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Show STATOTSCAiML.' Some of tin typ Vbici W n Rt- Jittel by Wcitj Cornell. ms iitiii'fiiii.iniriiis timiuHi. tiiimir; Ihtm vrn IC(s iIhk a llurae- an 1 lew nt the I Xl f Ik' r llruiititiitBl una Alm.e. Tho Ki sl r-Jnto) Olut i sriodnlr," mid n irjinlnent flltlclal ti ia, "villi hivonllvily nud sUiiatlon Irjuntir- art when tbo details if tin -ilanSoii nllnlr aro diicloied lo tbo public " According to llio tiniemi u mi le by certain ecunclluwn last ibht nnd today llie) hao otcuuiualea giwi deal ut evidence of a i am .In 1 1 ar-acter. ar-acter. On tho other 1 an I tlie aicuso'l cliiirta)the v.111 Ifctb'i'ti tin land succeat ully defend lilmm u ugalntl all Ihe attacks uf Ilia cuemlei The aldltlcual ejocuim nl olum-ilalnt olum-ilalnt ovir which llm row on uired In the c iuiicII last iilgbli of wh i theru weiougood tninj-,overnwn raiigo ami aro bristling ml" glaring Irre'iu-lirlllcr.iay Irre'iu-lirlllcr.iay thu commit ee. Th.y weio rrjoctrd by n slight malurltyof the council and tho comtnitleo was In- atructi 1 U conlino men u mo kio Ilroy churgr. Iiiwionileplaroil In anauumentlu favor of the presentation ol tlioparera that If thu council ruled them out of order he would ice. Hint tln-y wim given 1 1 tho tibllu pnai.Je. fjr some re-lion, Hint gentleman alter r. uewlug Ills promlica this morning inlhepr'S-t inlhepr'S-t nciiof tw 'Coutiullnien retitfd. H-it aBthoruLllo were Irtireslid lu their coiitiLtithoNlvti reiort rucc eded lu getting co let of somocf theti fr nt unother source uud the are herewith riroduoidt A fireman, being duly sworn, del uses and siys: I went to work for the Halt I.skej lire dejarlJieut on or uboutlhiiSltlidoy ot May, bl!, aud have been ruutliiucuily In Ihe defirl. meul until the bill day nt A rll, I mm At all times durlug my slay In thu deparimout the chief, W A. HUntou, hns been In the linbll or using roauu and kbuslvo lauituugo about theiti-ptitmuot, theiti-ptitmuot, rarel) however uliic-slug lUch linguagu to nny luillvl lu d. One cf lit fsvorlio lemsrl.a has Icin that he v. aula "Hie t of li a around hern to know that bo It ruuiilinr thlidu. iiartmeut" and "an)oue viiu did not like It could go tutueillkeaudit.it Ulallnie." TUU, and other similar remarka I have luard on lutny orcatlo e. Iu the eaiiy part of June, 1RU-, ouo mi ruing ru-ing at or ao'iUck, tlie ihtef came Iota thu depaitment frira town Willi some no ji aul.us, struck llio utarm, got all thu men and h sis out, and laoed then) up and down .'ir striet for at least all hour. At toll tlmu Ihe chief wis ataggeilig drcuk, and tho lauguagu lio uud, both unerring ng tho alatui nnd after the men returned was vile uud abusive fame of tho remarks re-marks at thu time v. era as follown Uel out Ihero O d you and cxer clit." 1 wimt )ou fellows to understand under-stand that from now on I am n s of a b ," "That It tlio way I have them attended to," aiioaktug ot tho horses which wtru reeking with sweat, while they wire being ruobej down. "lam n i of a h wheu thlugs don't go thesame jroceedlng aa to Ihe getting get-ting out ot men and hones iu the ml idle uf llm uljhwor ixerclio occurred oc-curred several times during thu following fol-lowing summer 1. amoniothir men In tho detail- meut, have taken up tlie ourpets from his huuso keeplcgiiuatlera and cleaned clean-ed them; have moved lilt furniture, atovor, etc.; aud toiiiulf tho men at all times carry cal uj Hairs to Ilia houto-koeplng ijuirttrr. taking the time from tbe coal tiouto of thu department, l.ver tlncu I went to worlctt tbo de ailment, Chief Btantou hat kejt a cow there lu the cnglno houie or In the )anl adjoining tho taint, nndoueof the moil haaalwnya cared furbir, doing thu nillUInc, etc., nuil feeding biruulof Ihede.nrtmeut bint. For several mouths thu chief hat kept a pony bolouulng to lilt ton In the engine houiu ulong with tbo derailment horsis, which hut been shod by thu diptilment blacksmith and fed out oftliu I'eparlmeut bins. Unthe nrsi ot aurcu oi iniajeara iu 1 1 er wai given to the men of Ihe de-lanmeut de-lanmeut by AsiiilantChlif Djnovan and Hoirolary I'oiinort In honor of the former's birthday and the laticr'i wed. ding, at which a number of tho men hciamo lutoxhaled, and which wai followid by a fight, In which uuu luuti became to hndly bruised at to bo con-lined con-lined to hit bed for tlxdayt. Ibis weddlug took lace at Iherieldencoof the fiither-lii-low if Heorilary Connors on the Last benib, and both Chlol ritauton and Assistant Chltf Douovau nlteuded, and both wcru ab.enllroni tho de uttun nt lor n i erlod ol at leust twu hours. Ileforo leaving tlio de-luitniuit de-luitniuit that ulght the Chief gave orders that eigbt r tsu men might ro I out and "chlvarl" the newly married couile, on the last lunch and take thu aleamer. horses and one of thu wagons if thu deiirlmedt, Tho men went, Ibo chief and aailstaut llllet t oiug atiuut at the sainu time, and for more than an hour, lea lug thu dej art inent thorl-huii'ied nud without the chief, usal taut hlif uud itiaaier hurst a In u cane rem rgouoy. When Iho n J clfr binldlugn copper cop-per smollir was dr.. being agitated lu this o ty tills spring, tho ciilot one day had ml of the men and the assistant chlif oomotipf iu No. 2 inglnu house and ordered ull Ihe men Iroul this department up lUlrs. Ho tilked U them of 11)11 1 Wfund fjli.tbo pollen doiuiitoiSiCiirl t fbVi strV Itf be) artment liad'buinTiitUlkiltlii ItbAhlt oo per smd'tf,li?dctla be frof-oseU to give $:u t" II, Slid war Vol allot Ihuiniii lu flu diiiarime t l glvu ill) a ilece, payable lu moaibly ImlAlliiiaiils uf Jl'oU. Ihochlet said Hint Ihiiullter was open t ulstuaiion uud said If uny uuu want d t'Uiaiteauy remaikt about Itthat.liem'x.viaiidiWiien ynuul Ihe men liicuftia to' Vmbw' inote fcf ' the rtoiwsinoii lh chlif llew Into a rage ul J laid, "Hill l wuat J, get for ha. ingyotif WW" f1'11.' i"l pr-ibably everouuof you will be worlilug for IromlSd to V) u uidntli lltldo ol thirty days." mmtmmmmmtammm lh. ihul I us'iriil nround for ul u ui l hi I l lo ii show Uf ban rtii.ui i Aliuwur. In favor i ffiv ln liil I I, aud ell ot the meul t p li nu Willi Ihe ixci'illou of stvm . I'rior, howavrr, Hit 'i t ha J lioard ot then irme and sixteen uf tlmn had agleel ninnin tbiuiselves that they woull ii t ulve anything towarla tins projiit ss the hod belli Hiving up part cl iiiilrwngiauail evci mi.ith siucf tiny hau nomn lliiu for uue soliemeurnimlher. Hon ever, alter thi ci lei llew lutu a pialnu, ihvsn if these men vr'm fia I RKteeU n t (o glv. an)llilnK lulu up I Kir hinds In Ihu alllrm llci Liter In thu day Ihe chief weut dowustsitrs an I told tie men looouii in nud sign the subscription llaiulio wante 1 1", and all algiieil Willi Ihe ex cepllon of loin. I use fiurhocalled Into thoolllco togeiher, ami In answer tuhtt question If I wanted lusulnorlle,! tolJ htm that It would le Imposslblu lor mi' lu cm inlulo an) thing towards Oils liultil f r Ihe reus li lhat I had lisdn tick wife for live or six months nud wai ill debt, and nt the resent time had an or li r against me In Ihu i llloa for V , uml I did ni.lieo how I nniil I cmtiliuto anything. Mr. Misileu, who was one ot tho foirwho refutol to loiilrlbulr, spoke til and said that ho Ihuiithi It would be tbo belter plan lur Hie men to pay tuelr delta bet ro they contrllu uj t thjcoipirsuil or, for he ucwmatiy I if them win Iml co itilbute 1 who wire at Hint tlmu hi dell and had ordeis stsiidlug against them lu tho deiinrtmeiit Mr. Welch, who was another cf the four who refuted Ij oinlllbuli, spuku up and said that ho w at vi ry much In debt and t iai ho had orCers Inajnloit him for Urn full omouul of his time Iwu months uheait und did hot see bowlii ojuldglvoauylhlui;. Mr. Hi', di Ipn, wl u .i. ihu list line Ot thu four Who refilled tu f ililllbutu, sild tLat at Ills wliVa f iltii r bud died, and that lie bad bun under some luuvy ixpuuso an) bai burrowed money to seed bit fj homo ho was not lu a position to glvu anything. At this tho chief ilsmnud down tho desk aud tworu and blss hemed, nnd said Hut petunia lliy would nil haelhelrwagtt cut down, and Hut It wiull cost tbrm moid than $ln'M apleiu before bo had got done with ttiem. Frutn this time on thocblif did not ak ono wold to mil during thu n-ualnderol n-ualnderol niytU) In Ihs department nu any uicamou. and the lint that I know ot my dlt-biige was whin lUmlolnh and Mteleii nut uio an the street nod toll me that they had been dltoiitirgul and that my time wat In tho ctllco. 1 went to the (111 to learn thu reason of my ditchatge but have recclval uo tallifuillou from unybod). , Hlnco I bivo beon In tho Hilt hike City flrn deparlmcnt 1 have never drank one drop of luloxicatlu I quor. Hubscrlbed nnd sworn lo before mo this Uth day ol April, lbDI. (JUA..T il. HMITII, Notar) l'ubllc. Another llremin, being duly sworn, depoirs and says: I went lo work lu the ball Lake llio diparlment July 1st, UUI, and have been theru conlluuooi-ly conlluuooi-ly until April 8th, ISM. 1 havo read llio nlUJavlt of madotblsday In tho miller of tbe Inviatlgatlou of tbe chargee against Chlif Btantou, aud nil ot Ihe facts thcnlti related at to thegolncoutof tbe men unit hones lor exercise In the middle cftliu night, at to thechlcl'a (infinity, dtuul.cnniia und obutlvu aud proluue laiiuaga about the do-I do-I ailment, ostoliH having lo oirry hit coat nnd taku up his car ett, etc., as to Iho kee tug ofthu oow and pony ut tlio city's i ximiaf. etc., na to thu sup-er sup-er tpkeii of and thu light, and the absence of the chief and men from the department, and aa to the iroceidlug relative lo tlio ioper tiuelter, ule ull within mi knowlsdue. Ill tho m nib oi Marob of this year Wllllsni Ullbeit, laitnln of tbu hook and ladder coiuiuuy, becsmu Intoxicated Intoxi-cated and water ulhigu disturbance 111 the boarding houiuuud aited III a very unseemly manner, when the chief, I ring notified uf thu tact, rushed liiliomtlio engine huuse and struck Ul bert lu thu mouth Willi lilt flit, cut log hit lip o on, and alkrwardt had Ullbeit put lu a)l uvernlsbl. About tbu llrtt ul June, IBu.', two men lull been tparrlng lu the gym. nullum and had lu some manner made a dent lu Ihu wall whlih had lein newly ilaslered. Hborlly nllerward thectilet came In and enquired who had done that. Nu one anew ered, uud tho chief llew Into a paulou uud Icked up n heavy cliuir aud emusnea li ojalust the I million wlieiu llio dent had been ma le, breuklug 111 Ihu partition par-tition aud laiht uuj tmuihlng Iho chair Inlolraguiintr. I am one ul the men tpokin of 111 atllduvll whorelusid to contribute con-tribute towards tlio coper smelter und my reasons us given to tho ihlef for n fusing 1 1 contribute were lhat I personally per-sonally watab o to contribute but lhat I did not iilleve lu otlli In tho sf. Ilrmillve and tin rely Inducing men to coiilrlbulu who were lu dull aud could not allord to iiiutrlbuti. Ihe chief llew lutu n atsiou and said that that waa all Hie thanks he L.ot tor liaviug our wages rulaej, and at tlie saiiiu llmo Iho chlif was wearing a $3J0 watili charm which I had licit o 1 give him ttcauie he had our wni,et laded, Thu elm f at this time tald It would colt us moiu man tiu. From the tluioof llm coprnr smelter afl Ir until my dischargu tlie chief hardly recognized mi, uud on t.iu light of theolhof April, whuii hu uoillled lueof my dlicnargi, 1 askej ill in the rtaaons, uud hla auaner was that It wat lionu ot my dauiu bualness uud lhat It wat his bu.luess. Alter the chief answered me In tblsfathloo, I wut up tiutra lo change my cluthis, IcuvliM ltaudulih, auuther discharged mau, to talk to him. When I urns ilonntutr. Iho thief waa blustering about the null talking of hlui on the outside and Mid that hodld lint "give" a damn fur the Job or u damn fjr the ouiiiicllmoD, that tbo ooiiticlhueii ooul I not tiro him auylioA, lhat thu mayor u a the only one who could tiro him, and that hu would not do II. For over six months of tho latter part cf my siuylulho Uuiartnieut I havu not drunk any intoxicating llquon. "lno men pern rally have beon more abatumleui liiau they were finuerly, During Iho tint part of my time in ihu ileiuttuinil It waa no uncommon thing tu tie qtilto u number of the men lutoxlcaled tune lu the bouto at ou ti up, ntnl lcr andlliuors wero very I h utlful about thedeiurlment. Hulcrlbtd an I sHorn lo lufore me this 1 llh da) uf Aplll, 189ft OAT II Smith, N tary I'ulillr. I wi nt to work 111 the Hill Like I'.re- i Iiartmeut lu Dsrvmbsr, HI) I an I huve Iveiirjomiiiuouslycnii lo)nd Hiiro until the S.hiU) of Apill, IbUI, 1 lini u ts 1 1 Hie firegulng iillldavlt ul aim know Hu c intonta then, ii, nn I nil , t me fsolt thetilu rtaitnl nliilvuto me nn fiui.y if tho uhlef aiKiiit the dei ailment un various occasions, a. In his culltni- Hi uisii nud li ifus otil r r exert lae ill tlio middle mid-dle i f the nklii hi several ocoisIjih, aa to his having his narls i leane I aiidfuriilliiio move I hy tiiouitii, hi to htalinvluginsl oirrlol to hla lumio-kivpiugii lumio-kivpiugii nu art ny the men, ni to tho kitlog il Hi cow aiil pony at Hid cu)'i expense, oc, at tn Ihu mi per saiken ol aud the fight, and the aim -toe ol tho chlif and tile men fruin tbu depirlnient ni lo the pr n'eed-ln n'eed-ln relative to the tapper smeller, are all within my own knowledge. In tholall ut I ill-', when we went to ft lire on tiu corner of WislTrapIo and Huu ii remp e streets, the dsrl-meut dsrl-meut gul t lerevoiuu time before tlie illktuii uud the tiro almost out when hnarrlted. I Mats undine by the captain when (he chle unite up, an t lio nddroatcd Ihe u. lain Hi the following. "Why dldn'iyiui lurn the water over thu liouioand lot the 1'ilng tain , and give Ihor-e Mormon t uf b t n r laillugf " uu anoiner occaiiou uuring inn winter when theru was u llio In a second ban I chilling store un Hi colli Huuth street, oppotlle Commercial Uriel, tho ds artment and the chief goltberoinlly only, uud I wat lu Ibe shooting gallery and ha I luruel my cluuili al uu thu lire, and the i blef coin" Hi wheru 1 was aud lol I me lo turn It oil uul let It burn for awhile. I turne 1 the chemloil oil an I the do-parttncntoutsldubroka do-parttncntoutsldubroka Into tho front uf the clothing st ire, teal Ing It out, and alteru ards 1 was scut Hi Ha ro with tho chemical lo put thu tire out u t. r It had yarned intiuii inula headway than It had In tho lint tn lance. Hliicr the ooi per nun Iter nutter came uptliecliht has baldly kill to mi. Ononu uCiiion wheu he hal gotten throui.li telling Tom Welch, nn ither of the men who refused to c-jntilhuiu towards tho cor per smelter that he would cut his biad ell rliso tu the shcuhlils, hu turnel tu mo nud salt, "I uiideisl-ni that )oui!uu'tcaru fir y mr loli." 1 nnsworod him that 1 waa ready when ho wa. On thoovenlng of the Sill of April llio chief rallid ru)Blf and Matde Into lliucllloo and told us thai our lime wasnadyand that hu wi uld dlteuse Willi uul servlcis Maiden nsbed hlui why Iih had discharged him and bo tab! It wis iionucf hit damn Luilness. After Masdcii had gune cut 1 asked the chief why lie had discharged mo und lis answered that he hal Oil-charged Oil-charged me becauio he had understood under-stood that I bad been talking about him nnd trying lo oust lilni from hit 1-oaltloll. Tlio conversation continued forn few momcuti and finally tho chief said that ho was tired ut lelug public servant an) how, and did not care auy-Ihlogabout auy-Ihlogabout his lot', Hint lio had tome money uud lint his wifi had tome moue) uud ttimo lupeity and that ho uldiiutcaru aiiythliig about the Job aud did not emu a about Iho Investigation or Iho Council either, thattheytould not lire him, and Ihe only ono who cruld lire hlui was tho Mayor, aud hu would not do II. Further tlmu Hill lu reason was over M'on fir my dischar jr. Hubsorilel and sworn to before me this I llli day uf April, ISO I. lillANT 11. HjtlTII, Nolsrr l'ubllc. BrANHIN'H ACLltllll CCIVMIMIONR Salt 1 mi HTV. NoMiulHir MIi,IM ). 1. II. -Mcllro), 1-. i, I'urtlond, Oio gon. Dear Mr I am In recoipl of yours cf t-epicinlnT-Tlli wllhlettor Irons loouev incluieilt also oura of llio 1th lilsl 1 hao biou lory liusy and your tlrst loiter was lllwl uwar nu I forgol all about Ii. I hni o only lull Hie ilnvor about Coonoy'a loiter, o one else hero haa any Intutoit Hi lla eouleiita. Al llrat I thought "1." win wrong hi not rumlvlnj tho waguii, bin now 1 wish thut ho had uoier rocelieil It, as lllmilulul ralluro fur several reasons. Tbo front and back springs aro so weak that when driving uieru rough or rolling ilaeniho body uf Ihe wagon springs aldouaya and up and down that It alilkna Iho wheola, uud II has lieeu to tho shop aeieral time fur re utta, nn 1 w hen uul lo a llro laal 'I net-day net-day liight,onool HinHlilllls-lreossnappeil Iho uaiim "Slanlon'a I'lycr" No. 1 oovurfnl most of Iho aldo and II luoke 1 as It II Iclongid tu some el-proas el-proas mm, Instead ot 1 elonglllg to tliol Ity 1 Itolieiartmont. Thiswaa palmed palm-ed oier un 1 all euit iho city uionoy, Ihon Hie next I laeo Iho prlco waa al least f-W inoro Hun other ptucea has paid fur same stylo ot wsgon for ua. lu relation lo Ihu mofiey uiattois tielweun you. Hiantou told mo bo spnl-o to Conoy nboiil Hun aiitt of elotboa you halo proinl.il In Inly fir hlnl lloliim nn iluiibl diilioalllhit hocnullto lnuro )ou both. SH ckloa hat not lurnNlioil tho pollMiaj stem yet Iho city dona nut waul an 1 will not pur-chaio pur-chaio iinoihi r atonnior fur aomo llmo to noine. llitiuliuinto.il waa shlppel from lUltluiorc, Oil. i li and baa not airlved )ot,lioaiit will lurn out Imter than iho wagon, l'lnhoilso No lla nearly completed, com-pleted, .o J I well uud ray I very-thing very-thing la running along a usual. Villi-liigncv.. Villi-liigncv.. llaio)ou Ueu to Vuiioouvir yetf llegarda tu Moure LOUNUI M IN Ja- VNtiunilON, 1 ncloao heron Ith Cuouey'a letter, sorry aboul the delay, A OI0K HlllM (HIllV.N'rf l..-MAMIIC OulitN Ulali, Murcli nth, 1SU1. lloplylug lo llio within loin r 1 will any that alter my olocitou lo mayor's olllco tho council put 11 lutu myhanda to linos-llgalo linos-llgalo tho mattor of iho purchase of a cheintoal and make a ro)iort aud rewnn-meiliUtlon, rewnn-meiliUtlon, 1 wrulo lo aolulat chiefs of llro departments or aoieral cities in to tliu intuitu ol Iho ' Lhamplon" und Ibo "llolluwui " Ihero waa quilo a prefer-onto prefer-onto in too "thauiplcn ' uxprea.ed In auaviora I looeivud I also roeoliod two iirthteolottera Irom Mr Mtaiilon, chlof at Sail I like. In wliioti ho named ua to buy Iho "llollowaj." ami llnilly ho olfored Hie "llullov,Hy"at,lMH dnllioroil here, Iho laim nail u 'thauil loll ' folks ollerod Iholr inachliie fur doiticrcd hero ) ml know we Itnught Ihu 't'h iui ion " I don't think Mr. Hiuulon vliltod mo tu-initially tu-initially lo lr lo toll tho Mlolluwuj," lull then, waa lno or thrco luitcralrum Iiiiii, and I kepllhusu letlera until 1 lift thu olllco Jauttar) l, l!, wtiuildi-sliojeit wtiuildi-sliojeit them, I think, with u lot of others. Yours lrul, a. 11, Tuiistil. |
