Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-30
POLICE CALLED OUT
President Gtiswold Asks for Pro-
lection.
EXCITEMENT tHlaE lHAcosrA ROAD
A Tie-Up of, Cars on Missouri
Avenue. .
S T o N N q A G A r

S TO- MIN A G A R
The running operations of the Anacostia
Railway Company were resumed at
o'clock this morning despite the fact, as
stated in The Star Of yesterday. that Presi-
dent Griswcld Of the company ordered
every driver in their employ to be locked
out Of the service at 2 pm. Tuesday.
This action Of President Griswold brought
the men face to face with serious ques-
ton. and with the, necessity of deciding at
once for themselves whether they would
accept the pay offered by Mr.. Griswold of
S.l per day of eight trips or $1.26 per
day Of seven trips. and thus secure employ
ment for the entire winter or be subject to
the orders of the Protective Street Railway
Assembly and hold out for $50. with no
immediate prospect of securing victory.
After thinking the matter over during the
night eight Of the old drivers this morning
went to the sheds of the railway company
in Anacostia and. told Superintendent New
ton that they were ready to go to work on
president GriSwolds terms. Mr.. Newton
communicated with Mr.. Griswold on the
subject, and the latter at once expressed
WILLINGNESS to take the men back into the
company's service.
Each man was assigned to a car, but
there not being enough drivers to man all
the cars, 1t became necessary to change the
Scnedule, and up to noon the cars were
run eight minutes apart instead of six, as
Usual.
During the morning four more drivers
reported for duty. and like their colleagues
they were re-employed and given cars,
which. being at once started, enabled the
maintenance Of a much better schedule
ZOO nr in fh.aT oyy
II is expected that by tomorrow the full
complement of cars-eigheen-will be run
nlng, when the six-minute schedule will be
again put into effect.
What MIR. Griswold Says.
President Griswold, in speaking today to
Star reporter in reference to the lock -out,
said that he does not care whether his
drivers belong to The Railway Assembly or
not but for his part, he intends 10 manage
the affairs Of the -Anacostia Railway Com
pany as prudence and judgment suggest.
and not as the Railway Union may think
or say on the subject
The letter of Mr. Lawrence. master
workman of the Street Railway Assembly,
clnt-n1ed Mr.. Griswold, Informing me that
the drivers in my employee decided, at
m ct ns he'd Saturday n ght, not to accept
the agreementisigned by Baker, Sears and
Dent. their committee, and that it would be
considered null and ivoid by the assembly,
| relieved the Rhac6stia Railway Company
from any oblisation es to the future scale
Those of thetpld drivers who had not yet
made up their hints what to do as TO the
acceptance or rejection of Mr.. Griswold'a
| offer were today standing near the car
sheds in Anacoetla seemingly at loss how
to proceed. " Fl
The impression among the members of
the Railway Assembly outside of those who
were active in dnduHng the Anacostia men
to reject President ,iriswolds proposal in
reference to slight reduction of wages
seems to be tf.H lhbse ofthe Old drivers OF
| the Anacostia line who were re-ensasel to-
day by President Grjsyold acted wisely in
| asking for and, accepting Work s"en at the
| reduced pay.
The Kailw vs,i Assembly.
It IS stated on, what has usually been
considered excellent authority that some
recent moves made by the Railway As
sembly have resulted in the loss Of good
| many members, and that If the remainder
should undertake to support the Anacostia
| men while they were out of work the tax
| would be so heavy for each man that it
would lead to dissatisfaction. 1t Is further
| stated that under the circumstances under
which the lockout occurred the locked-out
men would not be entitled to benefits from
| the knights of Labor, for, 1t is said, that
| although they had through the assembly
voted to unite with the Knights OF Labor.
| they had not complied with the rules gov
| erning admission to that body sufficiently
| to give them any rights in the matter, and
| that If the various assemblies OF the order
| did anything for the Anacostia men 1t
| would be simply as an act of charity. and
| not because of duty or any rights the
| 1ocked-out men had in the premises.
| Some of the strikers who have not yet
| accepted Mr.. Griswold's terms deny that
| any considerable number of the men who
| were locked out yesterday by Mr.. Girls
| wold's order have returned to the service of
| the company. Some of the cars which are
| being opera ted today seemed to be manned
| t,xy q
| half of the cars the driver was accompa-
MED by a small colcred boy. whose bust
| ress 1t was to work the brake in case the
| horses got unmanageable. There have been
10 overt acts of violence on the part of
| any of the ex-employes of the railroad COM
pany, but strong attempts have been made
| to induce the men who are now running
| the cars to leave tEem.
A blockade This Afternoon.
| Considerable annoyance was caused be-
tween 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon by one
Of the new drivers abandoning his car on
! Missouri avenue between I'd and Az streets
northwest, resulting In all the cars Of the
| Anacostia line becoming blocked in that
| vicinity Word was sent to President Girls
void, who dispatched another driver to
take the place of the striker, and the run
ming of the cars on regular schedule was
| resumed by pm.
Asks the Police for Protection.
| InlS AFTERNOON, dDoul D U ClOCh,
of the striking employees of the road pro-
ceeded toward Anacostia on one of the
cars of the read. Mr.. Lawrence, the mas
ter workman of the Railway Mems AS
sembly, was on board.
The men were ringing the bell and max
ing considerable of a racket as they went
along, which gave rise to reports that they
intended to make trouble.
A few minutes later another car load Of
strikers passed through Southeast Wash
irgton. This caused much apprehension.
President Griswold, fearing trouble this
afternoon late telephoned to the police fol-
protection. r. al.
tie-up on MISSOURI avenue the reserve from
but when Sergeant alvey, in charge OF
the police, REACHED The scene of the ''tie'
up he found no disorder and there was nc
occasion to make an arrest.
Supervisor NetTton of the railroad com
pany was soon sn hAhd. He seemed to ex.
perierce no trouble 10 getting men to take
the places of those who quit, and the road
was soon in running order again.
The affair attracted large crowd, but
there was no violence attempted.
When car 10 ayithIa DOy in charqh start