The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-08

facturers' lodge OF odd Fellows or the
Rough and Ready Fire company held
their summers outing. business was sus-
pended. for persons of any consequences
were members OF one or both.
Today the membership OF the Rough
and Readys is as large and influential.
but they don't cut so much figure. for
now the citizens have a fuil-fedged fire
department.
On Tuesday. July Is. Manufacturers
lodge will have their annual outing at
Brighton park, and no prominent busi-
ness man will be found In this vicinity
unless there is something OF more than
ordinary interest 10 hold him here.
On that day a game OF ball and dinner
will be the leading attraction and the
party, which no doubt will number more
than 200 will drop all cares for the day
and will be carried 10 the battle field In
special cars. Manager Fellows will see
10 IL that they are well cared for after
they get upon the grounds. The ball
game is slated for 1870 p. m. and the
dinner at 3. What they will do with the
| former cannot be conJectured, but those
| who know the members best are willing
| 10 stake 81 against a nickel that they will
make a total wreck OF the latter
STRIKE SITUATION.
There Is a story going the rounds that
the American woolen company must
show TO the large wholesale dealers that
| the strike is declared of and all OF their
| old and capable weavers must be at their
| looms on or before Friday, July is. be-
| fore they, the dealers. will talk business
with them for next seasons goods.
This confirms the statement In yester-
days News for there must have been
| some strong attraction 10 persuade Mr.
Woods 10 condescend 20 talk or in any
way take a hand in the settlement or the
long drawnout fight: one which he never
can win, at least so long as the present
prosperous conditions OF this country
exist.
Barring the changing OF the patterns
in the mills, which is the cause OF
slight increase Of production, the inde-
pendent mills are coming money, ana
while the mills OF the American Woolen
company have tons upon tons OF yarn
they are unable TO put upon the market
a small quantity OF a finished product.
Many wholesale houses find much trouble
In disposing OF even this small amount,
for the textile workers will boycott any
firm that handles the goods produced by
this company. and this general boycott is
having q far greater effect than the av-
erage citizen is aware OF.
oEoRGIE CAME OUT AHEAD.
The Old Homestead club is made up of
men from all sects, creeds and political
parties, but individual views on any
question are barred, except what will be
for the benefit of each member.
The membership numbers about 500 and
of course with this enrolment there are
many things that come up In their daily
and Sunday lives that are worthy OF note.
The club has one member that, as In
many similar organizations, Is just
little bit more prominent than the others
and is best known by the cognizance of
shorty"
Now shorty has a bright little boy.
and on Sundays he. like other little boys.
must go to church.
Last Sunday Shorty and his little
son were obliged 10 go TO church alone
for the simple reason that the rest OF
the family had gone out OF town for a
few days.
When the contribution plate was pass
ed around Shorty handed the little
fellow a nickel and said:
Now, George, when that man with
the bald head passes that plate to US
you do as / do
When the plate had been passed Georgie
said I'm a voice that could be heard all
over the church:
Papa, 1 got a 5o-cent piece; what did
you get7"
Shorty" turned red In the face and
thought Of his red lower limbs that were
sore from sunburns, the result of the pre-
vious Sundays fishing excursion.
George does not go TO church any
more with his dad"
JOKE WAS ON TRACY.
Sunday Patroiman Tracy OF the Chaffee
street station was presented with
yorkshire duck and this was prepared
in culinary form by Mrs. Tracy.
This morning when Mr. Tracy left
home, knowing full well that he would
be called upon TO spend the entire day at
the station, he had a large portion of the
duck packed into his lunch box.
He boarded a Gladstone avenue car
for the station, and not being In the
habit OF carrying a dinner pail, left the
car. but forgot 20 take his box. SO this
noon he had TO eats ham sandwich for
his lunch, and. I'm fact, II was with con-
siderable difficulty that he could make
his brother officers believe that he ever
saw a Yorkshire duck
His lunch this noon cost him just four
cents.
BACK TO REGULAR SYSTEM
II would. indeed. be hard 10 find a hap
pier set OF men In the city than those
connected with the Chaffee street police
station, for they have been on duty day
and night for nearly five months. and
now that there are bright prospects OF
both the Woolen company and the rail-
road strikes coming TO an end Captain
Rowe Issued orders yesterday 10 return
TO the regular system of duty.
These men have been faithful and have
performed much extra work. while II can
also be said that the strikers as a whole
have been exceedingly orderly. Any out
breaks or riotous proceedings that have
taken place were not due to the strikers.
OFF FOR EUROPE.
Bright and early this morning hack
containing a party OF men went sailing
through the square and among them were
Bernard Nangle and Martin Dempsey,
who are on their way 20 the "Ould Sod"
where they will spend two months.
Last evening these gentlemen were
rendered a reception at IFS Plainfeld
street There were quite a number other
persons from this place who started for
Europe this morning and Mr. Kennedy,