The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-20
1ER CREDIT USED Up.
e.ena's Merchants Will No
Longer Take Warrants.
- oyeS ASK FOR MONEY.
a.mfsh Mnrder Verdict Sustained
Assoria Fishermen Return
ing TO Work.

.~snsa. June i9.-Speclai.-The eity's
- 70 the suit brought by ex-Ccuncil-
q cave to restrain the treasurer from
- ssssry warrants shows pp Taco
q. ausosr unate financial condition In tie
- xsysd style Prom the answer. which
. 80 by City Attorney Jadson yester-
8 4 appears that the cafy's finances are
/ .. sondlsson Of chaos and that the hands
+ 800 ofSciass are tied By warrant holderx.
- a-e. it IL alleged by the city attorney.
.s~s;rsng 10 harass the municipality and
.~vsss il from paying the long delinquent
ssrsrs Of its employees.
s-rarkab.e as these statements may
-. they are nevertheless Incorporated
: = rstyss defense 10 the Cove suit az
svsarsd BY City Attorney JadsoD II Is
49, IN behalf OF the city tina. ats
s-ssetaI affairs are in the utmost confu-
- sxussa BY dishonest officials and dis
$500 warrant brokers. aiding and albeit
- ssia officials 20 rob and Gefraud the
..esie Of the city"
Arztn. IL il alleged by the city attorney,
80 sone Of the employees OF said city in
- n said departments lwater depart
$50 excepted) have been paid their sal
- or any part thereof for more than
= months: that their credit IL exhausted
a that unless their back salaries are
- Ii Fart at least. at once, they will be
skxzd to quit the cfty's service in order
: srocure the necessary means TO support
nsnselyea ard their families -
Il me esty's defense the Whole eontro-
y<rsy over the Boggs warrants Is gone
"a. II Il alleged thar Treasurer Sogzs.
sesplrnz to perpetrate a fraud upon the
sfy and with the kHowleslge Of sf7e oialnf-
glove purchased with city funds no less
aan E0Ne0 worth Of general fund war
,anx; that he actually paid these var
.znss and then fraudusently indorsef
A&m "nos paid for want OF funds and
kgosed OF fhem 10 warrant brokers ard
aheYs. In the same paragraph. L In al
Ne OF behalf Of the city that the plaiat-
and others holding similar warrants
i Aforesaid paid. are now confederating
ss6 conspGring together 70 prevent the
~ of Tacoma from issuing any OF the
tads In the treasury 10 pay It's laborers
lss employees until the city VIII validate
al legslIze the warrants v,h!ch they so
aBiuisntIy acquired II is also al
atd TIA. the giaint.f Cove and others
srsplring witt hun nave ''bw threats
I'd other unlawful means so inundated
- treasurer ant, CT mptroiier of the city
Ia Ing ustF VIII tEEAN TO WAFTaFkT& on
D. salary fund and the other will pay no
szrYants on sa.u fund. and that In conse-
sssnce there. The employees OF the city.
unepting in Inc light and water depart
seat have received no salaries and no
sanpenation for services rendered for the
pat seven months
4 Is also set up By the city that paint
~ statement that Treasurer Sternberg
Aa threatened &c pay the salary warrants
~ mere sham ard suhterfuge for the
suppose OF bringing tho suit that as a
Ea.tsr OF fact the treasurer had refused
~ request Of the defendant city 70 call
y sna pay the outstanding salary war
asst. although ty so doing he laid him
III ocen tt prosecution for not ohsying
~ state law which directs city treas
Ir<rs 10 cal in and redeem warrants
ssaxn On any fund when there Is 400 or
zsre 10 ifs credit