The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-05
THE OPENING GUN.
First Meeting OF the Campaign on
Capitol Hill.
McAvenic Gives Police a Swift Run 10
Randall Square.

"Cleveland will vote for Mckinley"
was the striking statement made by an
orator at an open air meeting held at the
corner OF Smith street and Gladstone
avenue This meeting wss held under the
auspices Of the Serialistic Labor party,
nj the above statement would be deemed
important il true but some Others would
agree with a Republican VINO was present
and said hs knew Cleveland would go
nshing on election day. or, at any
rate, 1t would not make much diffsrence
what he did.
About 800 men OF varied political cpin-
ions heard three SPEAKERS talk for differ
ent periods OF time, and James Me-
t'ui gan of Olneyville, who is said 10
nave been at one time strong glight in
the disagreed bic night OF Tenth Nard
democratic politi.s. He made three
sreeches during the evening, and IN all
of Them he hit several things, In q bgu
ratlve way. pretty hard.
Herbert Li;tlewood talked for about an
hour. He said that probably not six
men in his audience understood the
financial question, and he proceeded o
.eniighten tnom on some points IL IL. He
was generously impartial ia his condom.
nation OF the gold ana silver men, and
urged his bearers 10 becomj SOCIALISTS,
and sain his party was tue on one that
could remedy the ills the W ingman
suffered from at present.
James Read OF Olneyvillc, president OF
the Textile Union OF Anne lea, made a
long but very earnest speech, and he WAS
warmly applauoed. A good portion Of
his address, like that OF the previous
speaker related TO the bardsbips work
men would have TO endure bs reason OF
the great improvements rscentiy mads in
machinery. He urged his hearers 10 sup
l,nV
meeting was called.
The speakers spoke from an express
wagon and q e crowd was n very orderly
one. There will be another meeting at
| the same IlEce l ext thursday evening.
There was a drill o. the night patrol
men at the Second police station yester-
aay afternoon, and the order TO break
ranks IN double quick time was given nv
l. eutenant Murray. The cnuso OF the
;spidity introo uced into a regulation slow
movement was the gush OF Bernard Nc
Avenie into the station with startling
tale on his lips. He said some one had
been stabhed on Randall square. Some
of the officers made lively time TO the
square and McAvenie was with
them. There was no trail of blood, the
knife work OF no law breaker
could be found nor any evidence thst the
blood of the injured followed IL. Tho
fiicers looked for the inJured man in
vain, and then McAvenie, just to heip
hem out pointed 10 the top of the screw
cctory and said Don't you see them
ighting up there?N Lieutenaut Murray
seeing what the trouble was. told officer
Mccarthy to take McAven.e TO the sta
zion. This be ana officer Cavanagh did,
and the man who had indulgeo in too
much whiskey was later taken to the
Rho1e Island Hospital in the ambulance.
McAyenie, before gcing TO the station,
went to the office OF Dr. G. r.. Marston
an d told him his services were needed in
the square.
NORTH END NOTES.
Jospeh Mcleod left a box NJ carpenters
tools on Charles street, ne r he square
for a few minu'oi Yesterday md " ben e
retui ed TO pick up he box IL was gone.
The tools were worth about 81.
An accident TO an Admiral street car
II. I. 4. 49,