The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-19

The exclusive report of the trouble IN
the fire department presented the readers
of The Herald yesterday morning had
marked effect on the community. 1t was
presumed by all, save certain few, that
everything was running tremendously at
the fire department and the announce
ment that trouble was rife was received
with marked manifestations of surprise.
Chief DeYine was seen in relation to the
matter last night, and greeted the re-
porter with, Hello. any news from the
Herald bureau of fire department newsr"
Lots" was the reply. "By the way
where were you last night; could not
find you
Oh. me! Yes. I was at the banquet
until a late hour.
"Ah, yes taking your day OFF,
"Well, what is new in this matter; have
you anything to offer about this case!
continued The Herald man.
Nothing. except that called this mat
ter of Inspections up at meeting or the
board; was told that the fire department.
was in my hands and that although l
was short-handed 7 could probably ar
range the days off so as to admit of TAX
ing the men out for inspection without
endangering the departments efficiency in
case of a call l inquired that the men
need to familiarize themselves with the
larger buildings, and wanted 10 get as
many of them out at time, and the only
way 1 could see was to reduce the num-
Der of days off. l have tried to study
this matter out. and have worked until l
had headache over IL. 1 told the men
at the meeting that if any OF them had
any suggestions to make that would be
glad to receive them, but all they could
say was that they wanted matters run as
they are now."
ticle' continued the chief, that might
as well not been printed; for instance,
that Manning matter. Ii is a question
alone, At the time McCarty was promo
ted we did not think Manning would ever
get well, and McCarty IS as good a Are-
man as there is in this department
The chief yesterday caused to be post
ed the following notice:
May 49, 1895. ? p. m. Until further no
tice no day off shall be granted 10 la any ny
of absence except by special PERMISSION
" JAMES DEvINE. Chief Engineer"
Notice The following schedule Will De
in effect on and after the date OF TINS
notice, and all rules, regulations or orders
in conflict Herewith are suspended.
all others at $50; horses rang out at (;
exercise at 7:45; all work completed by ~.
JAMES DEVINE, Chief Engineer. -,
''Is this last order a permanent one!
''Oh. no; but it goes until II IS counter
manded. will wait and see what can be
done" ,,eo. +,o
"Will you lay this matter before the
no, I hardly think So
Chief Deyine then explained that he did
not think the men mad cause LOT com.
plant; there are many other cities Where
the days off are less frequent than mere,
and he declares that he told them SO at
the meeting. ,.,,
express their disapprobation. 1t is con-
tended that Chief Devine gets his ideas
from Binford. up at Ogden, for every
time Binford comes down, SALT Lake
chief has an inspiration"
You can say ii behalf of all of us.
said the spokesman composed OF a party
of seven that we are as deeply interest
ed in the welfare of this department as
is the chief We are as earnest in deslr-
ing harmony as he is. We are as proud
of making a record as fireman as he can
be of making a record as chief. But in
order to get good results, men must be
treated like men. We respect his author
ity, and want to do what is right, but a
fireman's place is an 1rksome one. he IS
never at liberty; his days are a hours
long. Most OF US are married men. we
want chance to see our wives once per
yes" chimed in another, land we who
are single would like time in which to
propose to our best girls before they mar
ry someone else
the city to start boarding house at the
city hail. suggested another.
And thus the conversation went on.
One of the men said that he would like
the statement of the News corrected as
regards the matter of the men having
agreed to abide by the orders of the chief
a regards accepting the new rule pro-
viding that they shall have one day off in
twelve. 1.-The News man is always TWEEN
ty-four hours behind, and in this there is
would abide by the rule. OF course orders
are made to be obeyed, when they are
within reason. But in this case we did
not agree to obey this order, but stated to
the chief that it was not satisfactory. That
is what we said.
In the meantime it is said that the mat
ter will be laid before the board at its
next meeting, and the board will be asked
to decide.
1t is a fact too, that public sympathy
seems to be with the firemen in this case
and not with the chief.