New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-17
wIILulKE 80 uoEEcAEDS foE DlGGET1


At SHELTON. coNN.. FOR \ FEW HOURS
THE FACTORY LIKELY =, BIZ MOVED.
birmingham. Conn. April rs i~pccan.-William
wilkinson member OF the firm Of Wilkinson Brothers
4 Coz on Tuesday morning attached all the property
Of Albert Daggett al the postal card factory AT shelton
including .IOO0OOO card, which had been delivered
to the Government agents. The amount 10 secure
which thc attachment wa, issued was 10000 Dur
ing the recent trouble over the quality Of the board
made d, Wilkinson Nrotlcr> a Co., Dasceit ha> been
c,ttIn. cardboard from the Russell Paper Company,
# Lawrence. Mas. The Wilkinson firm lH, been cN
pcrimonting for about thirty days in the endeavOr
10 secure the proper grade of board. AID about 80
tons Of cardboard from Lawrence have been used
Wilkinson brothers a CO. have been behind all Of
Dacgctts order, to the Russell Company. Daggett
ha- not paid for thi, paper and that Is why wilkinson
Irothcr, co. attached the property. Last Tuesday
afternoon the attachment removed. and william
williamson was summoned to Hrool}n.
Last night he conferred with \. W. Tcnney the
firm, attorney and upon h, return TINS morning ne
said (, A reporter that he would have nothing more TO
Do with Dagecit. would make No more paper for nm
and would furnish no more sample, lof u' R'P"r,
mcn, The employees paid ON the l3ih "t "a,
,.r,h ri.-,, t,, xcr,. not paid al,ii.. and the
new, II the attachment caused con>t"rtnle I'll,
ton among them. They threatened 10 strike h"i were
persuaded tn ~ back % work. on the pr"ul~c t"il
they would Doe paid 70 morrow. The Wijhda"ai 2i
Wilkinson urohcr- Go. viii in All pr3'aniin, rr,ID
2
,ld Dn,cif', contract hold, good. the Russell
rnmpanv'. cardboard ma, iccu duly approved bN Post
ma General Nanamdh'r
william H. Leach of the firm Of Wilkinson Bros.
d, Co.. who attached the factory. printing presses.
card stool and card, Of Albert Dagsctt. who ha, the
contract for furnishing the Po-ioni'e Department
postal cards. said yesterday that the hrin hm sup
piled Darrctt with paper for h> caNi> a, long a> t
..uld without pay. Ia;sc'i. commune" W.T.
I.arh owe, ~, now about 10000 and lac does not
exhibit any apparent desire 10 pay the BILL We could
NOT continue 10 trust him longer and VIII not. The
factory and content. wc>. first placed ion the hand, "f
fine. constable bat later the attachment wa, raised.
TIN. n,,, wa, closed through the advice Of a l"' al
law,cr Of birmingham who. when Mr l'nnN lelr
,r-,plcd 10 him from Washington that Dasscit would
NOT nav advised Mr.. Wilkinson. Who "a> there, T."
rcr nm attachment without delay. Whether the
nriu,cd card, in the hand, Of the postal author
iti,. can be levied upon do not know.
,,,,.vor our LAWYERS arr working that now.
p,,n,tt wired Il, today from Washington that lie
had bought some more paper, az" ,,'pp', A., ,,,t
" 20, in,..,t ia civ, H.. some security. but he w"lld
no, i've single cent. Ili, l. an old hrm ana we
havo alway, tried 10 fulfil our contract,
Wilkinson Bros. ~ CO. Is an on ana wen ga"
H. had ir, ~ u,pcr manufacturers and they TOOK tlc
routrct from Dac,ctt to supply MN Win l',lal cav"
board There has been con~ideith' 'alh i''N '%. ,S
the new postal card, had to" ,"l' hh''n, ,u' NV Wv
INN worked at the paper ""'" goo" p"'"'' "'
0'' Il va~ said on behalf Of Mr. passci yeNsria,SS snn,S
that hi, contract calcd i"a par' HP th, ,h viIlim
, ,,iicd IN furnish such paper. Nr Dageeti
Then vent 70 another hrm. lie had chccrfnlt taken
bach all defective cards. ana II was ncrS'" ''i
w., H w,s; .n.on, should take back card, which were
accented.