The morning times., 1895-09-23
ANSWERED, BUT UNSIGNED
How Anacmtia Street Car Drivers
Disposed Of Certain Questions.
:. a Il - e.
nagement of the Line Asked Em-
! -,ployes tci Give Their Views on
Railroad Management.

Saturday was the day for the Anacostia
car drivers to turn into the office of the COM
pany, on Monroe street in Anacostia, the
letters sent to each employe for his opin-
ion on certain questions as to railroad man
agement.
A copy of the letter sent the men was
printed exclusively in The Times and also
an account of the proposed action of the en-
ployes who thought it advisable to decline
To sign their names to the epistles, because
they feared 1t would put them on record on
matter which they thought should be
left to the Judgment Of the management of
the Anacostia ailway.
The request of President Grswold was
that the questions should be answered and
turned in by the 21st of this month. AT the
time a statement was made that certain
driver had been selected by the men to re-
ceive the letters from each driver and re-
fer the matter to the Railway Union for
their action. Later it was stated that George
Heile, who is the ailway Union committee
man on the sick, among the Anacostia men,
would be the one TO receive the copies and
that it had been determined to put them to-
gether in a batch and return to President
Griswold unanswered
A Times representative yesterday en-
deavored to ascertain just what disposition
of the letters had been made. Silas Ne wton,
driver of a one-horse car, stated that
Misunderstood tn at atthelettershad dbeenturned
over to Mr. Heile, and had been put in
box and delivered In the office of the COM
pany yesterday. He said there was but
few men who had not turned their copies
over To the drivers representative, and that
all the letters were delivered unsigned and
without any word of explanation.
Mr.. Lusby, another driver, said his
understanding OF the matter was that there
was not a man who had signed the letters
and he did not think one of them would
sign them. He said lie did not know who
had the letters nor what disposition had
been made of them.
Anotherdriver, however, said hehadgiven
his to George HeiIe, and his understanding
was that they Were to be turned in unsigned.
He believed there was one or two men
who had retaine--.heirs 10 sign and turn ia
themselves.
Mr.. Hcile denied that he was. the repre-
sentative of the men and said he had not
received three of the copies. He believed
deliver them in the office, but as he had
nothing to do with it, and had been absent
for day OF two, he was ignorant of what
had been DONE
President lGriswold was seen at his
home Saturday night. He said be had
been i'll all day and had not been to the
office, and was not fully aware OF whathad
been done, but understood that few of the
letters had been turned in and as far as
lie knew, two or three bad been ans wered.
The opinion prevailed among the men,
that while there was great deal OF mis-
understanding on the part of the men as TO
the meaning, of President Griswold in send
ing out the questions, and the men would
not answer them, 1t was not creating much
of stir among them, in fact not sufficient
to cause any organized effort to take action
about the letters.