The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-08
ne to the polls 20 that voted the ticket nc would

ne to the polls 10 SEQ that voted the ticket he would
put into my handss"
"Bat did you thus give up your freedom a. an Amer'
can citizen without protestf"
| "What would have been the OF protesir' was
the smiling reply. IL should only have been dis.
charged have got to look out for my wife and two
hltle ones Bread is more necessary 10 me than my
| right TO a Tree vote"
"But MIR. Foshay denies that any man who refused
to vote ticket put has hanas by the company .
| spies was discharged"
aus ialseo The conductor returned, Indignantly
Lynch and vandewaier, the Two men, the ony ones
mad the courage 10 kick against IT, were uoln us
charged and this morning thcy we're 'nansiIs
round the depot, trying 10 get back, suppose. =,
what ticket would you have voted but LOT TINS IN
II should have voted for Ecclesine and Tor the
straight rammany ticket That was the case with
nearly all of conductors aud drivers, ana lhere
ABOUT lour hundred Of US. In tact, don't know
what ticket voted; IL was put into my nand Just as
We got poil and HAD To drop 1t INTO Inc pox
without even having chance 10 loox al H.
THE GROWING CLIMAX.
~ shouldn't have minded It, - SAID quite an ntelli-
genl good natured conductor on the broadway line.
'li they had told me that Bixby was tner friend,
INN on that account. didn't care either
way aud would just lief have voted Tor bixby or
Tor Ecclcslne. Bul," he added III bitter tone,
''what vexed me was that they should send man
along with me 10 watch NY vote and 70 see tnat
voted the ticket nc handed 10 me-"
But how could you allow yourself TO DC ueateu
like siave-you, tree American citizenV
The conductor evidently did not think much OF Inc
free American citizenship, Tor he laughed and sad,
"A NICE Tree American citizen ia be II l 1851 nay
place and would starve TINS winter MI fosnay
wouldn't have hesilaled a minute TO discharge any
Que oil US VINO refused TO so quietly along win MS
men TO the polls and vote his tickets"
"Wno were these men VINO led your
"Why, they were extra drivers and conductors VINO
were on yesterday-ior tney ran ON sunday timo
table election dAy-and they got az much Tor TINS
dirty work OF taking Us TO the polls ana seeing US
vote as If they had been at work all day."
SATISFIED NOW.
In view OF these shameful means employed IN De-
han OF Ar Bx6y there was general rejoicing among
the conductors and the drivers, aud indeed among
nearly all decent IN the city that he had been
defeated alter all From what couid be learned yesterday
II was probably TINS very piece oil Intimidation which
IL was bruited about in the DISTRICT brought
every honest CITIZEN the polls with vote against
Bixby ana Tor EcciesIne Men who originally meant
to vote Tor Blxby "scratched" him unhesitatingly
when they heard that these poor conductors and arv
ers employed by greedy corporation al mere PIT
lance we're led 10 tne pos ike 50 many slaves ana hau
tho candidate who would do the company's
bidding At Albany
~ an satisfied now one OF the drivers said, "for
in spite this deytry Bixby has been defeated
going TO vote Tor MIN anyway; but when saw
the tney were going 10 rob US OF our Tree vote
hoped ned Dc defeated"
ihis driver explained that for the So per day re-
by conductors and drivers they had TO aver
age over fifteen and sixteen hours WORK per day.
Sumo men who started at thrty-sx minutes past SIX
A. M. did not lnisn Till quarter to ten Y. NJ, ana
these men, IN order be :he depot time, had to
leave home AT quarter TO SIX A. M and did LOT get
home ill twenty minutes past len DINERS mad even
worse hours and averaged seventeen and half hours
per day. cruelty hard places these
men had to allow the company 10 drive them " the
polls like "A flock O. sheep
FosHAY co. TO BE PROSECUTED
While II has been a frequent occurrence that great
city corporations have Lrled TO influence tneir
ployes eectons II was generally said yesterday that
no III stance record III which sucn abuse OF
power had been SO INCREASINGLY practised Tho pub
lie notice to the employees OF the company pub
lishcd The HERALD and IT'S subsequent
are considered by many indignant
cllZes to give the authorities good ground
Tor indcting Mr.. Foshny MIR. Newell and
his associates tins affair ior violation OF tue Election
law, punishable by $500 line and one years. mprisun
ment. IL stated yesterday that Lynch and VAN
dewater the two discharged men, meant 10 appeal 10
some high minded lawyer who would take TINS prose
cuon m haLd and thus teach wealthy corporations
that they cannot Afford TO trampe under loot the
tree suffrage OF American citizens whose misfortune Is
that they are poor. 1t remains to be seen whether
some such public spirited lawyer Will be founu by
them TO avenge this outrage upon American cltzon-
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