Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-16

cumstances which tended to mitigate the
charge and the man was allowed to plead
to simple assault. Other prisoners sem
fenced were B. W. Ingalls,, ten days in
house of correction, defrauding hotel
keeper; Rollin Puffer OF Meriden, six
months to three years, adultery.
The quarries at Graniteville resumed
operations Monday morning, the strike
which began March 2 having been set
tied. At meeting of the Quarry Work
ers' union Saturday, it was decided. by a
vote of 1856 to 81 to accept the recommen-
dation of the conference committee. The
committees came to Barre in the after
noon and the bill was signed by both
parties. 1t provides that the average
price paid for one year from March 1
shall be % cents an hour, the old price.
For two years beginning March l., 1909,
the average price is to be 26 cents an
hour. The Poiishers' union and the
Jumpers, Boxers and Derrickmen's un-
ion are the only ones with which agree
ments have not been reached, but it was
expected that all the laborers will be at
work by the middle of this week.
As the result of an investigation made
April by Gov. Fletcher ID. Proctor and
Atty.-Gen. G. c. Fits, Governor Proctor
has pardoned Morris Hennessey, William
Burke, William Mack, William Hayden
and John Carter, all of Massachusetts,
who were sentenced by Justice of the
Peace B. E. Cole of Windsor to the house
of correction in March for AZ days each on
the charge of breach of the peace. These
men told Supt ID. L. Morgan that they were
/ looking for work and went to Jail to get a
| nights lodging. The next morning they
were arrested on the charge OF breach of
the peace. Superintendent Morgan is
said to hold the opinion that this was a
case where the officers were looking for
graft in the form of mileage fees and he
notified the governor, who ordered an in
vestigation with the result as announced.
The records of the various companies
composing the First infantry, Vermont
National Guard, since Jan. /, show that
Co. | of Brattleboro leads the regiment
with respect to the percentage of attend
ance at regular drills. The United States
requirements are that at least twenty-four
drills be bel within a year and that the
average attendance be at least Sc 2-3 per
cent. Although but three months of the
year have elapsed, Co. / has held sixteen
drills and the smallest attendance exceed
ed the requirements, being "a = per cent.
The attendance has run from that up to
81 per cent. The average attendance has
been but about four less than the full
membership of the company. At the re-
cent inspection, every man was present or
accounted for, which gave the company a
mark Of 100 per cent, although that drill
was not included in the list of regular
drills. Target practice with the new in
door rifles is held every night except Sun
day.
An attempt by Martin Manning to saw
his way out of the Windham county Jail
at Newfane was frustrated Thursday
night by the discovery that two bars in a
side window in the main Jail room had
been sawed off. Manning tried to induce
other prisoners to join him in the attempt
to break Jail and one told Ja;ler Davis
what the scheme was. Manning was
promptly locked in a cell and will be con-
| fined there until court sits. A search re-
vealed the broken parts of a backsaw bid
den in toilet room. Bolts which held
the grating in place outside OF the win
dow had also been loosened by someone
outside the jail. How Manning got the
hacksaw is not known, but Jailer Davis
says that it must have been carried in to
! him. Manning was sentenced from Bel
! lows Falls in January for intoxication.
Tu O days later he escaped from the guard
while working in the woods but was
caught in Somerset and after serving his
/ original sentence he was held for trial for
escaping.
Augustus Cook, a slate worker OF Fair
/ Haven, where a strike has been in prog
ress for ten months, April pleaded
guilty in Rutland county court to assault
| ing George Clifford, non-union slate
worker, at the Fair Haven hotel last De-
/ cember. He was sentenced to the house
of correction for not less than six months
or more then thirty months. The house
i of George Williams of Hydeville, union
slate worker, who recently returned to
work in one of the quarries affected by
/ the strike which has been in progress ten
months, was visited by strikers, suppos-
eddy, and all the windows in the front
part demolished. In the morning Mr..
Williams found on his front door note
threatening violence if he did not leave
town. williams has kept at his work,
! but every night he has at his bedside a
shotgun loaded with fine shot. Non-un
ion workmen continually are being sub
] jected to petty annoyances and threats OF
violence says Deputy Sheriff Policy of
Fair Haven, but considerable work is be-
ing done.
An unusual incident occurred in Wash
4 ington county court Thursday in connec-
ton with the verdicts in the cases of Fan
ME B. Erherbt VS.. Peck Bros. and Peck
Bros. VS.. Mrs. Erherbt, which cases were
tried in conjunction. The cases went to
the jury April and after coming in for
instructions the next morning, the jury
brought in verdict at noon for Mrs. Err
! herbt to recover $3.50 and costs and two
special verdicts, one for $50 and the 9TH
er for S75. The jury was discharged and
shortly afterward question arose as to
wording of the verdict and the jury was
recalled by Judge A. A. Hall, who was
presiding. The jury, after receiving in
structions, returned and soon brought in
a verdict for Mrs. Erherbt. This was the
! first time in Washington county court
that jury which has been discharged
was called back and it is expected that
Peck Bros. will appeal the case on the
ground of the irregular proceeding. Mrs.
/ Erherbt sought to recover $4,000 for dam
ages from improper plumbing done at
her home in Berlin by the Peck Bros. and
the firm sought to recover $500 on the
bill for the work.