Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-18
IN AND ABOUT WESTERLY
New Hospital Would Have Reen Useful in Wednesday
Nights Accident-Letter Carrier A. A. Law esigns
After FL Years Service-Hod Carriers and Laborers'
Unions to Demand More Pay and Shorter Hours
John homas Injured


navy during the civil war, enlisting
when 16 years of age He is present
senior vice commander of Budlong
post, Grand Army of the Republic, De-
partment of Rhode Island.
Although the Westerly branch of the
international Hold Carriers and Build
ing Lahorers' union has not been or
ganized a month, steps have been tax
en- to demand of employers an increase
of pay and decrease of working hours.
Vincent De Pietris secretary of the To-
cal organization announces that action
to that effect has been taken in reg
ular meeting, and If the demand is
suit. The membership is composed of
! 139 Italian laborers.
The union will make demand for
minimum pay. to go in effect March
as follows: Shovelers 10 cents an
hour, an increase of 8 cents; teams
tiers 20 cents, increase 1 cent, mortar
men and bod carriers 21 cents, increase
of cents; drilIers 25 cents, increase
as paid men in the quarries. The pres
emit work day is nine hours and the
demand is for eight hours.
John Thomas stumbled and fell down
the stairs at his home in Mechanic
street, in the early hours of Thurs
day and sustained a severe scalp
wound. DR.. John L. May was called
dressed
nine inches in length. At the time of
the fall Thomas had lighted lamp,
which was extinguished before any
damage by fire resulted.
There was special meeting of the
First Baptist church Thursday evening
when there was general discussion
of the Sunday morning fire and the
is concerned A vote of thanks was
rendered the Seventh day Baptist
church for the use of the edifice last
Sunday and for the offer of its con-
tinued use The offer to continue was
gratefully declined as the First Bap-
fist church vestry is available for use,
the insurance having been satisfactor-
lily adjusted
A committee was appointed to SUI
pervise the general repairs of the
church. which will include new roof
of tin or slate
Local Laconics.
Mrs John Wagner of Stonington
was in Westerly Thursday.
DR.. C. o. Main of Stonington was
in westerly Thursday, calling on
friends prior to trip to Bermuda.
The engagement has been announced
of Howard Clark Barber. class of 1895,
Westerly high school, and Miss Mabel
Bateman of New York
William Segar, owner of the Dixon
suit with the adjusters with reference
to fire loss to the hotel annex Sunday
morning.
Charles Kellars, age 1s, while en-
gagged in electrical work at the velvet
mill in Stonington, fell from a scaffold-
ing, Thursday morning, breaking his
left leg just above the ankle
Shackley and cellar, crack base
ball players of Stonington. are taxing
examination for admission into the
westerly high school and hope to make
good for the baseball team.
The furnishings of the Grand Army
banquet hail. owned by Hancock Wo-
mans Relief CORPS and destroyed by
fire, have been satisfactorily settled
for by insurance representatives.
Ex-Governor Utter of Westerly was
a speaker at the Washington Lincoln
celebration and banquet held Wednes-
day evening by Providence chapter,
American Institute of Banking, in
Providence.