Evening star., 1933-07-30
Fifty Years Ago
In the Star

'Forty-three blocks of marble fer
the Washington Monument" SAYS The
More Marble for 1883 1883, u have y been g,
the Monument. eeaalrea oHarries IRON of M ME-
Hugh Sisson in the past three days
On Monday twenty-five blocks arrived.
on Tuesday ten and today eleven II
takes thirty-two blocks to complete !;
course, although the contract does not
require the delivery of stone until the
9th of August, more than sufficient
quantity has been already delivered for
a regular course. The stones as they
are sent are marked with the number
tended, and also the relative position
they are to take In that course. The
stones, however, are not shipped In Or
der, SO that carload is apt to con-
tain stones intended for different
courses. This makes no difference, how
ever, as they will not be laid until they
are cut and dressed, and it is not ex-
pected that the work of setting will be-
gin until enough material is on hand
to raise the structure to a height of
4l0 feet, and to do this will require
$40 stones. AS the marble is delivered
workmen will put on the finishing
eOdSAACo, OF t41oG Wy tl1C u1kQ0lC VI OCLO-
Der there will be plenty of stones on
hand to prevent any delay in the set
ting, which will begin then
The strike of the telegraph operators
continued to be cause of serious pub
CT. lie concern fifty years
otllke OF the ago. The Star Of
Telegraphers. July 93a u.s. II fssS; sSe iays 4e2s
graph companies has made terms with
the strikers. The American Rapid yes
terday consented to recognize the
Brotherhood and treat with its COM
mittee. A short conference resulted
in an amicable and satisfactory agree
ment. and by this time the American
Rapid is fully equipped for business.
This result shows how easily striking
complications can be settled if the two
parties to the controversy will but meet
and talk the situation over in a prac-
tical, common-sense way. The point
made by the Western Union and, SUBJ
sequently, by the Baltimore & Ohio Co..
was that they had no assurance that
a committee presenting the protest and
list of grievances represented their EN-
ployes. This position is no longer tenable.
The strike, which took the most skill
full operators out of the Offices of both
companies, demonstrated the authority
OF the Brotherhood's Executive Com
mittee. This committee can restore the
operators to the companies as promptly
as it took them out. The strikers have
shown by their terms with the Ameri-
can Rapid that they are willing to
compromise, and If the two companies
still holding out will but consent to un-
bend little for the sake of much
inconvenienced public, telegraph facili-
ties can no doubt be restored to the
former standard in a few hours"
The National Rifles returned home
from their annual encampment at Cape
National Rifles % ming Of Of :Juiy as
Welcomed Home. ana n ivs were e v,tn Re,
honor in recognition of their triumph
in the rifle match at that resort. The
Star Of the next day reported the STIR
ring scene Of the reception as follows:
Thousands Of people were congre-
gated about the depot and along the
line of march. The Marine Band head
ed the column. The newspaper cor
respondent who accompanied the Ri
A4Co w S0RC way AA4oA NAASA la A4O4t VA
the soldier boys bearing the silver pitch
er won in the rifle match. When the
column turned fi1to Pennsylvania ave
nue. there was q general discharge of
fireworks. The line of march was by
Pennsylvania avenue to Fifteenth street,
to New York avenue, to Tenth street,
to G and thence to the new armory
building on @ between Ninth and
Tenth streets. The building was hand
somely decorated with nags In the
large hall on the second floor 0 banquet
table was set out and after the Rifles
had laid aside their accouEremenrs ney
took their places, together with about
$50 guests, at the table. The gallery
was filled with ladies, who manifested
much enthusiasm. Before taking seads
Mr.. E. @. Davis, on behalf of the hon.
orary members and stay-at-homes. vel
coined the warriors to the new armory
and Gen. Burnside responded appro-
priatsly."