The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
AndSeventy-fve Men
Discharged.
FlSHERMEN'S LUCK.
Millbury Hostler Kicked
BY Fractions Horse.

Millbury. Jan. 14-Seventy- five work
men employed at the MilIbuPy branch
were discharged last evening for leav-
Ing work early Thursday evening, thus
causing considerable damage to the
company by allowing several tons of
Ice TO be lost by going over the runs
1t is customary for the men to leave
work nights at O'Clock. and go to the
depot to catch the early train to Mill
bury. Grafton and Worcester. Yester-
day morning the worlzmen did not go
TO work until late. SO the ovrseer ex-
pected them to work until o'clock
that evening, so that they could put
In nine hours work.
When the usual time for stopping
work arrived. the men in the ice houses
quit and went home. as usual. The
other men who were at work on the
pond, that came from out Of town, also
quit work and went home. This morn
Ing when the men returned to resume
Work they were informed that their ser
vices were no longer required This
was what most Of the men termed a
bad thrown-down," and while they
were waiting for their pay many of
them got their heads together, and were
going to claim an extra days pay, be-
cause they were not told the evening
before not to come to work the follow
sns day.
After their pay was made out they
were told the reason Of their discharge,
and shown the amount of ice that had
gone over the runs the evening before
A general kick was put up by the men
who worked ON the pond that they were
not to blame for the work that the men
an the ice house neglected to do, and the
oveTseer agreed with them, and after
taking an account OF the number Of
men who were employed in the build
ing. pickea out the ones who were the
cause Of the accident, and discharged
worked on the pond to go to work
again.
MANY of the men who were discharg-
ed went back during the afternoon and
tried to secure their jobs by giving the
foreman different name, but as the
work was so near completed, the re-
naming work was left for those al
ready employed to finish. This season
the managers claim that they have had
the best luck in their history of ice
cutting. end with the exception of the
accident last evening, their record was
clear
A large party of fishermen from Wor-
cester came to Millbury today and went
to Dority pond to try their luck, but
upon arriving there, found that the
pond had been legally closed by the
board Of fisheries; SO they drove to
Lake Singletary and set their lines,
eXpectingsto capture some of the large
ones Which the newspapers told about.
After fishing there all the morning,
they came to the conclusion that, the
G. TE-H NUT In fafy .o111e ki~,,
were fabulous. The party went to
Manohaug to try their luck in the af-
ternoon.
The Wheeler mills in Bramanville are
being put into condition, and the new
industry promises to be a prosperous
one. Mr.. Hall, one of the members of
the new industry, said that the linen
could be manufactured on the machin-
cry on which cotton was made.
Mr. Hall has new method
by which the flax is bleached
in few hours, thus reduc-
ing the cost so that it can be put on
the market much cheaper than ever
before. Before coming to Millbury, Mr.
Hall looked over many Of the mill priv
1leges in the county, but failed to find
any which had such pure water as the
Wheeler mill plant.
LIE MlHDuTy COTTON mills Will start
up Monday to run out the stock which
the company has on hand Superin.
tendent A. w. Bosworth has a large
force or men at work at the mill get
ting things into readiness to begin work
on time early Monday morning. The
boilers were tested today, and they
were found to be in excellent order and
ready to be put in operation at mo-
1nent's notice.
Mrs. Michael Carberry. whose .hus.
Pand died yesterday, is alone at he1
home on Greenwood street, and has
been SO since her husband died. A 10.
cal citizen visited her at her home to.
day, and found her alone with the
corpse. Mrs. Carberry told him thai
she had been alone In the house ever
since her husband died. The couple
have lived in town for a number Of
years, and have made their living by
Farming and raising stock. 1t Is
likely that some one will be sent tc
the house to look after the aged wo.
man. Mrs. Carberry has been sicb
for some time, and was sick at the time
her husband died. She said that thf
morning her husband died, she was
sick In bed, and he arose early and bull
the fire, and then went to the barn IL
milk the cow. Mrs. Carberry said
that she went to sleeD and awoke Al
about noon, and not hearing her hus.
band around the house, suspected thai
something was wrong and dressed ant
went to the barn. There a horrible
sight met her eyes. Beneath the COW
Jay her husband. apparently lifeless
MRS. Carberry managed to pull hin,