Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-11-21
He WAS DISCHARGED
Because it Was Claimed He
Was a Runaway Apprentice.
LOCAL SHOPS REFUSE HIM WORK

Ahe GNnehoe IN th5 suit OF marx A.
Shaw Against +. BiumeuthaI 4 90.
Book.keeper sparrow Says lie wrote
the Gard But Refuses to SAY whether
He Mailed it or Not
The suit brought by Mark A. Shaw
against F. Blamenthal Company for
| damages resulting from the Interference
Of that firm or Its agents, by sending
statements by postal card aud otherwise,
which prevented the plaintiff from secur.
ing work at his trade of morocco shaver,
Is proving decidedly interesting. It is q
novel chsrge and while savorlng Of libel
and slander, Is not strictly either.
| Yesterday afternoon Shaw was put
under rigid crossexamination but no
new points were gotten out of him
| John + Sparrow, book keeper and
cashier for f. Blumenthal a Company. Ia
| this city, was sworn. He acknowledged
having written the postal card but re
fused TO say whether he had sent IL
through the mail for fear II might In
crimlnate him.
Both Messrs Ward and Macallister
said they would release him from any
liability so far as they could, but Mr..
Sparrow refused TO be caught In anything
that resemb,ed trap, He could not
remember that any other cards were pre-
pared In his office like the one sent to
Gibson Company, nor did he remember
receiving any notice from Mr. Ward q
year ago TO discontinue the interference
with Shaw.
| Farley Hired Him.
James +. Farley. formerly member
OF the Delaware Morocco Company said
he had employed Shaw Ia 1890 Wien
Shaw came to him FIRST he Farley, told
Shaw to 60 back to Bumenthals, but
later gave him work. Patrick Munday
visited the witness and tried to get him
to let Shaw 80, but as he, Munday,
| would not sgree to take him back.
Farley declined to discharge him. He
| Identified the postal card sent to Gibson
& Co.. as similar to one he had received
James Crooks. foreman for W. j.
McOlary, said Shaw worked for that firm
in 1891 and again in 1892. On both
occasions he had discharged him be.
cause F. Blumenthal claimed the boy as
their apprentice Sue gave Shaw certiti.
cate Of competency at the end OF his
time.
Message Over the Telephone.
W. J. McClary was sworn and said
that he had been called up at the tele-
phone and tod that Shaw was q runa.
way apprentice He then ordered Shaw s
discharge. This was on both occasions.
He said that an understanding existed
between morocco manufacturers in re.
gard to employing runaway apprentices
Blumenthal & Co, didn't belong to the
local association. Mr. Saulsbury at
tempted to shake his testimony by ask
ing II he could be certain that the voice
over the phoue was that OF Superintend
ent Pierson. The witness said III
hadn't been certain / should not have
discharged Mr.. Shaw"
James Keenan,, foreman in /. T.. Quig.
ley's works, had discharged shaw in
1891 because he had been informed that
Blumenthsl had had trouble with him.
Robert w. Tadman, of Mitchell, Tad
man and Thomas, had discharged Shaw
because he had been informed that be
was an apprentice Of f. BlumenthRl d
Co.
Lewis Welch, fellow apprentices Of
ShAw's, testified to the discharge OF Shaw
by Patrick Munday, after which court
took 3 recess until this morning.
More About Discharges.
Court was delayed about fifteen min
utes this morning by the absence Of two
Jurors, and II was 10 10 o'clock when
court resumed
Gibson was placed on the stand
and Bwore to having received a postal
card signed Dsniel Pierson. Jr.. superin.
tendent and which WAS shown him by
Mr.. Ward.
The card was then admitted In evil
dsnce after MIR. Salisbury had objected
on the grounds that there WAS no proof
OF its emanAtinR from +. Blumenthaps q
Office Judge Wales decided that It had
been shown that the card was written In
the once, and should be admitted. Mr.
Salisbury interrupted several times,
until finally the judge remarked: "Mr
Salisbury you have a habit Of interrupt-
ing the court before 1t gets through
Mr. Salisbury apologizsd and the card
was read. The wording was as follows
"WILMINGToH. March z, 1890.
"sIRs. One Marx Shaw, an apprentice
to us as a shaver, left without cause
and our notice. Please do not employ
him Yours:
DANIEL PmRsoN, Jr., supt
E. A. s."
Another Postal Caro- Received.
/ T. Quigley was sworn aud testified
that in March, 1890, he received through
the malls postal card which read exactly
the same as that received by J J Gibson.
1t was admitted In evidence after
objection from Mr.. Salisbury who after.
wards admitted that tine handwriting
was that OF Book keeper Sparrow.
Cornelius Mundsy, head foreman oi
Blumenthal & Co, was introduced tC
prove that Pierson had told him that ht
had received a letter from Shaw's at
torney, but Judge Wales ruled the
evidence out as dangerous. Munday ther
related that on one occasion during 1891
or 1892, Sparrow asked him II one o.
their boys was not working at McClsry 8
Witness said yes, and then Pier
son called up McClary's on the phone
, and asked him II there wasn't one Of theii
boys working there. On cross examina.
, tion Mr.. Mundsy gave a history Of tn,
charges in the management of thu
; factory, from the time Mullin sold out
He said he had discharged Shaw, after
he had been reported by Patrick Mundsy
for the reason that he was not doing
his work well. He said that this metho'