The morning times., 1895-10-30

! President Griswold yesterday about /
O'Clock ordered his driver conductors IL
take their cars into the car sheds and
| leave them there.
This action on the part of President
| Griswold was n surprise to the employees
| of the road, and. they say, without The
| slightest provocation on their part. Mr.
GfisWuid, II is hieerstuou, yLsIii les mas
| action on The ground of tue contents OF
| a letter received yesterday morning. from
| Thomas j. Lawrence, master workman
! of the Street Railway Assembly. in which
| lac repudiated the agreement entered mo
| ON Friday last between members of the
| assembly and the president OF the road.
The terms of the agreement referred TO
have already been published in The
Times the scale of wages agreed on being
S1.27 e per day from December to
March and S1.36 Ia from November to
May.
These terms were agreed 10 by Presi-
dent Griswuld and Messrs. Dent. Sears
and Baker, of the Railway Assembly. The
tutInDSIs oil tIe assembly, however. were
not authorized by their orgauization Ia
enter Into any agreement. ana acted
solely, as they thought at the time. In the
Interests of tHc etni,ioyes OF tue 4 i.ac'bsiia
road.
AGREEMENT REJECTED.
In order that there Should De no MS
understanding about the matter, Master
Workman Lawrence called a meeting or
the employees of the Anacostia rad on
Saturday night to give them an oppor-
tuniiy to express themselves. This they
did. and with a single exception. rejected
the agreement. There WAS but one course
then left for Master Workman Lawrence
to pursue and That was to inform Presi-
dent Griswold of the action taken at the
meeting. This he did yesterday in the
following commu nicatinn:
AT a meeting of the drivers in your en-
ployment. held Saturday night, they de-
cided to reject the agreement entered into
by Messrs. Dent, Sears. and Baker. The
said agreement is nun and void, as 1t was
made without authority"
On receipt of this communication Presi-
carsheds there 10 remain until further
orders.
Superintendent Newton, it is said. told
The men when they were about leaving the
carSheds that If they chose they could
continue work AT s 20 per day, provided
they would leave the union, but they could
not work as union men. This proposition
was hooted by the men, who said that they
could stand II if the road could.
Master Workncn W. II. Simmons and
Thos. j. Lawrence visited the scene shortly
after the cars were run in, and an informal
meeting OF the discharged force was held
in HaineS' Hall. Mr. Lawrence put the
situation plainly before the men, and told
them they coa'd take their choice nnd go
to work for 81 % day and leave the
union, or TO take their chances.
STUCK TO THE UNION.
They with one accord said they would
neither WORK for 81 20 a day nor leave
the union
In the meantime the citizens OF Anacostia
are the only sufferers. They are up in
arms sgainst any such treatment by the
management OF the road, and freely express
their opinions about the matter. There is
one thing certain, they say. the blame can
rot m placed on the uc8. for they were
wllilng 10 work, even at the very low
wages they were getting. They claim
that they sUpport the usd. and are very
indignant at being inconvenienced by Pres
ident Griswoid whenever the whim strikes
him, without a word OF warning.
Master Workman Lawrence was seen
last night cu his car on the Metropolitan
line. He regrets the situation very much,
he SAYS. not only oa account of the men
being throYn out of employment but also
on Hccuui-t OF the Inconvenience 10 the
citizens of -inacostia. The citizens over
there had always sympathized with the
men who were working in all kinds of
weather for starvation wages and he In
tended if ii could be helped that they
would DE given accommodations as soon rs
possible.
With this object in view n special meet
ing of the Railway Assembly will he called
and lire Of busses run between Anacost;a
and the navy yard In tLis way Mr. Law
renee hopes TO tie of service to the people
who have stood by the union men in their
troubles last spring and summer.