New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

Justice" will not the Secy of the Navy but
above have day and for e eaxs and
can prove my charges by competent and reliable
Hare George Applesate, Gallup, who painted your
nUuses ana prefer double charge against you
Tom Hioyems. cor PIT & Grand St the parcel
Come in At BY the by. Chief Ayres is In IT for
fraudulent can prove these Charges by many
Witnesses pss amongst them Bly Beyer Ge3
Others how the L. s. Was robbed. by God up to youx
see the Chief and yourself, and Call Halt II
dealt with hSnesty properly II It comes FOR
all go down in everlasting disgrace to prison.
will have no mercy and by God will keep my word
winner. and further do know and can positively
swear to and prove that the Steam Eng'r Dept was
81 and a part e of 1895 The 4h Auditor and the
Ras 81 TsG% he Regular
never failed in proving my Charges and sending
y to The WI a dTG not give ae
this crookedness had happened 20 years ago. 1t
"e''' '''' w. 'e'' -'''''' JOS. ]. o'BRIEN.
No attention was paid to this demand and
threat. and two weeks later letter of similar
tenor was sent TO the same man who received the
previous one. The result OF this epistle was evil
IDENTIFY not satisfactory. for November 8 its
writer stopped all negotiations for compromise
and threw down gage Of battle in the following
j T..
against whom the charges are now made
Nov g. 1895.
SIR w sh' o the to ae no hat viii no
/ have written letter to =; A.. Engr Hall L. $
MaV ne and es sae ns TO VII Dept wso are viii so Down
in everlasting disgrace" You. Hunt, Hare. Gallup
and others whom do mean to put IN their proper
Now. Sir by God have done ,%s o! am S.
p s care not how many black marks you may
put up against me. OBRlEN.
Here the matter rests al present and all hands
are waiting to see what will be done next. The
officers mentioned prevented by the rules
from discussing the matter, but there are
number Of workmen in the Bureau who are not
at all slow about expressing their opinion or
the case, and more than one has expressed
desire TO have the men who make the charges
come before a court of inquiry where they can get
a good chance at them.
AGAIN THE DRYDOCK.
There is trouble ahead for the firm which has
the contract for the drydock, and suit has
been brought by David B. Duncan against the
firm Of T. & A. Walsh. the contractors who took
up the work where It was dropped by John Gill
lies for the recovery Of the value Of certain
quantities Of coal delivered by the plaintiff to
Gillies. After Gillies forfeited the contract the
Navy Department, In It's contract with the
Washes, agreed 10 Celenu lnal lllll against any
suits for property left on the work by Mr.. Gull
lies Hornblower, Byrne e Taylor counsel
for the firm but TO fulfill the Governments guar
antee Attorney General Harmon has directed
District Attorney Bennett to consult with the
New-York firm regarding the defence. The Gov
eminent contract with Mr. Gillies provided that
should the contract be forfeited the contractor
was to lose all the materials on hand al the time.
they to be declared cOnfscated by the Govern
ment. The department accordingly seized every
thing on hand and turned il all over to the new
contractors There was little friction at the
time OF the transfer. the officials at the yard
refusing to deliver the materials 10 the Washes.
but this was afterward Strengthened out, and the
work has goNe along at rapid rate since. Inc
present suit will not delay the contractors.
The steam derrick alongside the Atlanta
last week taking the smaller guns from her
secondary battery.
Work on the yard improvements was somewhat
delayed by the storms, but IS in good condition.
and will be completed on contract time.