The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30
F|REMEN SHAKE Up
Four Old Members of Cap.
itaI Hose Bounced at
Snap Meeting.

1
agog with excitement for week past
regarding the action of a sudden and
unexpected meeting of a majority of
the membership of the Capital Hose
Company through which four of the
older members of the organization are
said to have been summarily removed
| from the ''active" to the honorary
list, their places being at once filled
by the election of new and younger
members.
The four members who were thus
practically bounced" from the COM
pany were II. F. Smith, book-keeper
lat the Carolina Trust Company and
2 charter member of the organiza-
! ton; w. A. Linehan, a prominent
business man and one of the officers of
the Cross 81 Linehan Company; w. j.
Andrews. President of the Raleigh
Electric Company, and G. d. Arthur,
| Keeper of a stall in the city market,
land a prominent city and county poll
| tician.
To take the places of these four
men these were elected as active mem
hers: Sherwood Upchurch, Ben
Johnson and Early Hughes.
AS far as can be gathered, the
action of the company came as the
result of dissatisfaction which existed
among some of the members by rea-
son of the refusal of the older men,
bers to elect certain men to member
shipI who were desired by the young
er contingent.
Therefore, so the story runs, some
of these members got together Fri
day of last week, the regular meet
ing having been held at the rooms
of the company the night before and
no business having been transacted,
~, II I,A11 y,;x
night in the private office of one of
the members of the company. at
which meeting the action set forth
above was taken.
OF this meeting neither of the four
gentlemen removed from active duty
We're notified in time to attend. as
neither were certain members who
We're supposed to be favorable to
those whom it was desired to remove.
The friends of the four gentlemen
removed from the roll are indignant,
claiming that the meeting was a snap
one and that it was packed and no
opportunity given to them to be
heard or to their friends to be pres
ent at the meeting.
OF the four men removed Mr.. Line
han is in st. Louis; Messrs. Andrews
and Smith are not talking and Mr..
c. ID. Arthur only returned to the city
yesterday having left the day after
According to Mr. Arthur's state
ment none of the parties interested
received any notice of the meeting
until after it had been held and he
says that neither he nor any
of the others who were re-
moved have yet received any
official notification of the action
of the company. He also states that
in his opinion the trouble arose over
the desire of some members of the
company to get rid of the driver of
the wagon, Mr.. r. C. Pool, who,
under the charter of the company,
had right to vote at the meetings.
While neither of the gentlemen in
crested have yet taken any action. 1t
is understood that they will not sub
nit to the action taken by the meet
ing. but will take some steps to con-
test the matter, probably bringing it
to the attention of Fire Chief Wool
colt and the Board of Aldermen, at
its next meeting.
In explanation of their action the
younger members of the company
state that their reason for the action
taken was merely a desire to procure
more active members, claiming that
the four members removed fr,An the
active list were not in the habit of
fires with any regularity.
Up to Friday night of last week,
the officers of the Capital Hose Com
pany We're: Foreman. James Jordan;
Assistant Foreman. Charles Belts
and Secretary and Treasurer, r. B.
Heart
1t was rumored yesterday that there
had been a change in the office of
foreman, but this could not be es-
tablished yesterday
In the meanwhile, the firemen are
still buzzing with discussion and
awaiting further developments.