Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-09
Hosiery.
SPENCER MILLS.
Reprted Strike at Newton OAR
ling's Unfounded.
Poor Work by Night Operatives viii
Cause Mill to Stop Running Nights
Other News Notes.

The night hands at Newton Darling's
wooden mill, on Valley street, or most
of them, were paid off Saturday, and
the mill will only run daytime in the
immediate future. The mill is at pres
ent being run on a contract for Beebe,
Weber & Co. of Halyoke, and a mem
Der of that firm has been at the mill
looking after the work. 1t was reported
that there was a strike on the part of
the night hands, and a Spy reporter
went to the mill Saturday to investi-
gate and found Mr.. Weber, of the firm,
engaged in paying off the men. After
he had completed his task, me was asked
regarding the matter, and said:
mo, there ia no strike. We found
that the work of the night hands was
not satisfactory, the cloth produced was
not up to the standard; and Friday We
posted a schedule of discounts for poor
work, which is identical with the one
we have in the Holyoke mill. Some of
the hands got frightened and said
they would prefer to settle. l told them
that would be agreeable to us, as we
should stop running nights next week,
anyway, and we would just as soon an
ticipate the event one week as not
That is all there is to the matter"
Mr.. Darling was not at the mill when
the Spy reporter called.
All the night hands are strangers in
town, with perhaps one or two eXcep-
lions, and some of them are inclined
to be tough" They are scattered
about in the different mill boarding
houses. Mrs. Jollie, who keeps a board
ing house in the old Lyman house, on
Valley street, has Is boarders, some of
them being the night hands in the mill.
Three of them got into fracas Satur-
day morning, knocked over the stove
in the sitting room, smashed out win
dow and wrecked some of the furniture.
Deputy Sheriff Draper was sent for,
and, with officers Frank l.. Marble and
James A. Spencer, went to The scene;
but before they arrived the men had
skipped One of them sent a written
order to the mill for his pay but, under
direction of Deputy Sheriff Draper, it
was withheld till Monday
INTERESTING REPORT.
Judge A. w. Curtis of the board of
trustees Of the Richard Sugden Public
Library, makes the following report of
the receipts and expenditures for the
library and the property left by the
late Mr. Sugden for its maintenance.
Amounts collected for rents Of block and
house, including balance on hand at be-
ginning of year, $4630.6S; amount paid
for care of block and house, with re-
pairs, including new boiler $575),
1864. IS; paid for support of library,
$23O9 80; paid for free lectures, S154; es-
Inmates for new books, $500; librarians
salary, $3.50; extra, $13154 janitor, $500;
extra, $685.
The income from Sugden block and
the Grout house which was donated by
Mr.. Sugden for the purpose, is sufi-
cient to support the library without eX-
pense to the town.
MANY TOWN TOPICS.
1t is expected that Rev. f. e. Heath,
who went to Bath, Me-, Wednesday on
account of the critical illness of Mrs.
Heath's mother will return and occupy
his pulpit today
Jericho or Ai-Which?" will be the
theme of Rev G. Whitfield Simonson's
sermon at the NJ. E. Church this morn
ing.
At the peoples service at the Congre-
gational Church this evening, fThe seen
and the unseen" will be the theme of
Rev. Sherman w. Browns sermon. The
special music will be by Miss Ora Hitch
cock, violinist, and Miss Florence Bruce,
pianist, both of Springfield,
A two weeks revival service will
open at the NJ e, Church this evening.
Among those expected to assist the pas
tor are Rev. 7. G. Marvin of Cherry
Valley, Rev. r. e. Smith of Bondsville,
Rev. w. L. Potter Of North BTookfleld
and Rev. F. Is. Everett of Oxford
Mrs. George e, Dickerman is i'll with
the grip, and her son Earnest is down
with the chicken pox.
James Hennessey of Boston and
Thomas of Syracuse, N. z, are visit
ing their parents on Park street
Miss Agnes S. McDermott, formerly
principal of Maple street school, now OF
Milford. is the guest of Hugh Kelley
and family