Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-01
MAY DAY TROUBLE IN LABOR CIRCLES
CITY NEWS.


 ma society of the High school Is plan ming to give dance in Knights of Co- >lunIbus hall on next Friday night.
 The unexpected happened to-day. Though the wholesale price of coal was advanced ten cents a ton, the re- tail price, $7 ton, will remain the same for the present.
 This was a blustry day and people who had occasion to be out were kept busy holding on to their headgear and shielding their eyes fro the dust that whirled about in all directions.
 To-day was Arbor day. In many schools exercises appropriate to the day were read. This year the trees were planted in the school yards two or three weeks before Arbor day.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight and Saturday; colder to- night in the east and south portions, with freezing temperature in the north west portion; brisk northwest winds, diminishing by Saturday. 4
 There will be meeting of the Metal Trades council this evening at the hall of 1S6. Arrangements will be made at this meeting to meet ex-President E. J. LNuCn or the UulLGu DIdSS VOAhCl S, who Is coming here May 5.
 Aylett Percy Miller, 47, roadmaster, Naugatuck division N. r., N. H. x Fl. railroad for the last ten years, died or pneumonia at the residence of II. c. Beach, 19 Mitchell avenue, this morn ing. Funeral notice later.
 The strike of the Western Union line- men is going along merrily. The com pany has three strike-breakers here doing the work of the two who quit when the strike was declared, and they are having their hands full and more to keep things moving.
 Somebody smashed several knobs oil ! the iron fence in front of the Merr1- man property on West Main street op- posite the green last night. It was a contemptible piece of business and 1t is hoped that the guilty parties will be discovered and brought into court. X new edition of "This Is It. ap- | peared among the dust to-day. Nobody | could tell where it came from, but 1t was surprising how it managed to get l into the hands of everybody. It IS a l trifie larger than the previous edition and contains few more names. The first quoit game of a series will be played tonight at Finnan's, 49O ! West Main street. This is a new game I in town and promises lots of sport for those who get chance to see it. The competing teams this evening will be the North Ends and the West End Ouoit club Both teams have been ! practicing faithfully for the event and l considerable interest is manifested as I to the result. 9a
 I The annual meeting of the Inter Parochlal Missions Study class will be held at Trinity church tomorrow commencing at 11:15 a m.. when pa pers on China will be read. At 1:1s | adjournment will be taken for Lunch and at 2:3O missionary service will begin, The speakers will be Mis- Starr, formerly of China, Miss Jarvis and the Rev E. Cameron Acheson o1 AIiddletown. An earnest invitation tc
 the public to attend is extended by thu Rev F. D. Buckley, rector of Trinity } church.
 At the state convention of the Knights of Columbus, which will b, held in Bridgeport on next Tuesday Waterbury will have two candidatel : i'll the field. James A. Hynes thinks and so do many members of the order that he can i'll the position of stat, deputy in a manner which will b. most beneficial to the order Attorne.
 w. J. Neary of Naugatuck holds tha
 office now, but it is said that he woult
 like higher office next year Tn many friends of Edward J. Finn in tend to present his name for the 'posi rF NO +n yention and they are confident that h will win out.
 There was q cave-in at the operation ' on the dam of the Great Brook Manu !, featuring Go yesterday afternoon, il , which Thomas Saults of Baldwin stree , suffered broken leg, and another mal ], came near being buried alive Bot i men were working at the bottom of
 large hole when the bank above then
 dropped and small landslide haI
 pened. Saults was buried above tn waist and his companion was covere T in the rush of sand It took only
 few minutes however, to extricat
 both men and summon doctor
 Saults's right leg was found to b
 broken, while the other man escape l without scratch. but it was som
 time before he breathed normally. $ The recruiting station for the nav - will close this evening and open i I Hartford Monday morning. Ninetee ' enlistments have been made her, f pmany of them minors, some mechanic l. and two machinists. The entire lis
 with the grade of enlistment, consist h of John H. Lane, landsman; John f Egan, coal passer; Thomas H. Quigle, ,, | coal pa cSnr to marhinist. John K Wel a gel, landsman; James r. Kelly, Jame f Heating, John l.. Read, coal passeri n John E. Kelly, coal passer to machil 6 ist; W. J. Zubensti landsman, and Ma l. tin T. Sheehy, coal passer. All of th Q recruits will be shipped away to-mo
 row at II o'clock, apprentices to Nev if port and the others tc Philadelphia.
 
 HAT FACTORY BTt0NED.