The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-23
THE POLICE WON OUT
Lively1'im Dislodg;-
ing Four Clinton
Boarders.
THEIR BEDROOM BARRICADEO.
The Officers With the Aid
of Citizens Force Their
Entrance.

Clinton, Oct 22.-smith's boarding
house furnished another interesting
fracas. in the early hours of this morn
ing, when storming party consisting
of Policemen John Murphy and James
Freel with a dozen boarders, forced a
barricade in the boarding house and
captured Thomas Pendergast, William
Hartley, Michael F. OMalley and Mich
ael FULLY, who were made prisoners in
one of the stables in the eXtem9orized
police station.
Trouble began about midnight in Pen
dergasts ROOM The men We're drinking
and set up a howl that awakened every
boarder in the house and Jared upon
the ear of officer Murphy. Proprietor
Smith got out of bed and ordered the
men to keep quiet. He tried to enter,
but they closed the door, turned the
key in the lock and defied him.
Smith secured the help of the police
men, aroused some of the other board
ers, and tried to make a flank move
ment by another room. 1t was frustra-
ted. The police began operation on the
key, which they pushed out of the lock.
Pendergast and his companions re-
sponded by piling the bureau, the bed
stead and the other furniture against
the door. 1t took the police ten min
utes to force their way in.
Two of the men showed fight, but
their resistance was useless and they
were taken to the police station, from
which they were later bailed out.
A BREAKING AND ENTERING
CHARGE
Jerry Chester was arrested at II
o'clock this morning, charged with
breaking and entering Fred Carruth,
who lives on Wilson street made the
complaint upon which the warrant was
issued. Carruth lives in one-story
house. He sleeps with his wife in a
bedroom on the first floor Thursday
evening he awoke and saw Chester
crawling across the floor on his hands
and knees.
He ordered him to halt he tells the
police, and Chester asked him to have
a drink. Instead of responding to the
invitation. he put Chester out The
latter escaped in such hurry that he
forgot his shoes.
STRIKE WILL NOT LAST LONG.
A strike which occurred among Busch
Bros men who are working on the
new road in Boylston, is likely to be
of short duration. Fifty men went on
a strike, yesterday Most of them will
go back to work this morning Their
grievance is the old one, of not being
allowed to buy their provision and
board where they please. They also
for their groceries. There is no doubt
but that they tell the truth
They have been promised that
changes will be made for the better,
and will work until something happens
to concentrate their attention upon
their wrongs again
F, III. Baldwin, head of the metro
politan police, ordered the sale of beer
to stop. while the work was in prog
fess. The strike was precipitated when
several of the laborers discovered that
they had been charged for twice as
much beer and more groceries than
they had really purchased Busch Bros.
have the contract for putting in part
OF the foundation for the big dam. The
laborers employed on this. work were
not engaged in the strike.
SERMON ON POLITICS.
Rev. Edward ]. Fitzgerald preached
sermon on politics this morning al
1870 mass at st. Johns church. which
was heard by large congregation I'll.
fitzgerald made an earnest appeal for
the purity of the ballot He said 1t is
the duty CT every man to vote consci-
entioHsiy for good and honest men. He
expressed the belief that there are hon
est men in politics, and that there is
also religion in politics. FIR Fitzgerald
was registered Saturday night at the
meeting of the board of registrars, and
will cast his first vote in Clinton at the
election in November.
SOCIETY'S ANNIVERSARY
st. Johns Temperance society held its
anniversary celebration tonight in It's
hall. Marry the entire membership
was present The speakers belonging
To the society made congratulatory adj
dresses
DEMOCRATS MEET.
A meeting of democrats was held in
Music hall last night to form q rally
committee The committee will assist
in getting out the votes and win con-
tribute to the democratic campaign.
WARM CONTEST FOR REPREsEN-
TATIVE
The representative contest is conced-
Cd on all sides to be the most perpleX-
ing ever known in the eleventh dis
trict. Wallace seems to be developing
more strength than was expected OF
him. There are factions in the demo-
ocratic as well as the republican
ranks but the democratic factions are
less vigorous. apparently, because tbs
leading democrats have a keen eye oat
for next spring.
The Gentsch vote is an anti-demu-
cratic vote. Conservative persons esu-
mate shat Gentsch WIN poll 90 votes.
The social democrats will pull from
democratic strength but that shouil
not make much difference with lre locS
candi late for representative. 1t il est
mated that every candidate who has
1850 votes in the district will be eject
ed.
c. Frank Fairbanks has arranged {,
give smoke talk in Sterling in the
interest CT Mr.. Davis Sterling is nat.
urally divided between Bates and Mo.
ses B. Haywood. republican and Gemo.
cratic candidates respectively
Haywood promises to draw greatly
from Bates strength But Davis vii
poll the regular party vote, unless signs
fail, because the split in Sterling il OF
Bates alone, and comes out of lis op.
position to Edward p Bartlett
Some excitement was caused tonight
by the discovery that the stone crushei
attached to Murphys quarry in the
California district was removed fror
its place. On examination IL was found
that the crusher had been pushed over
the bridge to the rock below 1t il
thought to be the work of the people
in the nelghborhood. who have hao
trouble IN court about the presence OF
the erusher in this neighborhood.
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