The morning times., 1895-09-28

Frank NJ McVaugh, the iron contractor
Oh the addition TO the Government Print
ing Office, who was charged with vlo-
Htfug the eight hour law, was discharged
in the police court by Judge Miller yester-
day, the court taking the ground that
there existed a probable emergency In
the collapse of that death trap" as lie
called the old building.
b. A ,ter tue .cumplr,e report in Ine Even
Close th'. following testimony wasniifr'd,
Mr. Milford Spohn and Mr.. Goorge U.
Cook, both brieklayers and bu'iders, testi-
fled that they had examined the wau that
was claimed to be in daigcr, ana thought
il was just as safe as the east wall; that
the building was as safe to-day as II was
five years ago. They had been engaged
about two hours in examining the building.
Would it be. possible to work two
gangs of men on that buildings?
"Certaiuiy," said Mr.. Cook. They coulu
work three shifts of men, if they wanted
to. They are doing the same thibg at
the new opera house now. They did III
on the Moses building, and have done II
often"
Mr.. W. l.. Grigg and Mr.. C. C. Colbert,
employes of the Government Printing Of
flee and working on the top floor OF the
present building, testified for the prose
rution that they had not noticed any addi-
tionoi vibration in the building since the
beg inning of the underpinning. THESE
sehtieiieh mu, ''ia r'ea, ho, ,, h.a,, ,iraIv to
top iloor' ana wouiu na'e neen adai,ioroI dlss ~
vibration In the floors.
STORY OF THE DEFENSE.
The defense called Mr.. John A. King,
contractor and buiider, who testified that
he had tried on one occasion to get men
70 wuih siA noiis =. -, his axnarisnca
oiiapte 10 10 ~ an1 -. D,,,.'a h., 1,;d
at the uoseihiiiens i,, iih''ns Ell, 49, nan
NOT 'iilnk ~ possinis " WIN ''
III the space lies hno. nj,
mcs ausn Mas ihen 90, 90 ,,.n-I, ",-S
saiu ne hau hot trleu 10 80 ineh 20 W -
In TWO shilts put ne uiu 10. 'ninh no
"ouid nave duN ahsfu lne WI aH' a,.t.s 80.
ny Worship men siA nouns III W. S'Ae'
ilSseah VI eiS,'t uouis 'h oH' -, ir cum,
Inns was an ,iie anu u, s,
Iilis up 'he car. M 'ne 80 60,
tue uelehse' saiu tudV ~ "aS nv. 80
ny tie Pr'secu lion lhat M nv "u,A ""o -
ehe OF Tue iouf ciahses VI peopie ""' ~ ~
DE Suius oi an oIieilse ui,lei ,nia az, dns
my PtiSoils WIZ ,oui,l o' M o"i 81 -. u''S.
tne W"rkllS ol tie Jaw "eie' ilSe' gu
pl'eI VI tne ollteu IL, 1A
"iiicer Oh the Distfic' oi 'oiuli,oia, iniiuiy'
con,factor, anu, ihs,l!, -,
Mr.. MeN augh nan hot vceh snoMn W e
N.N' =
was piehly ol Wstiihony 70 Sno" tha. nc
was IN the employ Oh lne fhoen'A Iron
COMPANY ,..
lila iMEb AN EaEhuENOi
Counsel then called attention 10 the
emergency clause. The testimony SHOWS
that the walls OF TINS puiidlhg are III d
prtcariouS condition. that curing tle uh-
derpinnng the puiIulhg was III positiFe
danger, and that Lieut. seweil testiled
thai he would mol ike TO ne IltHi 1tSilDtls
bic Tor the Dullding II the WaAs were not
closed In before Ireezlns weather
III leave the question OF emergency
ROW 10 your hohor. 1odr h'nor can Juuee
1t Tor yourseI. II there is any man ID ,fe
District oil columbia OF III tne ehiteu
states VINO Is apie 10 Juuge whether eiie W
wall IN question: was III uahsef ot
not, IT certainly must oe the engineer IN
Niui ST., .,
mat IL seemed 70 him thar tbera was only
ore ,,,otnt in the v,hoIa case and tn,s was
wbottar there was am enerrancv or NOT
.s far as tho srh-con,r.cfor was con
r.,r,ad tba ,,rasecu,ipg attornav claimed
,,,a, ., -, y, ,.;,Io,,r ,h.t Nv - n !,
snno ,,,,rp T., o,bar oitias IL, which tho
| pboauix Tror Copn.rv mad nothing what.
- nu 70 do Tbo Pbnc,;r ror,nanr vas a
! s,r,, f,,rnisbinc strnctnraI ron ana tbay
| cartainjv TouId enter into some kind or
! CONTRACT win aov man they furrisi,ed ma
| teriaI tn
,I,,rIo,rne,; nil oraa, stress on the
agreeuant .spbich yoas sirned nv all the
| mon and which Tho Times nrintad Yer.
| batIm Tho aproenapt s,ecific,IIv said
| ,hat tho mon yvere ,rnnI. VS. Of AR Erant
| Ncyaupb and that hc was the ennIover
! rrhis i,saI, ,,iv,,r,,-a,, I'M. idoo tba, NcVangb
zas an1,rtbar tban a suhcoutrotor
Nav in regard 10 ihis eInerrencv. I.iept
! sau.au sars y,be, tbny hcgan to updcrnin
| mo 1aIi they nov.a tho nrin,ers twaptv
| ,aat asa. from r.
| 40 NJ So,,au b,., op,, lido, :, oon,iprad
| Afr uujIovnev ..of that wall heing in
| dancer of FAILING down those men would
| NOT have heen movad tyventy faet n wav.
,ha, ,ro,Ia b.,o hoa, taten o,,+ or tba
| br,iairg aIt,,ethar,,
T-ncF ,,TrIrp-s npcrSIoN
| - ,sn,a- =, .-,,.,,r,,, -
'uuse h'ei' ih a''iHe UP .,e .aee'
! ahaiyzed the statute unoer cohsiueratioii
anu sald III Vas ihaue u! long gtess' especiaii!
Iot lhe goou OF the WORKING ciass OF People
ana ne shought II WIse ana peheiIceh'
raw, anu one 'hat oush' " pe s'ricey Gu
ioloeu. -.,-
! iht main Question rs sdiu his hohor
"hetner this man Is contractor OF ho'
anu tuinh i'oih the 'es'iiiiohS ne is ho' 81
inaue .i,, ouC.
! luz ohiS queseiou iehaihs Ho" as u
| whether mere was an emergency, ana
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