The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-23
VANSER ON ICE.
Unpaid Laborers Imp1ore
Him to Save Their
Families From
Starving.
COLD, CRUEL TECHNICALLY.
His Honor Stands on His Point
Of Resolution-The Men
Swear Vengeance.

About two hundred of the laborers who.
prior to the last election were working
under the Street and Water Commission
ers, but who have since been discharged,
and deprived of their money by Mayor
Wanser, who refuses to sign the payroll
OF any men appointed by committees or
Individual members of the Board, held an
indignation meeting this morning at No,
"a Sussex street. The meeting room was
in the home of Henry Dillon. a laborer,
who has been unable to either sell his
time or secure cent from the city for
services rendered during February,
March and part of April. The room was
packed to its utmost capacity
Mayor Wanser was denounced in fine
form. He is justly held responsible for
the present deplorabIe condition of
affairs. The laborers do not know what
course to pursue. Many men who worked
beside them have received their pay be-
cause Mayor Wanser approved OF the pay
rolls of men appointed by resolution. The
men are swearing vengeance upon the
official who is keeping them out of their
money.
STARVATION STARING THEM.
One of the laborers who has not re-
ceived a cent ia five months, in address
cal light, and we are being made the VIC
Tins. Even if we were not appointed bv
resolution we earned our money as well
as did the others. We are being made an
example of. Our families are suffering.
know instances where merchants have
declined to give some of sthe men who
worked for the city another penny's worth
of food. Some of us are being hard
pushed by our landlords. Mayor Wanser
knows this, but is doing nothing to aid
us. Ii he will not sign our pay rolls,
am in favor of engaging the services of
lawyer and compelling him to sign them.
We have earned our money and want ir
without any further fighting"
Cheer after cheer was given and the
fact was demonstrated that the express
sions of the speaker were the feelings of
all the suffering laborers.
TO IMPLoRE RELIEF.
A committee, consisting of Messrs.
Henry Dillon, James Marion, Edward
McDermott. James Keyes. Timouhy
Leary and Michael McKim, was appoint
ed TO wait upon Mayor Wanser aud i'm
plore him to depart from the partisan
course he has taken against them and
sign the payrolls.
A noon Mayor wanser had not given
audience to the committee, but at half
past twelve they were admitted to his
august presence
Henry Dillon acted as spokesman, He
informed the Mayor of the action taken
at the meeting, and asked him to ap-
prove of their payrolls. Dillon made him
aware of the starving condition of the
families of some of the laborers.
COLD AND HARD.
All this did not seem TO move the
Mayor. He endeavored to saddle the
blame upon the Street and Water Com-
missioners. He maintained that as they
had been appointed by committee he
could not lawfully sign the disputed pay
rolls. The interview was an exceedingly
unsatisfactory one and the committee
departed swearing vengeance upon the
man who is depriVing them of their daily
bread.
The result of this MORNINGS snub to
the workmen will be the filing up of suits
TO recover Judgment against the city by
were given an exceedingly cool reception
by the MAYOR.