The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-14
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council will meet at the city hall, the
common council in regular monthly ses-
sion, and the board of aldermen in spe-
clal session called by Mayor Fitzgerald.
The special matter for consideration OF
he board is a proposition to make appro-
2riation for the payment of special police
Ulcers, who will do service during the
--aeatiop season
The first meeting OF the Economic club
)f Pawtucket will be held this evening at
Association hall, Taylor building, and the
speaker for the evening will be Colonel
Albert Clark of Boston. secretary of the
Home Market club of that city and chair
man of the United States industrial com
mission The subject for the address
will be industrial Evolution" The
meeting will be free to the public and the
ladies' are invited TO be present.
At ST. Paurs rectory this evening will
be held a meeting OF the committee which
has undertaken 10 raise funds to procure
a set of chimes for st. Pauls church as
a memorial to Queen Victoria.
AT the Labor temple this evening Will
be held important meetings of the Jour
neymen Plumbers union and the Paw
tAChtl DIdItl VI tHt anu
Joiners' union. Both organizations will
consider the eght-hour day movement
the carpenters having presented a de-
mand for shorter day to the contractors
and builders. while the plumbers will de-
mand an eight-hour day on June 1.
The Massachusetts State Highway as
ISOLATION, numbering abovt so people III
all, spent the day yesterday at Paw
tucket and Crescent Park reaching this
~ al ha ~ In 1ha
of representatives of Warren Brothers, OF
Boston, and under the leadership of Com
missioner OF Public Works Barclay anC
City Engineer George A. Carpenter. Tht
bituminous macadam on Harvey street
and Park place was inspected. Then the
party went to Crescent Park I'm special
cars, where a dinner was enjoyed and the
quarterly meeting of the association held.
There were addresses made by Mayor
John j. Fitzgerald, Mayor Baldwin of
Niles, Mich, City Engineer Carpenter,
George Warren of the firm of Warren
Brothers, and Superintendent of Streets
Prior of Worcester. The party returned
TO Boston at o'clock in special car.
In the district court this morning three
drunkards were each fined the customary
penalty for over-indulgence. Michael
Mcconnell, charged with being common
drunkard, pleaded not guilty and will
have a trial tomorrow morning. Willis
Nickerson, a boy, pleaded guilty to a
charge of vagrancy and was sentenced
10 the Sockanosset school during his
minority. Cornelius McNulty, charged
with being a common drunkard. pleaded
guilty and was sentenced TO the state
work house for six months.
The Pawtucket school committee met
last evening and after transacting routine
business discussed the appointment of
teachers. IL was voted 10 make petition
90 the general assembly for authority TO
appoint superintendent OF schools for
three years. The petition OF the I'm
provement league for use OF the school
grounds for summer Fairgrounds. was re-
ferred to the next meeting. A petition
OF parents OF the Churchill school for
the establishment OF ninth grade was
referred TO the committee on truancy and
promotions. The designations OF Miss
Mary l.. McGillcuddy and Miss Mary L.
Peacock as teachers were accepted The
qualifications of teachers were discussed
IN executive session and the committee
adjourned at midnight.
The Pawtucket branch OF the Painters
Papcrhangers' and Decorators union met
last evening and determined TO hold an
open meeting on the evening OF June g.
Work was stated TO be abundant. IL was
voted tn sustain the Journeymen Plumb
ers I'm their demand for eight hours. Dele
gates 10 the Pawtucket Central Trades
and Labor union made report that the
indications were that every person en-
ployed by the building trades would be
working eight hours by June l.