The Washington herald., 1917-03-19
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Company under the present conditions.
and will support to q man. the Amalga-
mated Association Of Street and Railway
Employees, in this. their hght for Justice,
both morally and financially. and be 1t
further
! resolved. that we appeal to the gen
eral public for their hearty support and
request that their patronage be not
/ given to this company at this time"
Proves His Honesty.
| An incident happened yesterday which
was pointed to as illustrating the fact
that not every strikebreaker is q crook
/ as they have been frequently pictured.
! One of the strtkebreaking conductors
| found a purse on his car which contained
| 500 in cash, a diamond ring and other
jewelry 1t was turned over to the COM
: pany's officials and later identified by
/ Mrs j. w. Mcdonald, Of Takoma Park,
as her property.
| August Jenkins was arrested by Police
Oficer B. e. Harper last night, charged
with putting a spike in a track slot on
North Capitol street. Harper also took
J. c. Warren into custody for alleged
disorderly conduct. Both men are said
! to have been former employees of the
| company, and will be given a hearing
Thursday morning.
Women Of Washington prepared yester-
day to manifest in practical form their
sympathy for striking street car men and
| their families. A meeting has been called
| for II o'clock this morning at the home
OF Mrs. Charles Edward Russell, 10S Fiji
| teenth street northwest, when plans will
| be made to boycott lines OF the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company.
c. r. Men to Meet Today.
Interest in the strike on this company's .
lines shifted somewhat yesterday to the
| negotiations in progress between the oom-
mittee OF union men and the Capital
Traction Company heads. The result Of
the conferences between these parties
will be presented to the employees at a
meeting this morning at Typographical
| Temple. A second meeting will be held
at $50 o'clock tonight. when q vote will
be taken on the proposals made by the
company.
Commissioner Oliver p. Newman will
receive representatives Of the wives OF
the striking car men at 10 o'clock this
morning and listen to their plans for
cooperating with the strikers and ex-
tending aid to their families.
"Rubber Neck" Cars Busy
The latest institution to accumulate
money as a result OF the strike IL the
company operating Seeing Washington
| cars. Starting at Twenty-sixth and N
streets northwest, Fourteenth ande U
streets northwest. and East Ca0ltol
street. the big busses run into the heart
of the city. The fare Is a nickel and the
company is doing a rushing business.
The mass meeting in National Rifles
Armory yesterday followed parade
through the downtown district in which
more than. 5000 men, representing prac-
tically every branch OF organized labor
in the District participated. Many wom-
en- and children were in line. The march
ers carried American flags.
The meeting was presided over by Hugh
D. Digney, president OF the Central
Labor Union, who introduced George A.
Wilburt. president OF the oar mems
union, as the first speaker.
Strike or Slavery. He Says.
He reviewed the controversy up to this
time and declared that the individual con-
tract OF the transit company was the
most contemplate and outrageous docu-
ment which l ever had the fortune or
misfortune OF reading. which contract
signs away an employees constitutional
OF meaningless words" He said that
the employees had to decide between
slavery" and striking.
Samuel DeNedrey. editor of the Fed
eral Citizen; James Feeney. Of the Book
binders Union; Frank Morrison. secre
tary of the American Federation OF
Labor; Rev. John r. Esaias. OF Gorsuch
Methodist Episcopal Church: William
Nick. Clayton, president Of the Bright
wood Citizens Association; Frank L
Kidd. Col. Robert E. Mattingly. Of the
District bar. and International Executive
Edward McMorrow also spoke.
The Columbia Typographical Onion.
No. 1o1. at meeting yesterday after
noon pledged its support to the strikers
Reserves from the First Second, Third
and Sixth precincts were called out to
Quell any possible disorder following the
resumption OF car service on the Ana
costa branch OF the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company road. Last
night was the first time since the strike
started a week ago that residents Of
Anacostia and vicinity have been able to
go home on the cars. There was no dis
order,