St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-10
the agents. Peter Hauck, the Harrison
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held in London.
MURPHY CLUB ROW.
The Latest Difficulty Between the
Brothers..

Inc AdCtSC lIulCulCy beCWeou tue
Brothers.
To the Editor Of the Globe.
= On Thursday evening, May 80, the
members of the Murphy club decided to
discontinue their meetings for the sum
mer months, and adjourned to meet on
"Wednesday evening, June s. at 81 Elev-
enth street south, said meeting to be
for the purpose of taking action as to
the future course Ct CT the club-one OF
the prime ipal reasons for closing down
being that a large percentage of the
members are absent from the city dur
ing the summer, and receipts would not
the society. A committee had been APP
pointed to secure place to store the
property Of the club, and one of said
committee snotified the vice president
that he had obtained a place for storage.
In reply he stated that MI. FOrman. the
proprietor of the hall, had given them
the use of the hall until decision had
been reached as to future operations,
and so the matter stood, the members
separating in perfect harmony and good
feeling, little expecting to hear of the
outrage perpetrated on the society
few hours would bring to light.
Saturday evening following it was re-
ported around that the furniture of the
Murphy club had been taken out and
sold. 1t was not at first credited, but
upon inspection of the club room it was
found TO be correct. Two of the menu
ticulars of the business, and called upon
George Blocker, one of the executive
committee, to ascertain if he had any
knowledge of it. He was asked if he
knew who had taken the things away
from the club room. He said mo-" but
he had heard that they were going to be
sold, and after considerable talk. he said
that he had heard they were sold for
$50. He was then asked what he
thought the members of the club would
do in reference to it. s'Oh," he said, II
suppose they'll kick; we made calcula-
lions on that, but that won't amount to
anything" Now, for the facts. Satur-
day morning last meeting was held at
the residence of Mrs. III. A. May. Har-
mon Place, a lady who has been con-
spicuously prominent in the many
troubles and unpleasantness of the club,
when there were present Mrs.
May, George Blocker and Mr..
the latter declining, however,
being called without the authority of
the club, and entirely without their
knowledge, and without ever notifying
the other members OF. the executive
committee. The trio decided then and
there to go and take the things and sell
them for what they could get, one OF
them generously taking the organ him
self. The members felt, naturally, very
indignant, but decided to wait until the
adjourned business meeting. Several
of the members, attended, but were in
formed that there would be no meeting,
and no explanation given why there
was not. the parties to the ''stea'' being
conspicuous by their absence. This
leaves the society in just this position:
The property of the club. which had
been bought by the subscriptions of its
members, has been taken without their
consent and clandestinely sold for less
than quarter of it's value, and no ac-
count mas been rencered to the society
of the money received. In fact, the
treasurer (Mrs. May) has done just as
she liked, paying who she thought fit,
and leaving others without any pay
whatever, and suppose, as the 'Great
ann of the Murphy club, she has
done the same in this case. 1t is the
actions of such members that has made
failure instead OF a success of the
Murphy club.
The members intend taking early
action in the matter, and compel the
parties to replace the property taken
or refund their full value. Yours,
A MEMBER OF THE CLUB.
Minneapolis. June 8.