Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-03
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

| Railway Employees Accident Association
of Indianapolis, Is a guest at the Raleigh.
MI. Zulick was engaged in campaign work
| throughout the entire summer and fall,
and as his business carried him along the
! line of all the principal railways, he is
thoroughly In touch with the sentiments
of thousands of the employees of those
| roads. Speaking of the past election he
| said:
Il was satisfied that the railroad en-
ployes to man were with the republican
party. There never was the shadow of a
doubt in my mind as to the result, although
many of the leaders were somewhat wor-
ried during the two weeks Immediately
preceding the election. The high wages
and steady employment these men have
had during the time the republican party
las been in power has naturally created
sentiment of security in their minds. The
fact was the only bad month we had in
1900 was October, when the employees
thought it possible the democratic party
might triumph, in which event they ex-
pected to lose their positions through a
general reduction of the forces on the va
rious roads However, November more
than compensated for the loss of business
we suffered in October, and If December
compares favorably with this month, 1900
will be the banner year In our history"
land, said at the Raleigh: Il had the good
fortune to be In the states at a time most
interesting to myself. 1 am interested to
some considerable extent in coal mines In
western Wales. Being in New York at
the time of the strike in Pennsylvania, it
was quite natural 1 should run over there
and look about a bit. l was much sur
prised at the many differences between
mining in the United States and in Eng
land. You surely have US beaten to death
in the way Of machinery and transporta-
ton facilities, and of course mining is car
ried on here on a much more extensive
scale than at home. The thing. however,
which impressed me more forcibly than
any other was the vast difference between
the operatives here and in Wales There
most of our employees have been born and
reared within a few miles from the mouth
of the pit AS lot they are steady going,
industrious fellows, decently well educated,
quite content with their lot in life and sell
dom ever growing or grumbl;ng about the
wage paid them. OF course, they have
their foibles, the most striking of which is
perhaps the tendency to spend too large a
share of their wages at the nearest pub
On the whole, however, they are good,
steady, loyal queens subjects.
I'm the states just the reverse seems
the fact The employees whom l saw In
Pennsylvania were composed of the most
illiterate classes of foreigners, who are r.
ritable in disposition easily inf1amed and
always ready to do anything that will in
Jure their employer in revenge for fancied
wrong. l wondered when l saw them that
there are not more strikes and infinitely
more damage done to property where
many of this class congregated togeth-
er. I do not understand why they should
be discontinued, either, as they are earning
more in day where they are than they
would in all likelihood have been able to
earn in a week in their native country"
Mr.. Price intends seeing some of the
states before returning to England, going
as far west as Chicago.
washington. in addition to being the
most beautiful city 1 have ever SEEM" said
Henry r. Gabler Of St. Louis in the lobby
of the Arlington, has street car facilities
which are. 1 think. unsurpassed in any city
in the world. We have a magnificent sys-
tenn of street railways in st. Louis, but
yours here far surpass them in smooth
ness Of operation and noiseessness. All
our street railways are equipped with
overhead trolleys. This feature makes
them appear bunglesome alongside the
clean, clear-cut operation Of the lines here.
Were 1t not for the absence of the we'll
known singing noise made by the cable q
visitor would suppose. naturally enough,
that all your lines here were cables. think
as rule the cars used on our lines are SUI
perior to those used here. For instance.
the companies there have provided vestl-
protection from the rigors of winter
weather 1 understand, however, that the
syndicate lines propose putting on a large
number of vestibuled cars as soon as they
can be obtained from the factory. We can
get longer ride for scent fare than
you can here. For example, we can ride
from Carondolet, at the extreme southern
limit Of st. Louis. to Bremen, at the north
ern end. for q single fare a distance of
about twelve miles But In the long run
riding in Washington is cheaper than with
US for the reason that your four-and-a-
stxth-cent ticket Is the cost of the maJori-
ty of rides and as you know, there are
more short rides than those over a long
distance. With us the fare is five cents
straight. The excellence of your transfer
system, too, is apparent. Being an old
railroad man myself, 1 know the necessity
for great care in the matter of arranging
this detail If system of parallel lines In
city under one management is to be
made to pay. If transfers are issued on
transfers 1t is very simple matter for
person so inclined to ride down town,
transact business within a reasonable ra-
dius Of the intersecting line and return
home on the same fare. And you know
people think 1t Is never a sin to beat a
railway This idea is especially prevalent,
1t seems. among the women"