Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-14
DISPUTE OYER SALARY.
Charles A Gabler and Naviga-
ton Company Clash.

OoUhCt hDpt OfVU anu OOhtpnhy h"o
Had Hm Indicted and Arrested-He
Gave Bond and Was Released-F
Is Over Definition of ssFair" when
Applied to Salary.
One Of the interesting cases before
the Circuit Court here is that OF c. a.
Gabler, OF Brownsville, indicted for
EN- beZZlement on complaint uf the
Navigation Company. He was here
Thursday afternoon and gave bond In
the sum of $4,000 TO answer the
charge. Gabler has many friends
here, and they do not think that there
Is anything 10 the case. The Union
tswn Genius discusses it in this wise:
Charles A. Gabler, well known
glass cutter of Brow nsville, arrived in
town this morning at rather unus-
ual hour. He was in charge OF Dep
uty Grassland OF Sheriff Frock's office.
Grassland and his prisoner got into
town at | a. ~, having driven from
Brownsville. Gabler is charged with
embezzlement by the Monongahela
Navigation Company, which OVID the
line OF steamboats, that ply between
Pttsburg and Morgantown. Gahler
was their agent at Morgantown, and
the charge OF embezZlement was en-
tered there. The arrest was made on
requisition granted by Gov. Penny
packer to the West Virginia authori-
ties. The papers reached Sheriff Frock
Wednesday. He telegraphed to Chief
OF Police Cope OF Bridgeport, to arrest
Gabler, which he did. Deputy Cross
land drove to Brownsville Wednesday
night and found Cope and bis prison
er at the Bar House. Grassland took
him into custody and Thursday be
was turned over to Deputy Sheriff III.
G. Core of Morgantown, who left for
home with his prisoner on the 1926
train.
Gabler is a member Of an old and
prominent Brownsville family. His
father, the late A. f. Gabler, was a
glass manufacturer. A. Gabler is
himself prominent, and has hereto
fore stood high in Brownsville, and
wherever else he has been. Since
leaving the employ of the Mononga
hela company at Morgantown he has
been employed at his trade OF glass
cutter at the Brownsville glass works.
Gabler left the agency of the steam
boat company at Morgantown on ac-
count of dispute about his salary.
1t is on account OF this dispute that the
criminal suit against him is brought
He kept $500 Of the company's funds
and refused to turn it over until his
salary had been paid. The company
and he disagreed as to the size of his
salary. By keeping In his possession
the company's funds he has probably
made himself technically an embez-
zler, but he is not an embezzler in fact
according to his story. He says that
he wants only what belongs to him,
and is willing to turn The balance over
to the company. BY this irregular
way of collecting his debt he has put
himself into some trouble.
Gatler says he went to Morgantown
as agent for the navigation company
under an agreement with Captain
John Britton, uperintendent of the
company. BY the agreement he was
w uC pdlu q SdIdIy. uu-
business like agreement has led to the
whole trouble. The steamboat com-
pany thought "fair" salary was $50
a month; Gabler thought sfair" sal
airy for the work was $50 a month.
Between these two expert and int r
ested opinions no average, it seems,
could be arrived at, so Gaber kept
$500 of the cempany's funds he had
collected pending settlement his way
The company have brought criminal
suit against against him to have a
settlement their way.
The $500 is said to be on deposit in
a Brownsville bank subject to Gabler's
check. 1t is thought that compro-
mise between the parties in this rath-
er unusual case will be effected at
Morgantown whereby Gabler will turn
over the Navigation Company's funds,
the company will pay him his salary
flair" or otherwise, depending on
the way Of looking at it-and the
criminal suit will be withdrawn and
Gabler released