Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

To work daily at an hour after sunrise
and to stop at sunset. The strike was
practically unanimous. About o'clock
that evening the workmen. to the num-
Der Of several hundred. formed pro-
cession and marched to Temperance Hall,
where a lively meeting was held and
committee was appointed. representing
various trades. to call upon SECRETARY
Chase and present the demands OF the
Several additional meetings were held
during the week without progress being
made until Friday. when the strikers
finally voted to accept the orders OF the
architect and to work from to 3. with
an hour at noon. pending q final deci-
sion by Secretary Chase, with whom the
committee had had q conference.
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The bookbinders employed at the gov
eminent printing ONCE struck on Tues
day. November 3,
Strike at the 1883. some Of the
Printing Office. ping uun,'O work at the
same time. They had been working ten
hours a day for SIC week and they de-
manded either q reduction Of hours to
eight for the same money or an increase
Of pay to $lS for ten hours. supt. Defrees
was out Of the city at the time and day
elapsed before the committee could wait
upon him. Meanwhile. the demand for
change OF hours or wages was EXTENDED
to cover all private printing employers.
with the possibility Of general strike In
the printing trades throughout Washing
ton. On Friday, November 6. Mr.. Defrees
returned his reply to the demands. re-
jecting them on the ground that his &C
ury IL the pay was increased. The book
binders decided to quit work, but the
compositors rescinded the previous action
and returned to work on the former
basis. The possibility Of general strike
In the printing trade was imminent at
the. close Of the week.
During the week beginning November
2, 1853, ]. Wilkes Booth began an en-
gaGement at Foru'S
]. Wilkes Booths Theater. on 10th
+, rA street above E. the
"0 eAs' house In which
about year and half later he was to
figure in one Of the greatest tragedies OF
modern times. In The Star Of November
3, 1863, is the following notice of the
work of this then popular actor:
Those who imagine that the glory Of
Ford's must pass with the popular ac-
finished her wonderfully successful en-
gagement there, have reckoned without
their host, as was shown last night.
There can be no doubt that young Booth
ever drawn together to see that play In
Washington. Every seat, regular or i'm
pr0vised 0btainable in the building was
occupied and hundreds were content to
avail themselves OF promenade tickets. J.
Wilkes Booth. the youngest of the three
brothers-chips OF the old blocks barely
twenty-four years Of age and it would be
unjust to institute q comparison between
him and his sire as remembered at his
best; but that he is performer Of sin
Personally he does not resemble his
father as closely as does Edwin Booth.
but he has fine expressive face, an eye
reminding one Of his senior. good figure
He was called out at the end Of the piece
and welcomed with a heartiness that
showed he had made his mark. He was
well supported by Mr.. Charles Wheat
leigh, Mr.. Pearson. Mr.. De We're, Miss
Belle Vaughn. Miss Waite and others OF
the combination company
That the old Capitol prison, standing
was not an inviola-
Escape From BILE place of deten-
Capitol Prison. the following para.
graph printed in The Star of November >
1853:
Monday night, between and
o. o'clock, two prisoners confined In the
Carroll branch of the old Capitol prison.
named John e. Hudgins and Frank WAL
ton. the first named being rebel de-
serter and the latter a substitute desert
er. made their escape by cutting the Dals
70 their window. which was on the Sec
ond floor, and letting themselves down
by means of a rope made OF their bian-
kets. and, it il supposed, bribing the sem
try. They succeeded in getting out OF the
city. but were halted at BiadensDurs
about 10 o'clock by the guard. when
Hudgins refused to comply ana was nreo
at the ball taking effect In his right
kneecap, injuring the arteries SO tna1
amputation was necessary. Both OF them
were brought back and placed again II m
Ford. the surgeon of the prison, ampu.
tated Hudgins' leg above the knee, and
it is thought that he Will recover; one
az the sentries has been placed under ar.
rest and the affair Is being investigated.
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An election occurred in several Of tho
STATES
In The Star of November
MARYLAND Z is the following comment
on the results in Mary
Election. land:
This mornings mail brought definite
information making 1t certain that Mary
lands delegation in the new Congress
stands unconditional union. four, and Sc
cesh. one. Messrs. Webster, Davis,
Thomas and Creswell may be implicitly
relied on by the country to sustain the
governments whole war policy with q
heartiness not excelled by that Of ,s any y
representatives Of any other state. This
fact settles the question III any such
there was) that the new Speaker will be
some gentleman who will thoroughly sus-
tain the administrations war policy. So
much for the result Of the election with
reference to its effect upon the position
which the next Congress lis to occupy
upon the future prosecution of the war.
1t making it plain to all the world that
slavery In inaugurating the current
bloody and wasting civil war has insured
the prompt abolition Of this institution In