New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-10

Senator Pratt-W dischargc0f a. |
dcstOod two weeks ago last saturday that should not
get anything more to do there
@ Did Mr. Proctor have trouble with Mr.. Thompson
GlSOf A. don't know.
@ When he employcdi A. He some time
during The Summer
man - discharged he - starved out II they don't want
HIM, they send him with some brute Of who puts
him TO handling iron that he can't take away
Senator Bayard-Thcy put hm at something which it
is impossible for him to dos A. Yes Sir.
@ And then say he leaves voluntarily a. Nos Sir.
e. How long haa Thompson been the Unl.o1 Stltcs
Wclgher A. About year he was liarboi - -s'er an
der FcntOn hayo heard men tell Lin that lie went
back FcntOn.
Q How often has It happened since YOU were in
ThOmpsOn's employment That caTGocs have been taken
away without being weshed' A. L has been done
often.
O. II you are right in your statement that the English
weights marked on the articles generally below orr
weight Of the article here it. would make cons Ie.ibic
difference III the amount OF the duty pad by the mcg-
chant u A. Certainly.
TESTIMONY OF JAMES RILEY.
Senator BucknGham-Where do you re-dc3 A. In
Onchundred andc,cycutI-st. between First andSccOnd
ayes.
@ Whore have you been employed during the past
year' A. have been wOrkins for Mr. Thompson, the
United States WeiEher.
O. DO you know anything about vessels being dis
charged at Piers Nos. - and 49, A. on the pier
when the vcs;a discharged of cargo Of bleaching
powder soda ash. TO 70 up North River on lighter
ana the first 100 casks were not weighed .,.,o,,
q How do yOu know they were not Wcghedi A.
was 'nere and SAW them taken out OF inc snip anu Io"c
O. DID YOU have an opportunity TO see these casks
from the lime They were taken of the ship TIL they were
o. Are T VOL sure t,cy are not weighed by the United
SeS Telser or iS dsp@y n a. cd o Of at December
and the ncxt day saw some more casks Oh Die''hB
powder moved IN tn' same WY. ..,,.- china
q Have you over confirm, d money 10Y 7'''nb ''r'
o. How mtichl i. One dollar \ week ilr - wee ts -.
q To whom did YOU pay the money! A. M: E1!lWIh
q What dld he say he was going 10 do with IL! a.
GIVE the foreman to ct ships 10 come 'HcIc' 'oA ccP
O. have you ever paid any money FOR election pnr'
pJ o. 70 1 vi i'I'' 4. Mr.. Thompson
q. Under what crcum.l lHces A. ne ion me p Xxx
BE- was going to TAX al. ms 4ii ;, n Iut u nnc5
i night ID tx al his men, mat we "iSL. 10 ' VIZ
satisfied As "c were making Sl0 OF 80 " "o'N ''RN'
&C O. Were you making that amounts 4 No. Sir.
o. Did yOu paY It voluntarily A. lrs' 0i.
senator Clssrriy-Suppos' you lmI Gtcnhsif \. /
q When the cargo Of the Vcsil was ing moved rom
Tho ship the lighter were there any scales set UP IN
q No means Of weighing it rrcsenti \. No, Sir
. Have you known Ol other similar Ca'csi A. 1cSr
q. During the last year a. Daring id't aiuhc a ,ri,
s weight and assuming IA. 10 b. the weight here "th
- Does the weight gain or lose? 4. have often
watched the beam. an. nave often seen TIE cash running
from % 70 10 pounds over the mark.
O. inc American weight &, from 30 TO 70 pounds greater
thtn the Br iohi a. 't, or
wien .t wa di-"',arscdt a. 70. s.r.
Q ms thing wcn' b.'o Ore js ?e.i a. Yo. Sir.
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sometimes IN the AAtcIway, and sometimes ON t"c |
Iuarter-ttck.
THE TRICKS or 4 DISHONEST wEiaHrG.
Q. Have you any knowledge Of any arrangement be
tween The United STATE, ana City W.ichcrsi 4. There
was cargo OF sugar came ia last sHnuor and one o;
hn assistants o! tAe city WcisIcr came thoro and |
stood by the side of Baldwin and when Clstomhousc
';rrr along the t. = Wcishcr tool; charge of t."
n.' i' an, an iiy Lrou nm o ~iyc the
merchant an advantage Ol IRONS 10 - pounds IN e.
a., both in thc Tscliih ana The Tnrtccntl Districts.
- DO YOU ii.ow about men bcins paid who performed
l4htin fine FL, and sweeping tAe ohlc wiitont o"h~
any wor@ m connection van lhr i'tIu Nel'.S q ,.g
. Dd Thompson take gang OF men NJ to vote in the
district and he told on election day mat there vas
take ali your friends" sand. don't think There Is
N ,ang all my iIiTnds a. my are Eol III r'
cn.s they can an vote"
o. were tn.rc any your friends whom ne wished to
voc VINO dI1 not 1--we III that district! a. Yes, Sir;
q Did thcs, nonlcstdrnts actually yotoi A. Some Of
o. Di any Of these men whom Thompson had nlcrc
have sucks =, a, les' csht or nine men from 'Ac
q. Dd these vote there! :. Yc'.
q What was rae oil a. ~ gong thrrci 4. To /
mac Gslt necessary. for Tuomp'on, and elect bm
o D.dth.y do ~ \. Ycs. Sir.
1 Did tAey Intinldac ANY the LEGAL voters then
4. They lHtuIdatcd some - taa they git tn. room.
q Who was the forcman' 4. Joseph o'Carron.
q How many casks constituted TIE cargo OF the Nesta!
4. About $50
q What proportion of these were wcighedl \. About |
.. What person did YOU and Proctor and Elliott fix
upon ID dy our complaints before TINS Committee! n
We made our complaints to Gen. Palmer.
q Dd You not designate person TO he the bearer
q, yoIr complaints 10 this Commucci a. We olG; Mr.
q TOW doe, IT happen, if these lrreeularite. we're
EAuS 1h aIl lst summer That You never Drought lrlh
q You never Thought oi making these complaints I'M
u, on were dIachargcil 4. never WAS discharged
q How long since you have been emplOyedt n ADout
q. There has been cessation employment 4. Yes
q That amounts substantially to a discharge does it
not A. We ana not care how much was run OH there
was enough weighed TO keep us employed.
G. do you kn"" the name OF any inspector who was
eyer , i 1, -" these rrcglarnes GONG on WIZ
Ftucn being discharged; don't know his name me
number on his badge was sos
q what observation ana he make A. lie objected to
II when made complaint; told him the stuff go
of the pier without being weighed, and he said he
would 90 up Thompson aud stop
O. Did Thompson ind any fault with you for calling
the tinted states Inspectors attention to TINS gros
abu, A. II0 found FAULT with Mi Elliott for doing the
same thing.
TESTIMONY OF ROBERT HINvEsr.
Robert Hnvc,t mason residing No. i35 One humid
red and sevcutecntl-5t., testified IS follows;
senator BuCkingham-Do you know anything about
webbing or the neglect to weigh goods that have been
lmpOItcoS a Oh INC ~ VI J'"'H1 10Y ""' t"nE
along Southst.. opposite Pier NO ~, and by the
name OF Riley called my attention 10 bark delivering
cargo OF casks Of soda ash which taken truck
and cartcd away without being weighed, and he said
this waA the custom Of doing things, rObhng them of
their labor. went board the bark aud asked the
Inspector who standing deck If these casks
not VEGETABLE, ana he said they were told him they
had not been weighed In my presence, and hc owned the
fact saying that moro should 30 away without being
weighed.
O. Did you know the names OF the InspcctoIsl A. l
did not; the number OF hH badge was 3O' he refused To
give his name the name of j. thompson In his