New-York tribune., 1901-11-01
ORDERED OUT By NAGLE
SWEEPERS FORCED TO MAKE \ SHOW
ING AT SHEPARD MEETING
NAGLE'S "VINDICATION.

An explanation OF the large audience that
greeted MIR Shepard Wednesday evening last
at Harlem River Park Second-aye and One-hun-
dred-and- twenty-nnth-st. is contained in letter
received by The Tribune. The letter was sent &C
George McAneny. secretary of the Civil Service
Reform Association. by a sweeper in the 9Fee'
Cleaning Department Mr.. McAneny informed Ihe
the receipt Of the letter and OF It's con
tents, which were as follows:
Tonight there has come an order from Commits
sioner Magic for ali men in the department 70 ap-
near uptown in the neishbOrhood OF One-hundred-
parade and make a ..showon'' for him at Tam
many meetings. think II is an outrage hlhR iG Gi
man getting homo from his work at or o GioGk'
tired out with a hard days work and wen IN IN
TO march out, pay his carfare up anG down tM4WL,, M
a. ALI the men except the few living around there
inus until II or u o'clock Tomorrow morning
We will have turn out and do a hard days W@oEk. @
Is there anything you can do 10 relieve US OF TINS
oppression?
This is only one of many complaints which MI
McAneny has received in regard to Nagles meth
DDS In the Street Cleaning Department A 1rlb-
une reporter called at Commissioner Nagles once
in the Park Row Building yesterday afternoon
and asked him the meaning of the mysterious
order The Commissioner evnced consideraoe
surprise What ORDER" he exclaimed I kno"
nothing of order
did YOU not send out an order last evening for
all members Of the Street Cleaning Department 'c
snnear uptown around Observation-Disclosures
ffth-st2'
NO" cried Mr.. Nagle who started such lie
a that
..Then understand you deny that any such
order was sent" said the reporter.
Certainly no such order was sent" replied 'he
Commissioner The reporter turned to go
..Wait a minute" shouted Mr.. Nagle You Peo-
pie have roasting ms and printing lies lies noou, @
me ali the time; now we'll see if you'll give me
fair show You've been printing stuff about Snahe af
downs' in this department Now here's soretIi.E
,tor, can print II you're willing 10 tell the, ruth
about me for once" During these remarks L tie
Commissioner had Deen runmag ging throIE, in ' ne
M nars on his desk and he finished speaking ne
trinmphantIv waved thin sheet Of paper III ~ tae
air Here he shouted. with the air OF d man
.borouphly yindicated In the face Of his enemies
..Tfis, was n letter purporting have been writ
signed himself as the |Recordlng Se"re'"iS'
Tho latter stated that "comDlaints had reaCHeu -,
.hts Diotrtcr Assembly that the men employeu,, IN
the Department of Street Cleaning WerS os Ihe+
20 sI,hr,ir 10 what IS known 'shakedoWnS IhtI
10 they were compelled 10 give up part on ~ NJ
salary to foremen and others IN a1thoIIiE NJ
ttnt !, thev did not do II made unpitasaHHt
Go .ben, 7. was also insinuated. If not dIectll
charged that this was done with your Pei'ii'''
,rs 1e,tar went on to say that many of the
EMPLOYEES IN the Street Cleaning Department aotdas
"a ;n,,estioa+e the charges This having been done
not single had been found where any -. -
piove of Mt NaEle's department had Den ona con-
nelied or asked TO give up 70 any =. OH" U,ees
nected with the department one cent OF ne w Con
"Furthermore says Mrc on "lIhins, +hN -. of any one
in authority in the department to blackmaL M ', o,'
under him far from being connivTa mn redtate az dis
rbaree and punishment Of the guilty person;
- Ins,Irt ~, Nj Naele would not for one in
stant tolerate anything Of the kind in MS oepai'
ment.
RAMBLERS INDORSE FUSION TlChEI
The Ramblers Association, with headquarters az
No .o5 East Twenty-ninth-st have indorseo 'he