Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15

Nht E IttlN anu HIAtHiN ~ Lilf hl it.A ]
ugtyuI among tuum-r.ves that they 1
w0ul Not give anything tOwuris thi, !
piujttt. OBJ tnry Lad been giving w /
rNft % tAtir wngtf nearly every moAih /
succ they hau oJmr Ihy,c Cos one /
scnemr or another However after tnt |
uhi,i flew iutp a psssion, tiayru 90 /
these Iutu who hHi ugtrvu not 10 alive ]
anything huiu up tIcir hands m the /
ailim 1--WE.
Later iu the day the chief went
downstairs ami told the men 90 COME
o. ana sign ut Hulseriptiuu list VINO
wanted o., nud al' Aligned with the cX'
Utpiinn OF four lu,te four hu called
into the otico together, and In auhwer
tohis question if wanted 10 subscJihe,l
toli him that u would bc Impossible
Tor me 10 contribute anything towards
this mattel fls tho reason That 1 had
hod sick Nilv for i've OF eiN mOnths
aud was IN dgu;, ami at the prelcnt
time had an order against me in the
Office for SO Ol, and dld notfec how
1 could contribute anything.
Aif. Masdcu, who wls one Of the
iont who refused 10 contribute, spoke
~ aud said that he though; 30 would
be the better plan Tor the mon 90 pay
tuUir debu bef ~ they c9uttitu el .
tbs copper smclIer, for no tucw many
Of them who hsd contribute VINO
were ut that umU la debt and hal
orders standing against them in the
department.
SIR. WEIGH, who was another { { tie
four who refused 10 contribute, spoke
up and said that he was very much In
debt nud tat he had orcefs In against
him fJr tuo lul amount OF Ills time
two months ahcau and did not zee
how he could give anything.
Mr.. RArdolph, WHO was the last one
OF the four who refused 10 contribute,
said that bs his wifs's father had dieu,
aud that he hau been under som,
heavy expense ans had borrowed
money to seud his " 70 home he was
not Ia u position to give anything.
At this the chief slammed down
thn deck aud twofe and blasphcmedi
aud said that perhaps they woulu all
have their wages cut down, aud that "
would cost them more than 500,
apiece before he had got done wi,l
| thVW.
From this time Oh the chief did moi
epeak one word TO me during the 70
malnder OF my stay In the department
on any occasion, and the iifst that
know OF my discharge was whef
Randolph anu MaBien met NC on th'
street and told me that they had beer
discouraged aud that my time was II
tho ofiice. went u the Office &
learn tho reason of my discharge bu
hava received no satisfaction from
any BODY.
c,,,. a. ,,ra,tmenI / baye nrv.
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VIM" '"' -
S,,.o.,,,,d o.j swo,nt a. ho,o,, ~,
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'"i7 N~' n g,,,,,
Nat.s,, p,,hii,
Another fireman, being duly sworr
deposss aud says: ! went TO work In I'll
Salt Lake fire department July Is
1891, and have been there continuOui
~ until April Sth, 1893.
| have read the affidavit OF -
. - made this day In tho matter {
. the Investigation Of the charges again'
Chief Stanton, aud all Of the fact
, therein related ne 10 the going out {
! the men uud horses Tor exercise in tn
, middle Of the night, rs TO the chief
, | profauily, drunkenness ana obusiv
! aud prDlnne lRnsuago about the If
paTtment, ~ to his having to carry ID
coal and take ny his carpe,s, etc., ~
e the keeping Of tbs COW aud pony .
! the ciiy's eXpon-e. ETC., ~ to the SUI
. per spkun Of and the light, aud III
absence Of tue chief and men rom III
3. department, aud us to the proceedln
n relative to tho copper amelter, nIe u
/. within my know ledge.
In the month Of March OF this yes
I William Gilbert, captain Of tue hoo
a anu ladder company, became int0N
4. Dated AMI was creating "a distufbsnC
a In the boarding house and acted Ia
n very unseemly manner, when III
a chief, being notified VI the fact, ru-he
a In from the engine house anu struc
"a Gilbert IN the mouth with his iis
"a cut ing his lip open, and ailerwsrI
had Gilbert put In jail overnight.
4 About the fret OF June, 1897, ~
+ men had been sparrlng la the gym
n nasium and had IN some manner mat
M IA dent Ia the wall which had be,
N newly plaslered. shortly alterwAI
IA the cniei came In and enquifed wi
had done that. No one answered, AZ
n tue chief ilew into passion and pick
!. up heavy char aud smashed
N against the partition where the de
q had been made, breaking In the pa
4. tltion ami lalhs ami emashiDg q
m chair into iragmenls.
M am one vi the men spoken Of
N - affidavit who refused to 90
N. tribute towards the copper smeltor al
is my reasons az given to tho chief
of refusing % contribute were that | ~
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