Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-17
SECRETARY M'TAGUE
DENIES SPECIALS"
PAY WAS REDUCED
Claims Joe McGinnity Intends 10
Pay Them What C0nstitu.
ton Demands.

- of the Newark Baseball Club.
made a reply today to the special
policemen who were employed at VIE
denmayer's Park. but who will not
work there any more because. they
say. their pay was reduced 50 cents
a day. The letter follows:
TO ths Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
] defy any employee at Wieden-
mayors Park to declare under oath
that he received a cut of from 81 to
sLso. The letter signed by one George
81. Meisel on Saturday and published
in the Evening STAR was far from
correct. In the first place. the writer.
who claims he is secretary of one Of
the several associations OF the
specials" was not at the park, and.
therefore, IL unacquainted with the
facts. The specials" constitution
calls for fifty cents an hour, and that's
What they have received to date, and
in the future 1t will be the same. On
Sundays they will report for duty at /
o'clock and end their hard days toll at
5 o'clock. During the week their hours
will be from 2 to 5. Like everything
else, there's the good n the bad. 1t
is no ones business If Manager Joseph
j. McGinnity. of the Newark Baseball
Club, wishes to cleans his payroll. IN
former years the work OF the specials"
was not a hardship, and all they wi I've
asked to do in the future Is their duty.
We had the majority of the regular
squad on duty yesterday, and on
Thursday we will have another squad
Of good men.
Some of the squad who would like
to nave been christened captain" put
their heads together and said thew did
not think It right. They figured ten
cents car-fare and SO on. Sort CT
queer, for several of them have been
seen for several years walking down
Hamburg place. Does not every man
either ride or walk to his place of m
ployment? How many places of amuse-
ment, factories or stores or any place
Of business pay the expense of their
help? Do the regular police receive
car-fare to and from work? Thus each
man was duly notified a week ahead CT
time that he would receive the regular
stipend yesterday, as well as on the
opening day.
Some Of the men who told Manager
McGinnity that they would not con-
tinue were not affected, for they
worked at their trades during the week,
and only asked to be placed on Sun
days. Several did not put in an ap-
p~earance yesterday, and, therefore.
we're saved from being Inundated, for
they would have been told in gentle
English that their service was no
longer required.
II Manager McGinnity is a cheap
skate" his park cost him thousands or
dollars and his players payroll Will De
greater than any club in the league. He
has spent thousands for drafting
players and getting some new faces,
and he Is aware of the fact that the
general public appreciates his EFFORTS
Let the "Barrys'' continue to knock
It's fine advertising.
Please refer the gentleman who called
at your office and declared that the
duty Of the specials was not over
until he escorted the man who carried
the receipts to the clubs office to me
That assertion is false. In former
years that was done by one OF the men
and his days a was ~. Our
specials who are wearing the gray at
the present time have been highly rec
commended by prominent officials n
Endorsed by Police Captain Peter CHRIS
tie. We are ~unacquainted with MT
Meisel. We well know that he
Specials are not a union organization.
We refer the general pubic to the
officials of the various labor organlza-
tons who helped make the new ball
park one Of the finest minor league
backgrounds in the country.
Manager McGinnity has been 1aIr 20
- A.~ tho aforf and
not a single carpenter, mason, painter.
plumber, electrician, or
tar-roofer on the payroll who did lot
have his card In his pocket. All our
work is being done by union men.
AS for the "specia s." we DO not ASK
them to shift the scenery or MOP h
floor, like the small amusement places
do. At certain dance-halls they are on
duty from 1880 to long after midnight
and their compensation is but 81 ana
50. Just notice the time and difference
In the work.
We do not ask the ushers to SHIFT the
chairs, nor would we ask many Of tS
Specials" for it would be LOO la'o-
rious. I exclude our present force, for
all are honest men, who well know
that it's a crime to retain a baseball
valued at $1.25. They will protest the
property of the club, players and fans.
and that's what they will be paid for.
All our men are equal. in every way
and Manager McGinnity plays no fa-
vorites. No man was cut. On last
Sunday. April 9. there vas no anne
The specials" were told by me that
in the future they would receive 50 ON
Sundays and $3.50 during the week, the
understanding being that they wou q
put in four hours on Sunday and three
during the week. To date that has
not happened since the present season
opened.
Manager McGinnity realizes that he
Is doing business and residing in g.
great city, and he has the greatest
trust in all. We have never read of a
person being held up in broad daylight
In a local trolley car, ETC., and we feel
that 1t will not happen now. A fine
chance with members Of the regular
force along the line. Tell that Special
with a crouch to cal and introduce
himself. I'll convince him that he does
not know what he is talking about or
forfeit he balance of my years SAL
airy, which is very likely more than he
ever made. I trust you will grant me
this space on your sporting mage.