The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-30
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Election of Officers by S. S. Peter
and Paul's I. A. & B. Society.
B. B. & r. knights Mills Go on Short
Time Till Further Notice.

At the semi-annuai meeting OF SIS.
Peter and Paul's L. A. b. Society the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing term: President, Hugh j. Fitz-
patrick; vice-president, James p. Duffy;
secretary, Frank p. Duffy; treasurer,
Patrick II. King; sergeant-at-arms, John
Fallon. The new officers will be installed
at the next meeting, which will occur on
July t3.
Mrs. j. L. Hasbrouck of Westerly is the
guest OF Miss Minnie Collins at Cromp-
ton.
Pawtuxet Valley Assembly. X. 8. OF q.
+. held its regular monthly meeting In
Grand Army Hall at Phenix last evening.
Ernest Cummings, while riding his Dl-
cycle near Fiskeville last evening ran into
boy who was playing in the street,
Knocking the boy down and throwing
Mr.. Cummings from his wheel. The boy
escaped unhurt, but Mr.. Cummings face
was badly cut and bruised.
Nathan Sisson, formerly superintendent
OF the Phenix mills, who has been Ill for
the past two weeks, Is reported con-
valeacent.
The first step towards reducing the
production OF the valley cotton mills was
maue yesterday when all of Is. Il. and
<. Knights mills were shut down at 6:l5
p. m. In all of the Knights mills
notices have been posted stating that
until further notice the mills VIII be
shut down entirely on Fridays and Sat
urdays and will stop at 6:15 on other
days.
AT the Lonsdale company's mill at
Phenix and Hope notices have been post
cd announcing that after this week the
mills would be run on short time and
the operatives will be notified during the
week OF the arrangements made by the
company in regard to the cut down.
The operatives at the Knights mills
are much pleased at the present arrange
ment as they are now running two-thirds
time instead OF half time as they expected.
The two weeks shut down at the Clyde
printworks will not be a complete one
and 1t is proba bic that some OF the de-
partments will continue work. The en-
gravers and printers expect no vacation
and many of the departments are now
running until 8 O'Clock IN order to catch
up on the orders In order TO allow the
stopping ct the rooms for repairs to the
machinery.
The attempt to close the saloons last
Sunday has had one effect little expected
by the promoters and now from all APP
pearances there is war In the ranks OF the
liquor dealers. The.more respecta BILE and
lava biding saloon keepers who closed
their places of business last Sunday are
not satisfied with the manner in which
the edict was enforced, and say that they
are ready and more than willing to close
their places on Sundays, but they do not
think that others should be allowed to
keep open IL they are not. The liquor
dealers who closed. their places in con-
formity to the law fare talking OF forming
an association and agreeing not only to
close themselves, but also to force all
others tosdo so.
The funeral OF Thomas Clark was SOL
emnized from st. James Church at Arctic
Center yesterday morning, Rev. Father
st. Mary's cemetery at.Ctompton.
The ladies of the Congregational Church
will give lawn party on the grounds OF
Superintendent Bracket this evening.
p. j. Shiels has recovered from his re-
cent Illness and resumed his duties as
clerk at the Clyde Hotel.