The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-16

said, with the impression that the strikers
were In the wrong and that Mr.. Pullman
was in the right, but after she made
personal investigation and heard the
stories OF the strikers she Hoped, SO TO
the lot.
Now Nellie BLY, Is a special writer for a
paper which tells things pretty near as
they are without regard to whom IT hits.
Admitting, however, that all the far
Nellie wrote was true, that does not IN
any manner justify the methods employed
by those who favored incendiar.sm,
riot and bloodshed. There are
other workmen besides those at
Pullman who are out OF work or who have
had their wages reduced who have 10 pay
were more favorable. A landlord cannot
be expected TO reduce the rental OF his
house because an employer has decreased
his tenants wages. The demand
for the tenement controls the
figure at which It Is rented. not
withstanding the misfortune OF the
tenant who has had his wages cut.
There is no doubt, as Nellie BLY, remarks
| in her article, that there was cause Tor
| complaint at Pullman In respect TO
| some Of the workmen, who, during the
| years OF employment when wages were
| good had never laid by FROM their income
enough to enable them to seek employ
nent elsewhere. In estimating the
amount of money required to live upon,
no reference was made by Miss bly, OF Inc
| amount which was spent In a iooiish
manner. That would have naturally de-
| tracted from the interest OF Miss bly's,
story, so she very wisely left 1t out.
| Saturday night after a number OF men
had expended two dimes each 10 find that
| IL was easy for "fool and his money" TO
become parted, Captain Stevens stepped
INTO the store referred to on West
| Minister street, which had been rented Tor
the purpose of extracting dimes
| via the vivid imagination method, and
told the man in charge that he better put
out the lights. The lights went out and
/. only remains for those interested in
| the questionable method OF obtaining
money by immoral infcrences to also Va
| cate. Such places as the one referred TO
| are very common on State street, Chicago,
and the Bowery, New York, but West
minister street Is no place for them and
Captain Stevens prompt action will meet
the approval Of all decent citizens.
A novel sight, last Saturday night, at
the store of Besse, Middlebrook & Co., 1853
| Westminster street-a policeman at the
door keeping crowd OF anxious people
out Of the store. What for? What was
the excitement? Well, there were
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having fits. They were fitting
hats to heads and clothes TO
bodies. 1t was the opportunity presented
by the fire sale OF the popular firm OF
clothiers and furnishers. A suit OF clothes
for S4.98 and everything else in proper
tion. No wonder there was mad rush
for such bargains, and the efforts
Of the police were required to keep the
crowd in order. The sale will continue
right along until the counters are cleared
of the goods which were damaged for the
most part by smoke and water. In fact
all the goods are included in the sweeping
razor cut price sale as referred To in this
column last Saturday. Don't let this
opportunity pass to replenish your ward
robe.
Twas talking to the old blind man wlo
stands in front of the Arcade. He seldom
| IL ever plays but stands near tfH curb
stone with head bent one side, the violin
under his arm and tin cup handy 10
receive the aims OF the charitab BILE.
dropped in nickel just as q young lady
dressed in white came tripping down the
arcade steps aud opening her
pocketbook also made q small con-
tribution. For more than 20 years the
blind fiddler has stood in front OF the
Arcade and for that time gained his sup
port. He told me Saturday night that
the hard times even affected him, and that
IL was rarely that he averaged over fifty
cents day. Some one had told him oi
the line or two in The NEWS the other
day, for which he felt very grateful. A
few pennies won't break you, and it will
help him to live. Chip.
'Let me in, won't you?" pleaded q
woman and her two children to tai
blonde young man in his shirt sleeves, who
was. holding the door tight as the crowd
| .aI txS nf hn hns
store of San Souci Brothers 1853, Westmin-
ster street, last Saturday night. The fire
sale as advertised was going on and the
store had been crowded since
the opening at s o'clock in The
morning: Ladies and gents, children
and babies may be furnished with
shoes at their own price. The goods are
plainly marked and il the figure does not
suit, why the customer cannot be suited
that's all. Saturday night the rush was
tremendous. looked in the store on IN,
way down town this morning and every
clerk was busy with a delighted custo
mer. l can remember but one other sho'
fire sale that equals this one and that wa'
nearly twenty years ago.
Few OF my readers, perhaps, remember
the freshet OF 1916, but it is called TO minC
by the tearing down of the building or
the corner OF Orange and Weybosset
streets. There was barroom on the cor
ner at the time, and the water had filled
the cellar and soon he chairs IN the iiquit
repository wero floating about. II my
memory serves me the bartender's nam,
was Peck. He had great confidence In
himself as a prophet. "It won't come
any high her," he remarked, as he climbed
upon the bar. When the water had cleared
the bar and was up to his knees he muir
INJURED: "Well, il won't come any higher.
BY the time the water got up TO his neck
he sang out 81 guess / don't know how
high it will come; I'm willing 10 be res
cued," and boat put off from Dorranc,
street and saved him.
The work OF Artist Arnold as presented
by the faithful life- like portrait in oil o.
the late Hon. Enos Lapham exhibited in
the window of Tilden q Thurber, is
credit 10 that talented gentleman.
Pawtuxet by-the-Sea-most desirable
property elegant beach plated TO
drives and public parks overlooking th'
water-cool and healt thful--town anC