The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-15
RAD DAY FOR WEINSElMER.
mrs WITNESSES RATIFIED UNDER
THE PROSECUTORS FIRE.
ga, side Delegate says lie. Not Wein'
seImer, Ordered the Chatswor'h strike
DOESN'T Know Why-Dates Mikeo
Nore Pictures Of Conspiracy Bullding

-nOesnt hnOW WY
,,orc Pictures Of Conspiracy BulidinB
.Diamond Phil" Weinseimers deiehce
IN rho charge that he extortad s2,7oo from
coorpe j Fssg, a master plumoer' WIS
too,n before Judge Newburger in General
e..io,s Yesterday, and at the end OF the
dav il was the general opinion OF those IN
oorrt that il had been disastrous session
tor the walking delegate who founded the
pdinp Trades Alliance to fight the
.mnloycrs. Weinseimers witnesses, under
nhorn cross examination by Assistant
nis,rict Attorney Rand, became ratified
and made statements, so a representative OF
the District Attorneys office said' that
plugged any holes there might have Deeh
in our case.
: II will take at least two more days to get
in Wein.rimer's side His counsel nave
now Practically decided TO put him on the
stand George Raines, Weinseimer's chief
counsel almost said az much when ne
finished his opening address to the jury.
As usual Mrs Weinseimer was in court,
and Mr. Raines' speech apparently cheered
berup. At the close of the day she chatted
and laughed with her husband before he
WAS taken back to the Tombs for the night
Esse is still guarded by men from the
District Attorneys Office. One OF them
had him in charge yesterday and went
with him everywhere. Essig was not IN
court, hut he will not be out OF the sight
Of somebody from the District Attorneys
Office until the trial is over
.Weinsnimer," Mr.. Raines said in his
address 20 the jury, was mere feath or
in the cvclonic atmosphere OF chaos and
disorder" in the building trades last sum-
mer Counsel pictured the prominent
builders of the city deciding that he had to
he nut out of the way. in the language
NJ Wall Street and the business world, y
Mr. Raines said, 1T was necessary to get
him." He argued that the evidence against
Weinseimer was manufactured in cold
blood bv the $4,000, 900 employers organi-
zation, and the charge against him was
invented so that he might disappear and
his organization be dissipated.
There is not a scntila OF evidence in
the story that Weinseimer ever received
snv money or got note from Essig,' Mr..
Raines said, we will show that his hands
are clean of having demanded any money,
either as the representative OF labor
organization or for himself He had moth
ing to do with the return Of Essig's men to
work; that was in the hands Of the business
representatives of the organization. AS to
the dav Of his arrest, we Will show that
Wenseiner never went into a private
room with Essig, and that Essig never paid
him any money.
Daniel Finn, one OF the walking dele
gates who had to do with the calling of the
strike on the Chatsworth, was the first
witness. He assured Mr.. Raines that he
Waip inc nh "a q
the strike or had he anything to say Il
diamond Phil" about the waiting time
that was to be paid. The purpose Of Mr.
Rainess questions was to show that Vein
seiner had no hand in the strike on thu
Chatsworth or the return of Essigs mer
to work.
Finn said that he saw Weinseimer OF
Dec. 81, the day that Essig got the contra
for the plumbing job. Mr.. Rand. eros
examining, showed that the contract wal
dated Dec. 81. Finn SAID ne must nave
AS the cross-examination went on Finn
became greatly fustered. There were
four walking delegates in the Plumbers
Union. he; said. and they bad districts 8,
Fifty-ninth street. When Mr.. Rand wantec
to know why he was bothering with tht
Chatsworth job on the West Side, Finn sale
that the delegates had rowing commits
sions. He became 30 confused under tn
it was hard to tell whether the delegate,
were allowed to roam at large, or were
confined to districts.
The men hadn't been ordered from thu
Chatsworth job, he said. They were tolc
that the rules Of the union were being VIC
one man who refused to stop work wher
ordered to do 80 by a walking delegate.
Where is he?" asked Mr.. Rand.
Il haven't seen him since" was the an
swer.
Asked IL waiting time" wasn't none.
that was Iaid for work that was not done
Finn said, with a grin, well, guess that
it,
Andrew Brown, president Of the Employ
ing Plumbers Association, was called
next. He wasn't long on the stand, how
ever. Mr.. Raines tried to get from hin
that tho plumbers quit on the Chatswortl
because Of a grievance OF the carpenter
working on the building, but Judge New
burger ruled out the questions on MIR
Rsnd's objections. The only testimony on!
admittanoe Of letter from him to Vein
semer notifying the latter that Franl
Kendall, the plumber who had the contrac
on the Chatsworth, was not member o
the Masters association, but had unioi
men at work on the job, violation OF thu
ton and the union, which Weinseime
was asked to look into.
From Alfred b. Chanler. secretary o
the conference board of the employing
plumbers and the union, Mr., Rand OBJ
tanned the statement that no record o
meetings was ever kept Then came JOIN
Alwater, another walking delegate. witt
was concerned in the strike on the Chats
worth. He had almost as hard a time a
Finn. Alwater's testimony was similar t
Firms until Mr. Rand began his cross ex
animation He told Of taking Essig to I
meeting Of the union and introducing
him to Weinseimer and Of calling on Essil
several times after that. Three days afte
he introduced Weinseimer to tssig thu
latter announced that everything hat
been fixed" and his men were going t.
work, Awater said he had never Spoken
10 Weinsemer about ; ssig and he couldn'
explain how Essig had found out that every
thing had been fixed" He hadn't founC
out himself, Alwater said. Alwaters ex
plantation of waiting time" was paying
money to men who hadn't worked because
their union wouldn't let them
Did YOU ever see cat chasing his tail?
asked Mr.. Rand, but withdrew the question
when Mr., Raines objected. Whereupor
Mr. Rainrs said: You may see a cat catcf
MS tail before we got through"
10 A Fertig secretary and treasurer
o. u" Building Trades Employers Asso
cation, Mr.. Raines put more questions in
IN hri,, . apt,H n