The morning times., 1895-10-15
Leading Men Will Advocate Free.
dom for Cuba.
MASS MEETING TO BE HELD
mitteeof Arrangement wiIlMeet
In II Few Days and Announce the
Date-Metzerott Hall Donated Tor
the OccnsiOn-A Rousing Demon-
strntion In Behalf of Liberty.

OF Washington for IL Muss-McctinE OF
those W ho ~ III Iut hiZe ewithStrugKIfnS
Cuba.
Below is given the cnll In fun and
the I'M mes attached
The movement seems to he IN re-
spoJlst To efforts of patriotic Amer
leans In Chicago. who have been send
! Ing requests To every city of t;npOrf-
unc, that such In:tSs-meefin1 ne
held on October 81. BN this UNIFORM
date IL is hoped to secure 2rehter
/ effect on the president and Congress
! tim n scattering meet tng> could accom-
pli>h.
! As far AZ The Times can learn no
! dntc has been definitely been assigned
| for the Washington meeting. but III IL
more than likely that the 81 II of the
| present month VIII be chosen.
Mr. Metzerott has donated the use
| of his music hall for the main meet
ing. but IN is proha bic that overflow
gnt ieringS will be held elsewhere
The Times chcerfuiiv opens It's col
unn> tn ANY Suggestions from ctiZehs
In regard 10 the movement.
Washington sympatiizes with Cuhans III
their struggle for liberty. Nearly :, nun
drcd representative citizens Rave sigheu Il
call for IA Nublic mass meeting To voice tiis
sentiment.
They believe in local s.f-govcrnment
| They know That If France had stood alooi
! in the struggle for American liberty me
colonies would have had Il harder anu
| longer fight than they did. Inc citiEtnS
| of the District want Ia say 50, ana Tor the
reason the call has been ISSUED.
All vocatiols are represented on ihis ~ III
| Ministers. physicians, lawyers, busiutss
men and labor leadcrs. Each one was
! willing "a add his name ana .lau oI tne
| opportunity. Many were ready, TOO; m
! show their sympathy in a more practical
lanner and offered toattach tn their names
Il generous amount of money They are
ready 10 make their offer again when
1 the proper time comes.
| Ministers and physicians Were ready
| enough 10 help the cullalong. They Thought
| the matter should have been taken up be-
| fore and knew ii could not come any too
soon. now. They represent the undercnrrent
| of feeling which runs through the homes or
the citizens who have hut little 10 saw
until they are forced to the front. In each
case every man stood for freedom
! Hut the business men are the ones VINO
were Intensely Interested i'll the movement
! They We're grateful Tor thc OPPORTUNITY o,
: helping such ~ cause along. 1heN iouini
| time 10 sign their names. though their
/ places were crowded with customers.
In no crse was the do"r kept closed
I IL WAS flung wide open and The most
{ enthusiastic participants In tins mass
! meeting will be the merchants OF this
& city
THE MEETING.
The meeting Is TO hc held in Mrizerott
| Hall at "A dalc to be decided on by the
| committee Itpromiscstu bca representative
! gathering. II viii Ice a local gathering
! Washington citizens viii speak for them
I selves and in no uncertain terms. The
| residents of the Capital OF the nation nave
/ their own views on the question of freedom
/ and have not forgotten that they are citi-
/ 7cuS or the United States.
The committee on arrangements com
posed OF the sisncrs To the can. Will meet
| in Il few days. This committee VIII make
| all the arrangements necessary for the
! gathering. The han has already been
3 The hest sneakers VIII hp on
/ hand and Washington men VIII take ac-
tion which viii bc heard the country over.
! Everyone can be proud OF that meeting
, and everyone viii he invited.
/ But few citizens were seen. Many calls
We're made of gentlemen who were ont
and their names are not on 'Ie iist Oh
I been seen. They will he expected 10 take
I part in the exercises all the same. The call
! which WIS signed:
I'VE the undersigned. citizens OF the
United States of America aud residents OF
| Washington sympathZinc with The prin.
! ciplcs of personal freedom aud Internal
self government. for which The Cubans are
| fighting, do hereby
'.ISsne a call for a public mass-meeting.
| to be held in MetZerott Music Hall upon "A
date to be announced in the public press.
/ at which it is proposed speeches shall he
made, resolutions presented. and discus
| sion had bearing upon the war at present
wugcd against an oldwOrld monarchy.
I'VE do further. in the absence of aRy
similar orCaniZat ion, constitute our
selves committee to perfect arrange
| ments aud set a time for this public meet
| ing
| The calls signed by nearly hundred rep-
| resentativc citizens OF the District. Their
names follow:
SOME sIGNERs.
| Louis IIirsh the + street merchaiS: DR..
| George Henderson, the surgeon general OF
the District of Columbia National Guard:
| F. Crocker. 939 Pennsylvania avenue: Mai.
william Oscar Roome. cashier of the Ohio
! National Bank; Matthew Trimblc. as.
SCISSOR of The District: Reuben Harris and
| A. ID. Prince. the Seventh street jewellers:
| Andrew Wilson. $40 L street northwest:
| o. c. Claflin, 907 street: j. +. sauni.
| 925 Florida avenue northwest: IL. r.
Parker. of Parker, Bridget x Co.: Wash
b. Williams. Seventh and ID streets north
west: Louis Eisenan. Seventh and Z streets
northwest: II. Fricdlander, Ninth and +
streets northwest: C. ii. Poscy, Tenth and
+ streets northwest: Oscar W. White. $40
| + street northwest: Dir. Anton Coe. ITO
+ street northwest: C. A. Baker. of Yerkes
X Baker, and Bushrod Robinson. OF ko-n
inson. Cherry \ Co: c. g. Conn. president
| Washington Times Company.
Nearly every laboring man in the District
! is represented by the names of James F.
McHugh, president Federation of Labor.
District of Columbia: w. II. q. Simmons.
master workman District Assembly No. Sc.
| X. OF L.: j. h. Potter. secretary Fedora
| ton of Labor, and G. T. Walport. secre-
tary District Assembly No. &c. X. of L.
Among .sOme of the ministers seen who
u. ..
OF st. Pauls English Lutheran Church: DR..
| Samuel /. Beier, vice chancellor of the
American University: DR.. Chalmers Eas-
! ton; DR., Albert Osborn, registrar of the
! AmerisDn University, and DR.. J. +. Ran
kin, president of Howard University.
Other names are: +. F. Simpson, 1895
| Thirteenth street: Corp. James Tanner. ex-
! Commissioner of Pensions. L. NJ. Marble.
ex-Commissioner of Patents: Joseph L.
| Atkins, Ninth and F streets: Frank H.
Thomas, ex-chief clerk of the Postoffice
nt,sIe,
| Columbia Commandery. h. T.: DIR. Regi-
nald Munson. Mertz Building: ex-District
Commissioner L. g. Hine. Charles Baum
| the Seventh street merchant: DR.. George
| W. n. Custis, 112 East Capitol street. Ed
ward H. Koss, Seventh and Florida avenue:
| Isador Saks, the clothier. j. H. Luttrell.
| Market Space. 5. kann, Sons & Co., Eighth
and Market Space: W. ID. Clark, 81 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest: NJ. Goldsmith
| & Son. Oil Pennsylvania avenue: Edw ard
! ID. Easton and Frank Dorian. 919 Penn
| Twelfth street northwest. James NJ. Green.
| I'll Fourteenth street: BaneS " Simpson.
Sr sf1gd snd boas t5eess s Ware Eb
| 1888 + street northwest: William Bur-
| dette Mathews, president District Epworth
! League. ]. ]. Decker. I'LL + street: Ernest
Burton, oil Z street northwest: E. G..
| Hines. 604 Ninth street northwest: and r.
| F. Harvey's Sons, 92S Pennsylvania ave
| nue. northwest.
The other names signed arc: F. s. Will
| Jams Il Co. Ninth ana streets northwest;
| Philip T. Hall, sos + street: Meyer Cohen.
| 926 street northw est: Charles A. Riddle,
| 435 Four-and-a-half street southwest; F.
| H. Wilson, 329 + street northw est; s. i.
| Miller, $50 + street northw est; 8. E.
| Rosenthal, 932 + street; L. H. Hopkins
street; N Studer, 936 + street northwest;
| Ezra Collins, Eighth and f streets south
| east; II. J. Neader, 535 Eighth street south
| east: L p Weller, 155 Eighth street south
| east: NJ Kaufman, sol Eighth street south
! east: l. Kaufman and s. Weidsbader, 935