The New York herald., 1875-07-01


me me from office for neompeIen and corrupt adn,nlsra
signing Indeed. many Of them have both previously
than t6ose st n that aps% anu 0'n''
he only centrbution by that letter made to the dis
sounded At me very moment me men receive their
places in weIeh to deposit the money BY putting
10 the CONFUSION Of work AZ The IRE to which they
ast aher a n S %dnsS
nfo ns % @ oms na M % n@ put Sy ese
Sa hat a w any hoss men keep bank &C
deposit them but Immediately proceed the most
accessible bank or MERCHANT and there draw the
be caught there by nre, and to be lost at tune
The immediate object this letter to suggest to you
or y9n Of the FIRE s 20 the paye
OF warrant drawn upon each payroll for each com
partment Public Parks TO perform the duties ans
mat er OF inoiileence to who that person
may be- though M o EnGedb m b King inorm.
Is merchant OF standing and responsbility and you
performance Of the dntS.
ton Sq SGsG the yEur e se ss the
under the law to designate proper person IN the de,
act then would remind you that the charter see.
ordinance an solve the dficuty, and by secuon Il may
enforce o5edence by ordatnins penalties Tor each aud
ain gSS ready cpnfer With upon the sgstsc!
SpS SeqS sS%s WIRES S IT. e@eEGRRH
wHAr THE FIREMEN SAY.
The personal quarrel between Mayor Wickham
ana Comptroller Green has brought to the fire.
men very serious annoyances, which are borne
patiently and with foroearance. Most people In
tnis rushing. pushing city have enough TO do 70
mind their own business ana allow others to At
tend to theirs, and perhaps Tor this reason few
people have cared whether the brave men c0nstt
tutlng the Fire Department nave been or have nos
been
PINcHED FOR EVEN THE NEoEssARIEs OF LIFE.
1t wrula seem that the quarrel between the
Mayor ana the extraordinary Comptroller-a mats
rer personal to both these gentlemen-ls OF far
some 100 men. WOO nave earned their money by
the very hardest sort OF LABOR. spirit OF pride
about the embarrassments to which they
have been subjected. During the two months
sney ney have WORKED as zeaousy and as faithfully
they ever diG, and though in the engine housei
they nave spoken bitterly enough or the straits t
wnlch they have been put, still these grumblingi
were not intended Tor outside ears and were more
of passing character than any settled cnagrin at
the manner In which the Mayor and the Comptrol'
Ter nave treated them. They are now
FULL OF HOPE
that within few DAYS the authorities will come
TO their help and not leave them pennlless on the
Fourth OF July Nearly all the nremen are married
men, and MS rule, those who are unmarried
have relatives depending on them ior support. II
WILL therefore, be re aolly seen how great must ba
Tor so long q pc Rod as two full months. These
men live, as The saying has 1t,
FROM HAND TO MOUTH,
and in general get credit at the stores from one
pay day TO another Everybody knows tnat this
mentS are " prompp IS not the cnespes or pleasant
est; Dut when the period Is extended to two
months and begins to creep into the third II ~
men 1t matters very little whether Mayor WICK.
nam compels the Comptroller to .'knuckle under"
or Comp troler Green compels The Mayor to DO
oocdient to his ideas. Tne hremen nave earned
tneir money and want to get 1t, caring very little
about the squaDbies OF people who take GOOD care
to draw their own salaries with punctuallty.
THE STORE PEOPLE
the fremen mucn credt. This is due In great
measure 10 the trouble wnio1 occurred several
M aYnI IN hA a m IN md
ing OF the monthly salaries beforehand, and a
number OF men were then dismissed the force ow-
ing TO some gambling difficulties and IN one or two
Instances on account OF complaints from grocery
men. Since tnen tue great oody OF the men nave
cion on account OF the delinquences OF the lew.
Landlords, of course, are nexorable and lor these
the men have been obliged, by nook or by crook.
10 procure the money. These two little matters
may seem very trfng to those wnO are not them
s.lyes pInched III similar manner; but when
family mas the grocer, the baker, he butcher and
the landlord all staring IL IN the face, and gradually
becoming more and more doubtful In their bear
ing, the wonder is that the great body OF tue meg
have not lost patience and aEen open measures
TO appeal TO the public. But as mas been already
said, they have DOrne themselves IN all their do
mestic troubles with
UNcoMPLAIN1NG PATIENCE. .
Sill we think IL Is noW about time, at the begin
ming OF the thlra month, That this oppression
snoald cease. Besides, it should be remembered
trat the duties Of a fireman are different from
those OF every other class OF men. Their clothing
is very serious tax upon lhem and the services
or the tailor are constantly in Tequlsition.
heavy fire win not IN many instances leave much
of palr OF pants ii Tor admratlon; and yet tue
men must make respectable appearance.
These facts were gathered yesterday by q
HERALD reporter VINO visited nearly all the down.
town engine houses aud had conversations with
the ioremen assistant l0remen. These ofIicers
were unanimous in expressing tue statements
made above, Dut few added
FURTHER VIEWS
At the Chambers street house the foreman was
emphatic in alludng TO the great annoyances to
the men caused by the decay In paying. He
wanted to be paid himself the money ne had
earned and thought IL nard that on account OF
A a fol hl AnH fFnlla nta nllQF
that the men should be kept out OF their money.
Ii was strange, he SAID. ANYHOW, that Mayor
Wicknam could not do what an Old man like Mr..
Havemeyer did, although the latter was mil
lionnaire and had large business interests on his
hands. Why not pay the men, aud then settle
tneir quarrel once Tor all IN the courts? The Mayor
could 20 to Bunker Hill, but the warrants could
nremen should not "transfer'' their pay bur how
were they to 1--we for two months without getting
money somehow This delay IN receiving tneil
pay iretted the men, and although tney did tneiI
duty well wnen called upon, stlll IL had tendency
toward decentralization.
At the William street house, one OF the fore
men stated that undoubtedly the men were
plnched, but tnat tney said very little IN COM
gravating. Necessarily the delay was causing
very much trouble. The nreman's life was avery
hard one, ana nearly every man OF them had re-
sponsblities wnicn ne had enough TO do 70
meet
that tney were all hopeful or Delng paid Immedf
ately Tne men stood 1t well. ON the OF days,
one man who had been dispossessed OF his rooms.
At the North Moore street house. an assistant
foremen stated that the men were all married and
were subjected TO many ANTIQUITIES especially
those living up town. They could not have held
out so well were 1t not that all oil them mad
friends VINO came TO their aid.
At the Franklin street house the foreman said
tnat his men seemed to be getting on very
smoothly. He thought mat there was not very
serious trouble, as most OF the men mad good
credit and were thus able TO tide over the delay.
AS to imposition on the part oil the storekeepera
account OF the emergency he believed that
mans wife would look alter tnat Datte~ " ~
ciently WELL The men worked with Wucf
as ever but, OF course, II tney SON lf
pressed very strong desire TO get c.r money
that was only natural, as they had ea1 Hfr.
AT tue house IN Full on street, near
foreman said he desired to say very Haiu.
in hopes that in day OF TWO the % E5ai4 p.
paid, and the difliculty once for all SCI ed
At the BurlIng slip house the aci 3 crcnl
SAID he would prefer Jnat the men sh l.1 Ilt rai
their money until thls dlhculiy was altr ar
decided. In the old times Uei sag