The Washington times., 1895-02-24
STATEMENT OF THE MEN.
Complete Refutation of the Posts Article
on Mr. EhandIer,s ENnnisinn

! Complete Refutation of the Posts Article
on Mr. ehandler's Expulsion.
EDIToR TIs rs: In the Post of the 22d
instant is report on the case OF Mr. F. c..
| Chandler, superintendent of the Heurich
Company's new brewery. which We cannot
! In justice TO ourselves, let pass without some
contradiction. We don't know where the
reporter for the Post got his Information,
| but he certainly got it badly mixed u2.
| We, the undersigned, went TO work on
| the new brewery about the middle Of Octo-
Der, without any definite understanding as
| 10 rate OF Day. On the fret iay day we
were paid OF at the rate OF 81. 80 per day. OF
/ eight hours. which is S5 cents per hour, as
adopted jointly by the bosses and journey
men. May. 1883. Mr.. Heurich at this time
| was building his residence and decided to
continue TO pay his carpenters So per day.
| Mr.. Chandler's time book shows that Mr..
| Heurich has continued 10 pay that amount
| up 10 the present time, but somehow that S3
| dwiDded down TO 81. so by the time We re-
| ceived it from Mr.. Chandler.
| The Post says: None Of the complainants
| have an excuse for accepting this short
| amount Saturday after Saturday except 70
| say that they did not count their money
| when they accepted it and only discovered
| their shortage after leaving the room in
which they were paid of, then did not feel
! Now we ask the Post and the public II it
! believes that any sane body OF men would
knowingly receive shortage OF Sl.20 per
week for over TWO months and not dispute
| the count?
| The first iniimation we had that We should
have received So per day was on Saturday,
| December %, when an official of the COM
| pany came to the building. at time when
he knew Mr.. Chandler had gone 10 the COM
! pany's office, and asked Us, individually and
collectively. how much pay we received the
| previous week and at what rate per day.
| We gave the answer truthfuliy. Sl3, which
WAS broken week and at the rate OF S2.S0
| per day. Mr.. Chandler, when informed OF
| this. requested US TO make a denial OF our
statement and TO assert that he had paid US
| 50 per day, holding out to US the hope that
! by so doing We could probably hold our
! jobs, himself included.
We promptly and positively refused to ac-
cede to his request He also sent two men to
US asking US 10 pursue that course, one of
/ them with the deficiency of our wages for the
| previous week in his hand, which he offered
| TO US with the statement that i We would ac-
| cept 1t we would then be in a position to say
We had received 80 per day for the previous
week We positively refused to accept the
money or change eur statement one iota. and
we hope to be given the opportunity to prove
| this n court of justice.
| 1nat evening, anu as long as We renamed
| on the job we we're paid at the rate of So
per day The Post would also have its read
| ers believe there was quite protest and that
harmony has been destroyed in the union. by
| the passing of this sentence on Dir. Chandler,
! but such is not the case. as there was not a
| dissenting voice or vote, as the records of the
union will show, and on last Tuesday night
| the federation of trades, with C large attend
ance, unanimously indorsed the action OF the
! Carpenters Union.
The Post attempts to make light OF the
affidavits presented to Mr.. Heurich. Time
will no doubt prove their worth. We GER
tainly think W. were justified in making
them for our own protection against the
| false statements OF a man who has been
proyek no longer worthy to be called a
brother carperter. Respectfully,
| JOSEPH J. CAYLoR,
| JOSEPH SoHoLEs,
W. DARGIE,
Iourneymen Carpenters.