The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-02
0LNEYvILLE.
Girls Strike at the British
Hosiery Works.
Shop Breakers Had Little Carnival
in This Vicinity.
THr NEWS BUREAU, OLSEYvILLE,
No s. Hartford Avenue.


Seventy-five girls employed as seamers
and turner's off at the works OF the Bristol
Hosiery Company at Thornton, left Their
work at o'clock yesterday, demanding a
restoration of the cut OF 10 per cent. made
at the beginning of the strike, three
months ago, and after remaining out
eight weeks they decided to accept an
condition that they be given STEADY work
on tull time until July l, at which time
there might be possibility OF an increase
in pay.
The strikers claim that they have only
had employment on an average OF
six hours per day and in consequence
have been unable to eern enough 10
barely pay their board and car fare TO ana
from their work, some 80 OF those VINO
have gone out living in Olneyville and
riding on the electrics 20 Thornton morn
ing and night. The mill authorities say
that the work on which the girls are en-
ployed is dependent upon other
rooms in the mill which have
been unable to furnish a supply sufficient
to keep them at work, but If they will wait
patiently couple Of weeks the new ma
chinery they are about to put in will give
all steady work, and with 1t more money.
Barn and Contents Burned.
A small barn, owned by Margaret Kier-
nan, at 32 Turner street, off Valley, was
destroyed by fire at 2 O'Clock this morn
ing, together with two horses and q
quantity of hay and straw.
Officer John Armstrong discovered the
fire and rang in an alarm from box 226,
but before the department arrived the
flames had enveloped the structure and IT
was impossible to remove the horses,
whose peighing could be heard for long
distance around. Loss $500; fully in
sured.
Wanted TO Smoke.
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon as
Plainfield street car, in charge of con-
ductor Cobb and motorman Oatley,
reached Messer street, John Leonard,
better known about town as "Tinker"
Leonard, who at one time
conducted liquor store on Smith
and approached it from the side which
had the gate to the platform closed aud
began to abuse the conductor for not
opening the gate at once to let him on
from the side Of the car.
He was smoking a Il. ID. and did not
desist in doing so after reaching the car
platform, although Mr.. Cobb informed
MIN be must stop smoking or leave the
car. This he declined to do and re-
fused to leave the car until put off by the
conductor after quite a struggle. He next
rushed to the front platform and there
tried to stand on the step holding on to
the gate. The motorman pounded his
knuckles Justify and finally caused him
to loosen his hold, and starting the.car at
the same time, the wonld- be passenger
was left meditating in the street.
Shop Breaking.
Some time during the night boys en-
tered the cigar store of John Mcmillan, at
143 Valley street, and stole quantity OF
tobacco and cigars.
John Il. Singleton's grocery, at Hart
ford avenue, was visited and box
OF cigarettes, few pennies
and postage stamps taken. e. f.
Harding, the fish dealer at As Plainfield,
WAS relieved of a dollar in pennies ana
suffered the loss OF money drawer which
was demolished in the attempt to open it.
Evidently the same gang entered the
three places, as in every instance the same
marks appear where the windows and
doors were pried open. At
Singleton's, entrance was gained
through a side window; at Harding's
through a rear door, and at McMillan's
the front door was opened. A lamp in
Harding's fish market that 10 lig hted and
supposed to burn all night was found ex-
tInguished this morning aud but little OF
the oil gone, which would seem to to in
dicate that the break was made not later
than 10:30 o'clock. The police have no
cluo as vet