, 1879-06-11

tetlny went through thn paI.rolls, that there
ttln9, anil lhe trnthinlncss ol ths stair:
merit fn tile affidavit was, ovfdcnceti
of JUS, is14. x fartief tnsuactiqn Of tho ply.
r,ll rcyened the curious fact .l,atas other tttca
Dnnnclly received aomawhnt moru than &o
month";. Dcsidc6 "tram|ng,' lie sreins, accord-
lug to uB pay-ro1la. TO havc dono something In
rttE sroNE.uuTT1N0 LINE,
FOR In Octobrr, 1873, llo IL credited With seyen-
teen md thrco.fourths days work at $3.50
day as astouevtster; hts paY fer that n,onth
sa0rs IL 1sI ,!s& g ss q .esnx III AosS: ss4s. 's1 s1
I at sa s~s sTa savns q eans as III 'g,e fss
days nt ii 4 day, making GIs pay for tho mouth
sl6o io.tuaa q zig t5o he va, to 1seciye. ac-
eordng to hls verbal contract. Whether his At
Or not does not appc9r., II, atl probability
there wasn't Ting enough in the apring Of 1873
to 20 through oil tlle pey-rol1s. Ono example
was est1 e,,ough; lid t,iey oil aocn s.s1.lnea,
and more 9xnlicit, although, 40 It Taa. Il was
yesterday rcvsalcd, 1t, the limited time Allowed
4noths'5 p..s.sol; for September. ls4, 10 "his
half daYs' "teatninx" at 81 q Day, or 800 Tor
tho mouth. II ths special couuael Ind Rone
through the pay.rolls for tl'S two yoats Donnclly
says ao worksd under Mnollor thcrs'a no tell.
and. II they had sean 6t to bring out ths point
on the trial, how mitch nutterln9 OF Muollcr'a
..'bulrco1o!el puena Vista wings might l'avo
0'f Ia ts so4se u ss a tic defense put on
tho stand workman by tho natne q William
Currup. who, In nnswcr to Mr. AfcCaVg, Bur-
llng'a lawyer, testified tflt h0 worked on the
building g ~ 2 etonosutter aud carver from tho
fall Of 1879 until tile st0nc~ctttfnG Was rotu.
pleted. Ha ha1 carved t,oat aver, tht1lg That
Was on thu building; worked on everything Oil
1t frcm tl!u K course uu to the ehlnney-caps,-
WORKED dhrslY tic last ei1 months Of tue JOY in
Timekeepera McQuceney mud Glnlelo. The work
there Ind to bc of !irat.class auhllty,-battcr
than he Ind ever had to DO anywhere else on
private coutracts. As to time spent, II might
tile person working, srt during tl'c cfoso Of the
work 1lc would say llc expected 1t was Ecnera1ly
conecded tint the fnrn laggod little. They
had directions to do Gfst-class Job, and It waa
on tho Job until he rot through. The foreman
tried It up ntd tho master mechanic sometimes
eaina nnd iookcd at the work, "msd II luther
by aecidcnt Or cara'cssnrss OF our own, oven bv
aecident, 1t we chopped pluce out Of d stone,
50 It had to By patcllcd, or anything done to II.
1t 8as charged to tic n1on.n This naQc the
men notu careful; It necessarily affected their
sto:d. Lie kuew that he worked along pretty
stcadY md carefully, aud Ind to
DO FlRsTsc.Ass Io1.
Sometimes It took all their time to do what Ind
there TINT could hardly do It u,lcss tlry
were helpea nlonR: uneo H. lust summer ~
was enGa3el o., thu work, Tho 1nen generally
tic carvora work moro slowly and carefully.
Hc had seen idlIng, 10 gradually n0mittel, irot1l
aay, tho 1rst month or Two ho vent Oh .he work
up 70 the Inst, but supposed It ,sas more notice.
started, Then, thourh .ho knew Of 20
taR"s taR; more mo- ,nc ae Sia 5SsAia not = know ~
that particularly any moro than TINT tho time
fact Tint It was near tho end Of tho Job had
somo elect, liz thought, but tho tnost Of It, he
thought, whs IN tho titaekceness. who, he
tAou,,At, al!t'weA the ss'ss to 10 less thsN they
allowed the tnu1i to Idle. II he hndn't done 80,
tho tnnu wouldn't have larcd to Idle.
HI further told about the way tile men went
to the room, lifted up with stoyc, mud there,
sst ops swa Nf n liz se %es sss Seh ss, s 9F se
OFTEN wh'c the thin. 1asted-wlsfch wasn't very
long-to read tho paper, "t.ke . warm-up,"
and sueh th!ngs; MeQueeney had cai'gllt hin
st anse @ bad e eaasbt lin n rs too
he WAS ueIcT docked from tho trst day ho
went Oh the work to the last Only
q certain crowd was allowed to
was ID tho room. Witness would let tic mon
out, aud then let McQuccncy ID md show llltn
TINT there was nobody, ,t4ere.-aftcr they had all
gotten out.
On ti,c cross.oxuminat[orl, tue spectal counsel
went intn the ia,lng business ind other Quea-
tfons Will sonic degree Of ful1ness. but they al
together fntfcd to
PIN THE WITNESS DOWN,
ns they might hayo .louc, to the following inter
catlna story which ho told In affidavit form
a!onT in May, 1878:
United states Of America, Northern District Of
William castan tcsnR duly sworn. lepo.eu and
stonecutter; have worked at tho trade about twon-
ty-tWo ycara; worried on tho new Cuatom. House
.vit .foss' @ ssH an Ss bsssns @ is
the work q The trss story, Averaging Il, pretty
men. @ ii Il October. 's75. ,'sSa WIFI Mr. IT, Bur- Dr.
%F lnFEt taos s.aa ass snt' ot
Ss.!ssans saps:!n,ssleat sss ai:sia1ssa. x'tus ts
that Until, tic aalthsnv Of tha calmnoys, less and
az ~ss aas 70 ef 1a Mos III
not make yrry much difference waether they work
I'd or played. Ths rcason of y was that 30 much
time WaH allowed them to do their work In. by a
sortof general understanding nbont Hb much time
waa taken OH stone. even II II was as much
most ti.ae in proportion was tassn on taa chimney
caps and nrna In fact, on al! the attic stoy more
time wastaken tor The work Than waa nccded-p5
hEo. ~ saH*Gus - W. " Ao"t
During tho lAttur your u tho work ttsoo or four
t,mts norc days wctu allowed Than was neccsaary
for the work. It would run that, about on ~
aYaragu. On some ulcces Of work. great dcnt
marc trlnc than that Waa allowed.
remember that once In thu fa1l OF 1875 the mon
mndo q fuss bocau4c Gabriel DdyuuEt, one OF
In about half tho tnle that WIZ
banR nut upon the Ike wnrk by othur4. Riuht
sway, befuru he Aau finished his work In that
utoro, aasstRAt aupostNtenlont PruaslnR found
fault With Dayoutts work. and h0 WIZ discharged.
had worked AionGsido 0f Day0ust fur son,o time,
md Eunw TINT he was a frat4clnss workman.
During tho time workoh thero SuRt Hurllng
yaltel tI!e yard about twice wauk on an asurage.
lto was thera whslc the work VIVA being dous on
the chimney caph md nrns suvera1 times.
There was no earring on thuae uras ut Rll. It
| was plain stonocutting. Ev0ry workman would
knuw inst. remember rcfy well 0f tho men cut
| ting ateaYa. buttons. | eAtnk I saw At aluaeeut
times between twenty. i've and htty men trytaKit.
| i great many moro might haya done It, ! know
| that llsarv oYerY man 0n thG works had pair OF
| them before It wa AlUpp1d. Some OF thom bad
| s9yera. pairs. These WcFe 1ualo during working
| hours, and every one theEo coul Id sca 1t know
| Ut two u,etl, brigham nnd ltAckstt, who put In
most Of thur tins for ahnnt s.x wpnka in rAsktnx
these 1,'tt9Sns np'r'wsshts aha othsr ltt's
| HuJacslbad and sworn 10 bcfoFo Me MaY 10,
| 1878. +. G. uuHRx, Notary PUBLIC.
TWO DIFFERENT PERSONS.
Curran In tho affidavit aud Curran on the
| stand warc two different parsous. Tho ailltlA-