Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-08
A N AGO TIA STRIK E
The Road is Still Tied Up and the
Men Are Out.
Three Coaches Carry Passengers
for the Strikers-One Meeting.

1t Is now four days since the strike Of
the Anacostta railroad men began, and
the difficulty apparently is no nearer set
Element than it was when the first blow
was struck, Friday last.
In conversation with some friends yes
terday, President Griswold appeared to
feel very gloomy over the situation, and
his remarks conveyed the impression that
the road is SO heavily in debt that it Is
the incubus which prevents the president
from granting the increase of wages asked
for by the men,
Just previous to the strike one of the Of
f1cials of the road, who has equally as
good facilities as President Griswold for
knowing how many passengers Were car
ried over the line during any given time,
was asked by a Star reporter how the
traffic for June, 1895, compared with the
same month of last year. and the official
replied that the travel was about the same.
At that time the road employed con-
ductors, and their pay was a little less
than 81 25 per day, while that of the drivers
was that figure. In view of those facts those
who ere conversant with them express
themselves at a loss to understand how,
with as much travel over the road this
year as last, when there were two men to
/ pay, the company Is now unable, when no
conductors are employed, to advance the
pay of its drivers.
The running of free coaches was resumed
this morning at Z o'clock by the Street
Railway Protective Union, and 1t is now
thought that they will be kept in operation
until the strike is settled by the railway
company granting the advance asked by
the men, or a line of some sort of public
conveyances established to supplant the
street cars, so far as the people of Hillsdale
and Anacostia are concerned, and already
an enterprising colored man, who owns a
fine pair of horses and neat wagonette,
has been reaping harvest of nickels by
carrying passengers from Hillsdale to the
navy yard terminus of the cable line for
3 cents, and it is said that his receipts from
this source on Saturday alone were between
S14 and SIS. 1t Is probable that the success
of this man, who was at one time slave
in Virginia, will lead others to embark
similarly in the transportation business be-
tween Anacostia and Washington.
With the Strikers.
If anything was needed to demonstrate to
President Griswold that the sympathy of
the former patrons of his line is with his
striking employees he had abundant oppor-
tunity to prove 1t by attending the mass
meeting which was held Saturday night at
Masonic Hall, Anacostia, under the au-
spices of the Anacostia Citizens Associa-
ton. for the purpose of showing the
strikers where the people of the town stand
in reference to the matter.
The large hall was crowded to excess
with the citizens. many of them repre-
sentative business men, not only of Ana
costa, but of Washington, whose homes
are in the former place, and the speeches
made by such men as Messrs H. A Linger,
Barnabas Bryan and other prominent men
were sufficient to convince the strikers,
and everybody else present, in fact, that
1t is the full intention of the great majority
of the citizens Of the town to carry out
to the letter resolutions which We're passed
pledging those who adopted them to refrain
from riding on the cars Of the Anacostia
line until the pay of the strikers shall be
increased to s1.50 per day and all who wish
to go are taken back into the employ Of
the company.
Frequent reference was made by the
speakers, both on the part of the citizens
and the memebers of the Street Railway
Union who were present, to the editorial
in reference to the strike which appeared
in Saturdays Star and also to one which
was published in a morning paper Of the
same day, and each allusion to either was
received With the most enthusiastic az
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