Telegram-herald., 1890-06-03

tf'-s o. nlz,1sye or Business. a. t1-s
= Et4t y0lr agents have assumed -
10 II cur employees we're charged
WA violation ~ a. t1ey sre emitted
2. a r a. befose proper trl1lnz., all
are nCE ~ De tired aud 2uteEee4 1n-
heard b tie agent q ygaE soelety-
i repeat shAt / have before sd =
the agents Ot EnE society when / say
tl1E / az more interested tlzQ 4ht
member ~ tlat society can be- lu hAf-
TX Cur horses properly cared for aAd
properly treated when ln service WIN
the number " n0sses and number u
men "a our employ lt would pe very
strange q instances OF improper treat
n1snt should hot occlr, ard Nnen s-lcA
cssses Do occur. ana the eBp.oYe =
clllpaOle, / would be most happy 70 CO.
operate With the society 10 bringing TIE
offender o. justice.
! may ada that 70 j. not my purpose
% question your motives. Ii - nOt
quite charitable perhaps that you
should attempt 10 state for the ed.fica-
ton OF the public one side only OF an
alleged transaction. winch YOU did not
witness, and make the statement reflect
upon me. But let that pass.
A. 70 your charge that my arrest is
the elimination OF -'lOng abuse heaped
upon your agents IN time past" / say
that the statement implies what = not
warranted.
The courts have been open 20 you and
them tor the entire protection Oi AMI
mails, and the punishment OF all
oteuses against "cruelty" acts No
complaint has vet been made where
alone such complaints can be properly
heard, III police court.
In the belief that We were strictly
within law both statute and moral ID
conducting our business, | have OBJ
lected to the unwarraptable mterfer-
ence OF your agents, and IN positive
terms, Uut never n the foul and
indecent language alleged.
Your Alus.On % your former agent
probably refers 10 that one. who IN the
lall OF lSSs. threatened our drivers on
MOuroe-st, riding back and forth by
the side OF the cars, with a pistol, which
hc exposed 10 view, and giving orders
% our men, and / undertook 10 drive
the cars myself, and did so for more
than an hour, at the end of which
time l expressed myself vigorously rs
10 the agents conduct, but neither IN
>
The interference or your society and
It's agents has caused positive injury 70
our animals, for which the financially
irresponsible character of your society
renders compensation impossible.
am sure that your Individual pur-
pose is 10 benefit dumb animals. and in
tins purpose | JON you. You shall
never lack my CO-ODeratlOn and
nzaI-rusoea If xsfff rrffI 4grar.f Q,H ~ ftN
YOU should not accept It, you do not
N your letter state.
You admit that il Is difficult to main
tam uniformity in loads upon street
cars, but, YOU claim, that on Friday
the difficulty did not arise from sud
den crOwdmg.
| certainly made all the provision
necessary for the demands of our SER
wee that day, and | am sure that none
of our horses would have suffered or
been immoderately worked if permitted
10 run in the time and manner as we
had arranged.
1 see by tOday's Eagle, that in a re-
cent interview with your agent, he says
hc mad no fault to find with the COM
pauy yesterday Sunday, and that
extra horses were provided to "pull
IL is fact and n fact which iustlties
my claim as 10 the sufficiency of our
Decoration Day arrangement, and my
/ belief that you may be yet induced to
changed your mind As 10 our methCd y,
that our business OF yesterday was
about the same As on Decoration Dav.
/ there beng a very slight difference in
our receipts. and, vet, we had exactly
the same number of horses on duty,
regular and extra, and for the same
number of hours each, yesterday as on
Decoration Day and no more, your
agent TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
/ our arrangements were identical, but
we were not lnJerfered with yesterday
We will receive, and gladly, any sug-
I gestiOns which YOU or your officers
( bave 10 make, aud ii they meet our
views, act on them, but we now, and at
/ all times shall accept no orders relative
I 20 our management from your society
or its officers. Respectfully yours,
June >, l>y1. 8. BEvIER.