The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-21
A Mothers Attempt to Drag
Her Son Away.
Door of an 0neyville Dive Was
Shut in Her Face.
Tee Natives are Oaly Welcome on tn,
Mill Pay Days.

All forms of crime known to n gambling
community abound in Olneyville. As
supplement- TO that statement IL might
be added that roulette and poker may be
found OF two well known road houses on
the Killingly road. For the convenience
of patrons of these places there is a licens-
ed barroom connected. These places are
mentioned just to show that there is no
i'll feeling against the rural district and
to prove that although Olneyyilie is the
headquarters of the monopolistic trium-
yrnte of gam blers there are other sections
within tho Jurisdiction of the Johnston
Town Council where gambling ana other
forms of Illicit business is carried on.
RESULTING BUSINESS FAILURES.
Statistics tf1ut would show rhe number
of assignments and bankruptcies which
have been caused by those gambling dens
would be interesting and instructive read
ing. such facts are not obtainable,
however. But il is well known that the
ruin of many business men could 10 traced
to those places. The facts are carefully
kept from the public, however, and other
reasons for the failures given out Many
of those men who quietly buck the tiger
TO keep their clerks from following their
bad example. They employ spoilers 10
report any Of them seen entering gam
bling den.
BETRAY THEIR PATRONS.
In some instances the proprietors have
been known to act in this capacity for
their more wealthy patrons 1t would be
hard to convince some OF these young
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man who had smiled SO blandly on them
while they were emptying their poukets
into his Golfers was tho traitor. Such is
the fact. however.
A SAD ILLUSTRATION.
A sad illustration of the club room evil
was witnessed on Olneyville square yes
terday. An elderly woman. worn out
with care and hard work, was there in
search of her son, % young man of twenty.
whom she declared had been ruined
by hanging about those places. He had
degeneratot into confirmed loafer and
refuses to contribute TO her support any
longer She pointed TO place where she
said he was at that moment She tried
to enter thu place but found the door
locked When she departed she threatened
to report the case to the police ana II she
does she may be the means of suppressing
at least one evil resort
There il another cnse OH record where
the son of widow squan0ored large
SUN Of his hard working mothers earn
ings in one of those dives lie had been
given the money TO pay bill, but instead
of dcing this hc went TO tho gambling
rooms, where he quickly lost the whole
amount. He was not more than Is years
of aye. and still some of those joint pro-
pr.etors. in fact all OF them, declare they
do not allow boys Co enter their places.
Thoy also used to say that they did not
care for tho patronage Of local people,
fearing. no doubt, that in the event of
any heavy losses by such patrons their
friends might create scene and thus
hurt the place,
EVERYONE WITH MONEY WELCOME
1t is we'll known fact, however, that
both the Library court and the Tar bridge
places are we'll patronized by local people
Saturday night. when most of them have
tt cir weeks earnings in their pockets.
The game has 10 attraction for these de.
luded mortals any other time, of course,
ard very naturally the gamblers do not
care to see thcm except when they are
flush. The money that ought 10 go for
the purchase Of home comforts for many
a little family has been carried up tho
steep stairs and lost. They are response
BILE for n great deal of the misery and
human wreckage 20 bo found here.
a correspondents writes: Every father
and mother i'm Providence should COM
mend your good work In the effort 10 rid
the city uf this awful coterie. and IL you
continue YOU will surely be successful, as
the gang is on the edge already