The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
w ESTBROOk.
Employee at Paper Mills Killed by Freight
Train.

About O'Clock Saturday evening
Collins Mckenzie, aged "a, employed at
the Warren paper mills at Cum eTland
Mills, was the victim of an accident that
cost him his fe Mckenzie was struck
at the Seayey street crossing by freight
trainpver the Maine Central railroad,
hound toward Portland. Just how the
accident occurr d is not known but 1t is
supposed that in attempting to cross the
tracks Mckenzie slipped and fell. lie was
struck by the engine and dragged a
distance of seventy-five feet. The train
was Immediately stopped and the young
man was taken from beneath the engine
He was taken into the caboose of the train
and died q few minutes afterwards. Up
on examination it was found that an arm
and leg had been torn off, and the body
badly bruised The young nan boarded
on Seavey street, Cumberland Mills, and
formerly lived in the Provinces.
The people of Westbrook are at present
interested as to the outcome of the
Citizens movement which sprang hastily
into existence, and as many have said
with determination to win at the spring
election For several years there has been
more or less sgitation of the subject. but
this had generally been after the election.
This year the prime movers have been
quietly at work and now present the
scheme for the consideration of the people
for the coming election. The first meet
ing in the interest of the movement was
held Monday evening, January "a, when
a committee of five was chosen whose
duty it should be to meet and choose a
committee of two men from each of the
three parties in each ward, in all thirty
men to act as a city committee. The COM
mittee Of five was composed of the follow
ing gentlemen: Messrs. Frank Webb, W.
W. Cutter, Clinton S. Eastman, Frank
Adams, John Byrne. OF this number
ex Mayor ". W. Cutter has since ex-
pressed himself as not in sympathy with
the movement and has therefore declined
to serve as membe of the committee.
Mr. Frank Webb was placed on the
committee without his consent but subse-
quently decided to serve until such time
as the city committee should be selected,
and then retire from the active work in
the ranks of the new movement.
The committee of five as 1t now stands
is made up of two Republicans and two
Democrats, ex-Mayor Cutter having de-
ined to serve.
Two meetings have been held but ms yet
the city committee has not been chosen.
It has been decided to decrease the size of
the city committee and make it up of one
representative from each party III each
ward making representation of fifteen
men on the committee.
No definite action has been taken by
the committee of five as to the time that
the next meeting of citizens shall be held
but a PRESS representative WAS In
formed that 1t would doubtless be held
Monday evening. February 9TH.
At the present time there Is much in
terest in the movement and the prime
movers are confident that victory will
perch upon their banners at the coming
election Those who claim to be in
position to know say that the movement
will never succeed as it will be impossible
to unite on candidate for Mayor who
will please the majority of the men in
terested in the new movement, and that
as a result the ticket will not be placed in
nomination. Others. however, incline to
the belief that ticket will be placed in
nomination. and that the candidate for
Mayor,as also the remainder Of the ticket,
will receive the endorsement of large
number of individuals in the respective
parties.