Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-02
ALL THE CARS RUNNING
Trouble With the .Anacostia Lockout
Apparently Over.
The Meeting Last Night-Mnny Men
Applying for WOrI<-What Mr..
TrainOf Says.

All IN regard the operations OF
the Anacostia Railway Company, whose
drivers were locked out by President Girls
wold's order Tuesday last. appears to have
passed away, and today as many cars are
being run and with good results as at
any time before the lockout began.
Late yesterday afternoon hand bills. to
which were attached the signatures If
several who were prominent in the meet
irgs held in sympathy with the drivers
WHO struck last summer, were spread broad
cast throughout Anacostia, in which the
citizens were asked to attend a mass meet
ing, to be held at Masonic Hall last night,
for the purpose of extending sympathy to
the locked-out men.
Last Nights Citixena' Meeting.
The response to the appeal was not
hearty, and only about hundred persons
were present at the meeting. The number
OF property owners who attended was very
small and the audience was composed
mainly of the locked-out men who have
not been re-emplayed and their friends,
mary of whom came from the city. There
were but few citizens of Anacostia pres
ent and there was a great lack of en-
thuSiaSm.
The meeting was presided over by Mr.. W.
c. Van Hoy, aid MeSSrs. T. p. Green and w.
H. Peck acted secretaries.
Speeches were made by those named. and
Master Workman Lawrence of the Street
Railway Assembly, F. M. Dent, its secretary.
| and member of the committee which made
an agreement Saturday last with Mr.. Girls
void that the Anacostia drivers would &C.
cept the pay proposed by Mr.. Griswold from
Sunday last until next spring; T. p. Green,
Dr. George c. Havenner, J. NJ. Heating, J.
NJ. Tr1iEor, and others. Resolutions were
passed pledging those present not to ride on
the cars of the line until President Griswold
shall re-employ all his old drivers at $l.JO
per day.
Plenty of Men Apply for Work.
Applications for situations as drivers
continue to be received by Mr.. Griswold
from many men, some of whom have also
served as drivers of cars, and this morning
| when Star reporter called at Mr.. Girls
| wolds office the ante room was packed
with men seeking employment All were
referred to Superintendent Newton who
| has been able he says to get as good men
as have ever been employed by the COM
pany.
blockade This Morning.
The stoppage this morning OF the Metro
pclitan company's 9th street line by rea-
son of an accident at the power house, at
| the foot of AZ street southwest, caused q
| blockade of the cars of the Anacostia line
on Missouri avenue. 9Th and j streets. from
Az to 9th streets northwest, and for an
hour or SO traffic on the AnacoStia line
was entirely suspended, but the matter
was finally remedied through the action
of Superintendent Newton, who had the
| Anacostia cars jumped from the north
| bound tracks at the place of blockade and
| transferred to the south track, and by this
means the interruption to travel between
| the city and Anacostia was overcome.
Line of Buses Proposed.
1t is stated. as already published in The
Star, by those who claim to be well in
formed on the matter, that the Street Rail-
| way Assembly will in the course of day
| Or two inaugurate a system of coaches be-
| tween Anacostia and the navy yard termi-
nus of the cable line, with the view of at
| tracing travel from the cars OF the Ana
| costa line. This course was pursued by
| the same parties during the strike OF last
/ summer, but the results were far from sat
| isfactory.
| At that time each coach had on its side
sign stating that passengers would be car
ried free between Anacostfa and the cable
| terminus, while inside the coach box was
| placed and riders were invited to drop a
! contribution IN it. Some persons deposited
I their nickel, while others put as much as
| half a dollar, according to the amount OF
| sympathy they had for the strikers. Inc
great m ajority, however, took the Signs on
| the coach to mean what they said. and rode
| Free and 1t is considered uncertain how
| long a free line could be maintained.
What Mr.. TralnOr Says.
| Referring to the probable outcome of the
| trouble between the Anacostia Railway
Company and it's locked-out men, Mr.. James
Trainor. a member of the executive board Of
| the Protective Street Railway Assembly, to-
| day said to a Star reporter: 1T Is impossible
| to predict how the matter will end until
after District Assembly No. &C. K. Of L.,
| and the executive board of the Knights of
| Labor shall have acted upon it The matter
| of the lockout will be duly reported to Dis
trict Assembly Go at their meeting Thursday
| night next, when, l expect, a committee will
| be appointed by that body to make an inves-
tigatton of the whole subject and to submit
| a report at future meeting. In due course
the existence of the trouble will be reported
| to the executive board of the Knights of
| Labor whose headquarters are in this city,
| and they also will appoint committee of
| investigation.
| IF the difficulties in question had arisen
| from q strike of the drivers 1t might be
easier to foreshadow what the next step
| that shall be taken would be. but as 1t was
Mr.. Griswold who did the striking or. as
the case actually stands. locked his men out,
there are some features about the matter
| that may make settlement that shall be
satisfactory to the men much more diff