New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-16
TuLY HAYNES CRITICISED.
rp ,vr1I1NG MEN OBJECT TO HIS AL
LEGGED REMARKS ABOUT THEM.

THEY HOLD \ MEETING AID PASS RESOLUTIONS
uEpLoRING THE COURSE OF THE BROAD
WAY CENTRAL PROPRIETOR
.., 80 ,,,,,,oor,,al statesmen was held in the
a'tv,,-~ol,, - the Sinclair House, at Broadway
and Flph:b-st last night TO discuss the recent
,r,,,,Io a, the Broadway Central Hotel between
the proprie:or Mr. Haynes ana certain uaVeL"ne
sela.nen The meeting was called ior S:'o "c'ocH'
1,.,ep the doors of the dning-room were thrown
,,.cr about 100 travelling men and merchants were
- As John Grlhiths. OF Wineman. Hirsch-
-, G. Co. who had the original fuss with MI
Favnes and eventually struck the proprietor OF thu
proodvav Central entered the room he was APP
plauded ana u speech was called Tor He SAID:
II have done my part; now you do yours
lanes l.. Halsey, "a retired hardware merchant
was chosen chairman of the meeting, and ). y II.
Andes. l.. 5. Jaffray & Co. and ). H. anderson
OF Tefft Weller & Co, We're chosen secretaries
Mr. Halsey. in mis- address. said that he was 10
longer a drummer" but that he had been one
for forty years. When his fellows We're nsulteu
ne would defend the honor OF the craft and ne was
glad TO stand in front OF a representative assem-
bage Ike the one he before him, ana say that
he was not attached "to Tilly Hayness regiment OF
hangers-ou." He said that no printed can had
been issued for this meeting, but he believed mat
each one understood the import or the mee'"'s'
MI Halsey then said:
We are assembled here TO hear series oi he
lions embOdylng 2 Qgnined protest 3s,li-.'inorrin~
remarks made by a certain hotel man c0hco' nbo3
GranmeaS a er@dited 20 Mr. Haynes really
made by him. / Informed to-day ny , % me
ern merchant TO whom Mr. HAYNES m nae ~, tne
stated remark that l am right as far rs ,ie TeIr1
10 southern merchants are C9.0e ~ Old Ner-
chants Hotel in Courtlandtst. They made Earles =
corner cSnpof GO to- the broadway Central as
drummer / win not as a merchant C II
viii be hoist by his own petard.
The motion was made that committee of five
be appointed 10 draw up resolutions Ihere was d
s,,cqast,on that A series Of resolutions had been
drawn I'D and that these be read. This motion was
adopted At the end of the reading OF the Tesoiu-
lions ,,pon a notion they referred to COM
rn;ttee of five two merchants and three drunners'
for revision When the resolution was referred 10
the committee representative or ME- haynes o.
fered a letter which had been sent to a newspaper
In EXPLANATION Of his remarks. Upon a vote the
letter was also referred TO the same committee
This committee was composed of George Murphy,
W. e. Mears A. O'Niel. J. =. Gossett AMI r. W.
Roach The revised resolutions as returned by me
committee and unanimously adopted were as fol-
lows:
At a meeting Of a large number of merchants ard
travelling statesmen held at the Slnciair lows Wa
The CITY 81 New ORR OH .c aud rssoiut;cnS were
Where's the broadway Central. formerly known
as the Grand Central Hotel has been largely
patronized during the last twenty-five year ny
sides bein, the home and headquarters Of d large
commercial men ana travelling St4'.-
men not only from the South but from a.! sections
OF the country; and - .-...
Whereas Willy Haynes. the present proprie Tor
has recently without just causes, denounced IN NE
most offensive language many OF the patrons oil 1ne
hotel particularizng Southern buyers ana "dru'n-
ners'' or travelling men. alleging that he dd not
care for their custom and that he did not care 10
cater TO the Southern trade: and
Whereas. in recent interview he has reiterated
these charges in the most offensive manner and
Whereas, said charges have been published at
large and cast reflections upon southern buyers
and commercial men in general; therefore be Il
Resolved, That in opinion a great injustice
has been done 10 the Southern buyers ana COM
,nerciai men generally. and that we sincerely de-
More anv effort the part Of any hotel proprietor
or any one else to engender sectional feeling.
In disposing OF the letter. which had been referred
70 them. the committee said that they had nothing
to present 10 the meeting and suggested that the
letter be returned 10 the paper 10 which II was a-
dressed The suggestion was adopted The letter
was a general denial on the part OF Mr. Haynes or
all that he had been quoted as saying Inc meet
ing then adjourned.