The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-07-01
DO YOUR DUTY"
Mayor Fitzgerald Orders Police
to Arrest All Offenders.

AT rollcall In the police station. Paw
tucket, last evening. Mayor Fitzgerald
appeared and he gave explicit instruc-
tions to all members OF the force that
they must do their duty In his manner,
incisive and unequivocal yet none the
less conservative he spoke in a calm tone
as follows
Members OF the police department.:
There has been an attempt on the
give the impression that the chief ex-
ecutive Of this city. who has the super
vision of this department. is in league
with disorder, desires you to wink at
lawlessness, and is not desirous of hav-
ing you arrest those who are guilty of
breaking the laws of the state and city.
1.-THE same sources desire also to
create the impression that you are do
moralized and cannot effectively patrol
the city. / hope you have not become
influenced by these false rumors and /
wish to impress upon your minds the
fact that your good name as n de-
partment and the good name of the city
depends entirely upon you. 1 come here
tonight to impress upon you what you
considered you knew. and that is that
you must on all occasions and against
all parties. impartially enforce the law.
ARREST ALL OFFENDERS.
It matters not what your personal SYM
pathies may be, you are public officials
and your duty should be the only guide
to your actions. Act carefully, but firm
ly. Brook no disorder Of any kind
Should you discover any persons placing
distractions OH the highway. assaulting
people or destroying property. do not hes
itate to arrest the offenders.
Should you discover any violation OF
law on the part OF the street railway
companies, report the same TO the chief
and the evidence thereof. Should you
discover any Of the employees OF the rail-
way companies violating the law, arrest
them as well as others.
Above all, i wish to impress you with
the idea that everything in your power
must be done TO bring to justice any per-
son violating the law. II any member of
this department should fail TO do his
duty, on either side. he Will be brought
before the board OF aldermen on charges,
and. II found guilty, will be dismissed"
THERE WAS NO TROUBLE.
The crews In charge OF the cars which
were operated last evening were instruct
ed before going out that in instances
where there was n probability OF trouble
ahead TO reverse their trolleys and re-
turn I'm the direction Of the central part
OF the city This was done IN several
cases, but there was no trouble and the
cars were housed for the night before 10
o'clock.
Another attempt 10 wreck a car, that
only n rumor. was made on the Rum
ford line. about IL o'clock last night. But
strange TO say, the alleged obstruction
was removed and thecar procecded-no
stone throwing-on its way through
Providence 20 Olneyville. neither conduc-
tor nor motorman being molested
LOO KLIKE CANARDs.
These rumored attempts at wrecking
arc becoming too transparent to be true.
First. Il was out Pawtucket way. later
Central Falls and Cumberland, next
Oneyville. subsequently Centredale and
now at Rumford. What next?
The Journal very candidly and pharisai-
cally admits that no clue has yet been
obtained TO the alleged perpetrators OF
the supposed attempt at obstruction I'm
Rumford. although due notification has
been given the police authorities OF East
Providence.