Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-27
CITY NEWS

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 The contract for excavating for the l foundation of the proposed new hotel building at the corner of Prospect and I West Main streets has been awarded l to John w Gaffney, who will com. mence operations on the job next Mon. day.
 I Court Oregon, No 138, F. of A.. will hold their regular meeting at Pythian hall Thursday evening. Business of great importance will be transacted. after which social session will be held. All members of the court are requested to be present
 Tn Hartford yesterday Patrick I lsO'Connor of Naugatuck was found guilty of using the mails for unlawful I purposes and was fined $25 and costs. 1 O'Connor advertised pair of rubber boots for $1 and sent the boots, which were toys, through the mails.
 List of letters remaining unclaimed I in the postoffice: Mrs Agnes 0. Booth, l Charles E. Baker, Mrs Michael Carroll, Miss Mary Degnan, Mrs Clara Eyeran, l Mrs Hosph Hornmth, Horace Hub bard, Lizzie Hubbard, Sarah Hubbard, l Amelia Hubbard, Samuel Hubbard, Alice Hubbard, Thomas KiIbride, Rob- | ert Sutton, Miss Johanna Tobin.
 Rev F. Allen Kirk, DID,, of Boston, will deliver a lecture at Foresters' hall, Friday evening, May %, for the benefit of Grace Baptist church. Sub 1 ject: s'The Riot at Wilmington, N. O. Come one, come all and help us as we are trying to get in our new church. Doors open at o'clock; lecture to be- gin at 8:3O. Refreshments served af- l ter lecture. Tickets can be purchased of J. D. Copeland.
 ! The following program will be rem dered at the Soldiers monument on Decoration day: Introduction, Camp Captain John V. Clark; prayer, Camp Chaplain N. Czamanslzi; selection, chorus or quartet; Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg, the Rev F. J. Bruno; ad- dress, Unknown Dead" the Rev J. E. Zeiter; selection, chorus or quartet; dirge, drum corps; salute, detail from the c. N. G.: benediction, the Rev F. J. Bruno.
 A man who took spin through the rural districts yesterday told repre- sentative of this paper that he didn't see what the farmers could point to
 
 | cept it was the leaves on the trees. He said there would be no hay to speak of, very little fruit and that corn and po- l tatoes would not amount to much either. To make matters worse one of the manufa cturers had informed him that work was easing off some and that the outlook for the fall and winter was not very encouraging. Whatever ef- 1 feet the long drought has had upon the crops it is certain that it has not in- terfered with the foliage of the trees on the green and in other parts of the city. They, look as good as ever.
 The executive board of the barbers' union had an interesting meeting last | evening, and changed the hours for l closing barber shops Friday evening and the following day, which is holi- l day. According to the rules adopted some time ago all union shops must close OH Saturday holiday at 10 l o'clock in the forenoon. The executive 1 committee realized that great incon- venience would be caused to many I people if this rule was adhered to, and l so it was decided to keep open until noon Saturday. This wiM give patrons of the shops two hours more time than was originally intended, and no doubt the public will appreciate it. The shops will therefore keep open the night before, Friday until 9 o'clock, and close at 12 o'clock Saturday.
 It was reported about town to-day l that there was likelihood of strike I among the stampers at the Waterbury l Buckle Go, but upon investigation it turned out 10 be nothing more than rll- l nor. A committee representing the men had a conference with B. A. l Smith, who went over the whole l ground with them and, it is said, fur I nished the committee with pretty good proof that the stampers at that fac tory have as little and probably less l to find fault about than those of any other shop in Waterbury They want ed PA cents gross for certain work I instead of PA cents, but Mir Smith said that competition is too brisk in | that line of work to warrant the ad- vance. Some of the help who were I spoken to about the matter said that they had no notion of going on strike, but that they hadn't abandoned the l hope of receiving little more wages. Hellmann's hall was crowded last night at the meeting of the Teamsters' | duu DI1SeES 1uGeEudLlOuu1 uDlOn, Wueu it was unanimously voted to continue the 15 per cent capita tax for the strik- ing trolleymen and also to contribute l to the fund being raised by the Central Labor union for the purpose of employ 1 ing legal talent to defend the men charged with the assault upon strike
 breakers on the WaterviHe line. Next
 Saturday, and continuing every Satur- day during the summer months, the
 teamsters and drivers of Waterbury
 will have half holiday. This in
 cludes all drivers with the exception
 of few of R. N. ,Blakeslee's men, who
 will be obliged to remain at work in 1 order that no trouble may occur in
 making shipments from the factories
 These men will receive an additional
 half days pay, so that there is no bad
 feeling over the matter. The union
 teamsters are getting along nicely with
 the bosses and it is thought that in
 time it will be seen thoat the forma tion of the union was benefit to the
 employers as we'll as to the men.
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