The morning times., 1896-07-05

the beneficial association to preserve
friendly relations with Mr.. Phillips.
We regard the Statement published from
the directors as putting us Oh the blacklist
among employers in The District OF Column
hia.
we call attention to the fact that on
the morning after the dismissal Mr.. Weaver.
one of the directors, who must have been
familiar with the facts, stated that the men
were discharged heca use they blocked legis-
lation In Congress that was urged by the
Metropolitan Railway. But, when this was
disproved by Mr.. Babcock, the chairman OF
the House Committee, ard by MI Kane a
disiDtcrestcd party, the directors have
stabbed us in another direction, which Is
even more cowardly than the iirst declara-
tion.
''rhe company will possibly find it hard
to reconcile the positions in which the
directors have placed il. These directors
allcge in their defense that these Tncn have
been acitatoTs and everything else for
eighteen months. The facts are that Mr..
smith, a discharged man has an excellent
recommendation from the company which is
not month old Yet. Mr.. Beckwith WAS
patted ON the back by President Phillips
but a short time ago and made much of,
anu he is one of tie discharged. Mr.. Isyas
has letter of Recommendation. Mr.. r. L.
friends of the company when IL wantes
testimony not more than month ago. and
row they are practically characterized as
anarchists for eighteen months.
RECOMMENDED LAWRENCE.
Bat the most curious part of IL all is
that Mir. Lawrence, the very president
OF the street railway assembly has a letter
of the street Railway Assembly. has letter
and this letter, too, is dated aftcr the time
IA.
borne by MIR. Lawrence is addressed to
sir. Nicholas Main, superintendent or the
Pullman Palace Car Company and is signed
ofrficiaiiy by the assistant treasurer OF
the Metropolitan Railway, Whose business
itispartly tcfurnish these reCDr re Ddaticns.
Mr.. Colcn an speaks Of Mr.. Lawrence
as "A uiost capable conductor. polite, sohcrly
inclined, and unusually intelligent. In
Il. 81 the 'esilno oii..s whicn tbc ca.
VIII o have been dismissed. have, are
within the period of eighteen months IN
which. according To the directors, they
have been acting in such manner as to
cause their dismissal. 1t is noticeable.
100, that Some OF the men who have teen
dismissed Were asked by Mr.. Phillips
to testify how nicely they were treated
hv the Metropolitan Company. Mr.. Phil
lips made use of the testimony OF one of
these men who had so testified. only a
rev hours after he had been sum II ariiy
dismissed by the heard Of directors. OF
which fact Mr.. Phillips must have been
cognizant.
Finally the men say that everything OF
record goes to show that they have
always desired closer relations with the
company for the past eighteen months and
previous 10 that time. They fail to see
the consistency OF holding out men to the
public rs aGitators and breeders OF dis
content and ''terrors" to employees. when
those men are armed with written testi
moniais from the officials Of the company.
They say that thislast was the only possible
retrcat for the directors. ina smuch as every
other objection. which was urged as being
possibly held by the directors, has already
been disprovcd in the press.
Letters continue to arrive from Congress
men. those of yesterday being from Sena
tor Kyle, and Messrs. Often Mcfarland, and
Hatch.