The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-19
OLNEYVILLE.
Many More Mills to Increas: Wages.
A Building BO m.

The Riverside, Manton, Lymansville
and WeyDosset mills have decided to re-
store the wages paid to their operatives
prior to 1898. Although this action has
not been publicly proclaimed Mr.. weeden
Of the Weybosset mills addressed his en-
ployes in their several departments at tho
mill yesterday and stated that he would
restore the wages on Dec. ! OF this year.
No action in an official way has been
taken in the Manton, Lymansville aud
Riverside mills, but from the tone OF the
remarks made by persons Of influence IN
these concerns it is understood that they
will raise the wages on the 1st of Decem-
Ter.
The action of these four mills is much
commended in Olneyvillc. no COMMITTEES
has waited On them, and no friction of any
kind has existed between the officials of
the mill and the operatives.
The mills seem to be following the lead
OF Mr.. Fletcher's mill. He has always
been leader in TIE conflicts between the
operative and managers and consequently
when he creates boom liRe the one now
The reason why the e-''93'' wages will
not be restored before December is that
the mills do not put any heavy goods on
their looms before that time.
The Textile Union officials were graft
fled with this change. now that it has
come about. They are going to stop
another cvi, which they think is growing
in the Manton mills. The work is mt
present so hours week. This is contrary
to the 10-hour law.
The union also thinks that there are
plenty OF young boys and even girls
under the lawful ago working In the
mills and proposes to stop them. The
official who told the reporter this said
he himself knew many cases where boy
as young as ten years of age work all the
ear.
A CAKE WALK
I.ast night tho Regent Literary and
Social Club Of this place held a cake wal X
at their fair. There were five couple in
10 ana the crowd was so large that the
floor director did not think it advisable
to have the "coons'' promenade on the
floor so the platform was cleared fer
them. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor took the
cake and Nr. johnson and Mrs. Greene
took second prize After the walk
"George Brown of : Sherry street, sab"
sang some songs and entertained the
audience with some witticisms.
GENERAL MENTION.
The Robert Emmett Literary and Social
Club of OlDcyville will visit the bazaar of
the infant asylum at Infantry hall to-.
morrow night.
for aoout half an hour yesterday on
account Of the breaking down of luin-
ber wagon.
A young woman named Mary O'Don-
nell was knocked down by n bicyclist on
Plainiield rect this morning. She fell
was cut in her head. She became un-
conscious and was taken TO her home
DR. Longfollow was summoned aud at
tended her.
Johnston is evidently starting build
ing boom from the number OF buildings
now in course Of erection. lt is evident
that some invisible or unknown influence
is working.
There are, according to town records, 81 K
buildings in the course Of erection ut
present Among these are one house on
tie Sweet Plat two houses on Cleve-
land street, n store on Alvcrson avenue,
aud an ice barn on Mcrino street, and the
Brancy block ON plainileld street
This record shows that morc\ houses are
being built this year In the town than
in any previous year.
IL j. rumorod ON good authority that
the town of Johnston ~ going to submit
0 judgment in the Perkins case. The
taxpayers aud several of the Council dc.
teilninod To- light thc ease to the end
The highway commissioner of Johnston
in his report states that several OF his. or
The highway department tools are mis-
sing His inventory of them shows n
decrease IN the number OF them.