Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-12
Striking ,Machinists Enioired

Inc central vermont strike has taken
a new turn. A mob of alleged strikers
attacked the sleeping quarters of non
union machinsts in an old mill at ST
Adams, and two of them were badly
used. The following day a striker was
arrested, but his case was continued
An amateur Photographic on the tracks
near the shops taking pictures of work
men was pounced upon by Master Car
Builder Coleman, who smashed his cam
era FRIDAY perpetual injunction of
AZ typewriter pages was served upon the
strikers enJoining them from in any wav
interfering with the railroad workmen
AS TO the company a fine of $1,000 is un-
derstood to have been paid the govern
ment for violation of the customs laws
III using Grand Trunk engine Several
men at work in the shops are from
Canada. and the fine in each case of this
sort If pushed would also be $1,000.
The body of a crippled peddler Clar-
ence e. Chase, was found in the Con-
nect1cut river near Wilder. II is sup
posed that he was drowned while bath
ing
James P. Black, e., cashier of the
Factory Point National bank. died at
Manchester Monday after protracted
illness. Mr.. Black had been town treas
urer for many years.
II
Greater New York This is a terrible
record a greater death roll than that of
many battle, and, indeed, on our side
in the entire Spanish war.
Two bathers lost their lives by drown
ing in the Walloomsac river near Ben
nington July 4. Patrick Casey. aged 16.
was drowned at Bennington Falls and
Award Smith, II, at Battlefield park.
r. r. Lawrence of Wilder was lodged
in foil OF 10 c1,o 4
with assault. There is also a civil action
against him for $4,000. He was released
after a day or two, bail being furnished.
Raymond Albers, 10, shot and killed
Emanuel Koehler, u, at Albany, N. Y,
Friday, and then hanged himself. The
boys were playmates who had quarrled.
They were members of prominent fam
lilies.
E. H. Fitzhugh, formerly general man
ager of the Central Vermont railway,
will probably succeed ]. A. Fillmore,
who has just resigned as manager of the
Pacific system of the Southern Pacific
railroad.
George w. Hawkins, 5, son of Silas
Hawkins of Castleton, fell on a pitchfork
| while playing with his brother Sunday
and the tine penetrated the brain. Men
! ingeal Inflammation followed, causing
| death.
| taken out of the North Branch at Mont
| pelier recently. The fish were killed by
| the same parasite which attacked the
| finny deniZens of the same stream two
| years ago.
Joe Deggette, who is alleged to have
stolen a team in Bath, n. H., July A.
was captured at Lyndonville Friday
night and the team was recovered. Deg
gette was taken back to New Hamp-
shire and lodged in Jail.
Lieut.. F. E. Buchan of the 9Th United
States cavalry, who was in the column
| which relieved the seige of the Legations
| at Pekin, and Miss Laura Conger
daughter of United States Minister Con
! ger, are engaged to be married.
The horse stolen from Stephen Jarvis
| of Cuttingsvile. was found Saturday
night on the premises of j. S. Wilder ii
South Woodstock. The men who stole
the horse and also assaulted George Bar
rett of Cuttingsville, evidently left the
horse and then fled on foot.
A terrible accident occurred July 1 il
Corinth. Hiram Porter, CT, was working
on Mr.. Stacy's barn when he fell abou
40 feet crushing his left side and killing
him instantly. 1t was the doctors opin
ion that he had a shock or a faintinl
spell that caused him to fall.
| d. White, United States ambassador t.
| Germany while temporarily insane sho
and killed himself in Syracuse, N. Y.
| Monday He was a lawyer and had sur
fered greatly from nervousness cause'
by overwork His father will resign hi
position in Berlin and will return to thi
country as soon as possible
Ralph w. Boyce of Woodstock, VIII
graduated recently from the Harvar
veterinary department, taking secon
honors in his class, will leave this wee
for South Africa in charge of 1000 horse
shipped from New Orleans for the BIRTHS
government. He will receive $3.50 pc
month and first-class steamship passag
each way.
Thieves entered the residence of l.. N
Rockwell of Hardwick, the front doo
being unfastened, and while Mr.. Rock
we'll was peacefully slumbering' $S9''
was taken from one of his trouser
pockets The trousers were left on
chair near his bed. In the morning RocH
well found them hanging. on the sink !
the kitchen, minus the above sum.
clue to the perpetrators of the theft ma
been obtained.