User blog comment:Stormwell/Timeline of Events/@comment-1500935-20140119232626/@comment-3525200-20140120220822

The Hatters were Hat's 'supervisors' in his textile mill, though its stated that Hat was a gang leader long before he was a 'respectible businessman'.

Probably referring to the time before the Kaldwins got the Imperial throne (though Jasemine's father after the last Emperor died without any heirs).