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! all officers of the local assembly because of
! their membership in the order OF the
| Knights of Labor. This company Is con-
| tinually looking for privileges from Con-
gress and we appeal to you to at once
| render all the assistance In your power
| in securing the immediate reinstatement
| of these men, who are being un1ustly treat
| ed by a corporation that has received many
| valuable favors from Congress. VIII you
kindly show your interest In the cause OF
| labor by telegraphing President Phillips
| Immediately to reinstate the men and write
| him to the effect that he must not look for
any further legislation with your assistance
| while he persists in discharging men for
| their connection with the order of the
knights Of Labor? A letter from you to
| him will be of great help if you give 1t
the right ring. Please sen send N me COPY vo,
General Secretary-Treasurer.
Mr. Hayes expects to begin to receive
| favorable replies to his letter in the course
| Of few days. and he today said he fully
expects to defeat the railroad company in
the present fight.
District Assembly No. GO.
The regular weekly meeting of District
Assembly No. 66, K. of L.. with which the
street railway assembly is affiliated, was
| held last evening, and the discharge Of
members of the X. of L., by President
Phillips, monopolzed the attention Of the
body to the exclusion Of all other business.
After an exhaustive consideration Of the
whole subject the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas President Phillips of the Matro-
politan Street Railway Company Of Wash
ington, D. c., has disc harged the officers of
| local assembly No. 1886, who were en-
ployes Of said company, and
Whereas President Phillips Of the Metro
upon repeated occasions. both in public and
private, stated that many, If not all, of the
men discharged were among his very best
and most trusted employees. and
Whereas no cause whatever was given by
Mr.. Phillips for this unjust and unwar-
| ranted attack upon the organization Of
the Knights of Labor; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That the action of this COM
pany be sent to every candidate for Con-
gress throughout the United States; that
each one be required to Immediately ex-
plain his position In regard to all future
legislation favorable to the Metropolitan;
that the voters may know when required
to cast their votes whether they are friends
or enemies on the ticket; and be it further
Resolved, That all industrial organiza-
tions throughout the United States be re-
| quested to appoint special committees to
| Immediately walt upon each member of
Congress and notify him that vote given
by him favorable to the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company, until settlement of
lis trouble is effected, shall be considered
as a vote against the best interest Of or
ganized labor, and will necessitate the plac-
ing of their names on the unfair list, never
to be removed but always held up to pub
lie scorn as one unworthy Of votes or as
S1Stance.
The Street Railway Assembly.
The members Of the executive board of
the Street Railway Assembly held a meet
ing late yesterday afternoon, and prepared
| letter, a copy of which was sent to each
| member of the board of directors of the
Metropolitan Railroad Company, and which
was as follows:
"a number Of the officers of the executive
board Of our assembly have been today
called to the office of the company and dis
charged by President Phillips without any
reason or cause, except an order OF a reso-
luton passed by the board Of directors of
the Metropolitan road.
These discharged men include number
OF the Oldest employees Of the company,
| against whom no complaint is made as to
their competency or faithfulness.
I'VE feel that this action Of the board Of
directors Is great wrong and injustice to
the men discharged, and we appeal to your
| sense of fairness and justice to imme-
diately order the reinstatement of the dis
charged men.
1--WE earnestly request you to give this
your personal attention at once, as we feel
| that We cannot permit such great injus-
ttce to our members to stand.
Trusting that we shall receive a prompt
| and favorable reply from your board, we
remain truly yours,
EAECUIlVE BOARD,
''Street Railway Protective Assembly"
Whatever else may be the outcome of the
pending difficulties, there will, it is stated
| by some of the men most deeply Interested
| be no strike, as there is no disposition on
| the part Of the members Of the Street Rail-
way Assembly to Inconvenience the riding
public, and they will rely upon securing
| victory by other and less violent means
The Railway COmpany's Position.
An official Of the Metropolitan Railroad
Company was heard to say this morning
| that it was believed by the directors that
| some Of these men counseled and abetted
| the efforts Of Mr.. Hayes, general secretary
! Of the Knights of Labor, in his opposition
| to the Metropolitan Railroad Company be-
| fore Congress, and the directors, after
earnest and anxious consideration, deter
| mined that no business man in the world
would keep such men in his employ, so
| neither should they. Besides, it was be-
| Heved, he said, that some Of their men
were chronic agitators, impossible either
| to please or conciliate and that they kept
| their fellow workmen in a constant state
| Of excitement. THAT" said the official,
| 'is all there is to it,
Discharged Mems Appeal.
| The following statement has been issued
| by the discharged men:
TO Our Friends and Patrons of the Metro
| politan Railroad Company, Washing
ton, D. G.,