The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-22
SHOWED HIS BACK BONE.
HOBOKEN'S FIRE CHIEF HAD
FIREMAN QUINLAN ARRESTED.

He Had Given a False Alarm and Was
Fined Se5 This Morning-Q Quinian Says
the Chief Was Right.
Hoboken's Volunteer Fire Department
is all agog.
Chief Applegate has been raising merry
war with the crack company of the city
Liberty Hose, No. 2.
There was fire Monday night. and the
fancy organization of the Department did
did not get to the same first, as 1t gener
ally does The consequence was that
Oceana Hose, No /, and No. engine were
fast to the hydrant before the Liberty
boys.
Engineer Ivan B. Applegate was there'
and when Secretary Glynn, of Liberty
Hose, made demand on him to be con-
nected with the hydrant, he promptly re-
fused.
Liberty always has the post of honor, be-
cause they are always first on the ground,
and the boys have come to believe that
they own the coveted position.
When Chief Applegate refused to dis
count either Oceana Hose or the Engine
company, the Liberty boys went down to
have fun with the engine company.
The Chief did not believe in that, and
called in the aid of the police to protect
his men. This incensed the refractory
hose company and they marched off, leav-
ing their hose stretched on the ground.
TAKING PROMPT ACTION.
Chief Applegate has but one desire, and
that is to infuse some of his ideas of strict
discipline into the department.. He has
two engine companies, three hose conf
panies, and two truck companies under
his command, some $50 men in all.
They are not the most orderly people in
n IA of n M a "a n N
example of the recreant hose company
which, in the face of blazing fire had
left the property of the city lying in the
street.
He asked Chief of Police Donovan for
some policemen and cleared the members
of the company out of Liberty Hose
| house. Then he battened up all the win
dows and put huge paddock on the door.
The next step was to prefer charges of
insubordination against Liberty Hose.
| This was done at last nights meeting of
| the Council 1t was decided that the
| Chief, the Committee on Fire and Water,
| and Liberty Hoses representatives should
meet tonight, and that after a proper
reprimand to the hose company. and an
! apology from its foreman, Robert Quin-
Ian, matters should be anlicably adjusted.
THIS WAS RUBBING IT IN.
| After the Council meeting there was
an alarm of fire from box No. is, at the
corner of Garden and Third streets. The
| Chief got there in no time, and so did a
| good share of the Department.
| There was Liberty Hose-or rather,
there were the members. And they
meant war;
| But the Chief was not to be bIuffed. He
! found that the alarm box had been pulled
| by Foreman Quinlan, of Liberty Hose, to
| bring down the Department for fight.
Then he called in the police and had
| Quinlan arrested, and the rest of the Lib
erty boys then quieted down and dis
persed.
Recorder McDonough this morning
/ listened to the charge of ringing false
alarm, preferred by Chief Applegate,
and fined Quinlan S25, the full
| penalty. Quinlan refused to pay it, and
was locked up.
After the excitement last night the
Electric Light Company and the Fire De
partment examined the fire alarm wires
carefully to see whether any disgruntled
person had cut them, but found them in
| tact.
| Nearly everybody in Hoboken is saying
today that the lesson was needed, and
| Chief Applegate is receiving congratula-
| tions from all sides on his prompt and de-
| termined action.
| Quinlan said last night, and repeated it
| this morning, that Chief Applegate had
| done right, and that he himself had been
| fool
| The Chief used to be sailor, and he in
tends to do as he formerly did in Engine
Company No, / when he was Foreman
| get the boys under marine discipline.
Hoboken people say that this is the best
thing for the Department that has ever
| haDnenad