The morning times., 1895-11-07

The Times reporters have demon
stratcd beyond a doubt that there is
actual suffering among the families
OF the locke -out employees of the A ma
costa Street Railroad.
Cha rity In such cases as these is not
charity, but IL II n act uaI humnnitar rian
duty.
The Times asks for aid for these
suffering women ana children. Any
contributions sent TO The Times VIII
be accounted for in tbe colums Of the
paper and turned over TO the Street
Railway L MON, which Is already doing
it's best to relieve the needs OF its
members.
The Times starts the subscription
as follows:
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Great suffering is the almost invariable
consequence of struggle of any sort between
capital and labor, and this fact is exempii-
fled by the present condition of the locked
out car drivers on the Anacostia road.
Since the action of President Griswold
in locking out the old employees and running
the cars with new men, the stikeys have
of Anacostia would bring the company 10
terms by refusing to patronize the road,
and their slender stock of money and sup
plies has long since been depleted.
Poverty, illness, and sometimes absolute
hunger have played sad havoc with the
little handful of men who are resolutely
standing up for what they believe TO be
their rights.
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ident Thomas j. Lawrence. of the Street
Railway Protective Union, visited the
homes OF a number OF the men yesterday,
and found many with only few pennies
between their families and starvation.
SICKNESS AMONG THEM.
Three severe cases of typhoid fever were
found, and nearly every man had sickness
of some kind in his family.
The first call was made on one or the
drivers living near Sixteenth and h streets
southeast. Mr.. Lawrence knocked ON the
door, and the approaching footballs clat-
tered and echoed along the bare floors and
walls of cold, cheerless hall. The door
opened. and the drivers wife, her thin,
pinched face and sunken eyes denoting
nights of sleeplessness and days of patient
endurance, stood in the doorway.
Clinging to her skirts were two little
girls, Startled by the reverberating echoes
OF tne SitplilS
hall, every footstep sounding like knell,
and into the stuffy little sitting room, where
the driver Just over a bad illness, was
sitting.
In.response to Mr. Lawrence's inquiries
he stated that he had only couple of dol
lars left, and saw very little prospect OF
getting any more. He declared emphat-
icalIy, however, that he was firm in his in
tention Ia stand by the union and the nsn,
and stick out for living wages.
Across the Eastern Branch, in the heart
of Anacostia, the most distressing case OF
all is located. A driver with his aged
mother and wife occupy a couple Of rooms
that were once pretty and cheerful, but
an atmosphere OF poverty and gloom has
robbed them Of their attractiveness.
THEY HAVE TYPHOID.
The unpleasant odor of disnfectants
strikes one before the house is entered,
and lying on bed in the front room is the
driver pale. wan and weak, suffering from
that dread malady, typhoid fever.
In the next room the wife is also lying
i'll, and the old mother plods patiently be-
tween the two, nursing and che eering.
Their larder is as empty as their purse,
and but for the help OF their neighbors their
earthly troubles would have been over
long since.
Further down nthe town man. who was
once the most prosperous Of the drivers,
lives with b is family OF four. The house is
comfortable. they still have provisions.
but their money is exhausted, and two fine
boys, one seventeen the other twelve. lie in
the same room suffering fromtyphoid fever.
The father has just recovered from a
spell OF sickness, and is unable to do a
stroke OF work.
With nearly all the men who have FL mi
lies the circumstances are the same. Their
needs are great and pressing, and ii is i'm
perative that something be done to relieve
them
The plans for the monster mass meeting
Friday night in Masonic Hall, Anacostia,
are now completed. The folio wing promi-
nent labor representatives viii speak:
General Worthy Foreman NJ. j. Bishop
and Thomas B. Mcclure. of the General
Executive Board. X. of l.; Rev. Alex Kent,
President Tracy, and Vice President Far
rell. of Columbia Typographical UniO n. No.
1O1: Master Workman Simmons, President
Hyde. of the Bookbnders; ndrew Best.
of d. A. 75, Brooklyn Street Railway As
sembly, and Samuel De Nedrey. All labor
organizations are invited to attend.
Postmaster Appointed.
The President has appointed John E.
Doran postmaster at Attleboro F Falls, Mass.