Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-15
STANTON SCAIDBL.
Some Of thl P1plts W0.cl Wire Re.
lsCtt by The CITY Council
Many InRgGuLAnIrm' caEGEo.
Among linn Are kc'phg Horse aud
Cow NJ the ixppnNr ol ihr tiig
Drunkrnntss and Abuse.


have lvtly and sensalionll counter.
tnrt when the details gf the stanton
affair are Disclosed to the public"
According to the Statements made |
by certain councilmrn last riEht and |
today they have Accumulated good |
deal of evidence Of a camuslns char |
actor ON tho other hani the accused !
chi. ( snyA he viii be Eb'c "a meet aud |
succrsa.tilIy defend himself against all |
ths attacks ~ hia euemiua.
The al diiiuual documents OF com. |
plnint over which the row occurred in |
the council last night Of which there
were "A good MAN., cover wiig range
anu are brislling VIA glatlng ifrc2u-
lafllicp,sny the committee. They wvie
rejected by slight majority " the
council and the committee was IN
sltuclrd 10 coniinc Itself 10 the Nc
Iiroy CHARGE.
IlwBon Declared In m ARGUMENT IN
favor Of the presentation OF the papers
that II tho council ruled them out OF
order he would tee that they were
given ID the public press, yc, Cor some
reason, that gentleman after renewing
his prOmiscs this morning ia the pres
cncb Of two counCiimen refused. B1t
| as the public were Interested Ia their
confer t this NEWS report succi eded
| Ia getting copies OF some Of them from
another source and they are herewith
reproduced;
a fireman, being duly sworn,
| depOsea and sayt: ! went TO WORK LOT
The Salt Like fire department on or
about tho 2i.h day OF May, 1899, aud
have been continuously In the DEPART
ment until tue 5th day OF April 1913
At sil times during my stay In the
department the chief w. A. stanton,
has been In the habit OF using pTo'ane
and abusive language about the de.
partnieut, rarely however aidIc-sing
ruch language ~ any individual. One
u hi fAvOfile temAriis has becn that
hp wants "the a. OF b-l around here
~ know that hu Is running this de-
partment" aud "anyOnc Who dId not
like 1t could go to the tilile and get
his time"
THE, aud other similar remarks
have heard Oh many OCCASIONS. In
the early part OF June, lSg2, one morn
ing at . or O'Clock, the chief came
into the department from town with
some companions, struck the alarm,
I
raced them up and down he street for
at least nn hour. At tnis time the
chief was staggering cfSuk, aud .hc
language no used, 10th after ring DR
the alarm and inter the men returned
waa vile and abusive. Some OF the re.
marks at the time were as follows;
"Get out there O. d. yOu and exer
eite.o | want you fellows TO undor
I stand that from now ON | am e. Of Q
b-.v "Fhnt IN the way | have then
attended to-" speaking OF tho horses
: which weru roeking with sweat, Will,
} they were being rubbed down. 81 an
a a. Of a b. when things don't ~
! right"
: The same proceeding as to the get
ting out OF men and horses IN thi
: middle OF the night Tor exercise Oo
b Cured several times during tho fol
o lowing summer.
= 4, among other men In tho depart
ment, have taken up the carpets iron
= his Uuse.keepllg quarters aud clean
,, ed them; have moved his furniture
u stoves, etc; aud some If the men n
!. all times carry coal upstairs TO hi
house keeping quarter, taking tn
same from the coal house OF tn
department. Ever since went {
work 1t the department., Chief StantO
has kent n COW there In the engin
house or In the yard adjoining til
same, and oueOi tue mon has Away
/. cared for her, doing the milking, etc,
10 and feeding her out OF the de- arImen
70 bins. For several months the chic
T, has kept pony belonging to his 30
'. in the engine house along with tn
ii department horses, which has bee
ii shod by the department blncksmit
D. and fed out OF tbs Impairment bins.
~ On the fret Of March OF this year
y supper was given 20 the men Of the Il,
10 pariment by Assistant Chi,f DOnova
and Secretary Connofs In honor OF Tia
- formers birthday aud the latter's weI
y ding, at which number OF the ms
es became intoxicated, and which WI
o. followed by fight, IN which one mn
se became 80 badly bruised as To be col
fined 10 his bed for six days. Tn
wedding took place At the residence
the father.in.law e Secretary Como
on the East bench, and both Chi
or stanton and Assistant Chief Donova
~ attended, aud both were absent fro
the department Tor n period OF at lea
two hours. Before leaving the Il
PARTNER that night the Chief ga
d. orders that eight ur ten men might |
Dy out ana SCHWARTZ the newly maTrl,
n. couple, on the east bench and tai
!, the steamer, horses and one OF Il
90 wagons VI the department. The m,
III went, the chief anu assistant CHI
III being absent at the same time, and
more than an hour, leaving the depR
on ment shott.hauued anu without &
of chief, assistant chi,f aud ttram
ir. horses In IA case ( emergency.
all When the project fJr buildings co
lot per smelter was hrat being agitated
IN this city this spring, the oniet one d
NO Ind AN of the men aud tho assista
'ut chief comeup f'om No. engine hot
ay anu ordered all the men from Il
"a. department up ftairs' lilo talked
mt them Of lhe project aud SAY tue poii
az, dopaTtmeht ami tub ateatt uepartme
ne mad burn contributing TO tiiis oopl
for smetef, hld Il az be proposed 10 II
he 500 n it, anu wal I'll all OF the men
nj. do depArimeut ~ give $40 pie
he payable in monthly instAlimentB
ny $500. The CHIEF said that tho mat
81. yyas omen l. discussion anu said n u
eel one want sd maze any remarks abi
bs IL that he m'Sh'i andlw nen Vne Of
mi men ingaired 10 know mofe u
.hu N 1posihon the chif iiew into n
The and said, "rhls ~ wnat ! get for HI
ne ing your wages raised, aud probal
low everyone OF you VIII he wording
Old tromi5 to so n month inklde oiihi
days"