Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-09

with the city fire department.
One reason advanced by the Pullman
company when 1t demand more mon.
ey for the services Of the fire company
was the following:
The wages allowed the firemen ut
Pullman are lower than paid Ivy the
city: consequently our hremen are
drawn to recruit the city departments,
this being used somewhat as a training
school.
In other words. they asked that a
premium he placed on cheap labor.
claiming that because wages were low.
er. the Pullman corporation ought to
be paid u larger sum for the services
of the cheaply paid men. This was one
of the reasons Mayor Hopkins gave for
reducing the appropriation for the Pun.
man fire department $4,000. No reason
was ever assigned by the Swift admin.
istratlon for increasing the amount 70
the old figure by adding the $4,000.
During the Pullman strike the charge
was made that the Pullman corpora
tlons evaded taxation on xlO.OOO.OOO
based on u statement showing the
amount of property actually owned by
the various corporations. the amount
OF the assessments In Cook County and
Illinois. as well as In other States in
the Union. Figuring on u valuation of
One-flfth for assessment purposes. II
was claimed xS.OOO.UOO worth of us.
sessn,'.e property escaped taxation.
These facts were reported to the
State Board Of Equalization by Gov.
Altgeld at the tilne, but no result was
ever attained. President HO.brOok, Of
the Taxpayers Defense League. made
the chnrge In his recent open letter that
the Pullman corporations pay fully
S2WWw less In taxes every year than
they ought to. and his estimate was
based on fair valuations ana the state.
ments issued by the Pullman company
To Its stockholders. This amount is
necessarily paid by the other taxpay-
ers Of Chicago and Cook County.
John ID. Shea. Inspector Of police. re-.
turned home Wednesday night utter u
three months trip to Europe In search
Of health. lie was met nt the depot by
number Of police officials and per.
sOnnl friends. The Inspector said his
trip had not proved Of much benefit,
as he felt weaker and knew that he
had lost In weight since leaving Chi.
cagO last July. His objective point was
Wlcshaden, Germany, where he OK.
pected that the famous springs would
prove beneficial. lie remained there
SIX weeks. The waters seemed to have
u weakening effect and he gave up the
treatment and started for home. stop.
ping at London, Dublin. nnl New York.
Asked ns to his plans. he admitted
that he first designed to consult with
his physician before announcing his
Intentions for the future. He said he
intended to remain ut home ana rest
for several days and after that would
be In position to talk intclligently Of
what lie would do.
Commissioner Mctianm II after the
Morrison estate, owners Of the building
ut the southeast corner Of Clark and
Madison streets, for violating the Ia "
In extending the windows Of the strnc.
ture twenty inches over the building
line onto the sidewalk. The building
has recently been renlOtieled. When
the contractors were ready to put IN
the show windows a barricade was put
up that completely shut out public
view Of the work. Under this cover the
windows were moved out twenty
inches further than the building Ortli.
nance permits. Last week Deputy
Commissioner TOOlen ordered the
work stopped, but no attention was
paid to him. Commissioner Mc(innI
now says the windows must bc moved
back.
The Republican Congressional com
mlttee Of the sixth District met Wclnes
day afternoon In the Republican hend
| quarters In the Royce building and
called the Congressional primaries ant
convention for Monday. Oct. ~. III
North Side Turner hall.
The primaries will be held under
the primary election law nnd the pOlls
will be open from till I o'clock In tlit
evening. The convention will be held
at y o'clock the same evening.
| Major Henry ID. Beam AMI Louis
Kistler. both prominent lawyers. ar,
candidates In the sixth District.
| General Manager Bowen discharged
eight more Chicago City Railway EN-
plOyes Wednesday. The charge II M
ionism and agitation. The men say h'
has thrown down the gauntlet to IN
lOnism with an avowal for war.
Il want to chop ont lot of useless
timber. \ strike offers the brs, WI!
to do It," the general manager Is quot
cd rs saying.
"He can have war II he wants Il,
answer executive committeeman. An
other slaughter" Is said 10 % SLATED
for Friday.
The deposed men are W. j. Johnson
+. Glgglns, John Rhind and \. A
Tibbs. conductors, Cottage Grove barn
NJ. VI. RrOgen AMI Il. Leverenz. conduc
tors, State street barn: NJ. BOggnn. mo
tOrman. oath street barn, and j. I
O'Brien. motorman, Wallace stree
barn.
~ strike Is now inevitable" drclarc'
n prominent member of the eXe"utiv,
committee.
The executive committee held q se