The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
Workmen On North
Dixie Leave Work
In a Body.
SAY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID.
Clinton 0verrun with Ho-
boS and Police Are at
Their Wits End.

Clinton, June 13.-Matters climax
ed with Contractor Joseph D. Genarro
when so of his men, nearly all employ
ed by him, went on a strike today. The
strikers left their Jobs about o'clock.
They came down town and assembled
in small groups, talking over their
grievances.
The men allege they have been raid
little or nothing since April q, and that
sums averaging $50 each are now due
them.
AS they tell the story, 1t was promis-
ed they should receive their pay Mon
day. Then they were promised that
Mr.. Genarro would be on hand this
morning with their envelopes. He did
not materialize, and the men decided
10 work no longer.
Genarro has not made an appearance
up to this time. The men will not lose
anything if he failed to pay them. The
metropolitan water board has an ar
rangement with Genarro, as with most
of their contractors, by which Is per
cent of the money due on the work is
held by them until the job is completed.
There is money enough in the board s
keeping, which belongs to Genarro 20
pay the labor. Those who know &c
mario best say he win show up in the
next few hours with the pay roll n his
possession, and ready to meet al de-
mands.
Nevertheless. it has been believed
that the contract for digging his part
of the north dyke has proven Ear from
profitable to Genarro. In ndigging the
great ditch he met with numerous Ut
expected obstacles, including quick
sands and a more than ordinary
amount of bad weather.
A circumstance that may or may rot
be significant is a mortgage which has
been registered in the office of Town
Clerk Tyler, in which, in consideration
of 1920, Joseph d. Genarro gives to
Lucinda Capozoli a six months inter-
ests in six tip carts, steam drill. a
steam boiler, "A narrow guaGe dump
cars and several tons of 21-pound rails
for use under the cars. The mortgage
covers a large portion of the property
Mr. GenarTo has in use in the perform
ance of his contract.
The hordes of nondescripts and men
of the hobo" type who have fiocked TO
this neighbOrhood are giving the police
no end Of trouble, more than they can
take care of to the satisfaction Of the
citizens. It looks as if more police pro-
lection is imperatively demanded. In
the center of the town there is no fault
to be found. The police have been so
vigilant in the past month that dis
orderly characters make a point Of
keeping out Of protected territory. They
get their jags and then make for the
suburban districts.
The people of Sterling street have
been loudly crying for police protection
for their neighborhOod. The people on
lower Main street complain that they
are beset by crowds OF drunken and dis
orderly persons who make the nights
noisy. The people Of Lancaster allege
that in the last month they have been
beset by crowds of roughs who, fear
ing arrest in Clinton, get out Of town
on the last car, and into immune terri
tory.
Chief Bates believes that four more
men are impeTGtively necessary. An
extra man is needed on Church street.
There should be another man at the
North Dixie, and another in the Califor-
MIA district. The lower end of the town
in the neighboThood of the sewer basin
is almost without protection. This does
not take into consideration the demand
from Sterling street of the need Of q
man to spend some time in the police
station so that it may be open "a hours
of the day as it should be.
During the entire summer season it Is
necessary to keep a man on the park
until 1890 O'Clock Several specials have
been tried at this work but they have
not been altogether successful. The
suggestion Of the metropolitan water
board that a mounted policeman b.
tried is regarded as a good thing, ii
extra men were to be provided also.
A mounted officer could get over
more ground and suppress more rows
perhaps, but he would not be effective
in suppressing the illegal sale Of liq-
uor, and as Chief Bates believes, not as
efficient at any duty as two men OF
foot would be.
The Clinton police are making more
arrests every week than are made II
cities twice this size. This does moi
argue that the people Of this town are
more disorderly than the people OF
other towns are. The surplus of dis.
order is due almost entirely TO the large
floating population attracted here By
the work on the reservoir. Some Of
these men are honest fellows enough
but more of them are inefficient, who
have assembled from half of the states
III lHE 0LlOll.
Chairman Rodger Of the board Of Sc
lectmen will leave no stone unturnet
to get from the water board at leas
as much police protection as is absO-
lutely necessary Judging by theil
letter read before the selectmen las
night, the board IS inclined TO look al
the situation in a fair way. 1t sim
ply makes the suggestion that mucl
might be accomplished by the transfer
Of two day men to the night force, apC
the use Of a mounted man in the day
season, but the suggestion is not bind
ing, and the board is willing to receive
suggestions as to what is best
If a horse is to be provided at all
the police think it would be more use
fully employed in connection with
patrol wagon, or some vehicle tina
would answer the purpose of a patrol
1t takes about two hours Of an officer
time to bring a man in from the nortl
dixie and get back to his work.
Philip Garvin, who was run over by
a team driven by Mrs. z. A. Trout
last Wednesday, is internally hurt
Last night he suffered unusual pain
and in the latter part of the night be
came unconscious. This morning DR.