The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-09
ONE PENALTY FOR ALL
Thirty DAYS Suspension for
Offending Eiremen.
RESULT or BALLARD FRkcAs.
Commission Can Only Consider Infrac-
ton of the Ruies-Nan wyckoff
Also Punished.

A suspension for thirty DAYS Is the penal
y Tor members Of the Seattle fire depart
nent leaving the city without permission
from The chief. Such was the decision Of
the fire commission. which met ia special
session at headquarters last night 10 act
On the cases Of =. ". Barnes. Dan Nc
INNS and Fred Collins. the members OF thu
department WAC, Witn man named Winch
Bidder got ia row with Marshal Digs
a. Ballard on November ? The coin-nss-
sioners only took cOsnizance Of the meas
infraction OF the rules OF the department
IN leaving the city without permission OF
the chief. ard suspended the three men for
thirty days each.
AS soon as the meeting was called To or
der and the purpose announced, Collins
stated that Ia his opinion the commission
could not try the men for assault and bat
terry alleged 70 have been committed IN
Ballard, but could only set on an intr2e-
ton OF the rules Of the department. kama
ley said he understood that the case against
the men n Ballard had been dropped aud
all the commission had to do was 70 try
them for violating a ralss
Chief Cook. on motion of Collins. explain
cd everything he knew about the case and
the action he had taken. In answer 10 a
question he said Il was Mclnnis' night or,
the two other men being subs. None CT
them asked permission TO leave the city.
general expression Of opinion followed
as 20 the penalty that should be imposed.
Collins was at first in favor Of giving
Barnes ard Collins a suspension OF twenty
days each and McInnis thirty days, but
was opposed by kahaley and Meek. who
thought they should all gft the same sem
tence, as each Of them knew the rules full
We'll. Collins took broader view Of the
case than The others, and believed in met
Ing out punishment ia proportion to their
Offense.
The ruav0r wss in favor If fp1nosirv a
Ike sentence on all three and told OF an
Instance of characterization that happened
while he was captain Of a company in the
civil war, in which he, the superior Off
Ger. was blamed. 4 motion was finally
made and unanimously passed suspeading
each Of the men thirty days from the time
they were laid off by the chief.
Considerable discussion was also had on
the open lnfraction Of the law by Van
Wyckon in lending his uniform 20 Winch
Bidder the night Of TIE eventful dance at
Ballard. At the regular meeting Wedles-
day night the action OF Chief Cook In sus-
pending him for five DAYS was ratified after
a sharp running discussion in which Kaha-
ley took tho ground that ratification Of
that sentence would shut out ali further
action by the commission. Last night The
subject came up again on motion by Col
Inns TO suspend Wyckof for ten days more
KahaIey held that the man had already
served his sentence and could not be made
20 serve another for the same ofTense.
Collins held that the commission could
approve or revoke any action OF the chief
and moved the previous question, which was
put and carried. Kahaley voting no
There was some talk Of scaling down the
estimate for the coming year. bat all ac-
tion was postponed until today, when the
commission viii meet with the fnance com
mittee OF the city council.