Show FIRE DEPARTMENT ROW Charles Splain Is Accused of Using Abusive Language WHERE THEY WAY RIDE LIMITS OF THE TRQUBLESO3IE PAVED DISTRICT POSTED UP More Arrests Because of Ross Skeleton Skel-eton Keys He Wanted to See Ills Friend and Did So Doe Days Are at Hand An Old Hand Run in I Police Justice Smith Gave the Decision in the Lewis Case to Engineer Yonns Other Minor I Items I I appears that the troubles within the fire department are to have a hearing before another tribunal hitherto untouched un-touched by them They have bothered the board of fire and police commissioners commission-ers the Thirddistrict court and the supreme su-preme court but so far the police court has escaped their devastating influence However now even that august tribunal aUgst is to b drawn into the charmed circle Charles Splain ono of the firemen recently cently discharged because of the cutting down of the force will appear today to answer to the charge of using abusive language Tne complaint is au5ve W r H Bywater captain and acting assistant as-sistant chief in charge of No 2 engine house Since the recent troubles In the department de-partment came to a head an order has been posted in No2 that no one shall be allowed in the house except the firemen regularly employed and others on business busi-ness only According to the story told against Splain he first went down to the house the other day and wanted Bywater to come out on the sidewalk and fight him and used a great deal of abusive language Bywater refused to be drawn Into a row and Splain went away On Sunday night he returned went into the house and wanted to have a row again Mr Bywater was asked about the case yesterday but refused to talk saying he did not want any newspaper notoriety notor-iety The story of Splain disagrees materially materi-ally with the other He says that on Sunday night ho was going past the engine en-gine house with his wife and went in there to get his cap which he had left While on this business he was ordered out by Bywater who told him he could not come into the house He says he then answered the acting assistant with more force than politeness that he would not go out until he got his cap and that there was not a man in the house who could put him out I |