The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-21

ABor1 STOVE PIPEs. A case Of considera
bic interest to the working-peo9le Of til,
North Side, was tried few d-ys since
before Justice kaufman Fire Warden Me
Auley charged Mrs. Mary Portlana with .
violation Of Sec. II, chap ., 81 the " Fire
Ordinance OF the City OF chicago" which Is
a. follows;
No pipe Of any stove. or Franklin shall
he put up, unless It lie conducted nto q
chimney made uf brick, or stone anil any
person putting up the Iipe 81 Sny stove, OF
Franklin contrary "a this section, shall, for
every such utieIse forfeit hive d0llars and
the tur her sum Of one dollar tor every TWEEN
ty-tour hours the same shall So put up alter
notice gwen Va the Fire Marshal, or any As
sIstant Marshal, 70 remove the same
Mrs Portland ,..uus,I made an able IVY
fence, contending that the ordinance hal Re
terence only To the district within the nre
limits, and that it did not apply to buildings
outside the fire limits Ia support Of his ar
guuent he cited the title u the ordinance
which is as follows
" An ordinance establishing the fire limits,
and regulating the construction and reno, Al
Of buildings therein, the carrying on of busI-
ness deemed hazardous, on account " fire,
and defining the duties and powers " the
Fire Marshal and maintained that the wurd
50 therein limited the. action Of the ordinance
to the boundaries of the fire limits, and that
NO conviction could be had IN this case
continuance was had until yesterday
Being then called up, the Court stated that
he had had the opinion Of Corporation COun-
sci Tuley ON the subject, which was that the
ordinance was general IN its application, and
embraced the whole city. Under these cir
cumstances he found the defendant guilty, and
imposed fine Of five dollars and costs
An appeal is to be taken, for the purpose Of
settling the disputed point MI Dresser
insists that his Interpretation is correct and
thinks that a Police Magistr ate should be
guided by his own judgment and not BY the
advise Of an outside attorney, especially when
hsTssssFSs7, 90 ] s:ty cakcssf . EFSsy
to have his Judgment warped by his desire to
maintain tho power and jurisdiction Of an or
dinance drawn BY himself
The MORN SIDE ROLLING MLLs.-On the
last Saturday in November the men employed
IN the steel mill belonging to the North Chr
cogO Rolling Mill Company quit work, a. Is
the usual custom every Saturday afternoon.
But on this particular occasion they were in
formed they would not resume work until the
following Wednesday The cause Of this
suspension, as alleged by the superintendent,
was q tcdnt Of material to run the steel mil
To this the men in the mill-known as heaters
did not demur, but when, on Wednesday
morning some of the men went to the mill
and found the furnaces were not Int up, they
were surprised and enquired into the cause
Of H. These men who had gone TO the mil.
and we're returning, met others on their way,
aud for the first time learned that PROPOSE
ton t. change the manner of working had been
SUBJ litted, IN writing, to the committee ci
the heaters. A meeting Of the whole body
coul not BE- convened without stopping the
whole works before Saturday, and conse-
uueutly the meeting was not held until the
following Saturday night. At that meeting
the proposition Of the superintendent wa
unlimited to the whole meeting
sUFERINTESDENT PARKS PROPOSITION
NORM enc AGO KoLLnSe MILLS Co.
Dec 3, 1877 I
To the COMMITTEE II Heaters Of Steel. N0rtI
O,icayo Rolling MiHs.
GsNILEAE> We propose to start GU
nil on the following plan We will put O
SIN furnaces, on two rail lngots five round
each shaking 240 blooms, tins term to worl
dayH The rail furnaces To work up all TIN
pro. uct by night, SIX furnaces To do work o.
che AL term.
tNoSpl JOINS G. PARKS, Supt.
This proposition was rejected BY the meet
NJ ON the ground that it would cause tn
product Of sir days to be worked up in fiv
NIGHTS, which the men allege is impossibl
with the facilities the company afford tn
NEE ting therefore appointed committee, an
sent the following reply to the lsuperinter
der:
CaICAGo, Dec To J. c. PARKS, ESQ
S1 We, as heaters of the n. c. X. NJ. Co
cannot accept your proposition dated Dec.
and furthermore, we ask you 70 answer o.
letters ia regard to fines, and request that q
money that has been deducted foT such pu
pose be refunded by the 18th of this mont
and if not refunded by the above date, expe
no more work from yours, respectfully,
HEATERS, n. &. r. NJ Co.
The Committee waited upon Mr., PARK
and delivered to him, personally, the abo
reply, which he promised to consider. Sc
eraI days having elapsed, and Mr. Parks n
answering the communication, self-cOns
tutsd committee waited on Mr.. Parks,
ascertain what conclusion he had come |
To this committee the Superintendent adm
ted he had made mistake, and that his ii
proposition did not mean what he intended
say to the men, and thereupon submitted
second proposition, qualifying the first, to
following effect
CHICAGO, Dec ~, 1872 To THE Conn
TKK or HEATERS OF Steel, NORTH CHICA
ROLLING MILLs-GeHtlemea We propose
work our rail mill on steel "ingOts" a
"rAils IN follows We will put ON
furnaces ON two-rail ingots, five heats to b
days work ON hot or cold steel, giving p
duct Of 24O "blooms, the men ut the rolls
this turn to work days The same
furnaces TO work "blOOms" at night "a
furnace to work 40 blooms for . turns VOL
YOTs, respectfully,
JoHS.C. PARKS. Supt