Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-14
IN L Dor CIRCLE S
Meeting to Secure Settlement Of the Metro
politan B. 3. Trouble.
Committee of Citizen AppOfnted-The
Dricklnyers md the Work on
the New University.

The regular weekly meeting of the Street
Railway Protective Assembly held
Saturday evening, and vas we'll attended.
Mr.. F. NJ Dent presided. Master Workman
Lawrence being absent from the city.
The executive committee reported that
they had attended meeting Of prominent
business men at the board Of trade rooms
Friday evening for the purpose Of discuss
ing a proposition to erdeavor to use the
efforts of those present toward bringing
about a settlement Of tie pending trouble
between the Metropolitan Railway Com
panv and its discharged men.
Mr.. A. A. O'NeiIl, vino was secretary Of
the meeting referred to, today told a Star
reporter that there were about fifteen or
sixteen persons present on that occasion.
Among these We're Messrs. Simon Wolf.
George T. Build. Frank Hume G. G. c.
Simms. F.. NJ. Griswold. P. H. Sheehy, w.
o. benson, Charles II. Hale, Frank ]. Tib
belts. DR.. r. Stewart, who presided, and
F. NJ. Dent H. b. Martin and John w.
Hayes of the Knights of Labor. After
addresses by Messrs. Dent. Martin, Hayes
and others a committee was, on motion of
Mr.. Wolf. appointed to wait on the direct
ors of the railroad company at the con-
venience of the latter and see if salts
factory settlement could not be reached.
The chair designated as the committee
Messrs. Wolf Budd Hume Simms and
Griswold. to which the chair was. on mo-
ton, added.
At the request of the committee, Secre-
tary O'Neill at once sent letter to the
directors of the railway company inform
ing them of their appointment and its OBJ
ject, and asking them to name time
when the committee can have talk with
the directors in reference to the matter
No reply to the letter has as yet been re-
ceived.
StonewOrk Mt the Unfycrsftx.
At the last meeting of the Bricklayers'
Union the conference committee of that
body reported that conference had been
held with a committee of the Stonema sons
Union. and that the bricklayers were re-
quested to aid the stonemasons in their ef-
fort to compel Richard Mahoney, the con-
tractor for the stonework at the new
American University, to sign an agree
ploy only union stonemasons on all work in
the future. 1t Is stated by the stonemasons
that Mahoney has on other work employed
non-union masons, but on the work at the
University only union men will be en-
ployed. This. however is not satisfactory
to the StOnemasons, as the work is being
done under conditions which preclude the
stonemasons from employment on 1t.
Since the announcement Of the work about
ten days ago. none but stonecutters have
been employed to set the stone This
would not be objected to by the stone
masons, as the members of both unions
masons regard the action of the stone
cutters as rather Inconsistent as the stone
now being set by the cutters has been de-
clared as an unfair product by the Stone
cutters National Union.
A member Of the Stonemasons' Union,
speaking relative to the matter, said:
1.-The stone used at the university is a
marble from the Proctor quarry in Yer