The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-10
LAST CALL,
A. ID. Stone of
Webster
LOSES AUTHORITY.
Information is Noagre But
Sensation is Great.


Webster, Dec. Superintendent A
D, Stone of the shoe foot,,.,. ,e
Rates e. C,o,,,,',,. ,.,,...1.,. -'' o
any HaNueQ III MS ies'9-
haIloh last night, and it went into ff-
feet at precisely the same time Az.
Tates +ba so,i[,. ,,,....l.
''-0 9'ii'o' member Oh the hlh,
anu superintendent stone We're closet
ed IN the private office at the factory
Just a few minutes barora tho ,rbis+,.
1,1a-,. loo :l+ mo- ~
w" ia91 HisuI' ana the result was
that Mr.. stone emerged minus his fu-
dicial powers. There Was ona o+bor
witness of tra ,.,,l..,1i...., ~,
1,tae Tob,, ~ GO us F, anu tiIst1
keener hnt ba g., o',o 80 pooi-
dam F." b,,t f,,,,, ,,,.1i9.%t3a 9lIeut as d
inc was lto,,,. ''oilS' lhe meet
Mr. e+,r,. ,@,i 10y ~
caoo 1ogt ri. ~ "e'9ler rom III
yJo,I,i,,er - qiS, where ne had Deen
snnerinfanda,,, [.",t'su me poSIlioL OH
tUly. lie, previous TO his Chicago po-
T Tt1r4r " a. III charge Oh the shoe de
H. t 1a M ti'e IlIaha Slale pehiteh-
~ IlG was Hlreu 70 feneNe
- - lp'iIly from lhe mead OF Ed
-, e c, Dates VINO is no" at the sui
PruI SPRINGS, a.. ior the winter.
80, - lii5eiloeil stone upon entering
' uPoIl ms uutles' a! once started a com
pee renovation III the factory. He
turned the factory topsy turvey, liter
lne lQea upon ms subordinates that he
was poss OF the shop He failed TO
IIlahe any lFlendS, put succeeded in
6d4llHB general dislike.
IIe vented ms lfsl dislike ON Mrs.
SeHrldge, VINO had charge OF .he
slIlcnlhS department. and the result
was that she soon got through. 1T IS
luilo[eQ now mat she will be rein
stated IN her old position He also
1fled to pun straWs with BOokkeepe1
smith, but the latter had too strong a
run with the firm and won out
From the medgre information that
has been secured, the cause of Mr.. Stone
50 suddenly leaving the factory was
caused by an argument that the SUI
perlntendent and Smith had over the
credit Of an Ohio consumer. Both sides
Of the story We're heard By Mr. Bates.
and the result was that Smith won the
cay.
Another matter that Mr. Stone failed
TO do was the figuring out how to sell
$50 shoe for 81. and make money.
lie utterly faileS to make Mr.. Bates
see the point" Then Smith showed
It conclusively to MI. Bates that the
firm was losing money on each shoe
sent from the factory at that price
and the result vas Mr.. Stones "resfe-
Webster people will be glad to hear
of Alanson Bates progress in the far
west. Mr.. Bates is a. local boy, the son
of the late Orson Bates, and for tbe
past nine years he has been located in
Topeka, Kans. Word has been re-
ceived that he has recently been an
pointed receiver to the American Trust
Company. This corporation controls
a capital stock Of 81 00O.O 600. Mr.. Bates
Is also high up in the political arena
and two years ago the prominent mem
bers of the republican pnrtv OF tha+
city came to him and asked him to al
mayor. He. however refused tba ro177-
nation. which AFT The time meant a
sure victory. Mr. 13a+ee alec bCId,
other important nositions
A. e. Jones who travels for q I2os+,,
wooden firm. and who with bis r-jfa va
sides i'm Perr,1-illa at tbe tarr,j,,-,e -
School street is cono,et1,1a+i,r, H.
self that for once he We ,i,5aI,I9 -
make connections OWING ~ tbe IT,. -
his train for portIa,,d ~, 49, 10y u
ing he bid his Wis sdian a1J ~ lltp' u,
train for BOSTON where &C if is, -
usual custom he tal-ae ~ t,ot tita
Portland an tha+ a,,artf,,i -. IL L.
train was delaved and ~ iaet iIi9
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