Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-05-04
0NTHE SABBATH DAY.
Gates Of the Worlds Fair
May Be Open.
STRONG PROTEST Is MADE.
Columbian Guards Insist Upon an In
crease in Wages.

CHICAGO, May 4-Unless the situation
takes on some new phase, the fair will be
opened next Sunday and on every day there
after throughout the life OF the exposition.
The probability of anything occurring to in
terfere with such action is not regarded as
at all great There was some doubt at first
as to the legality o: Sunday opening, but
whatever obscurities may have existed
then there are now none
There will be no brass band to celebrate
the opening. 1t is even doubtful II any
authoritative statement is made before
Saturday evening to the effect that the
fair will be opened on Sunday. The gates
will, according to present belief, be swung
open quietly, and such as have the neces-
Bary tickets will be admitted and permit
ted to wander about the grounds and
through the buildings and observe at their
leisure.
The judiciary committee Of the COM
mission met yesterday to consider the
Eibeck resolution, which relsgates to the
directory the responsibility for settling the
Sunday question, but decided to let 1t lie
without action.
Foreigners Dissatisfied.
All up and down the Midway plsisance a
roar of protest is rising in all the tongues
of the world The climate, the lack of
enthusiasm VI visitors, the rigor of official
rule and the contempt with which their
demands for recognition are treated are all
subjects Of Indignation among the conces-
sionaries.
Many of them say they have expended
thousands of dollars In preparing their ex-
hibits, and they must have quick and big
profits TO get back what they have in
vested In spite of their distress, the ex-
position company has refused TO give
them good roads, to clear away debris from
In front of their villages, or to perfect the
electric system. The construction force
is doing no work in the Midway plaisance
at all.
which threatens to disrupt the Columbian
Guard is fast taking shape, and q demand
signed by more than 1000 Of the men will
be made upon the directors of the exposi-
tion for an increase Of SIS per month In
their pay.
When the night shift went ON Tuesday
an address, directed TO the local directory
of the fair, was passed along the line and
received the signatures Of fully three
fourths of the guardsmen. This petition
sets forth that the wages Of go q month
are too small to permit the men to live
decently.
It is intimated that unless the request
for an increase to t75 is granted, to date
from installation day, the signers will
tender their designations. Where they
were once eble to secure q good meal for
from % 10 30 cents, they are now obliged to
pay for the same food 80 to rs cents. Roast
beef at 10 cents cut and potatoes at 10
cents each, with pie at q quarter per cut.
are hardly compatible with pay of $50 per
month.
Beside the exorbitant prices demanded
for poorly served food in the restaurants,
the men must expend considerable por-
ton of their wages In other ways Their
shoes must be kept polished, their linen
clean and their faces must be shaved fire.
quently. The charge of 81 demanded for
the Photographic pass with which they
are furnished Is another reason for the dis
content.
Yesterday's Patronage.
The third day of the Columbian exposi-
tion opened with gorgeous weather, but
the early morning crowd was very small
indeed-almost disappointingly so. The
feeling that the real opening day will be
June kept away the multitude.
The fair was lively enough though, both
In sight and sound. The band got into the
unpainted stand near the administration
buildings and played some Wagner music.
At IL o'clock Theodore Thomas gave a
popular concert In the music hall. It was
not very well attended, because the music
hall is cold.
There was a steady stream of visitors
through the Midway plaisance. With the
exception of the two panoramas and the
Turkish village none Of the exhibits are
ready, although the German village Il
open. The Turks are running their the
ater.
Whole families came to the grounds on
holiday. Lunch baskets were frequent,
and at the noon hour there were hundreds
of impromptu picnic parties. The high
priced restaurants were ignored, and IL
was evident that, before many days pass, a
cheaper lunch counter will be . necessary
adjunct In tho way Of public comfort.
Toward evening great banks of clouds
rolled up, and the psttsring Of light rain
drove thousands Of the visitors to the
exits, homeward bound. Those who sought
shelter In the buildings and waited for the
shower to pass over were the most for.
hlnate