Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-03-13
The GLASS BIoWers.


The glass blowers Of the three facto-
ries in Alexandra had red letter night
on Saturday evening, the occasion being
the official visit Of Mr.. Dennis A. Hayes,
the national president of the Glass Bot
tie Blowers Association OF Amelca, 70
Branch No. 6S, of that order, IN this
city. After q business session IN Sarepta
Hall the nenbers of the branch and q
number of invited guests proceeded TO
Odd Fellows Hall, where a sumptuous
banquet had been prepared. Covers
were laid for over one hundred and the
tables were beautifully decorated, Ram
mel Brothers, of the New Hotel Rammel,
being the caterers. The menu was as
follows:
New York rOckaways, raw; queen olives,
celery, NOMINEES, fried; roast turkey, cranberry
sauce: ham. smoked beef, tongue, chicken
a la normande; shrimp. yinaigarette; Florida
tomatoes. gherkins, cold slaw, chow chow,
Saratoga chips, pearl onions, cafe noir and
cigars.
AS the members stood around the
festals board Chaplain Stokeley of the
order invoked blessing and after full
Justice had been done the banquet Mr..
Edward |. Reeves, the POSTMASTER, rap
ped for order and presented Mr. Hayes.
who delivered an interesting and instruc-
tive address on the objects of unionlzed
labor, aud pointed out the advantages OF
the glass blowers union, both to the
mechanic and the employer Mr.
HAYES speech was listened to with
marked attention and during its delivery
he was frequently applauded.
Addresses were also made by State
Senator Lewis II. Machen, Delegate
james r. Cation, Mayor Paa, ex-Mayor
Simpson. Mr.. NJ. S. Belt, president OF
the Alexandra Trades Council; Mr..
Nicholas Cas- .abone, president of Branch
6s; Mr. j. T. Sweeney, president OF
the Board of Aldermen, and Mr.. Hubert
Snowden, president OF the Common
Council. Messrs. Belt and Cassabone
made interesting statements OF the
operations of the trades unions In
this city. Congressman Swanson who
was expected was unable to be present
ON account of a previous engagement.
II was midnight before the banquet
closed ana even then the assemblage was
10th to disperse, so enjoyable an evening
had they ali spent During the evening
excellent music was discoursed by
Psdgetts band. Among the guests were
Messrs. Lewis Steeleman, Joseph ID.
Ramsay. George Schwarzman, {. >.
BSssett, l.. Wolford. George d. Hop
kins. f A. Thompson, Peter Astryke,
Henry Schnell, and John S. Bordner, pro-
prietors and officers of the several glass
factories. and Messrs. j. /. Harrison
and r. f Knight. The officers
of Branch No. 6S are Nicholas Casa
bone, president: Joseph Edwards, vice
president; Theodore V. Ale, recording
secretary, William Wells, financial Sec
rotary, and Frank Michaelbach, treas
urer.
Mr.. HAYES was called upon by num-
Der of members of the local branch yes
terday morning at the New Hotel Ram
mel. Later he left for Washington,
where ne will remain week or ten days
on business connected with the Amerl-
can Federation of Labor, OF which he is
the sixth vice president. Next Sunday
morning Mr.. Hayes and the members
of the local branch of the bottle blowers
association will attend services at Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church, when Rev
Samuel Stokeley, member OF. tn
bancb, will deliver a special sermon.