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waTerbury, conn, Monday, maiich 30, 1903.
VOL. XVI, NO. 95.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ONA
DAY IN
eVeraI: of the . Strikers Locked tap s 011 Charge of Assault With
Intent to Commit Murder-?5qtiad of Police Invaded T
r
TROLLEY
he
M
KEN GET COUSE
Attorney o'Neill Has Been Re-
tained and Was in Consultation
With the Strikers This After
noon An Effort Was Be
ing Made During the
Afternoon to Get
Bondsmen.
, i ' ,, .
Another sensation in the trolley
strike took place this forenoon about
II o'clock, when six of the strikers
were arrested charged with assaulting
with intent to murder the crew of a
car on the Waterville line on the night
of February 26. The arrested strikers
are Harry W. Warren,' Clifford and
Willis Vandemark, David C. , Marsh,
Edward B. WInneger and John. J. Mc
Oulre. The men who were assaulted
are William T, Merna and George Mor
rlssette. - The arrepts took place at the
strikers' regular morning meeting,
.which they have been holding since the
strike was inaugurated. President
Barrett was speaking.tp the men when
the policemen entered the room, break
ing up the meeting and creating the
greatest alarm and excitement. When
the men for whom' the police had war.
rants were arrested, President Barrett
stated that if there were any more of
the men wanted they would unhesi
tatingly be handed over to the police.
'The trolice mad nr rnlv. but mnrrhprl
awav with their nrisrmwo firifiili-tr
tuardod. They went tip Grand to
Livaven worth street, down which Man
ager Sewell happened to be driving at
the time, and the moment he saw the
procession he left his wagon and ac
companied, the crowd to the station
house. .'
Early this-niorrilng there were ru
. , mors afloat that.arrests' connected with
,.'the strike had been made, but for what
or who the arrested parties .were no
one could say. -The, slate at the police
' station contradicted, these V reports,
5 there being no Dames whatsoever on it.
But still the reports continued to lire,
and as the forenoon grew .apace they
became moie persistent.
About 10:30 o'clock policemen began
to gather at , the, station house in .plain
, clothes, but as this has . been nothing
extraordinary since the night i of the
riot on January 31, no one paid much
attention to it, But very soon it be
came apparent that "the police had
something on their hands, for as they
i left the station they scattered, but all
managed to be In the near vicinity of
the strikers j headquarters : about 11
o'clock. When they finally made their
"descent on'the strikers' roomsabout a
. dozen In plain : clothes were in the
pquad.with Sergeant Fagan In charge.
E very-tiling in connection with, the ar
rests ,ws done so quietly that very
few were aware of what was happen-
The assault in question took place
re on xne mgnt oi , i oDruary z. xne
s waiting on a switch, on North
-'w street, when a number of men
ySped down upon it and gave Mor-
tracu in rront or tne car. 'mere tnev
laid until the men In charge at the barn
became anxious over the' delay of the
car and sent another car out to bring
iz in. boui men were o uauiy Deaien
i r "T J . 1. .11 l A
and hrt that they were confined at
the hopital for some time. Morrissette
upon recovering decided he had had
enough of trolley work here and quit
the town. Merna, it is thought, re
nin Ined. - ' j
Opinion was divided as to who did
it. Some said it was the work of
some of the strikers; others held it was
the work of friends of the trolley com
pany, done for the purpose of provok
ing sympathy for its side of the con
tention, and there were a great many
who said it was done by some of the
non-union men themselves in order to
prolong the strike and thug keep them
in what they considered good positions.
But no one for a moment would accuse
any of the men who have been arrest
e'1 who, are all intelligent and peace;
able looking fellows.. The Vander
marks . are brothers and the nominal'
owners of the automobile which has
been carrying passengers on Bank
. street.
All the men now under arrest with
the exception of 'McGuire have been, in
the employ of the company for several
McGu'lre came here about a
j ago.
"m O'Neill has been retained a
Nfor the men under arrest. -Mv
ul a long conference with the
Afternoon. They are held un
V S2.00O each. An effort is
'K-o eecuro bondsmen-
eeting Room -of the Strikers and Arrested Five
"MeriT-'-Others Were Taken In Custoday
; I taterBonds Fixed
The
en
HARRY W. WARREN, Motorman.
CLIFFORD VANDEMARK, Conductor
WILLIS VANDEMARK, Conductor.
DAVID C. MARSH, Conductor.
EDWARD B. .WINNEGAR, Conductor.
JOHN J. McGUIRE, Repair Shop Hand,
CHARLES T. ROSS, Employe.
But the end is not in the arrests of
the above. This afternoon about six
teen more warrants were placed in the
hands of the ponce for the apprehen
sion of others, some of them strikers
and some of them strike sympathizers,
all charged with assaulting Merna and
Morrissette with Intent to murder
them. ' The alleged intent to murder
is said to be shown in the act of the
assailants in placing the unconscious
bodies of the strike breakers across the
tracks in front of the car for the pur
pose, it is said, of having them run
over and killed. 1 . " ' . 1 .
- It is thought that when all the war
rants have been served -and the ac
cused are in custody, it will be an -easy
matter to place the death of Officer
Mendelssohn on the actually, guilty
party. It is also believed that the war-
rants ; were not issuea wunout gwu
and sufficient basis for issuing them
and that the authorities had some mo
tive in not accomplishing the arrest at
the'one time of. all those suspected of
the crime, for it i would necessarily
cause an alarm among those who would
escape the police net In the first haul. ,
The information m tne nanas or xne
authorities and which led to issuing
the warrants was gathered by a Pink-
erton man whose name is said to be
O'Connor, by Detective Dodds and
Sheriff Rigney. There is a reward or
$200 for the conviction of every man
charged with the assault on merna ana
Morrissette and f the , reward for dis
closing the man who fired the bullet
that ' killed Officer Menaeissonn
amounts to $13,650.
(Policemen are scouring the town in
search of other parties wanted and it
Is probable that several otner import
ant arrests will follow wiffiln a few
hours.
Clifford Vandemark, conductor, re
sides at 1029 West Main street He
Is married. . His brother, also a con
ductor, boards on Johnson street. His
wife died about three months ago.
Harry Warren, motorman, boards at
408 West Main street. He is married,
but does not live with his wife.
Edward Winnegar, conductor, resides
on the Watertown road. He is mar
ried. . ' -
David C. Marsh, conductor, Is mar
ried and resides. on Cherry street.
John McGuire, : lives v at 921 Bank
street.; He worked in the company's
repair shop. He is unmarried.
Charles T. Ross lives on West Main
street. ' He is not married.
President Barrett of the local trolley
men's association said to-day that he
nor anybody ; else connected with the
strike so far as he was aware, knew
absolutely nothing, about the matter,
except that officers entered : the shall
and placed as many men as they want
ed and who were present under arrest.
He didn't know, lie said, what the na
ture of the charges preferred ' against
them were until he heard it on the
street.
There came near being a tow this
afternoon between General Manager
Sewell and Fresident Barrett of the
trolley men's association. Mr Sewell
met 'Mr Barrett arid sneeringly remark
ed that there, was something good for
the strikers' statement to-day and re
minded him not to forget to tell M. J.
Ryan to make a note of it. Barrett
said he didn't have to do that, where
upon Mr 'Sewell asked him why , he
didn't go over and get his friends out.
Barrett ffald this would be attended
to on time and then Mr Sewell Is said
to have stated that he would soon be
looking for some one to .take himself
out. Tliis angered Barrett . and he
went straightway, to Prosecutor Dur
ant and asked that a warrantee is
sued for the arrest of General Manager
Sewell. No warrant, was made out. . ,
Several prominent business men were
on hand this afternoon willing to fur
nish bonds foiv the men, but owing to
the fact that there was a. rumor about
town td:the effect that tiie authorities
are in possession of evidence to con
vict them they rfeused to accept bail.
4 stating that they preferred to wwait a
hearing and face their
accusers.
Arrested.
Naturally the strikers feel somewhat
disheartened over the arrests, but it is
not thought that it will deter ' them
from carrying on the strike, though it
seems to be generally believed that it
will go along ways toward influencing
people to ride, that is, provided the
parties under arrest should be convict
ed, even though the evidence might; be
such as to show; that nobody outside
themselves had any knowledge of the
assault. Of course it Is too soon to say
anything about the case until the ac
cused have had a hearing, but assum
ing that the authorities' are lit' posses
sion of sufficient evidence to convict
the men, it will be a hard blow on the
strikers, who went into the thing in
good and made a struggle to. continue
it along legitimate lines. .Whatever
way it goes, enough has happened to
demonstrate the futility of endeavoring
to conduct a strike without something
happening that was not thought of at
the opening of the difference. 1
t: This afternoon Coroner Mix came to
town and was in consultation with
Assistant State's Attorney Kellogg and
Colonel Burpee. . f i . ' t
It was stated to-day that flve.out
siderswho were lured Into assisting in
the assault on the crew of the car on
thf Waterville line have turned state's
evidence and that -their sworn state
ment is in the possession of the autho?
Ities. They are said to be. young men
ranging in ages from 10 to 21. One of
the outsiders is said to be the son of a
police officer.
: A prominent attorney who is said to
have such , a statement when asked
about it denied the allegation emphati
cally. The strikers'' executive committee
issued the following statement this af
ternoon: -
This is the seventy-ninth day of pur
strike and is the most sensational one
we have experienced since we went out
on the eleventh of January.
We were holding our usual morning
meeting to-day, all of the men being
found ondeck or accounted for, when
about 11 o'clock Detectives Dodds,
O'Gorman and Kennaugh, with a small
army of policemen, stalked in. , They
explained that they were after some of
our men. We replied that if they gave
the names we would point them out in
case they; did not know them. They
declined the offer, and after, carefully
inspecting every man puesent, selected
five of our brother strikers and escort
ed them to the station ; house. Later
they, found another brotlier, who was
not present at the meeting, and took
him in also, making six arrests all
told. The men, we understand, are
charged with the felonious crime of as
sault with intent to commit murder.
The crime with which they are charged
occurred on the Waterville line some
time agof two of the strike breakers
being so seriously assaulted that they
had to be taken to the hospital. We
have no comment to make on the ar
rests at this time, and have retained
Attorney John O'Neill to look after the
Interests of the men, which will in
sure them defense of ability. The
bonds for the release of the six men
were' fixed at $12,000.00 by the prose
cuting attorney.
-The demands, or rather "requests,"
of the Bridgeport trolleymen have been
published, and Waterbury will be in
terested to learn that they make ours
appear almost too modest. The Bridge
port men ask for "one day off for the
men each week, if they desire to take
it; ten hours work in twelve and one
half to regulate the runs whereby, the
men will not be compelled to work on
the long swings; recognition of the lo
cal union; a flat uniform wage rate of
$2.25 a day and no sliding scale such as
is now in vogue." -
We are glad to announce .that the
American Federation of Labor has ap
proved our strike and has requested all
labor organizations throughout the
country to assist us in every way. possi
ble. The communication is signed by
President Samuel Gompers and Secre
tary Frank Morrison of the American
Federation of Labor , and . is dated
March 21, 1903.
THE BURDICK INQUEST.
The Coroner's h Statement Will
Be
Handed Out To-morrow.
Buffalo, March 30. The Burdick in
quest was resumed by Judge Murphy
at . police headquarters "to-day. Only
two witnesses, Alexander J. . Qulnn,
bartender, and F. G. H. King, cashier
at the Hotel Roland, New York, were
examined. They were employed at the
hotel last December when Arthur 11.
Pennell and Mrs Burdick were in New
York: '
The court room was almost deserted
at 10 o'clock, when the , inquest was
scheduled to begin, only about a score
of spectators were present, the rows
of vacant benches being in. marked
contrast to the crowds of last week.
"We will close the Burdick case to:
day," said Judge Murphy, "and owing
to the absence of. some of the witnesses
from the city the Pennell case will be
held at a time to be announced later.
Witnesses who have been subpoenaed
in the Pennell Inquest are excused until
further notice. My statement ' in - re
gard to the Burdick Inquest will be
handed out here to-morrow."
The first witness called in the Bur
dick inquest was Bartender Alexander
J. Quinn.
. "Do you recall that early in Decem
ber that . Arthur Pennell made his
acquaintance with you , while at the
hotel?"
"I do."
"Will you state the conversation you
had with Mr Pennell on that date?"
'"Mr Pennell first asked for a, time
table which . was .given him. After
wards he entered into conversation
with the cashier and myself. Mr Pen
nell had. several drinks. He gave me
his card. . During the - conversation
Pennell said 'You do not know what is
passing through my mind boys, there
is one man t could kill even if I hung
for it' I remarked that his man must
be out of the state aa we have more im
proved methods here now. . I saw. Mr
Pennell on the following morning when
he bade me good bye." .
'.Ts there anything else you recall of
the conversation between you, Pennell
and the cashier?" '
; "Nothing except matters of ordinary
conversation." J
Mr Quinn was then excused.
F. H. G, King, former cashier of the
Hotel Roland who was. present during
the conversation ; related by Qulnn.
was called. He said he and Quinn had
a drink iwth Pennell at the Roland in
December.
King then testified.
"After having a few drinks Mr Pen
nell said: 'There is one man I could
kill although I might swing for it.
After having another drink I proposed
a toast which was responded to by Mr
Pennell. I - think he said 'Here's to
death, at the same time he said he was
having the greatest time of his life al
though it was at the expense of an
other. ,
Mr King then identified a. picture, of
Mr Pennell which was handed to him
by the district attorney. , .
."That is all," said the district attor
ney. ' , ,
Judge Murphy then announced the
Burdick Inquest closed.
Safe Blowers In Massachusetts.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 30.
Professional safe blowers broke Into
the big grocery store of Rood & Wood
bury in this city at an early hour, ob
taining ' $1,200 and escaping without
any difficulty. The store is on Main
street, ear the heart of the business
section, and the break was a decidedly
bold one. Entrance was obtained by
the burglars through an ice shoot in
the rear.
Cleveland Dock Trouble Ended.
CLEVELAND, O., March 30. The
International Longshoremen's, Marine
and Transport Workers' association
and the dock managers have come to
an agreement after a three weeks', con
ference." All existing difficulties were
settled. By the terms of the agreement
an average : increase of 1 per cent
over the previous rate will be paid for
unloading except in case of iron ore.
The agreement provides that eleven
hours shall constitute a day's work.
Oregon Stoek Starving:. 1
TACOMA, Wash;, March 30.-It la
predicted that 15 per cent of the cattle
and sheep on the eastern Oregon
ranges will be dead of starvation be
fore the new grass crop comes in. Pen
dleton dispatches say stockmen esti
mate that their losses up to this time
are 12 per cent, and the winter is
breaking up very slowly.
POSTMASTERS NAMED. .
Washington, March 30. The follow
ing fourth class postmasters were ap
pointed to-day: Connecticut. Laurel
Glen, Oceana B. Main, Riverside,' aih
uel E. Louden; malne, Peru, Charles S.
Luce.
At
$2,000
THE BELLSJVERE STILL
And the Great Cotton Mills of
Lowell Are Silent. .
No Demonstration or Lawlessness To-
Day Four of the 'Seven' Corporations
Interested Didn't Have , a Han at
Work To-Day. ; ' '
Lowell, Mass, March . 30. For " the
first time In many years,, on a working
day, the bells oh. the great cotton mills
in this city were silent, this morning
and the streets, usually maa'ked by the
hurry and bustle of thousands of oper
atives on their way to work were still
&nd almost deserted. , Although the
shutdown of the seven plants affected
by the strike order of the Textile coun-'
ell, which was to enforce a demand
for a ten per cent increase in wages,
was issued Saturday its full effect was
not' apparent until, to-day, all the op
eratives having been in their mills
when the notices were posted.
"Quiet prevailed in the section occu
pied by the cotton factories this fore
noon. 1 , 1 ' - t
No demonstrations of any sort oc
curred and the period of inactivity, the
duration of fwhlch cannot be definitely
predicted, began without a notable in
cident, save perhaps the fact that a
few -men and, women who had started
to finish up, some work in the cloth
rooms of one or two of the mills were
turned baok by committees from the
laibor unions. This was done in a way
which attracted no attention from out
siders and, the operatives yielded read
ily to tha 'suggestions of the commit
tees, -
Of the seven corporations which' are
shut down, four had practically no help
at work to-day. ' At the Merrimac
and at the, Hamilton plants the print
workswere not closed. ' These depart
ments are1 not directly involved in the
Contest over wages, but they are affect-
'ed by the suspension in that, when the
present stock of material is finished
they will be forced into Idleness. It
is thought that there is enough cloth
on hand to last for two weeks.
ITHACA CONSIDERED SAFE.
Dr. Soper Says State Teachers Maj
Meet There.
ITHACA, N. Y., March 30. The firs,
official statement of the conditions li
Ithaca concerning the typhoid fevei
epidemic has been made public by Dr
G. A. Soper of the state board oi
health in the form of an open letter tc
the New York State Teachers' associa
tion. ' This letter is in reply to, one
from the officials of the association
sent to the city and university officials
asking if it would be safe for the regu
lar meeting to be held in Ithaca. The
letter in part follows :
"You have requested me to' advise
you of the conditions prevailing in
Ithaca with respect to typhoid fever,
the prospect of good water and the ad
visability, from a ; sanitary point ol
view, of holding the annual meeting ot
your association in this city from July
1 to 3. I am informed that the meet
ing will perhaps bring 1,000 . school
teachers to Ithaca, and I appreciate
that the responsibility for their safety
would be great. At the same time it
is clear that it would be very desirable
for your association to hold its conven
tion in Ithaca if it could do so without
danger. : A ' careful consideration of
the matter leads me to express the
opinion that your meeting could be
safely held here.
"In the last four weeks marked im
provements are observed in the ' ty
phoid situation. The course of the ep
idemic seems to have been run. Be
ginning early in January, the epidemic
Increased rapidly until oh Feb. 2 there
were thirty-eight cases in a single day.
From that date it diminished , slowly
until the 22d, when Its decline became
more rapid. The total number of cases,
so far t as my present data indicates,
from the beginning of the epidemic
until the present time is 681. There
have been fifty-one deaths. The fig
ures given are probably not accurate,
the statistics of the epidemic not being
yet compiled. There have been fifty
four new cases in March. Of these
thirty-six were reported in the first
two weeks and eighteen iu the last
fortnight. In the week just ended
there were four days without any new
cases.
.J' Within the last month a sanitary
organization has been formed which
is capable of dolLg all that can be done
to safeguard the public health.'
. LAUGHED ALL TIIE TIME.'
Man .Who Was Taken Recently
to
- - Roosevelt Hospital. k
' New York, March 30. Because he
could not stop laughing William Reilly
was transferred from ward to ward, in
Roosevelt hospital. , The doctors there
being in despair over his' case, he fi
nally was sent to Bellevue, where he
was placed in the alcoholic ward.
Reilly, who is a laborer, was taken
to Roosevelt hospital last Wednesday.
He was said to be suffering from hys
teria. He began to laugh soon after
be was taken into the hospital He
has been laughing ever since. . He an
noyed other patients so much he was
transferred from ward to ward until he
had been through the institution.
When placed in a Bellevue ward he
kept on laughing. Then he was sent
to the alcoholic ,ward. . Sim he
laughed. The physicians have not
been able to diagnose his -ease. "
AGREEMENT REACHED.
New York; March 30.- News has
reached .officinl
Petersburg, cables the Tribune's repiSff : trainmen's naUon4
icfcemauve in london, to the effect that
an agreement either hR hppn . to
about to be arranged between the
Russian and Chinese governments for
keeping all the funds of the latter at
the Russo-Chinese bank in Tekin. If
this agreement is carried out,' as the
..ov wU1wsn (Uimi uk; ui. reauty. ai,
Russian government institution, it is I
ii.Uaov-vmm!SB , uh.uk js in reaiitv a
impossiDie that a protest will be
forthcoming ; from British
which have acted wholly or in, part as
bankers to the Chinese government
BARRON. IS DEAD. . '
New York, March 30. Patrick Bar
ron, who was taken to the Presbyterian
hospital on . Saturday suffering, from
lockjaw, i dead. 'Barron was found
by a policeman in an unconscious con
dition on the stoop of a house on East
Seventy-seventh street, and was taken
to the hospital, where he was found to
be suffering , from lockjaw. ; He . re
gained consciousness and was able to
tell his name and age, but could not
tell where he lived, nor could he tell of
any injury he had received that would
be likely to cause lockjaw.
INVESTIGATING FIRE.
Hartford,' March 80. An investiga
tion of the fire in the building owned
bv Aaron. 'Ken Icr WhICh inr1 nrmwr.
ty loss of $10,000 and endangered "the
lives of a number of the tenants, was
begun by Deputy State Fire Marshal
Seeley this afternoon. The fire Is believed-
to have been of incendiary
origin.- . '
OVER EMBANKMENT.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 30. A Torry,
Pa, ,, special says an express on the .
TTrlA mart fnTis1t!nr of a fomhinatlnn
baggage car, two, Pullman sleepers, a
parlor car, two day coaches, went over
an embankment at Concord. Twenty
five nersons ar ' renorted serlouslr- in
jured and. one woman' fatally, :.
FLOWER SAID NOT GUILTY. I
New York. March 80. Dr Richard C.
Flower, to-day pleaded not guilty to
five indictments charging him with
lege of withdrawing that plea on April
. . I . , Jl A. -'
I ana maKing any motion ne rsavv ui. ,
. : Killed by a Hammer.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 30. R. D.
Lachridge of the ti-ack team of the
University of Indiana at Blooroington
was accidentally struck on the head by
a twelve pound hammer at the high
school athletic grounds here and killed.
TKa hammer was thrown by J. R.
-5orn, coach from the University of In
CITY NEWS.
The will of Mary A. Chipman was
unproved to-day. Edward V. Root is
administrator.
Attorney Joseph Neill has 'been ap
pointed administrator of the estate of
the late Sarah Stapleton. t .
iRneclal forecast ' for Connecticut:
Rain to-nisrht exceut In northeast por
tions; Tuesday probably rain; warmer
to-night In ..north and extreme south
east portions; Tuesday warmer in
north portions; fresh to brisk easterly
winds, increasing in force.
Shortlv before nress hour it was re
ported that the following men would
go bonds for the strikers, who , have
been arrested: D. J. Mahaney, John
J. h Brophy, Michael Russell, Daniel
Mack, William ! Keaveney, Charles
Boylan and one or two others. It was
at, first proposed that a pool would be
formed and all the men bailed out to
gether, but it was founl.that the men
would have to be bailed out individual
ly ' ' -
iiiiiDji
Still Dallying At Hew
Conferences.
Haven
'President Fitzpatrick Has Presented a
fat,eme,nt ..'Containing , Demands of
"Men in Full-TThe -Directors' Commit
tee is Expected to Give Definite An
swer at 4 O'clock. ;
" New.' HavenT March SO. At 10
o'clock, this 'morning, the grievance
committee of the trainmen of the New
York, New Haven & nartford railroad
" uree or -resident John M
Hall of the railroad company to re
sume their conference with a commit
tee of the board of riWA'A, iJ.
schedule of wages, and ffeneral resrul'i-
uns governing the work of train u en
of , the system- , With the grievance
committee went Valentin 'TM.
presenting the .trainmen's national
Z Z r ' uy 8reexnent
-nd Saturday with PresId'Tit tt'ii
is to take part. in the conference
counsel for -fch
Before the . conference began, - mw.
beis of the committee said they wnvl
present a statement which would suin-
: " vcliaui lwints on which tl-
venom jwints on which tl-
ave ,veen able to come to an a -re '
question of .wages and hours of work
are Included in these unsettled points;
;n7e.?D ere5.ce adjourned at 1:30 un
it C When, the grievance con.
mittee left the office of President Hsli
Mr Fitepati-ick. said in behalf of " tW
committee he liid presented to the rep
resentatives of the directors a Etaf,
ment covering the demands of the mo
The feature of the statement was that
the eleven-hour day apply to the pas
senger conductors as well as the freirtfc
trainmen. . .Originally the men Rsited
for ten hours a day for all brakemrn.
The road officials have expressed a wil
lingness to concede the eleven horr
day to the freight brakemen. When
the conference 1 resumed at 4 o'clock
It is expected an answer, will be re
ceived from the directors' committr-?!.
- OPPOSED TO STRIKE.
' ?pringfield, March 1 . 30. Althous -strike
rumors, have been current i-a
Chicopee of late, it is very improhabl
that the members of the Textile .Work
ers omion go' out -in view of the trou
ble in the Lowell mills. The union U
said to be strongly, opposed to "a strike
and the Dwlght and Chicopee Manu
facturing companies have agreed is
grant any demands for increase In cap?
similar, demands are eventually
grant
ed in Lowell.'
STRIKERS RETURN TO WDRIt.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 30. About 9C
men employed at the Buffalo Dry Doki
Co who have been on strike Tor sev
eral days returned to work tfKday,
The trouble between the company niil
the men has not yet 'been settled," hvt
the men have agreed to return to work,
while the troubles are being adjusted
by an arbitration committee.
, HELD UNDER BONDS.
South Manchester, March 30. Wit?
iam Smith was arraigned before Jus
tice Miller, to-day on the charge of as
sault with intent to commit murder.
He was held under bonds of $10,000 fo?
vxie superior court. The victim of the
assault was his wife, who received
four stab wounds and she has been
confined to her bed for the past three
weeks. ! . -
1 WlAGES INCREASED.
Ashland, Pa, March 30. The ?iv
ployes of the Schuylkill Traction &i
Lakeside railway have been notified
that their wages will be Increased 15
cents a day after April 13. The men.
are now paid 16 cents an hour nvA
when the increase goes Into effect Wii?
receive 17 cents an hour.
' TELEPHONE GIRLS STRtTTR
Derby, March 30. Eight telephone
girls employed in the local exchange ot
the Southern New "England Telephone
company struck to-day on account o
dissatisfaction with the changes in the
hours of work The company fUie;i
their places. ,
: ASHORE AT OLD POINT,
: New York, March 30, A dispatch re,
ceived here to-3ay from Newport Nev
a, snys the schooner-Charles T.-i)
venport, of Th6maston, Me, fixm .V '
ton, March 21, for Norfolk, is r-'
at Old Point Comfort.