The evening times., 1895-11-08
DRIVERS APPEAL is HEARD
District Assembly No. 66, K. OIL.
Gives S2,500 for Relief.
Sinews of War Furnished the Ana
costa Locked-Out Car Men.
More Money Is Needed.

Tie Times reporters have demon.
strated beyond a doubt that there is
actual suffering among the families
of the locked out employees of the An
acostia Street Railroad.
Charity in such cases as these is not
charity, but Is an actual humanita.
rian duty.
The Times asks for aid for these
suffering women and Children. ANY
contributions sent TO The Times will
be accounted for In the columns of
the paper and turned over to the
Street Railway Union, which Is al
ready doing its best to Relieve the
needs of its members.
The Times starts the subscription
as follows:
y. u. SOnn --..---..-..... $S5 %
Laundry Workers, h. of L.. 800
ID. A. 06, h. of L........... $500 90
The magnificent sum OF So 500 was ap-
propriated by District Assembly No. 66,
X. of L., last night, for the relief Of the
locked-out Anacosua car drivers. A typo
graphical error in Tue Morning Times made
il only $25.
Labor has begun to rally around the flag
uplifted in the quiet District village
The fight for principle is on in earnest.
In these days money is the power that
moves the armies of either capital or labor
Without funds, and assailed by disease
and poverty, the locked-out drivers stood
little chance of winning.
Now they see victory ahead and are pre-
pared TO meet the Anacostia corporation
on even ground.
But the funds so far raised will Not by
any means furnish all the sncws of war
unless the company gives in at once.
The locked.,ut men must be supported
and placed in position To enlist and hold
public opinion by direct competition with
the bobtail line.
The fighters may be small in number, but
the principle involved is as great here as
lt was in Brooklyn and Chicago.
Therefore, the friends OF the workingmen
and the labor unions, too, should come to
the front with substantial aid.
Moral and moneyed support is the force
that will win every battle for the right.
The A nacostia lockout was the chief sub
Ject OF debate at the meeting Yesterday
evening of the Street Railway Protective
Assembly.
The chairman OF the committee of arrange
ments FOR the mass-meeting to be held at
Masonic Hall, Anacustia, tonight, re-
ported that all details had been perfected
and there was every promise of a very large
attendance. In fact, there is a great prob
ability OF having to transform it into an
open-air meeting. Nearly all the speakers
are well known to the citizens of Ana.
costa and this city, and their Indurse
ment OF the action Of the railway assembly
and denunciation Of the course pursued by
the management Of the Anacustia road are
expected to have a telling effect On the
patrons Of the road.
The speakers are Rev. DR.. Alexander Kent.
OF the Peoples Church; Rev. DR.. North, of
Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church. Ana
costa; NJ. ]. Bishop, general worthy foreman,
n. OF L.; Thomas MCGUIRE of New York,
member OF the executive committee, X. of
L.; President George Tracy and Vice Presi
dent Ferrcll, of the Typographical Union;
w. ID. u. Simmons, master workman, ID. A.,
No. sc, K. Of L.; President Hyde, Of the
Bookbinders' Union; August Donath, the
Seventh street real estate broker; Lew ID.
Hedry and Paul T. Bowen, prominent men,
bers of the X of L., and Andrew ]. Best
OF Brooklyn. Mr.. Best will be remembered
as the leader and manager of The great
Brooklyn strike some time ago.
All the local labor organizations are ex
pected to attend.
A vote Of thanks was rendered she labor
organizations for their subscriptions in
aid of the locked-ou Anacostia drivers
Master Workman Lawrence requests that
in future all contributions be sent 10 The
Times office
A committee Of five was appointed to
formulate plans for tie permanent estab
lishrnent of line Of busses between Hills
dale, Anacostia, and this city.
The Street Railway Protective Assem-
bly, has issued a strong appeal to the pub
lie. II appeared In full in The Morning
Times to-day.
Buses will be al the Navy Yard tonight
TO carry all the speakers to the meeting In
Anacostfa.