Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-14
DRY GOODS CLERKS.

! | Resolutions AdOpted-TWO Arrests For Circulating HandbilIs.
 l About one hundred dry goods clerks be-
 longing to the New Haven Dry Goods Clerks
 association met on Chapel street near the FL liottHouse at about half-past seven o'clock last | evening, and headed by the American band marched down Chapel street to Hamilton, to ] Grand, to State, to Chapel, to the Green, burning red fire and shooting Roman candles. During the procession several banners were displayed in line. Some of the banners had l printed on them the following: "Don't buy | dry goods on Monday night; boycott the evening"" ''Let B.-N. and NY. alone" ''Less hours for work, more hours l for home" "Overwork is slavery" Many young people were out on Chapel street, l which wore holiday look.
 After the procession had marched up Chapel street and into the Green the crowd on the streets followed them and soon near ly five thousand people were assembled in the public park. After entering the Green ! the dry goods clerks marched to a temporary grand stand. The members of the band mounted the stand, followed by as many of the clerks as could crowd on after the band had been seated, after which red light was
 burned and President Tracy of the Dry Goods Clerks association pushed his way to the front of the stand. MT. Tracy addressed the crowd present concerning the early closing movement, telling them in a few words what had been accomplished by the clerks in New York and other cities and what he was certain could be done in this city He urged perseverance in the work i'll
 hand The address of MT. Tracy was en-
 Enthusiastically applauded by the audience,
 after which another red light was set off at
 the rear of the stand, evidently to aid the
 band in seeing the music
 they were going to play, but it was not suf-
 ficient, and those of the band who were un-
 able to see played as best they knew how
 without the music. Bob Winston, Yale's
 athletic trainer, made short and earnest ad-
 dress in behalf of the movement. The band
 played again. Then MT. Stodeu read the
 following set of resoletions drawn up by the
 Dry Good Clerks association, and which
 were accepted by the raising of the hands of
 about one hundred in the crowd:
 Whereas, It has been demonstrated that the majority of the clerks employed in the dry goods trade desire that their stores be closed Monday evenings at o'clock, and,
 Whereas, The majority of the large dry goods to accede to this reasonable desire and wish it suc cess
 Resolved That we citizens of New Haven, dially approve of this early closing movement and pledge ourselves to it's support.
 Resolved That we Will not deal With the Hrm that have made themselves djsagreeaby conspicu ous by greedy refusal to close the ir store early
 of the other five firms, namely, J. N Adam < Co. Proctor Mcguire G;o h c Br4wn % ts Go; fa16 n1n consideration of our fellow citizens
 The meeting then adjourned and the large crowd slowly dispersed.
 During the programme E. E. Miller, a clerk at F. M. Brown & Go. $ and F. w. Cur tiss. a school teacher living on Lafayette okaI 1Izn po7s1 o11d Stormont for peddling handbills on the Green asking people to boycott those stores that kept open Monday evenings and they were charged with breach of the peace These arrests were made after Prosecuting Attorney Daley and acting Chief Hyde had held g consultation about the matter. MT. F. M. Brown furnished bonds for the two men.
 While this meeting was going on on the Green constant stream of customers kept coming out of Bolton 6 Neely's, and MT. Nicely said business had been the heaviest of any Monday evening of the season and he had to have two more cashiers at work than usual. He also said that many prominent business men had called in and congratulated him. Other citizens said that on the whole the action of the clerks was likely to prove a big advertisement for Bolton & Nicely.
 MT. Bolton, of Bolton X Neely has been stopping at West End Hotel, Long Branch, with his family since July 1, and will return August 1.
 Monson & Carpenters clerks took no part in the demonstration last evening. The 1 same the case with the clerks at Wilcox | & Cos. These stores have closed on Monday | evenings for long time and both these | stores are open only one evening per week, | viz, Saturday evening.
 Bulldogs Grip.
 One often hears of bulldogs grip, but | seldom of case in which dog shows such 1 tenacity as bulldog exhibited in Wethers- | field few days ago. MT. Will Smith, of | that town, owns a hunting dog. A savage | bulldog pitched into him, seized him by the | and refused to let go. The hunt | ing dog, badly frightened, howled and strug | gled with terror and tiled to pull away, but | the bulldog hung to him with death grip. | teeth in his flesh across the road to his own home, bowling for help. The Smith family rushed to the rescue. Will Smith tried to make the aggressor let go by kicking him; but this didn't make him wink He then rushed for pitchfork and drove the tines plump into him twice. He still showed no signs of letting go. Mrs. Smith then ran for an axe and gave the brute two solid blows with the head of the axe, the second blow having the desired effect. The dog let go and seemed to feel quite sick. He had got his death wounds; and ere long he died. While Smith was plunging the fork into him the jaws of the dog did not remain fixed, but would momentarily relax their hold; but be- fore the hunting dog could escape, the re lentless jaws would close again and the grip would continue. He was ''good blood," but the Smith family had 8 persuasive way with Times.