEETING OF THE BoYcoTTERs
AND SQUARES ACCOUNTS WITH THEN.
The Carpenters Union, No. i, held meeting
last night at Journeys hall. corner 1917 and d
streets, MI George j. suter In the chair and Mr..
Joseph Bilingsley secretary for the purpose of dis
CUISINE the s.bpVcnrr1 ma tod
h. Ward. the Alderney milknan, on account Of the
employment OF non-un!on men On his new build
Ing. Secretary Billings made speech on trades
unions, urging the advantages OF organization.
Ihey dld nor he said, propose to interfere In the
business OF any honest business man OF this Dis
trict unless antagonlzed In which event they would
10 a man stand up for their rights.
Addresses in the same vein were made bv sew
eral others Mr.. c. VI. Robinson, president of the
typographical Union, alluded TO Mr. Ward, and
SID he would find that he has something m con-
tend with in his antagoniSm to the Carpenters,
Union. He Will nnd this Is no child'S play and If
he wishes 10 succeed he must not run against the
purposes o. this union. Here Mr. Ward, who had
entered the hall. rose and said he was there to
make an explanation. He then went over his exDe-
licences giving In detail incidents Of his life, which.
he said, had been one OF labor He had been q
Nottingham all his life, and had seen all phases OF
poverty and want and he described the steps by
which he had arrived aC the position he now Occ,i-
pies IN the business community He then stated
how he had commenced his new building now in
course or erection, after what he called his fight
the Judges If the court. He SAID he had employed
master builder, named COrbett, agreeing 10 nav
MIN $500 TO superntend the erection his building
giving him full powers to employ his own men and
use his own discretion in everything pertaining to
the building The thought never entered his head
whether or not Mr.. COrbatt was union nor a nom
union man, and he never made INQUIRY as 10 his
standing in the trades union He only
knew that he was thoroughly competent mai,
and the one he wanted for that business
Nothing was said 10 him as to what should be paid
Tor labor. He commenced and went forward with
the work, and had trouble until he heard OF this
meeting he Gid not quite understand the gT1ev-
ance, nor what was required by the CARPENTERS,
union. He had received no notice and b "a come
there 10 md out what the requirements OF the
meeting We're He had been Informed that the
trade unions had determined to have no dealings,
win any business man In this District who en-
ployed nOn-uIion men. His contract had been
made with his master builder long before he was
aware OF this state OF things; he did not know that
Inere was non-union man at work for him. He
had that evening told the men employed on the
building that he preferred to have them tOin the
Union. and that he would nay the union rates and
pay for their initiation fees He could not discharge
his master builder. He wished instructions what
TO do.
The chair explained what difficulties were In the
way. and ininy others expressed their admiration
OF Nj. Wards pluck and courage: saving that they
Thought he had been prosecuted, and that all were,
anxious 10 snow lin evidences of their esteem but
Ne must nave Union men TO finish his new building
A lengthy discussion followed. all In good Spirff
and recess was taken In order to give the .boy-
cOtt committee an opportunity to confer with Mr.
Ward privately. In half an hour the committee
reappeared, and reported that the boycott had
been raised from MIR. Ward. he having stTnifed his
willingness TO concede the points at issue Great
applause followed and the meeting went into ex-
ecutive session.
Transfers Of Real Estate.
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