The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-11-30
The Chicago Press and sGse NEil,vau-
kec Eircnen.

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The Chicago Tribune Of last Sunday
week ago, contained an article rejecting
very severely on the fremen Of Milwaukee,
GAINESVILLE and other places, who went to
that city, for the purpose of helping it dur
ing the great FIRE, accusing them of cxtort-
ing heavy fees for their services
and also of drunkenness. We
RETAINED from copying any Of
the articles, believing the statements to be
exaggerated, and obieeting to give notoriety
to any statements upon CT Parte testimony
Our judgment was correct, as viii be seen
BY the annexed extract from the Milwaukee
Wisconsin, of the 18th inst: The Nil.
waukee chief of the fire department, and
other officers and members of the depart
mcnt published afhdavits denying the
charges in toto, and the Mayor of NIilwau-
kee visited Chicago for the purpose Of as
ccrtaining the source of the libel. Here is
the extract giving the result Of Mayor
Ludington's visit; - ..
MAYOR LCDINGToN RETURNED.
Mayor Ludington returned from Chica-
go yesterday, and kindly furnished US with
the following informatlon: The Mayor
states that he went into the Tribune office,
and enquiring for Mr.. White, the editor-in-
chief of the Tribune, was shown into that
gentlcman's presence. Both gentlemen
were strangers to each other.
The Mayor commenced the conversation
bystating that he was from Milwaukee,
and had come 10 the Chicago Tribune to
thank them for their kindly notice of the
Milwaukee fremen, not disclosing TO Mr..
White Who he was. After an explanation
of the matter by an exhibition of the aihda-
Wits, &c, Mr.. White stated that the arti-
Gle was published without his knowledge
or sanction, that 1t was published on Sun
day morning, being furnished by one of the
reporters OF the paper, emphatlcaly denying
any knowledge of the article himself,
The req ortef that wrote the article was
sent for into Mayer Ludington' 5 presence,
and he stated that he was told the state
ments he had made in the article, and be
admitted that he wrote the article suppos-
ing it to be true. Mayor Ludington then
offered TO give him or any one else one
thousand dollars for every one hundred
dollars that he or any one else could show
that had been received by any of the
Milwaukee tiremcn.
Mr.. White stated to the Mayor that he
would have that reporter discharged from
the Tribune employment Mr.. " hite re-
GREETED very much the publication of the
article; praised the Milwaukee tiremcn
highly; that they had done nobly as had
MI Milwaukee people, toward Chicago in
her distress.
Mayor Ludington informed Us that Mr.
White Of the T1b,r1e, acted the part OF q
perfeet gentleman toward him all through
the lnteryiew, and that he was perfectly
satisfied Of tie truth Of Mr.. White state
nent, that the Tribune article referred to was
published without the knowledge or sane
tlonof the responsible editor Of the Tribune,
and that the apology Of Mr.. White was
ample and complete.
Tho Mayor further informed us that
Whitehouse, Blake q Co, state that the
Milwaukee hremcn acted ike geutIemcn
worked nobly, and did not receive any
compensation from them, and that they,
(Whitehouse, Blake 4 Co, intend to rub.
Iish card complilnenting the Milwaukee
hremen.
Mayor Ludington has succeeded in a
quiet dlgnlfed manner in putting this
gross SANDER Of our frenen at rest. We
understand that while MS course toward
AIR. hate was gent manly and free from
tfreatenlngs. IT was firm and unwayering.
rhat = complete and fun apology was due
to-Sor freInsn, which has been given in
the IFltuRes editorial.