The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-03
ALEXANDRIA TEENS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Trouble Between Brewery
and BOttlers.
Question of Strike Still Hanging Fire
Hackley's Trial Post
poned.


port IN circulation yesterday that there
would be general strike at the plant
of the Robert Portner Brewing Company
has proved to be incorrect
Last Monday afternoon about thirty
hands employed IN the bottIlng depart
ment quit work because, it is reported
William II. Thaler, who was employed
in that department, had been discharged
Efforts 20 get the officers OF the com
pany 10 re.nstate Thaler proved unsuc-
cessful, and afterward most OF the strik-
ers returned to their places. The places
OF those who did not return were filed.
Il was thought that this ended the
matter The bottIers. however, It is
stated. have been trying to induce the
brewers 70 go cut on strike in sym
PATTY with their cause, but when the
brewers quit work at > o'clock last even
ing they had not taken any action In the
matter.
Tho strike situation Is yet said to be
unsettled There was TO have been a
conference between Mr. Robert Port
ner, owner Of the brewery. and Q
committee from the bottIers. The
committee, however. failed 10 show up
at the hour appointed for the conference
and later Mr.. Portner left for Washing
( ton Some time aTisCrard the commit
tee appeared At the Office OF the COM
pany. Il was decided tc let the matter
go over uatiI tomorrow morning
It appears that the bottIers recently
organized with Thaler as their president
ana have applied for admission to the
Brewers Union- They attributed the
dismissal Of ThaIer TO the active part
he took IN organizing the bottIers. The
officers OF the company deny that this
was the reason he was dismissed, but
state that he was dismissed for reasons
satisfactory to themselves
The officers Of the brewery stated to-
night that they did not anticipate any
further trouble with the bottlers, and it
is thought most Of them viii return to
work tomorrow morning. II is more than
probable that had the application of
1he bottlers been acted upon favorabIy
Z BY the union. their efforts 10 induce the
brewers TO go cut with them would have
been successful, and as result there
would have been q general strike.
The United States court for the Eastern
district Of Virginia viii convene in this
city next week with Judge Edmund Wad-
oil presiding Several important cases
viii come mp before the petit and grand
juTies at this term. Among the cases
scheduled is that Of William F Web
ster. Of this city, charged with violating
the postal laws. and Wade Hampton Ber-
~. a United States railway mail postal
clerk, charged with the larceny of let
ters from registered mail pouches He
is son Of William T. Berry, CT Harris
oaDurg. Va
The following have been summoned for
the grand jury: Aeszrs. Il. c. Combs. J.
c. Brooks. Wallace E PartIow, J. r
Jones. John p Myers J. s. Burden. Ash
by Miller, a. L. Hardwfck. A T. Homes.
Jonah Thomas. John HOlsinger. A Bryan,
". ". kinChcIoe. c. Warren Hutt. 3.
Reeves, A A HoItou, J 81. Bord Thomas
E. Morris. James ". GaTnett. r L. Hes
ter, Daniel p Writ, and Allen c. Har-
mon.
The petit jury. summoned IS as follows.
Messrs. John s. Crocker. J. 4. Burgess.
W S Courtney, James 2. Bland, William
Mason. c. II Sanford. VI. W Carr. z. W.
Birch, Y. p. Sturtevant. NJ D. Belts
Da-id G Hanson. Dawson Pitcher. Henry
Howiey, Il G. Gamer. George Crutch-
field. G J. Powell. J. r Bryant. Edwin
Brown, jT-. 7. G. C0mmins. !. = Wood
ShepeTd Wright, 8. I. BIendit H II
Scott, and n L Weeaey-
The authorities here do not anticipate
any trouble in keeping John Homer. col
oTed, Of NestmoreIan5 county. who was
brought here yesterday for safekeepins
Homer is charged with having criminal
y assaulted Miss Susie Costenbadar.
daughter Of 1fr. r o. Costeubader. OF
/ Potomac Mills Westmareiand county.
last Saturday night Homer viii be held
until July %. the date set for the pre-
liminary hearing
The Alexandria Light Infantry Veter-
| ans Association held meeting in Ar
mOTy EaIT last night with Lieut.. George
R. Hill presiding. and Capt. J Johnson
Green acting as secretary. There we're
/ twenty-ciEht members present. and they
signed the constitution and bylaws.
which were adopted. By a unanimous
vote Capt. hshby Miller was elected
historian Of the organization The fol-
lowing beard OF governors was elected:
SeTSt. J. Il. Hill Corp. George z. Rob
inson. SeTgt. T A. Howell. Capt Ashby
Miller. and Lieut.. Samuel l. Monroe.
Mayor Simpson has received q war
rant from the authorities in Prince
George county. Nd. for the arrest of
James Reed, OF this city. who is wanted
by the authorities at that place On the
charge OF obtaining SO from a con
tractor ct Fort Washington under false
pretences- It is charged that the con
tractor advanced Reed that amount of
money and he then refused to render
its equivalent IN labor
The remains Of Mrs. Julia c. De
maine. who died ysrterday at the resi-
dence of her son, Ia Brooklyn. y Y,
viii be brought to this city for in
terment. She was seventy-six years Of
age and IS survived by two children.