The New York herald., 1871-09-14
TIL lIEN 10 &c PAID TODAY.

Day by day the storm grows worse. There is no
abatement. The crowds flock to the Compiroller's
olice. Questions asked ana they are
unanswered. The story OF the stolen vouchers
Is now in everybody's mouth and familiar
as "nouseho!d words.n' Yesterday was day
OF more than ordinary excitement or course
everybody was talking about the grand compica-
tons, including the Mayors letter. the Comptrol-
aers answer. the stolen vouchers ana other matters
depending on them.. II was bruited about that the
iaborels from The public works, who had been With
out payment for some six weeks, would call on the
Comptroller and demand their pay.
THE LABoRER is WORTHY OF HIS EI.E
anu the men who had been working hrmly believed
mat they would get at least some OF their money.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the morning OF yes
ierday opened rather gloomily, and the men, OF
course could not go to work This was good op-
portunity TO go down town and demand what was
theirs by al rights.
Az an early hour yesterday morning some three or
four hundred OF the OF toll assembled in the
tunda OF the Court House. ''Irlshmen's whispers"
were cutie frequent and the worthy Comptroller
was spoken OF In no measured terms.
The early comers marched into the Cham.
berain's Office and, accosting the Paymas
ter, Mr.. Whalen, asked if there was
any likelihood or their getting their money A con-
versation held by TWO or three, who seemed to be
quite prominent III the laoorers party, and the Pay
master might suffice to show the genera. feeling:--
"Goo1 mornin', sr. Dye think wen get our
money to-day9'
IL nope SO. am all ready Mr.. Tweed has sent
over the rolls, all right The money is ready and
Will pay it out
AS SOON AS I GET THE cosiPTRoLLER's NAME
to the warranisn
'Is that lhot yere waitn' for ?"
'Yes, STR that Is all"
The Guestoner duly reported 70 his comrades the
purport OF his conversation with the Paymaster and
they seemod but little. il at al, satisfied.
"Fhot do he want 10 be houdin' anto our mooney
faur qr quoth strapping big stone breaker.
"0h' said young man Of some twenty. five years
or tneroaboUts "phat does be hold ontSr The money
fur2 Humph he gl,s five or SIX per cent fur the
use or id somewheres else.'
In conversation with the HERALD reporter the
stalwart atorer said:-
"Sur, ids cryia shame Here we are six weeks
widout o ceat. God Knows, we arin our money;
but we can't get id. l know two min brothers
fue dacint min they are, too-and know they
walked up from Cherry street to 10th street TO 60
to work, after only dhry crusht for bruckisht and
they walked because they hadn't five c.ns to shpare
opay On the cars 4"
"Thars very hard" quoth the reporter.
"Harrrd ye may well Say that bud
WHOSE FAULT Is I'D?
I'll! ye young man, the people are feelin' bad. !
can show a man or two who are lrlndly 10 one or
hm ak WY sur see w we S have tS0e to et cred ns
from @ the corner groceryman Tor tha bit and the
ssa;t @ - 5ay ~ = e&iS, & n. although INV We III" aia our Ss
shrred u am s H about time Mr. rWeea sv us
the work free enGIgn but whin we cum for the
.FIat does Connolly do wild itS'' said another.
,, Fnst does @ ne ned DO MD, via id is is ID, How do know
100000 there'd be money enough to pay us wld.
Onnyhow We don't get the money am we can't get
dauthers noosband 'ud pay all that's OWN 70 us"
Lets take the slippery = and hang him." quoth
"Fhat Cud i'd that dor
ait would be sum satisfacshin, wouldn't it9 He
GIT five or six per cent for It,"
Ihe money ts, is ready, bnt the paymaster can't
warrant
"HAvE YOU GOT A SHOOTER WITH YoUr
mo, but can lnd piece Of rope In lew minutes |
tnai % II put put him Where he wont want any war
"Kow can he sign the warrants Let I'D on him;
ALL lis PENS WERE STOLE
with his vouchers, and he has not got anything 10
such were few Of The comments yesterday in
menced quite good-natureuly, but as hour
after hour Went on and there was no |
came demonstrative. They surged against the doors
OF the Comptroller's and Chamberlain's Offices: they
able men6cs Of the Ciiizens' Commiitee as they ap.
preached the supervisors room, and by degrees |
NOUS Tor those inside the Offices. Trouble was ap-
prehended, and the police sent for. soon the
only cus sRsnHnnss Re s We're ana
down the stairs and keep clear passageway to the
stairs. retiring before tne shields and sticks
Of the pelice-who, by; the way, showed
i6eir task~one chap called out to the
Olicers:-"Id's well faur ye; IDS well laur ye. You
can draw yer hundred dollars every month, and ye
can afford 10 elo9b u.s. whQ have 10 WORK hard and
they congregaied, however, in the lower hall
se-ss-.-.zs- ffSDiGrIlioN MASS MEETING ---
and remained there moving in and out during the /
refTeseHiatiVes said it was Mayor HAIRS fault
onlce There was little doing. Thc Paymaster says
the Comptroller must sign the warrant first, and
It afterwards. Lac in the afternoon
Mayor uall appeared at mis- Office: the Deputy
by which the men are to be paid to-day 1t is ex- |
Iected that some two thousand or more VIII be Oh
hand, ana PaImasier WLalen VIII nave Ills hands
As the men were leaving yesterday their com.
meats were quite original against the parties IN
power. The crowd groanei at the name Of Con-
molly. aud gave three cneors for Mr.. Tweed.
TIE STOLEN VOUCHERS
there is no;hing new. The entire affair is as 1t
the County Auditors Bureau are hard at work
making out comparative tables, for the
mssing aud determining TO whose interest It
would be to secure or 10 do away with them. Tue
hole IN the gass was carefully and as generally
examined yesterday as 1t was the day before and
the question OF who took the vouchers regarded
py al as an unans weraOle conundrum.
SHARES AND SHAKPERs
could not allow such an opportunity 10 escape and
They were on hand, ready TO fleece the poor labor.
ers by Offering 10 give them money and 10 put in
Their claims at discount one ineiyldual, as yet
uesS aud wanted 10 Know how soon he
could Obtain tae money en- on la5oIer's s cnecE.
man aud meself, we have gone into this business.
Now, how am to know that can get the money
on this checkr, Showing labOrer's ticket)
"Ihats your own lookout SIR"
Yes, Lnow that; but bear wld me minnt
pase. Al tls man IL 10 get thirty or forty dollars
all give II 10 him. how am TO pay meself an make
anything out o! Id ~
II don't KNOW, sir; am not allowed to accept