Evening journal., 1918-05-04
yivo mo n reply within A week

give me reply within a week.
Under date Of March :. The lrusteo
sent out a notice 10 certain members O
The club that unless their accounts wer
paid by March 18Th. they would b
dropped from membership. although
the club had no quarters since Fehru
ary 18th. Thereupon. under date o
March s, notified Mr.. Coyne substan
tally as follows
1T is now about three weeks
since ! notified the officers and
trustees OF the City Club oil the llle-
sality Of the proceedings Of ihs cor
poration Of said club held February
18TH last; nevertheless said trustees
so far as have been able TO ascer-
tain have done nothing 10 protect
the interests Of the members OF tho
corporation OF the CITY club.
As an active member Of the cor
poration Of the City Club and as at
torncy for numerous other active
members OF said corporation. hero
with request that the officers and
trustees Of said club demand from
+ /. dupont de Nemours q Com
pany the immediate return OF an
furniture and equipment belong
ing TO said club which said du-
Pont Company took possession OF
upder fraudulent and Illegal pro
ceedlngs as TO the legality of which
proceedings both the officers and
trustees Of the city Club and
officials Of the T.. J. dupont de
Nemours & Company have been
notified
81 also request that the officers
and trustees Of the corporation Of
the City Club demand from said du-
Pont Company that it Immediately
vacate The premises Of the said City
Club, said premises 10 be in same
condition as they were on Febru-
airy 18th last, and that said officers
and trustees Of said club demand
from said dupont Company such
sum Of money as In the opinion OF
the board OF trustees Of the City
will compensate said club for the
deprivation Of It's equipment and
quarters from February 10Th until
such time as said equipment and
quarters are replaced
Il request that you inform me
prior 10 March 70 next, what ac-
tion tho officers and board Of trus-
tees take upon the above request.
so that | may be in a position Of
at least protecting the rights of
such members the trustees may at
tempt 90 drop from membership on
March ~ next"
The above letter was written simply
D legally protect the interests Of the
lembers whom I represent To this
tier received a reply from Mr. Coyne,
nder date OF March 9, informing me,
have referred your letter TO Robert
{ Richards, attorney, who has been Sc
'cted by the City Club trustees to
apresent them in this matter"
About the last Of March one Of the
lembers Of the club, whom / do not
apresent, came TO me and asked IL
lould agree TO drop all questions as to
ne legality Of the meeting Of February
) and the acts Of the officers and trus-
'es Of the club If the club could Sc
lre quarters elsewhere.
He stated that he had an option on .
roperiy which had to be exercised on
r about April %. I Immediately in
)rmed him that / would so agree, and
lat knew all the members whom ]
epresented would be governed by my
dvlce I then. under date Of April 3.
iroie Mr.. Richards as follows
Confirming our conversation beg
90 say that. speaking for myself and
for the City Club members whom I
represent, upon the request OF nu-
merous other members are espe-
cially desirous OF having club,
and especially for the sake OF con
tinuing the present club and its
food fellowship and IN order that
The club may obtain other quarters
Immediately, we will drop all ques-
tion asto the legality Of the pro
ceedings at the meeting OF the club
February IS, 1918, as well as the
acts Of the officers and trustees in
selling the furniture aud equipment
OF the club.
This is with the understanding
that the present officers and trus-
tees will Immediately reslgn and i'm
call a special meeting Of
the members for the purpose Of
electing new officers and trustees. |
can further say that there Is no
personal ill-feeling toward any OF
the members or officers, and we
would be only too pleased TO have
an remain members and move with
It 10 new quarters
Does this letter show a feeling that
e club should continue in its present
Under date Of April t6 Mr.
chards informed me as follows
"I have taken up the proposition
YOU made with respect 10 the City
Club with the trustees, and they do
not feel that it would be right for
hem, under the circumstances, to
10 what you suggest. They feel
hat the matter OF the future Of the
,lub should be put up TO the mem
Ders, and they Will take steps to do
his as soon as practicable"
They feel that the matter Of the |
ture Of the club should be put up TO
! members, etc" a far different feel.
Z than they had and expressed at the
,eting Of February IS. 1918, when they
ted In total disregard Of the MEM
rs
And they will take steps to do this
soon as practicsblew Article Sec
IN Of The Bylaws. provides that
% days notice shall be given IN case
a special meeting: nevertheless no.
e Of the meeting Of May 4, was sent
& April ~, thirteen days before the
setlng, and after the option on new
arters had expired.
AS soon as practicable" for whst7
II certain dupont offlcials 60 ny around
d endeavor 70 secure proxies sent out
the trustees 20 vote for a resolution