The herald., 1894-06-01
ARE Spelling FOR A FIGHT.
The Rumpus Brewing Among
the Fire Laddies.
some Additional Charges Filed
Yesterday.
This Time thu Assistant Chicf, Mo-
Mshon, IL Charged with Druakon-
ness. Neglect of Duty aud General
Lack of Ability as n Fireman.

The fire commission met yesterday
to clear the decks OF whatever routine
business had accumulated in order that
the meeting next Wednesday can be en-
tirey devoted to the investigation OF the
numerous charges of drunkenness and
characterization that are now afioat in
the fire department. greatly to the scan
dial of that branch of the public service.
Another bomb was exploded at the
meeting by Engineer Heany fling a
series Of sensational charges against As
sistant Chief McMahon. They are as
follows:
Los ANGELES, May Goth.
Chief Engineer Moriarty and Fire Commits
GENTLEMEN The undersigned, en-
gineer OF company No. 4, prefers charges
against Assistant Chief Eng neer M.
Mcmahon as follows, and respectfully
asks that they be investig gated, as l can
corroborate and substantiate them:
First-He 10 thoroughly inefficient and
incompetent as a fireman in the extin-
guishment of fires.
Second He is entirely ignorsnt OF the
duties of an officer in the handling Of
men under his control.
Third-He ia demoralizing the depart
ment by inoiting the men to disregard
and disrespect the chief engineer by
exhibiting a communication claiming to
have come from a committee giving him
orders to report direct without referring
to the chief any and all violations that
he, Mcmahon, might ieel inclined.
Fourth-Drunkenne on the dates as
set forth below; 1894 February II, box
IL was turned in at 2 :28 a. m. He re-
sponded one hour and half later, drunk
and riding in hack to and from the
box. April ID, 20 p. M, box Il, for
fire, North CASTELAR, street, ditto; 10: 80
D. m, Bris walter tract, Mr.. g. j. Grit
fth's barn; April IL, II :05 a. m. At
the explosion on Spring street, near
Fifth, he was 90 drunk that he could not
give orders, and had to hold on to a
wagon to prevent falling into the gutter.
BY investigating the above they will
be proven true, the department. bene-
flied and the city saved loss and dis.
honor. Respectfully submitted,
]. w. HEANEY.
Mayor Rowan was averse to giving out
these charges for publication until the
date OF the investigation, but the board
thought otherwise. The letter was fled
S. K. Klinefelter asked the assistance
of the board in collecting livery bill
from Oallman @. Samuelson. The APP
plications OF A. F. Lane, @. O. Stone
man for posts as engineer, and George
II. O'Donnell as driver were filed, and
the petition OF Conrad Scheerer to erect
q steam boiler at New High and Repub-
lie streets was referred to the chief for
investigation, and the board adjourned.
| There is great deal of feeling in the
| department over the existing troubles,
and there seems to be desire ior gen.
eral ventilation of the grievances. II
was learned from several parties that
the letter which it is reported Nc Mahon
has been exhibiting as the source OF his
authority is copy OF an order passed by
the fire commission in June, 1893, dur
ing the Curran regime, in which the
heads of departments were directed to
enforce the rules.
There will be big turnout of wit
nesses at the investigation next Wednes-
day.