The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-24

FonSn Dodruing mouse on AspinWdh
street Is causing the police of the Chaffee
street station considerable trouble ON
one or two nights a week they assemble
there. and with them Is a number OF kegs
OF beer. When the kegs are empty the
men get ugly and want TO night.
Last evening Patrolmen Bierne and
flaming were called TO the house. and
they found one OF the men going through
the house like an insane person. armed
with an axe. lie was looking for a
man who had struck his wife, and the
woman lay upon the Kitchen floor as IL
dead, but the police found that she was
not very badly hurt.
They found the man who was charged
with the assault locked up In closet IN
the upper part OF the mouse. When they
got him TO the outer door OF the house
there was no one who would say he was
the man who struck che woman. lie was
arrested for drunkenness. ana this morn
ing was fined for the offence.
BALL MANAGER CONFIDENT.
The Earnscliffe Worsted mills produce
some OF the best cloth 10 be found In
the market, and the suits worn by their
but but their % styie "oS of piayinF 4 IN 4 no way way
In keeping with the product
Saturday they played the Troy. Stars
but for some unknown reason this fact
does not phase Assistant Manager Law
ton, and he says that the team will run
be victorious.
Some OF Mr., Lawton's friends have sug-
Hale 10 Shss tsy dg me the
ager says that those players are not old
enough.
INJURED ON ELECTRIC.
Mrs. Michael Dromgooie OF 775 Atwell's
avenue is confined TO her home by inJu-
rtes and fright received while riding In an
Atwells avenue car Sunday evening.
the car was passing Valley street mis-
sile came crashing through the window
her about the face, but the shock was
much worse than the wounds.
There are many such cases. but few
come TO light.
HARD ON THE NIGHT MEN.
The strikes In this vicinity have been
most people are aware nfo Of for are ali Of the
night men are on duty at all times. ex-
cept the few moments that they. are al
are getting tired OF this long stretch and
would gladly welcome change.
TRUE BLUE UNION MAN.
At recent meeting OF the Textile
union a man named Roane, who was sent
here from Philadelphia for the Ameri-
can Woolen company, made the startling
statement that he had been engaged by
a man named Gardiner in that city. who
Of the prettiest and happiest spots In the
earth. Everything. according to his
story, was peace and harmony. weavers
were making money so fast that the local
banks could hardly handle their funds.
Ordinary mill hands owned their own
homes.
So pleasing was the picture drawn that
Roane was only impatient TO reach the
scene OF such happiness but what star
tied the textile workers was when Roane
said that Mr.. Gardiner has a brother who
was a pastor of a church In the city.
Roane is union man. and when he
reached the city and heard that the
weavers were on strike he refused TO
even entertain the idea OF taking the
best Job that the American Woolen COM
pany could give him. He is skilled
workman at that, and the American
Woolen company has been unable TO in
duce but few of this class to even leave
their homes In distant cities.
Mr.. Roane IL spending few days
here, looking over the beauties OF the
state. and has been initiated into the
mysteries OF a Rhode Island shore din
ner." This. he claims. would certainly
be a drawing card. II everything else
was as described to him,
He VIII return TO his home Saturday
evening and at his own expense.
SHOULDER DIsLoCATED.
Doctor Eddy is suffering with a dislo-
Gated shoulder, the cause of which Is
said to be that he was thrown from his
carriage, but where, no one seems TO
know.
He was with a few friends In a drug
store In the square a few moments be-
fore. and was in happy state OF mind.
The doctor has very gentle horse.
called "Zeke." but no one here blames
'Zeke" for the accident.
WORK OF BAD BOYS
Some maliciously inclined boys broke
into rooms of the Young Mems Guild on
Stokes street last night, and. not only
stole number OF articles, but tore the
cloth from the billiard and pool table,
broke cues and did much damage.
An entrance was effected by crawling
upon the roof of the adjoining building.
VETERANS FUNERAL.
Quite a large number of persons from
the qsuare attended the funeral OF Z. T.
Turner. the old soldier who was buried
from the little churc at Antioch at
IL o'clock today. The interment was at
the old family lot on the farm once
owned by the deceased.
ONLY A FLAG NOW NEEDED.
An effort is being made to have the
ladies OF the annexed district make and
present n flag to the members OF Hook
and Ladder No. s on Laurel hill avenue,
now that they have a flag pole.
THROWN FROM CARRIAGE.
Lee Pickham. manager OF the Nor
gan mills Is suffering with a broken arm,
having been thrown from his carriage
while driving over rough piece or
wood.
COMPANY OUTwITTED.
Bright and early this morning two
teams owned by the American Woolen
company were seen by the pickets from
the striking weavers vending their way
down town, the picksts, thinking
and the weather clear, the teams might
possibly be on their way 10 the boat for