Evening star., 1896-09-28
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Stone Cutters Strike at American University
Settled Today.
RallyinG Day mt Presbyterian Church
"A Runaway md Other
Local Notes.

seems to have been adjusted. and the men
went back to work this morning. The
cause of the trouble seems to be over the
stone used in the building. When the plans
for the university were let out to be bid
upon an attempt was made to have an item
inserted having all the store used in the
construction of the building cut upon the
premises. This was not done. 1t repre-
sented much greater cost. on account Of
the waste. The statement got around that
the stone now used. which is already cut
and only needs trimming to be fitted in
place. came from Vermont, and. more than
this from ProctorS quarry, which has been
a non-union place.
At a meeting of the Stone Cutters Union
held Friday evening the men were ordered
to go out on strike. Saturday morning
the men appeared at the building and re-
fused to go to work, being, 1t is understood.
liable to fine from the union aggregating
$So each. There were not over half dozen
stone cutters and several marble settlers
working on the place, and to lose no time
the contractor. Mr.. Parsons, telegraphed
north for hands. Yesterday consultation
was held between the stone cutters and Mr.
Parsons. in which the former decided to go
back to work. and asked permission to re-
turn. This was granted. and a telegram
sent north to intercept the men who were
on their way to take the places of the strik-
ers. Everything was going on as usual at
the building this morning, and further
Parsons says. is not coming from Proctor's
quarries and is q rumor circulated for
false motives.
Col. James l.. Parsons the contractor.
When seen by Star reporter stated that
there was nothing in the strike, and that
the men had no reason for quitting work
he understood that there was no stone
cutters union In Vermont, where the mar
Die came from, and where it was cut ready
Tor use. The cutting is all done by ma
| chinery. and it has been found to be much
| N ra nrHfi tal1 10
the quarry than brought all the way to the
scene of the building. An attempt was
made: he said, to have him bring the rough
marble to this city and do the cutting at
the site This would mean an increased
cost Of $2O,OOO, and If he erected a machine
cutting plant, similar to the one at work at
the Corcoran Art Gallery, it would cost in
the peighborhood of SfOOsU If the contract
| stipulated on the work being done at the
site when the bidding was DONE he could
easily rave calculated On that and bid ac-
| cordirgly.
! Il have always employed union working
| men, said Mr. Parsons, but l will stand
no 1ooilshness. The stoneo utters had 10
reason TO strike, and telegraph for men
IN vermont. They were on the way when
our men asked to be taken back, and I
| managed to telegraph and intercept them
at new York If another strike occurs on
| the building. l will discharge all of the
UNI uaroa men ana employ non-union men. I
can get brlcklayers to work nine hours .
| uay LOT " ard Si5o. while at present I am
| paying 81 day for eight hours work and
.ne otnef labor in proportion. / could
| easily save 5000 on the contract NV crn
| pioylng non-union men,"
Rnn,ing Day.
The rallying day celebration Yesterday at
The West Street Presbyterian Church was
great success. The attendance of teach
| ers and scholars was vastly larger than ,h.
previous Sabbath. The singing was excel
| lent. conducted by Prof. Hunter. the pre-
| centor of the church. Miss Tschefa,ey
| presided at the piano and Mr. SwindelIs
| at the organ. The opening address hv the
| superintendent, Mr.. William Leetch, was
| Iofceful appeal to teachers and scholars
| 10 De regular and punctuaI in their at
tendance and faithful in their duties. Dr.
| Aiexarder made an eloquent appeal along
| the same line. contrasting the strirtnass
| with which the day-schooI scholars atten5
10 their weekly duties with the half-hearte,,
| manner IN which many boys and girls at
zen Ienu thelr sabbath school duties Rev
lCr Alexander Introduced several imn-as
| sive stories illustrating the yalue of nor
entai obedience and the power of PRAYER tn
aIu chiiuren In resisting tempta alton The
assis.ant SI INT SUPERINTENDENT. Mr.. John Leetch,
| haoe the CLOSING address, using his exnerf,
ehce as soldier to illustrate the i'm
portance OF standing firm when duty de-
IhaI1ds the surrender of personal enioy-
was expected to be present at the meeting
oid not show up. owing to his inability to
| arrive IN the city in time ~
Alarm of Fire.
Ihls morning shortly before II o'clock an
| alarm OF fire was turned in for a hlaza Of
the three-story building at 3O9 NJ street
occupied as a confectionery store. The fire
was caused by an oil stove, but the Aamo.
were ekungulshed before the arrival of the
eIshes. 1he damage is placed at So
Runaway.
!
1ciEfty OF Fairfax oCurt House. accom-
palieo ny MS son Harvey. while returning
nome from market Saturday afternoon sf
ter D o. ciock whipped up the horse in or
| oer TO reach home sooner The horse he
came CncCntrollable at the NJ street bridge
ana dashed on The horse broke loose from
the wagon. and the father and son were
thrown out, but fortunately neither were
| injured. The horse continued on and at
SD and N streets struck Mrs. Jennie Bet
tis OF 2ol9 Pennsylvania avenue, knocking
| her down, and apparently injuring her
badly. She was taken to the Emergency
Hospital. where 1t was found that while her
| inJlr were slight the shock to her ner-
vous system was great. From a number
of persons who Witnessed the starting of
the runaway, the father and son were ar
rested. The former was held on charge
of intoxication, while the son was charged
with reckless driving.
Struck on the Head.
James Fitzgerald. a resident of George
town, while over in Rosslyn yesterday
forenoon, became involved in a scrap in
LAWYERS lar room. 1t resulted in his be-
ing struck in the head with spigot and
the scalp laid open. Later he was brought
to Georgetown by friends, and carried to
the Emergency Hospital A number of
other minor scraps occurred in the Vir-
ginia tcvn, but the results of none were
very serious, as the participants did not
cross the Aqueduct bridge TO receive medi-
cal treatment in this city.
Arrested for Assault.
Conductor r. A. Wood of the Great Falls
electric road was the victim of a brutal
assault Saturday evening. in which two
colored toughs were the aggressors. The
negroes. who were under the influence OF
liquor, boarded the car near the Rock
81 rings Hotel. and refused to pay their
fare. They were elected. and by way OF
revenge picked up stone and hurled /,
at the conductor, striking him in the face
| breaking his nose and making an ugly
| cash. The assault occurred just outside
the District line. The negroes waited 70,
another car and started to ride in. They
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