The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-20
OLNEYvILLE.
"AI's" Rollers Won Out In
We|les Bowling Tourney.
May Mean General Reduction.
Small Prospect Of a Strike.
Olneyville branch OF the Providence
News at Heffernans New store, -
Hartford avenue. Telephone 4O-West

For the past 20 Thursday afternoons
ten crack bowlers have met on the al
Ieys of T. n McCusker on Stokes street
and bowled for a purse Of $50 They were
known as the Welles teams. one Being
headed by George and the other by AL
bert weiIes. fhe nrst named team was
made up as follows: Thomas Purveir.
William weiles. William Meegan, Will
fam Newhall and George Welles. The
latter by William Marney William Mad
den. Percy Butterhed. Albert Nellss and
John Thompson.
At the close OF the games Thursday
evening George and his men were three
games 10 the good and they could not
wait until tomorrow TO roll on the last
string, but now they are sorry that they
did not for "Al" and his cohorts walked
away with four games. winning the cash
Each man on the winning team was pre-
sented with new SO hill and besides the
losers must give the winners sl.50 din
ner The score yesterday wes 462-3ss. The
features Of the game was the rolling Of
Mr.. Thompson and the steady work ~
Mr. Purvier George Welles' friends
thinks that ne would have won out II
ne had not been affected by what his as
eociates call stage fright
FEVER LOOM FIXERs.
The loom iAers in the smallest weaving
room Of the Atlantic Mills were Informed
yesterday that beginning with Monday
July o. that their number would be cut
down one. There are az the present time
six of this class OF workmen In the room
number OF years ago under the owen 5
administration the mill made goods that
call for more hxers, the extra man be-
ing known as the third hand, but tho
operators called the second hand.sn over
seer and the third hand was called the
second hand.
The special work was completed lorg
ago, hut the position OF third hand was
never abolished. The loom fxers believe
tnat so long as this change has been
made I'm the smallest room that II will
only be used az an opening wedge, and II
the management makes a success OF this
more OF the same thing will happen In all
of the many weave rooms.
MAY MEAN TROUBLE.
The Manton mill at Manton is getting
ready for the light weight" season. and
the looms are being placed in position
60 that two will be operated by one per-
con.
II is this system tina: caused the strike
number 81 years ego which resulted
60 dsastrously TO the weavers. Just
what the weavers will do is a question.
Tor at the present time many ~ the
ttrike breakers are still Al work, and
many cf them when tney first went 10
work could not speak a word OF English.
The old time wesvers are well aware OF
the fact that there Is an over abundance
Of this class Of help. VINO will only he
too glad 10 see them walk out Oney-
Vile has not and wilt not for years re-
cover from the effects OF the last strike.
CHILD STRUCK BY 4 CAR.
John Keegan. two and a half years old.
was struck by n Manton avenue car yes
terday afternoon and was quite badly cut
about the head. Had II not been for the
prompt work of Motorman Hawkins the
little one would have peen killed. The
child ran in front of the car al the june
tion of Manton and Atwell's avenues.
Conductor George Austin picked the
injured child up and took him TO his
home. "a Purnel street, and called Dr.
Longfellow.
GENERAL MENTION.
Mr. Charles w Tupper. who with his
mother and sister are visiting friends at
Cleveland o. writes Ernest Williams
that they had arrived at their destina q
zion safe and sound. He says that the
first man that he met was Jim Nc
Entse. the champion checker player Of
New York. who handed him, Mr.. 1up-
Per. 81
1t will be remembered that McFntee
was in this vicinity -sw wears ago. but
did not leave until he had got into the
debt ~ nearly every checker player In
the city. II is said
Herbert better known as Red" Hanly
was arrested last evening for making an
assault upon w. G. Bennett Hanly was
sitting on the front steps NJ Bennetts
home IN Oak street. and was ordered of
hy Bennett Hanly went but when he did
50 the story goes put the rocks 10 Ben
nett and Bennett put for the station. La
ter Hanly was riding In the SoHo cha riot
Michael Farrell was arrested last evpu=
ing for making an assault upon Richard
winpenny. boy. Winpernv and Farrell e
eon got into dispute and Young Farrell
was about 70 hurl stone az wlnpennv,
when the latter grabbed him. Farrell by
the wrists and held him Young Farrell
shouted for his father. Who came out and
according 70 the police struck Winpsnnv.
There Is a little disturbance ~ what is
known az Rlandines mill on Manton ave.
nue. r. ~ the ~ weavers coming out yes-
terday morning None OF the IL that are
out nor any one I'm authority az the mill
will say what caused the trouble and both
sides are quite sure that the difficulty
will be short lived
James T. Adam Of Viola street has beer
engaged 10 take charge of the electric
lights AZ Rocky Point,
Tho Rhode Island Athletic club has ar
rhnged TOT very interesting program ~
be given I'm Tenner's hall at Thornton to-
morrow evening
a number of the Irish societies headed
bv tho American Band made n short IA
rade I'm this vicinity before taking the
main line down town this morning
owing to the extreme heat or last even
Ing the celebration of tho Goth anniversary
or tho local branch of the Catholic
knights Of America held I'm Stokes hall
was not as largely attended % the COM
rnlttee ~ arrangements booked FOR
Miss Sarah I. crawford Of Whittier ave-
nue. was tho recipient OF letter n day or
so ago. that went through the wreck ~
the Is hour fver AZ Mentor. q About ono
third OF the letter had been destroyed by