, 1879-05-31

h0tlhE 10 10 with supervising the performance
Of the work by tho men.
WHAT uR nm WAS TO EMPLOY THEM.
Before this thero lind bccn n good deal Of
scandal growing out Of tic fa.t tt,at Reed did
t!,e employing, niltl was continually boln9 hob
nob6ed BY po!!tietnns. Mueller THOUGHT u best
tint he (tilc wttncss) should look after the eRi-
nnynlent Of nlcn, n,,d thus stand bntwccn him
tsluelles) anA tho scn. Wben tho work started
up, hu gave employment to tltty tnen who had
hecn thrown out Of work bY the suspension.
Next ho Easo the work to men w!'o came reSon,.
purpose being to furnish the Government with
toFre VI 1sst-class wofkinen: When his (wls-
ncss'l nttcntnl waa called to the fart TINT cct-
charged tl,r1n himself. Unco he discharged n!nu
men At prlsssItK's request. They eatne TO him
mud referred lna!Epnntly to the treatment they
hatl received from Fris6ilg, antt Kicked dectl-
fy fcSar 1s s"E ~ Eeas 1'en5s se o" a ro DFo a5 o
vi men wio were DUNG Lie same thing tbnt l,nd
resulted IN thclr bolE bounced. stills thought
that prussng, in THUS bul!tloztft the men. hnd
conlucs 70 t1le men, 'le believed, antaronl1cl
them. lie twltncssl believed tl'en and now t'!at
tile wav to do was to discharge NIL thu men who
were csught tAklnE cxccRstye tsnu. aiMl not sin
rio nut 4 few; mil he tt!l1,'t belevc In baudy.
iig wor,is with the men, either nj rrusslng hal
1Unct but III tllscllurElnE t|ctn at o1ltc.
MILLS EXPLAINED DAVousTss now
with Wilson, his foreman, l,fs diacharee, and
hts nttetnpt 70 st baek. iie ea'ne r. At''s, n'ns
the latter told 1llm to npoloEfze to his foraman.
son, md il was ali right. Witness saw
yoast hal merely. nskel Wilson 4 he
hat h anything nratnst lttn, anIl Wilson said no.
,ic!y as l,o Ind nsultcl Wilson. After whIto,
| Dnvoust tnade the apology, and tint was tho
unlY topit"on which iic ind Dayonst Ind ever
eonyerset!. ~ to !ns.snnstng TO Dayouss TINT
Il k,or frt lriss
denied ever making such stu clnunt ur In nt,v
way limiting In thai direction, either to DaYolIst
| or any other man. Davonss was mistaken; that
was nlI. putll'lg onec tnmpalncd tl!at thu men
could recommend tefr discharge. Bnr!lug Eatd
It wouldn't tio any rood, tint II lot VI hun.
Ery stopG-cutte:s ,ook their places. he woulAn't
yet thu "cnpsn IN six months. Witness spoke
| to the nen and hurried item up. AT atsoteler
time, Knssntr eanu TO l,ftn and told lin the
ultraEcously. Witness told hin, 10 tell ,l'e men
to hayc tlietn done BY ccrtatn time or return
with Mueller, Burl!ng. and Prnssfng, or anybody
else, ,bfor tho purpose of having tue work
strutcs,cd out. These officers, SO fnr as he knew
aiways performed their duty fRits1fnf1s. AL
Ills controversies With tlicse officers were Eenu-
| tue, and not stimulated.
As TO sIUELtER's FINANCIAL CONDITION,
he knew that he was hard up,-aaarry poor,-not
! having paid him twtncss} bis salary for elk
,nonsi.s. Mueller always patl bis acbte, though
hc wished to add. when hr Ind tho money. l(ud
It not been for this Indictment witness would
hayo been out Of his employ 1onE AIo.
stn. CAMruELl. Cuoss-ExAMtAEn'
tho witpcss, nll the latter explained tl1nt bis
initials On tile nrst Mueller contract simply
showed tllatit wns drafted In accordance with
At.lt,ett's Instructions Tor Drafting: AMI II the
contract contained any clause Or provision MT
| covered by 'the advertisement or proposal It
was Inserted by Write OF some cxprcss instruc-
,iUns given by Mullctt.
Mr. Campbell casied Intention to tho vartn-
ton Ut live CGfls foot betWcctI tho contract lllll
the prnposn1 on tite third class of stone. III
otl.es words, tho psoposai WAS for Si43 per
cnhc foot, untt the contract fut SLIT.
Mills admitted that the variation existed, MS
lie understood the language. but Il WAS also tsus
TINT. wltlo t1ltro was as addition for thu third
class, there was not enough IN the contract for
the fourth class. liz he'd TO rcca!!ec.!on OF
Mueller Vi the l,AD acrcs oI lind near ClncIil.
unti. He explained ut length tie routine .!
work III thu o1llce at Twelfth stroet. Io had
heard Of Tilnekeaper G!adcls's ttelng at tho
Centsnnal, but didn't know he was drawing
pay willie thrrc. However, G!uac!e wasn't ou
his list. VI oil thu snrn On his list, none pt
them, 50 far rs he ever Enew, drew pay while
away from tie work. llu went through tlle
shops occasionally, but not In supervising
character. Lie was interested In lie pcraona
hub!ts Of the rnen,-in trying to rutufln t1le.n
for they would drink pretty hard oceasIonally
utter working hours, ul their wtyus can,u to Til
ahop aud coilplalncd tlAt they didn't bring thetl
naney home with tnelu.
On The red,rcct, wltlicss said that in the fail
| Of 1876 MUELLER called thu GoyernHcilt's attGn
tsM to tic favt tlaat y certain aN.uunt had hee.
paid him, through inadytrtonce, for the half
inrh, to Thiela he was Not easit!ed. Tile resui,
Ut Nil examination Of tl!e matter was that til.
was deducted from the amount OF nlultiona
saving Tor which he was really entitled to pay.
Mills was Just aboilt to cl,tnr upon MI CT
,tauat t!on of tic variation between tl.e proposa
!n.l the contract for dimension stone. when til,
Court aaI hu would lsrar It utter tue RECESS. :.
Mllls was on The stand agan ut o'clocli. II.
tonny in Que respect. lie was askel In tn
morning II hls attention t1al ever buen called !.
my case where man had hecn paid for time h
llal not worked; lie tllcu answered lllat tier
had bcrn no such caae. Afterwards Ao recal'c.
| this circumstance: Sune tllo during tho wor|
. Il stot,c-ruttrr named Currans, not tic w!tncs
who llud been on THO stand, callc1 OH hn A'
satd, III substance, TINT In curtain month h
had received pay for more tine than lIe ha
worked: supposng that hc ha.l been pad thl
money bf mistake, lle called wlsuess' attcntlo
to It. lie tefcrrr'l to his memorandum. au
was satisfied TINT tho tnlstnko Ind not occnrEe
| In that way. ile told Cufrans 1t was Intatak
, OF tl!a tinckecper, a''d would probnbly bc co..
,, sectcd ths following month. Currans informc
! HIM III Dsrc,nber last that It ha
not e1aa s e05sets IS and ' tba ad m rseeSs M
: been entitled 10. Mills supposed nil this tim
that the EnIstake had boom corrected but whg
hts Rttrntirn was called 10 it IN Dctathbur h
. rccttng 1t. III tic Interest of the Govorhmen
Iioyno told lin to walt until the trial WIS oyc
, TIE VARIATION nErwEEN THE PROPOSALS. An
THE CONTRACT
was gono Into at great length, ana tho sui
: stalco Of tl'o Witness ssasetutrta wtis tha
Il posais, aid constituting It as I,u nl.l Mr. Ca.l,i
!" bell Iud construed 1t, n1ll then loDtsltg Ut I'll