The morning times., 1895-11-02

A nIass-meeting OF the sympathiZerS with
the discharged driver conductors was held
in Masonic Hall. Anacus;ia. last evening.
The han " as crowded 10 UvcrilowiDg and
standing room was ~ 4 premium.
The audience was representative one,
composed Of many of the business men and
laboring men of the city.
A conspicuous figure in the audience was
Mr.. Hawley, father-in-law OF Mr.. Girls
wold. president Of the AnaCosiia road.
Mr.. Hawley was present at an interview
between Mr.. GriSwold and Mr. William
Peck, one of the speakers, bat when called
on by that gentleman tp verify his arcount
of what tEansplred, declined to answer,
saying ne aid hot waat to he interviewed
on the subiet't.
The meptfng was called to order by Mr.
William c. Van Hoy, WHO was later elected
chairman, with Messrs- 7. L. ,ireen and
William Peek as secretaries. The object
OF the meeting was briefly stated ny the
chair, who iGtrvdn ced Mr.. Thomas j.
Lawrence. m9eier workman OF the Street
Railway Assembly, X, OF l., as the first
speaker. q 49,
sir Lawrence was received with great
s-applause. He brief!y told the story OF the
troables existing between the mana cement
and employees Of the road. and sad tiiey
had come Ia hear the opinions OF Ana
costians-On the subject.
HE WARNED MR.. GRiSwoID.
The next speaker was AFR. Frank 81. Dent,
one OF the committee, who Tlatie tine agree
Inent with President GrisGold a week
ago. The speaker said II should have been
no surprise t. Mr.. GriSwold TO receive
the letter ne did from Master Workman
Lawrence, especially after his knowing the
result OF the meeting he'd tn HaiRes' Hall
on last Saturday night. ut witch time tae
employers OF the road unanimously eieyted
tire proposed IeraTsi.
Mr.. GriswUld. said the speaker, WAS given
toanderstand al the tiine the agreement was
entered into. maj Il could oniy hecnine of
force by the sanction OF u majority of the
employees.
Mr.. T. P. Green was next introduced.
He spoke of the unfairness II the read
attempting te<redHce wages at his time
of the year. THE people, he said. were with
tie 'nfen, whom they believed were i'einE
imposed on; and he was sure they wuuld
stick -beslAem. to the end of the tight.
which lie was satisfied would md in a
victory for The Anacostia driv srs and the
Railway Assembly. Mr.. Green offered the
following resolutions. which We're unani-
mously adopted amid loud cheering:
Resolved, That we, tue citizens II A na-
costa, in mass s-meeting assembled, do
hereby pledge ourselves TO refuse Ia ride
on the cars of the nacostia and Potomac
River Street Railway Company mill such
times as The said company shall agree TO
employ its locked-out employees at the
wages paid previous to the lockout or
until a settlement of the differences ROW
existing between said company End the
-fected:
Resolved. That the citizens of A nacos-
tia OFFER our sympathies to the Street
Railway A ssembly and guarantee to them
our undivided support 10 any enterprise
they may start to accommoda the travel
ing public.
Resolved further. That the laboring
people OF Anacostia be solicited to
do business only with those business men
who sympathize and aid the locked out
drivers
ADOPTED WITH CHEERS.
The adoption OF the resoluti on was
moved by DR.. George Havener. who ex-
pressed himself as heartily in sympathy
with the locked out men.
Mr.. J. NJ. Keating. another synipathizer
with the discharged employees. spoke ut
length. He reviewed the history of the
road and the methods of its management.
He said 1t was covered by mortga ges
amounting to five times the cost of con-
strHctieB, and il was the interest on this
immense debt that absorbs all the profit
and made the ma ma cement want men TO
work for 81 Der day-
Mr.. Peck retold what took place at an
Interview held with President Griswold a
day or two ago. He tried hard. he said.
TO get him to do something. but without
effect. He then told him that the rail-
way men were in the fight to WIN and that
they would succeed in the end. for the fair
minded people OF Ana costa would SUP
port them In the fight for their rights.
- The-last speaker was Mr.. James Trainor.
''the wSrhorse" of the Railway Assembly.
His speech was filled with anecdotes which
put ths audience in a good humor. He
dotes were made applicable to Mr.. Girls
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