The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-21

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ger than the lie itself, appeared the
following:
Special to the Kansas City Times.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Sept. 14.-Frank
McCabe, a macbinist, who has been
employed in the Missouri Pacific shops
for several years, was discharged yes
terday. He was an enthusiastic Heard
man and voted for hiT at the congress
sional primary election, in defiance OF
the orders of the superintendent and
master mechanic.
j. d. Common, station agent at Cliff
ton, Cooper county, was requested to
hand in his resignation for the same
cause.
Some fifteen others. it is rumored,
will be discharged, as the master me-
chanic and his foreman have been fur
nished evidence that the men voted
for Congressman Heard instead of
Colonel More.
Three section hands employed on
the section centering at Clifton were
given their time the day following the
primary election. They had voted
for Heard, and they claim that that
was sufficient cause for their dismissal.
simultaneously with it, in the st.
Louis Republican appeared similar
dispatch a little more prolix.
The author of both the choice
epistles is Hugh Fitzgerald
editor of the dynamite Labor
Union sheet. A man who to-day is
under Indictment for precipitation in
the crimes committed during the late
strike. One of two things are certain
either Fitzgerald who has hereto
fore given himself out as an anti
Heard man has been bought
up to do dirty work or he attempts to
send broadcast over the country as
news matters of which he knows
nothing. In order to ascertain what
foundation. if any, there was for such
a statement a BAzoo reporter was
dispatched to investigate the matter.
He called upon Master Mechanic
Weller, of the Missouri Pacific shops
who met him with his usual urbanity.
"Mr..Weller," said the scribe, "have
you any objections to stating why you
discharged Frank McCabe?"
"That is private business, he knows
and will doubtless tell you, ask him.
"That has been done and he gives
his reason, at least others claim that
be has"
"Well that ought to be satisfac-
tory"
"Have you seen the purported
statement of his reason ?"
"No sir"
"Well read this handing him a
copy of the above dispatch.
Mr.. Weller read it and laughed.
"Thatis an odd statement certainly and
far from the truth, but here comes
Mr.. Jones, foreman of the shops, who
discharged him, l will tell him to give
you the reason of his discharge" Mr..
Jones at that moment came in and
Mr.. Weller said:
"Mr. Jones please tell this reporter
why you discharged Frank McCsbe."
Because you ordered it.
"On what grounds"
"On the ground of my complaint"
"And what was that ?"
Because he left his work and re-
manned three hours in the water
closet" soldering"
"Have you seen the Kansas City
Times 2"
"No SIR"
"Well read that" handing him the
dispatch.
Mr.. Jones read the article and ex-
pressed his surprise at such state
ment which he pronounced wholly
false.
Both Mr.. Weller and Mr.. Jones stat
ed they had no idea how McCabe had
voted and cared less" he had been dis
charged for Sinking his duty and no
other reason existed for it."
Chow many men have been dis
charged since the election from the
shops" asked the reporter of Mr..
Weller.
"McCabe is the ouly one" was the
reply "as a rule we have good men
and We have at present plenty of
work for all of them and do not pro-
pose to discharge them without
cause"
"Who are the others who are to be
discharged soon%
cat present as [ have said we do
not intend to discharge any one"
An effoit was made to see Mr..
Conner last evening but he could not
be found, his father M. S. Conner
ex-sheriff of Pettis county, however,