Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-11
MISUNDERSTANDING HERE
arkest Russia" Committee Says
 That Buses Were Promised.
Waterbury, May 9, 1903.

M Waterbury, May 9, 1903.
 the Editor of the Democrat:
 Dear Sir: There is no one In thls y that detests rushing into print any re than the undersigned; but there & times when 1t seems almost neces- -y in spite of the old adage. Ihe Rre you stir a thing the more un- kolesome it becomes" But trusting Is will prove an exception to the rne'
 wish to refer to the statement made
 Friday evenings paper by the eX- Plleymen. They say:
 -Four attention has been called to nething which if it is so does Us pat injustice and is false. It Is that strikers boycotted the play Dark
 Russia and refused to carry the hterville patrons home after the play.
 e reason given for this is that we It sore because on the death Of Continent member of the Knights of Ethias in Waterville. the trolley com ny furnished cars for the WaterYllle lends to attend the funeral and peo- R then rode who had not done so be- ee. Therefore, according to this ru- bf, we refused to supply bus accom-
 dations after the performance. here is absolutely no truth in this ru- bv which Is evidently another effort Y do us harm. Had we received the Ast intimation that 'buses were need
 after that play we would have done 2 in our power to accommodate our a&erville friends" -...s. Now the entertainment committee r ssDarkest Russia" has no desire to tagoniZe anyone, but in justice to emselyes must say that arrange Sents were made to have the patrons 3 t'Darkest Russia" returned to Wa Seville by 'bus and by the ex-trolley- Han. The director and two other embersa of the play made request l 'bus accommodations to Willis Rndemark and was informed that 1t buld be thoroughly looked after. Re arks were also made by the strikers
 week before the performance that ley would run a bus to Wateryille ter the play Wednesday evening, Im- 3ediately after the evening Derform- lee was aover and upon seeing no bus hand, Edward Webster of Waterville led to get some of the strikers to get J 'bus for the accommodation Of the Eatervil1e people and was refused. nd yet the writer of the strikers Rtement says: "Had we received the hst intimation that buses were need we would have done all in our wer to accommodate our Waterville lends" There is certainly considera- ae inconsistency somewhere or else writer of those statements knows Try little what is going on among his slIeagues
 ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
 For Darkest Russia"
 TWO LOST THEIR LIVES.
 he Cause of the Explosion Was Not
 Known.
 Hartford, May 1.-Two persons are bad and one is in a serious condition result of an explosion at the home Edward L. Rowe in Rocky Hill Sat Fday night. The dead are: Mrs Mary owe and her seven-year-old son, Will 'lr A., Cora a daughter, is at the hos tai suffering from severe burns. Mrs Bowe was boiling on an oil stove so- EtiOn for the eKtermination of insects. -Lu9 sO1uLAOu WAS cOnSlQ6EaDlG |1antity Of whale oil. MT Rowe left ke house and short time afterward eighbors heard a loud explosion. Lit |e Wilbur was then seen running out the house with his clothing ablaze klling for help. He was rolled on the round until the flames were extin- |lished.
 When assistance reached the house
 was found that Mrs Rowe was be- |g terribly burned. The daughter was Pt So badly burned as her mother.
 A message was sent to Hartford and E a special permit of the mayor an |nbulaHee was sent to Rocky Hill for be sufferers. The vehicle was driven Fith all haste back to this city and ITS Rowe was removed to a ward. Then the physicians went to attend young Wilbur they found that he las dead. Mrs Rowe died early last Eening after suffering terrible pain. Ter daughter, although in great pain, expected to recover.
 The exact cause of the explosion not known. It is believed. however, ! at the whale oil boiled over and drip kd down into the flame of the oil bye. The girl is unable to give any ccount of the affair.
 CAPTAIN -PERsHJNG's COLUMN.