Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-06
GRACELAND CEMETERY.
The Lot Owners Held Another Meet
ing Last Night.

The Lot Owners Held Another Meet
ing Last Night. 49,.
The protective association of lot and site
owners in Graceland cemetery held Il large
ly attended me citing in the Shiloh Baptist
Church last night The meeting was pre-
sided over by Mr.. H. A. Davis. the presf-
dent Of the association, and Mr.. Daniel s.
Murray recorded the proceedings. This as
ISOLATION during the week obtained from
the courts an injunction against the off,
Gals of Graceland- cemetery, restraining
them from the further removal of the dead
from that burying ground. The meeting of
last night was held for the purpose Of CIV
ing the members some idea of the work &C
complished thus far by the executive COM
mittee, to which was intrusted the question
of securir to the owners of sites or lots in
Graceland some protection from the dis
turbance of their dead there.
The injunction has been made returnable
next Monday, and those In attendance last
night subscribed literally to the fund for
the employment of compe tent counsel to
fore the courts. After reading the minutes
of the previous meeting, Mr.. Murray made
statement to the effect that efforts were
being made to provide suitable burial
place in some suitable locality, where those
who are now lot and site owners In Grace
land can inter their dead, as Congress has
prohibited any further intern;eDts in Grace
land. He said that the executive commit
tee was trying to secure the best and most
desirable site obtainable. and that it was
hoped that ere long the colored people
would have some desirable locality where
they could deposit their deceased relatives
and friends. The president of the associa-
ton then thanked the audience for the
largeness of attendance and detailed the
many hardships which the association had
encountered in its endeavor to secure the
injunct
He said that he had labored earnestly
day time and night time in order to get the
people interested in the matter, but now
they were aroused to the injustice that
had been practiced upon them, and were
enthusiastic in their efforts to have the
dead in Graceland remain undisturbed. He
said that the courts had granted an in
junction, which was returnable on Mon
day, and he believed that when the ques-
ton finally got before the courts that they
would decide that when the lot and site
owners purchased in Graceland that they
purchased In good faith and in the belief
that their rights Of purchase were per-
petual.
He was followed by H. Smith, who
is associate counsel in the case, and who
spoke in the same strain and offered a
constitution for the government of the as
socia tion. The constitution declares that
the association is for the protection of the
interests of the lot or site owners in Grace
land, and that 1t shall be continued until
the case now pending in court is finally
adjudicated.
Mr.. Henry Jarvis was the next speaker
and said that he had some children buried
in Graceland and that II he did not say
something in the interest of the cause that
he would feel if he had committed trea-
son. He therefore urged those present to
contribute literally to the fund for the re-
tention of counsel. There were addresses
by others who were interested in the GEM
etery and then the meeting was adjourn
ed.