The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-07-02
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

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session of the City Council to act with the other Commis
oners appointed by the Mayor City Council for the
purpose of recognizing the Fire Department of the city
of Baltimore.
Mr. Charles T. Holloway, of the Pioneer Hook and Lad
der Company, offered the following preamble and resou
tons, which read by the Secretary
That Whereas The General Assembly of MARYLAND at
the December Session 1893 passed Act entitled "An
Act to incorporate the Baltimore United Fire Depart
ment" Chap IS7; and whereas said Act authorizes and
empowers the Association of Delegates representing
several Fire Companies in the City of Baltimore and
their successors chosen annually by the said several Fire
Companies and the Delegates every Fire Com
pany which shall be established in the city of Baltimore,
to be incorporated and become body polite by the
of the Baltimore United Fire Department. with power
to sue and be sued to common Seal &c will
'oeTedS Sec T. of the Act authorizes and empowers
the Delegation Representation of majority of the
Fire Companies in virtue of the Charter being present.
to pass and enact all Bylaws, which they shall deem
necessary for the better regulation Of FIRE Companies
aSsoc,oted during tier opergtions at Fires Be it Re
City Council is unwaranted their part and without
any delegated power from the Legislature of Maryland
AND WHEREAS, The Delegates of the several Companies
composing this Department preserve the Bal
timore United Fire Departments nviolate from dismem
nermen by any proposed violent action by the Mayor
and City Council and also desirous the views
their fellow citizens especially in reference to
zaton of the present Fire system arising, it does from
in machinery the spread of property lying
within the City limits together with Irregularities exist
ing among some of the Companies, do hereby resolve
lhat committee OF one from each Company Ito be
named by the respective delegatOnS) he appointed
plan or plans Tor the reorganization of the Department
with the necessary State and City legislation pc
the same; said plan having in view the appointment of
Chet Engineer Assistant Engineers the division of the
City into Districts, the introduction Steam Engines
paratus.
AND WHEREAS, The Department to itself the
rght oy resolution only of majority of Delegates present
from the several Companies appoint Committees either
through its President or Delegations
Be resotred, That as resolution offered
passed ny the Department the President had no right to
appoint MeSsrs. Gorsuch, Splliman and Sran meet
the Committee appointed by the Mayor City Council
IL was moved and seconded that each resolution be
voted separately, the being by companies
The first resolution then read and after
able discussion adopted Yeas T. Nays T. Divided 3 Alb
| sent /.
The second resolution then taken up, and amend
ment offered by Mr.. j. L. McPha of the First Baltimore
which was not agreed to-Yeas s, Nays II Divided .
The question was then taken on the adoption of the ori
gnal resolution The vote stood Yeas IL, Nays s, Di
yided . the Chair decided the resolution lost Mr.. s. s
Mills OF the Friendship appealed from the decision of the
Chalr, and the decision was not sustained.
The third resolution then voted on, and adopted by
the following vote-Yeas IA, Nays 5, Divided ,
After the adoption of the third resolution J. Stewart of
the Mechanical offered the following which adopted
Resoed That by the adoption of the above resolution
the Department does not intend to reflect the action
of the President in appointment of as
by request of resolutions Of the Cv Copnciideemng the
manner of the appointment only as informal.
The companies then proceeded to nominate delegate
from their body to out the provisions of the second
following delegates were appointed: Mechanical,
Union, A. Mathews; Friendship, S. s. Mills Liberty,
H.
Vigant, none; New Market, A. Albert Columbian, j. c.
Romey; First Baltimore none United Anthony Milten
berger; Franklin, W. A. Van Norton Washington, W. C.
Smms; Patapsco J. s. Hunt; Howard, C. II. Shot:
Watchman, } r. Stevens; Lafayette R. 7. Wilkinson
Pioneer, c. 7. Holloway; Mount Vernon, W NJ Bensng
United States Hose, absent Western Hose H. Hilbert
Jr. Monumental, J. p Cummings.
The President, Thomas Creamer then called the
ton of the Department of its regulations relating
to the wearing of distinguishing badges by the members
OF the different companies so that by their action they
could cooperate with the Police of the city during
prevalence of fire and stated that the ordinance relative
to placing ropes across the streets in time of fire. went in
to operation the 1st inst and the Marshal had express
ed his intention of carrying it out strictly not intending
to recognize any one as fireman unless he showed the
uniform badge of his company
No other business claiming their attention, the meet
ing then adjourned
MORE 0UTRAGEs.-A few weeks since, as we then no
ced in the Erchange the negro who for years past
have been employed by shp-builders caulkers,
were driven from number of the yards by organized
gangs of white rowdics, who demanded the work in
manner signfc ant of determination to enforce the
demand that of the proprieors acceded it. and
substituted these parties for their former operatives AS
there were among this organized crowd but small
Der who were competent workmen in this line, they
divided into small sections, each which comprised a
captain and two three experienced caulkers with per
haps dozen who knew nothing of the business Thus
reoganized they took complete of the yards
and compelled their propreors to pay the per diem
tS75 to these incompetent that good workmen had
received This grievance submitted until Monday
last when Messrs Skinner Sons, whose yard is the
so side of ba bosin nofal the laoder f tbe sectio
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VINO u charge OF their yru, Ia1, athouSh lhey were
content to employ those in the organization they would
not submit to the injustice of having pay full price for
who only learning their business
On the following morning they again called the captains
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force from among their old negro EMPLOYEES took them
before the Mayor where they represented case
claimed for them the protection of the authorities The
t % @ 70 iei, i ~ 5 ,ht hi f huId 4t
them Accordingly on Wednesday last they set them to
work. and during the day four gangs from the organza
on referred TO- TOOK possession oil an the streets leading
facino II md benr armed Nth mnSLafs riaas ristos
&C. openly threatened the lives of the coored caulkers
as they should leave the ward
During the afternoon the Messrs Skinner called upon
the police who detailed there prevent trouble
arrest the ngleaders but they refused the plea
that they had committed violation of law. They then
requested the officers boat and protect the col
ored while being rowed across the basin, which re-
quest was also denied One of the proprietOrs then en-
tered the boat himself with the men and as they were
about leaving the dock a boat filled with the rowdies
who had possession of the schooner also put out the
purpose of attacking them, and as former
boat, Mr. Skinner drew revolver and calling the party
by name who headed this gang threatened to fire among
them they did not put back HIS cooness and hrmnes
%i " M tese @ ' tes ,1 az pto f Put %
day wi thout any serious results
Further difficulty being apprehended yesterday Mar
shal Herring detailed from the
section of the city to protect these coored men, and ey
pressed his determination to take such men as were not
sympathisers with these desperadoes and those who
would discharge their duty
BUSINESS CRIMINAL COURT.-The May term of
the Criminal Court was brought to close on Tuesday
last after session of forty days during which time
there were one hundred and cases disposed of
of ta convictions ssvep .rtiss yere sentenced o tho
ariaa 80
years the shortest term being two and the longest six
years During the term twenty cases were removed
the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, thirty four
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