The daily gazette., 1876-07-24
SECOND EDITION. I / [ N
A Great Disappointment.
STILL NO wokK-THE MEN ASSEMBLE AT
THE RESERVOIR, BUT CANNOT
an rn UnRE

STILL NO w0kK-THE MEN ASSEMBLE AT
THE RESERVOIR, BUT CANNOT
GO TO WORK.
Deceived by the hasty action of
Council. on Friday night, in ordering
the commencement of work on the
reservoir on Monday morning, nearly
five hundred men assembled at the
basin lot, this morning, anxious to Sc
cure the expected work.
Seven O'Clock arrived and no one
put in an appearance to take charge of
the men and organize them for work.
They waited patiently for half an hour
and as the Chief Engineer or any
member of the Water Committee still
failed to appear, they became almost
frantic with suspense. Finally they
decided to march in to the City Hall,
and there, in organized meeting to in.
quire the reason for their great disap-
pointment.
Thos. FL. Kane was selected Mar.
shal, and about 200 of the men fell
into line and marched to the City Hall
Here Mr.. Kane took the stand and
made brief address. He said the
men had gone to the basin, but found
no work and naturally they wanted to
know why this was the case. The
proper course To pursue was to appoint
u committee to wait on the chairman
of the Water Committee and request
him to come and explain to the meet
ing the state of affairs.
A motion for the appointment of the
committee was made and carried, but
before the committee was appointed
Mr.. Isaac g. Pyle, chairman of the
water committee, entered the Hall ,ac =
companied by the Mayor.
Mr.. Pyle said the water committee
would hold O meeting, this evening.
and endeavor to prepare a plan by
which money could be raised to COM
| mence work on the reservoir He said
Council was rather hasty Friday night
in ordering work to be commenced
this morning, as there was about $500
left of the reservoir fLnd. This would
not pay for one days work. The men
cannot work without getting paid, and
therefore money will have To be raised
before work can be proceeded with. -
could not say positively when the
work would be resumed, as it depen-
ded ON the ability oi the Water COM
mittee and Council TO raise il.
Mayor Whiteley also made brief
address. He advised the men to ACT
quietly as the city was doing all that
can be done to raise the necessary
money. The money cannot be obtain
cd for the asking, but it must be pro.
cured legally and in accordance with
the requirements of the city charter.
Even If city warrants are issued they
are shaved 10 death and the men will
derive very little benefit from them -
The Water committee will do all in
their power to raise money, and as il
is useless to work for nothing it only
remains for the men TO await quietly
until the money is obtained.
When the Mayor concluded mar
named Geo. FL. Hilyard mounted he
stand and said IN Il very low voice:
81 am workingman, and like th.
rest of you can't get any work. Blu,
if we can't have work we must have
something to cat. II We can't ge
work e must make arrangements fol
something else, ,"-here the speak
er's voice sauk into an unintellIgible
murmur, and his concluding remarks
were not heard or understood.
The meeting then adjourned. Mr.
Kane requesting all to be present al
the meeting to be held on Friday
evening next.