Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-16
THE EIGHTH SCALP.
The Senators Still Winning Ball Games
Notes.

The Senators Still Winning Ball Games
| Notes.
Yesterday afternoon the Senators proceeded
to tie their eighth scalp to hook in their dress
ing rooms at Stand Pipe Park. 1t was the Sec
| ond contribution of the Richmond aggregation
to this interesting collection. The score was 16
to 6, not quite so bad as on Monday, but bad
| enough. The home team made in the first,
in the second and in the fourth, while the
visitors obtained all Of their runs in their half
of the fourth.
There were not many people present, the
raw air, the dark, threatening skies and the
Waterloo Of Monday tending to keep folks
| away from the grounds Umpire Baker Gale d
| the game at the end of the seventh inning.
| Washington made 10 hits and errors and
Richmond hits and errors Mace and
Nicholas were the battery for six innings and
| Phillips and Riddle finished the game. The
| opposing battery was Duff and Mccartney.
| Bader and Jordan each made two singles,
| Nicholas a triple and two singles, Bird two
doubles and triple. Bader stole three bases,
having reached first on balls three times.
OTHER GAMES
resulted as follows:
| At Baltimore-Baltimore, s; Boston, l. At
| phia-Philadelphi IA; Athletics l..
At New Observation-Disclosures. Is; New Haven, g.
At Jersey City-Jersey City, 6; Hamilton, /. At
Newark-Newark, ii; Syracuse, l.
NOTES.
Gorhams today.
Philadelphia tomorrow.
Inks has been released by Philadelphia.
baltimore batted Clarkson yesterday for IL
hits.
Jack Glasscock has been made captain of
New York's League Club.
The time draws nigh for the championship
games. Look out for attendance lies.
Two female base ball clubs are being organ
lied in Cincinnati. Does this mean that ali the
Reds are to be released. PHILADELPHIA Press.
The St. Louis board of directors has de-
cided to reinstate Pitcher Chamberlain, who
was recently suspended for not trying to win.
Poor health was the defense set up.
The grand stand at Stand Pipe Park will be
provided with an entrance direct from the
street, at the extreme northwest corner
OF the lot. The ticket office is in the
east end of the stand, and Immediately adioin-
ing 1t room is to be partitioned off for bicy-
Giles. Wheelmen will push their machines
right into this room first and then go and get
their tickets. An attendant will Keep all out
but wheel owners. Next to the wheel room will
De the players dressing room-a commodious
apartment with plenty of light. The refresh
ment stand will be on the west front.
Back Pay Under the Eight Hour Law.
To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
About five months ago several Congressman
found themselves minus a portion of their
salaries through the conduct of an unfalthful
public servant. The government owed them
and had not paid them. They preferred a
claim against the government for their money
Congress promptly passed bill for their relief
and the President approved tall in the space
OF three little months This is all right and
Just as 1t should be. On the 25th day of June,
1865. Congress passed an act making eight
hours days work for all laborers, workmen
and mechanics then employed, or thereafter to
De employed, by or on behalf of the govern
ment of the United States. On the 21st of
March, 1878, the Hon. Secretary of the Navy
issued an order directing the commandants of
the Inherent navy yards and naval stations
throughout the United States to hire laborers
workmen and mechanics on the basis of eight
hours day, and if they worked ten hours a
day they should be paid corresponding in
crease OF wages. That order was i'll the follow
ing language:
The department will contract for the labor
OF mechanics, foremen, leading men and
laoorers on the basis of eight hours per day
All workmen electIng to labor ten hours a
day VIII receive proportionate increase of
their wages. Under this order the men
worked ten hours each calendar day six months
OF the year, for the five succeeding years. but
were never paid one dollar for their extra work
OF two hours per day. This money was as hon
eslly que lnein as the salaries or the Congress-
men were due them. One party had earned
their money in the faithful discharge of public
duties-the other in building ships and war
material for our navy. Who will make the dis
junction In the merit of the claims? And vet
the former have been promptly paid while the
latter have been begging for their pay for the
last ten years without avail. In the Fortv-
eighth Congress bills were introduced in both
houses at the request of these men praying
that they might be allowed to bring suit in the
Court OF Claims against the government where
their right to this money could be properly
determined. Since that time seven favorable
reports have been made by the respective
houses OF Congress in which the committees
have said that the request reasonable and
ought to be granted. Has il been granted?
No! The money has not only been denied
them, but they have not been granted that
which should be the common right of every
citizen Of the United States; that is, to have
the merits of their claims tested by the iudg-
ment OF a competent tribunal This is one of
the differences between Congressman and
workingmen- 1t goes without saying that a
high public official having claim against the
government has little no difficulty in getting
1t paid, but as We descend in the scale it be-
comes correspondingly harder, and when we
get down to the workingman it is next to an
impossibility. J..