Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-12
THE ARRlrRArlnc no.--
Conclusion of the New York c.,.
Investigation S"l


ALBANY, Sept. .6-The stato ho.
pi'ra,,on mas concluded its slttinys in a.
new 1ors een.ral strike case. Division s sle
per1n'ehdent bisssll, of Albany, tool. ~
staha yesterday and said ali dismssals' ne
.he new ofk Central were at the ord. "a
me 'nlrd v1ce-president, and ne unders,os W
'ha' Mr' Le1eVre was suspended for lacl sa
attention to his duty. He did not y. of
that anybody was dismissed for s,i Know
knight OF Labor. The witness kray. s a
INC discharged man was Knight Of Labna
out o'o not pay any attention to his s,,,,a
ing. Mr.. Lefevre, the discb,r,ss s'aho-
ploye. said he had been in 1ha ei'-
ploy Of the company for eighteen ,. en-
MIR. Bissell discharged him, hut cn lars
reasons, telling him that he knew VIZ sane no
was discharged fc:-, He supposed tha. Ie
was for being knight He had neven n',' 1t
reprimanded, suspended or accnsoa
sealey, another discharged emplove .9s
school commissioner said he was no,ifea
by Agent Ross that he was DISCHARGED 'D wv
reason was given. He had been emn,or 40
on the same road for fourteen wears Nv
had been reprimanded in January. 1850 az .as
being at the head OF an organization ~,
vn
was not discharged. When discha,ss W.,
he had gone to Btasell. and had wv ee1
informed that he had been Az
charged for working against tho VS.
terests OF the company. Tho ~.
ness had never neglected his duty to tho
company. and had never been accnsea -.
neglect. Mr.. Pollock had called him n
New York and told him that he was ave.
n ,Npft1 \,
tion was taken at that time Frank WIN.
discharged employe, had been with tho
company for eight years and had been
hnlght OF Labor for three years and was
discharged without any reason being civen
He was rcprimanded about month befo,a
for being away from duty while sick. We
never accused OF drunkenness or incapactv
or neglect OF duty. He was q member of
the committee OF the knights. He ma
waited on the officials to ask for q redpc1ion
OF the hours OF labor just prior to his dc
charge.
William Kale, discharged employe. had
been knight of Labor for six months. He
had worked for the road four years and WAS
discharged without reasons being given
ne was never accused of any neglect Of
duty, but was {; delegate to the district as.
@SAAoAys oOAA HCuWlCh, also q DISCHARGED
employe, had been a Knight Of Labor fo,
five years and had been employed by tho
road for thirteen years. No reason wac
given him for the discharge and he had
never Ceen reprimanded for any cause.
Alfred Dubois. a discharged employee. had
been eight years in the service of he
road. He was Knight of Labor The
reason for his discharge was given as AN
agitator OF labor. He had never been rep,i-
manded. John Gallagher and John Bolmer
testified In the same strain. The officials of
OF the road testified to the discharge Of the.
men Tor cause. in one instance the cause be-
ing assigned that they were bothering with
committees when they should have been at
work. The hearing was closed. The board
will consider the testimony and make GER
tain recommendations, but as it can only
90 SO through the legislature, nothing will
be heard until that body meets