The evening world., 1894-05-30

tee now What's to prevent demand of
the same sort being made on us every
year? l tell you some of the men are
kicking awfully hard.
I'VE have been paying our 25 cents n
month right along. and that ought to
have made fund big enough to have
carried this bill through. Still. l don't
think any one would have kicked on n
reasonable assessment, say $40 or 30.
but they want too much.'
"Will any OF the men refuse to pay
it?"
"Well. that's hard to say. know
men who have already mortgaged every
cent OF their salary. l don't see how
they are going to get the money unless
they're lucky enough to borrow 1t some
where. l don't see why these fellows
can't wait until the increase In salaries
goes into effect. or at least give us the
assessment by degrees. / suppose most
OF us Will pay, though, unless the thing
Is exposed and n howl raised about It,
1t would be nice thing for the Lexow
committee to get hold OF, wouldn't IT.?
But they can't do It. because nobody
will squeal. unless some OF the men get
so sore over this assessment that they
give themselves away"
Another policeman told this story to
The World reporter:
THE assessment was levied this way
Last Sunday the Benevolent Associa-
tion had meeting and decided to col
lect $25 from each patrolman, all in one
payment. next payday. Most of us are
dissatisfied and can't pay it all at once.
l know who 1t Is to be given to. but |
don't know that I care to name him.
III the SIS were to be collected in in
stalments we wouldn't kick, but most
OF the men cannot afford to pay
There are four sections OF men In each
station-house, and each section is rep
resented by delegate. The delega g
called meeting OF each section and ex-
planned to the men that the +. B A.
mad pledged themselves to pay $4,000
TO certain legislator. BY the way the
association Is to buy house some
wehere on the west side OF the city, and
they are to pay $l25.O0O: 5000 cash and
the rest to so on mortgage: but that Is
only to blind the public, II they should
happen to hear anything.
THE delegate from each section is to
NS'NN'''' hIl any
man that does not pay the assessment
that the roundsman will pound him
that is. he means that the roundsman
will make him pay far more into the pen
sion fund by continually making COM
plants against any 7uch man.
THE roundsmen had meeting the
same day. and believe that Il was ut
the suggestion OF their association that
the money must be paid In one payment
They claim that at the convention next
month they can make the salary the
same as 1t was. Now. all they want Is
$4,000. and they say that all the rounds
men are going to put up; also. there are
over three thousand five hundred patrol
men and roundsmen. at SIS apiece, which
would make ss7,5O0. and would like to
know who Is going to get all that extra
money. The delegates were told to tell
the men to hang up the baker, the
butcher. the grocer. and even the land
lord, II necessary, to pay the money"
ALBANY, May 29.-When the Police
bill was in the Legislature the gossip OF
the hotel corridors was that the doodle
fund at the disposal OF the patrolmen's 8
lobby amounted to $4,000. 1t was under
stood that any payments that were made
were made. NOT in promises, but in cash.