The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-24
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POLICEMEN vs.. CLUBS.
On a pleasant afternoon upon the prin-
cipal streets In this fair city may be seen
the regular police who have the seversi
districts assigned to them They are wei
dressed in the regulation uniform ana
perform their duties faithfully.
Well, what about 1t?
Only this, Providence Is between Two
cities, New York and Boston, and has the
best opportunity In the world 70 emulate
the metropolitan features OF said cities;
In the proper season upon the ieaoing
thoronghfare a fine appearing omcer IKE
our Westminster street guardian Win
white gloves and without q club In his
hand would be far more in keeping with
the sentiment OF the people who naves
pride In having strangers receive o favor
able impression. There was q time when
white gloves were worn. ! think IL Was
when Mr.. Knowles was chief. The CLUB
mans fire rattle. II has served its purpose
as an intimidator to the evil doer. Enough
club codsd be concentrated In q leather
handled billy hid beneath O generous coat
tail to answer all purposes. As the men,
bers of the force for the most part are
robust specimens Of manhood 1t really
detracts from their appearance TO- DO
obliged to carry about the regulation club.
"When an advertisement Is read It's work
is accomplished" says Printers Ink In Its
last issue. / must differ or make an
amendment SO to speak. When an adver-
tisement is read and the reade patron
ICES the advertiser, then, and not until
then, rs its work accomplished. For in
stance: THE NEWS has q circulation OF
1000, and by the way / added 500 to that
OF today's issue to one man after q hve
minutes conversation. Suppose there
are three readers to q paper which Is q fair
estimate, over $4,000 persons read some
part Of the paper, the portion which inter-
evening and refer to the Henley & sulli-
van shoe reduction sale now going on at
0 Westminster street, where
pig skin and Russia calf tan
shoes are being disposed of at such
low prices as to attract attention and the
reader says to himself. 81 guess l need a
rest OF this season and be good enough for
next, and he goes and purchases q pair,
then the good OF the advertisement thus
obtained Is an accomplished fact.
/ was reading in the same publication,
which / find very interesting, that the
drug firm IN Boston who advertise q we'll
known remedy thus far expended for
that purpose the grand sum total OF
100000. Advertising Of the right kind
pays as sure as you are q foot high.
Wonder what this suing Pullman will
amount to-?
Nothing that will do the working man
any good. Pullman's money could keep
the case in court as long as would be nec-
essary to tire out those b are foolish
enough to expect they could gain any
thing by litigation.
In the frst place, the strikers nave no
nnan Tn The anAAnA DInnA tho InIfad
States Government has demonstrated that
it can be depended upon to restore conf
dence whenever the people feel afraid
that their rights are to be interfered with
and h question of capital and labor
remains where 1t was before the ruction
began. To be sure it has brought more
prominently to the minds Of the people
that something should be o. to peace
ably adjust differences by arbitration,
and demonstrated the fact that leader
ship in unionism, when 1t wanders away
from the harmless path OF theoretical
mutual benefit and Improvement. means
disaster aud failure II an attempt is made
to be in any sense dictstorial.
The alterations to be made in the Bos-
ton Store will necessitate the putting in
Of an entire new 'front.'.
Shepard and Company expect to have
their addition in readiness by fall. The
contractors are working day and night on
it.
Henley & Sullivan are selling their six
dollar shoes for less than four dollars at
their reduction sale which is now going
on.
The occupants of the magnificent offices
in the Industrial Trust Company Build
ing are preparing to have q "house warm
ing" each in their wi way some evening
in the near future.
/ was talking with an American work.
ing man yesterday, q member OF q church
and Of good standing in the community
who has lived In Providence q great many
years, and who enjoys the confidence and
respect OF all who know him. He Is q
bricklayer by trade. 81 n see how
il is" he remarked. "Here / have had but
q few days work In the past six weeks. l
am capable of earning IS q day at my
trade. / have been to see the builders
of the building on Westminster and
Weybosset streets, and they have referred
me to the contractors, who, In turn, have
informed mo they have no place for me.
The men they have employed i under
stand they bring to the city, and a man
who lives here does not nave q chance to
compete with those from outside" He
asked me what I thought Of 1t. made
him an evasive answer, as I really
did not know what to think
OF IL as IL comes under the head Of the
labor problems not yet solved of "How
can a man who Is willing to work obtain
emnlovmeuf III some one else Ia emploved