St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-16

Meeting Last Night-After Mar
tin believed His Mind ResoIu-
tiOnS We're Laid on the Table
Firemen Accused OF Derelic-
ton Were Fined SO Each-Pay
koll Allowed.
The board of fire com missiOners held
two meetings last evening The first
was an open one. anu after that was
adjourned an executive session was held
to listen TO the report of the special
committee on the charges made by
Commissioner Martin against Capt.
Myler, of Engine Company No. 2.
There was a slight explosion at the
open session, caused by the reading by
the secretary of the resolutions atlooted
by the trades ana labor assembly re-
garding the course pursued by Commits
Sloner Martin i'll dsruptIny the fire
department labor union organization.
The resolutions, copies of which were
forwarded to the mayor. common coun-
Gil and the fire board, were published
in the GLOBE Saturday morning.
The secretary had hardly finished
reading the resolutions when Commits
sioner Martin was on his feet. Com
missioner Clark interrupted the Sixth
ward commissioner to move the resolu-
tons be laid on the table, owing, he
said, to their being entirely beyond the
truth.
Commissioner Martin. having regained
his feet and voice, said the resolutions
were an Internal lie and piece of black
guardiSm. They say they are not in
politics, but they lie when they say So.
Commissioner Freeman interrupted
by calling the speaker to order.
President Stilwell suggested that Mr..
Martin make his remarks little
milder.
Continuing, Martin said he had done
nothing to disrupt the organization,
and if he had wanted to do so he would
have taken action when the union in
the department was first started. He
said he had friendly feeling toward
the union, and had done its members no
injustice. The men he had accused,
the committee of which he was chair
man had found guilty, each of them
having admitted the truth of the charges
he had made. The trades and labor as
Sembly, he said, WAS in politics notwith-
standing its denial. He knew this, be-
cause it had tried to dictate who should
be appointed lis commissioner on the fire
board before Mr.. Clark was appointed
Tins, he claimed, showed that it was in
politics; but so long as it kept within
bounds he did not care. He reiterated
the statement made at the opening of
his remarks that tile statements in res
buttons were Internal lies, and sat
down.
Commissioner Clark renewed his mo-
ton TO lay the resolution on the table,
and Martin seconded the motion. Com
missioner Freeman thought the ! board
was not obliged to take any action on
the communication.
TO this Commissioner Clark retorted
that If there was any objection he would
move that the resolutions be put in the
waste basket. The statements III them,
he said, were not true, for, as a matter
of fact, all the charges made by Com
missioner Martin against the men in the
department occurred between the dates
of Dec. % and Jan. 6. less than a month
ago. lie always respected labor, but
! when unions broughtout facts not true,
he was in favor OF firing them in the
waste basket. The resolutions just
read effected on Commissioner Martin,
and were severe and unnecessary.
The motion. TO lay on the table was
! carried. all the members voting for such
! action except Commissioner Martin,
| who was excused.
The special committee of which Mar
, tin was chairman then reported that the
| charges made against Lieut.. McKenna
| and Driver Cyr, of Chemical No. 8 and
Capt. McNally, of Engine Company
| No. 3, had been investigated and the
men found guilty. The recommends
ton of the committee was that the men
| be fined 50 each. Commissioner Martin
said the fine had been made light sim
| ply because the men had frankly and
| honestly admitted the charges and
promised they would not occur again.
The report of the committee was
adopted by a unanimous vote. Com
missioner MitSch asked for report or
the charges made against Capt. Myler
but was Informed i'll whisper that they
| would be taken up in executive SEES.
sion.
The pay roll for January, amounting
to Sl4, 312.S7, which is s504.56 less than
the corresponding month last year, wa!
| approved.
DR.. w. II. Casserley, who was elected
veterinary surgeon for the department
at the last meeting, presented his bond
and contract. There was some question
raised by President Stilwell as t
whether the contract could be executed
until after DR.. CaSserley had secured 6
state license emitting him to practice
Dr.. Casserley explained that he would
secure the necessary paper this morn
ing, and the matter was referred to the
president with power to act as soon ii,
the license had been secured.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The executive session was short anC
unimpOrtant one, at least so Presiden
Stilwell stated after the adjournment
Capt. Myler, who was charged with alb
Senting himself for some thirty hour
from his station during the two week
ending Jan. 5, was fined 5 5, the same a
the other men against w HON Commits
sioner Martin had made C harges. Th,
fine was imposed, it is understood, by
vote of three to two, Commissioner
Mitsch and Freeman voting agains
such action.