Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-18
ISLAND CITY ITEMS.
RESOLUTIONS DEMANDING MAYOR
FLy's IMPEACHMENT.
Members of the American railway
Union Petition the Council to
Remove the Mayor for M.
Actions During strike.

duci during the strike OF the past week.
None were allowed inside the railing ex-
cept aldermen. city officials and report
ers. Bury policemen guarded the gates
with drawn clubs. The minutes OF the
two preceding meetings were read and
approved. An application from the at.
torneys OF Pauline ID. Gonzales. reciting
the fac; that their client had recovered
judgment, including costs ngainst the
city for sse20.o5, and respectfully request
ing that the city council take action,
looking TO the payment OF the Judgment,
was read. After a brief discussion az
TO the financial status OF the city and
where the money was to come from 20
pay this Judgment. Il was referred to
;he finance committee and city attorney
with instructions to report thereon at
the next meeting OF the council.
Ihen, at sign from the city clerk.
ne center gate was opened and IN walk
el u sum buiit young man In the garb
OF lhborer and presented the city clerk
a folded paper. This was communica-
ton from No. s. OF the American Rail-
way union 81 Galveston ard was peti.
tion adopted by the union and addressed
- the city council asking that body to
lmpeach Mayor a. W. Fly. The reasons
forth In q series OF resolutions, wherein
the mayor was accused OF needlessly and
Illegally calling out extra police aud
military 70 put down and suppress law
lessness during 5o-called strike during
the past week: for using abusive and
insulting language calculated 70 cause
preach OF the peace, and rudeiy aud
without due provucation displaying a
pistol and threatening to shoot Into an
sssemblsge OF citizens unless they dis
! persed: also for assaulting and striking
one Ed Peterson at the Union depot on
the night OF July IL. and for other acts
AGAINST the peace and dignity OF the city
and unbecomlng Its chief oficer
The petition also reeited that q COM
mittee or tree, consisting OF ID. a. Rea-
gan. p. J.. MeLsaeh aud n j. Welner,
were appointed committee on behalf
to present this petition and push the In
Vestigetlon Into the charges therein be-
| lore the council and secure his impeack-
ment thereon II possible The reading
OF the petition was attentlyely listened
70 and, at tie conclusion q the, rvadinB.
A.derman Harris arose aud made mo
1 ton that the council appoint a commit
tee TO thoroughly investigate the ohRrses
contained IN the unions communication,
and that the members OF the union and
| Mayor Fly be granted fuil and free OPP
portunlty 10 come before the committee
and produce testimony as 20 the truth
Or falslty Of the charges contained there
IN. He SAID tbs oousre was due TO The
mayor as well as the American Railway
union. The city attorney beng called
| upon for an opinion, said the charges
| were not properly before the council and
II they were they charged the mayor
] Nltn acts mat Neff clearly WITHIN the
province Of the court Of law. and, un-
der tie charter ami ordnance, the coun-
81 was debarred from investigating
them.
Mayor Fly here announced that he
| courted the fullest inquiry into his acts
OF the past week; He wanted fair
! He may have. and no doubt did use
expressions IN addressing the MOP t.at
had unllwfully assembled around the I'm
| the petition, t1at he would not use in a
| parlor or polite society, but they were
called for by the vlrulent and scurrll-
| Gus abuse heuped upon him by the law
less element that surrounded him. II.
had simply done his duty aad was ready
10 be investigated. II the council saw
The matter WAS discussed and various
sections OF the charter were read bear
Ing upon the case. when It was finally
fore the council and the committee on
the Railway union were invited outside
/ the bar and requested to hand their pc
tltion to such alderman as they desired
\ should formally present Il 10 the coun-
ell. and thus properly set 1t before that
Two OF the committee appeared, re-
ceiyed the. petition, from the city clerk
and handed u TO Alderman Harris and the
| latter formally presented IL TO the city
| council and In conformity with the ordi-
| nance the alderman announced that the
city council would meet as cornmlttce
| Of the whole at O'Clock on Thursday
| evening next TO enter into a thorough In
! vestigrltinn OF the charges preferred by
Branch s. Of the American Hallway union
| against Mayor A. W, Fly and Invited
both parties to be present with their Wit
| nesses.
the regular order OF business and the
| crowd dlsperGed.
The other business transacted by the
council was OF no general Importance.
WANTED IN DENVER.
on information received from the au-
Ia D.lf
| Jordan, Detective Jordan arrested Chns.
scheidehauer today. who Is wanted In
| Denver for embezzlement.
Scheidehaouer gives the following state
| ment OF his crlmei
II have been employed by the Mil
waukee Brewery company for the past
three years as salesman and collector.
/ 'When l first began TO work for them
was allowed SO day FOR expense
money, but recently they made q change
and only allowed me 10 cents on each
| the interests OF the brewery and spent
more than l was allowed. would bor-
row money from my customers In or
ally grew from $50 70 800. then $500 and
more, ana 1t dawned upon me that !
Two weeks ago last Saturday I went
TO Georgetown, Colo. and collected
little over 500 ! returned 70 Denver
at 1880 in the evening and talked matters
over with my wife. 1 was very nervous
| and much worried about my shortage
| with the company. We decided Il was
best for me TO leave. as could moi
stand II to meet my employers and tell
| them ! was short IN my accounts. left
Denver on the 1880 train and came 10
Il LEFT letter addressed to the com
pany, in which / told them everything.
and offered to turn over my home to
balance the account. My Rlfe took the
letter 10 the office and they refused to
accept the proposition,
81 am between $500 and $500 short
admit this, but spent the money for
/ the company, except the 1870 collected in
Georgetown two weeks ago."
The Denver officers are expected to
/ arrive tomorrow night. Scheldehauer says
\ he is not only willing. but anxious 10
return to Denver. without extradition
papers.
HELD IN BOND.
The examination OF Ponesghe, Garnet.
Mike and Pat Smith. strikers, charged
with obstrnctins the United States mails.
was concluded before United States Com
missioner Dart this evening. Poneighe
was placed under $500 bond. Garnet under
| 5000, and Mike and Pat Smith and George
Wells under $500 bond each for their APP
/ pearAnce before the next term OF the
| United States district court. At a late
| hour this evening the parties were still IN
The case against Charles A. Davis.
| charged with the same onence. was not
concluded and waa continued Until
I Wednesday next.
IN JAIL.
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