Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-13
THE CITY-HALL WORK.
DISCHARGES MADE BY ORDER OF THE
GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS
coNMItTkg.
Action OF the Gfanitscuttsrs' Union at
fhsir Seeling Held Last
Night

Acting under the resolution lately adopted
bv the Committee on Grounds and Buildings
asking the city officers uoder the supervision
az that COMMITTEES 70 discharge al men in
their emp'0y who are not Democrats, Mr..
Icyshou. thc foreman OF the hriek.work on
the CITY Hell, us discharged one hricklayer.
five sionc-m4sons. and eleven colorcd labor
eYs. Thee latter were told 70 vacs,e lat
night TO-, positions made vacant have sill
been fllrd 0g white Democrats. Onlv one
colorcl man remains IN Mr.. L~eys0On's de-
pertinent. add Dc is 2 Democrat.
hg Beatty. TIE foreman Of the stone
enters, h1f discharged SIX sto~ne-cut'ers and
Fix eo.orcd lshorefs and filed their places
with Democrats. Other cuployCs on the
CITY Hall who are known 10 be Republicans
will ic asked 90 vaca'c as soon a. their
places eau Poe G'@hby good Democrats.
A gentleman IN q position 10 know told a
Dispatch reporter Yesterday that The resolu-
ton passed 10y The street COMMITTEE IS being
ririIly enforced. but he declined 10 say how
many men bad been discharged.
MEETING OPP YHE GRANITE CUTTERS UNION.
Tho ~GrarifcCuiers' Union, 10 the mum.
bcr a. about 80 men. meet last night a. Nc
Douruct's Il,li. on Il<htecnth street be-
tween Grace aud Franklin, snd The special
business was the consideration OF the order
a. tbe Grounds and Buildings Committee
directing Che discharge ~ all Tho Republican
~ffonc-ruttcrs. Numerous speeches were
made and tie '|iyclicst interest was manifest
ed 10 the subject, and " ith considerable uDa-
nimity resolutions were adopted 10 present
10 the Committee on Grounds aud Buildings
nf their mteiing tomorrow eTeplnC aud
also, 10 necessary, 90 the Board OF Aldermen
end Common Council" q approving the
late action o. TIE committee ia ordering the
discharge N good citizen mechanics from
ihcnew Cty Hail.
II wgs nor gng easy matter Tor the report
cTs 10 learn What occurred in The union, but
The impression conveyed Is that The members
ore lfm To- their di.lppr0yai ~ the recent
discharge.
"Wiuthcre DO asrlke io. morrow - asked
a reporter Of s,one.cutcr who vas present.
"NO.' said be-.
"Wilt There De n the committee refuses 10
TecrGc from their position ~
" Wait aud see the resolutions that will be
presented 10 the committee. We thought It
The proper and courteous thiag % DO 10
withhold The resolutions from the public
until they wcre prescntedi0 the committee. ~
THE REASON
Another member Of the Granite. Cutters'
Union, spclsmg on this subject last nlsbt,
said "Ihrrr ISN'T enough work At all times
t0 Keen tbt Richmond stone-cuttors employed
here and very often ihcY ha}r 20 Geek work
elsowhero. Ibc Democrats who take Re-
puhuoan.' places under circumstance such
M these vouli iud 70 brought up against
them should they Geek worK where the Re-
publican, me 300 control When The United
States government Was cutting stone across
The river t1Is question OF party niliialion was
never Tlisci.'
This gentleman remarked that they bad
reason 10 believe that before this week Re-
publ0aps had been DISCHARGED from tho
Cty-llaIl work, hui they couldn't establish
81. and hence five union could take no action
but uON Chat the cause ia distinctly assigned
they were bound to act.
WHO STARTED u?
A LEADING Democrat. who is i'm a position
70 know, said Yesterday:
"The earliest complaints made against
the employment 90 Republicans on the Clty-
Hail building cluc from Denominations
cutters and members ~ the union vino
visited leading officials and complained That
while they 0he cJmp.aiuaujs) Wero walking
shout and unable to procure employment
men who were hostile % tle party held these
good places under flc democratic city cov.
trnmen'. D. vss This. Boz good part. that
caused fuc committee to give the instructions
that they dld-Iu.tIuctious that have the APP
proyal oi the gr.st ml,s 81 Democratic
-.f.r. 90