Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-20
WESTERLY HEARS OF FIRE
Road House Anthony Owned by Abby j. Rose of Norwich Burned-Boy Who Lost Arm Gets Verdict For $275O0 Strike Among Bradford Fnishers-Anderson Dodd Case on TriaIDeath of Mrs Albert L. Castrius

The Fairview hotel, at Anthony, was
 --ed Tuesday night, causing 8 loss
 s,aout S3,00O. The fire was of incen-
 rv origin. Road house patrons re- led to the place as the Mud Hole" !" ,: .ha place has been raided many
 aes The property is owned by Abby
 Pose of Norwich, Conn, and is on
 tax list valuation for g, 500. The -.-.e has been closed for several lL.u,5ths. and when last occupied was l..aer the management of Annie L. Do,.d. There was little furniture in f.-- house most of it being chamber sl.ls. It is understood that the prop erJy was not insured.
 Fairview hotel stood in a wooded. isolated spot and the firemen who were summoned from Arctic Center were un- able to check the flames, as there is no hydrant in the vicinity, and therefore the fire apparatus was of no use. Buck ct brigades were formed and water carried from a nearby brook, but this ancient metSod was not equal to the occasion. and the fire burned until it burned itself out. The building was erected 2S years ago.
 Frederick A. Greene, lawyer of Providence and clerk of the senate finance committee since 1894, died on Tuesday in the Hope Valley private hospital, of typhoid fever, his death
 
 attacked Rhode Island delegates to the Perry centennial exercises at Putin Bay. MT. Greene was a member of the state party on the trip and was one of more than 50 persons stricken with ty phoid fever. The circumstances sur rounding the epidemic are now under investigation by federal health author itSeS Senator Louis w. Arnold of Westerly is chairman of the finance committee and speaks in the highest terms of the character and ability of Bsr. Greene
 He was a graduate of Brown univer- Hlty in 1891, and three years later was Providence, Feb. 24, 1869. the son of Stephen Mathewson and Sarah Will liazns Olney Greene, and was a de- scend7nt of one of the pioneer families of New England.
 Judge John w. Sweeney of Westerly presided at the superior court session Tuesday, when the jury returned the largest award ever reported to court in Rhode Island in a suit for personal injuries suffered through negligence of an employer The verdict was for S27. 500 iu favor of Charles v. Rondeau, a minor at the time of the accident, and against Albert Sayles of Burrill- vile. The plaintiff sued through his father for damages of S50.000. Young Rondesu was employed in defendants mill when on Dec. II, 1905, his right arm was caught in the machinery and torn from his body.
 The trial was commenced on Monday, Nov. S. before Judge Sweeney and a jury. The case has been tried twice before. once resulting in a non-Suit and once in a disagreement
 Finiahers at the plant of the Bradford DVafnd zaSoci ation are out on strike, not as a matter of wages, but upon ex- fsting conditions. and an official of the Textile Workers union has been at Bradford during the week endeavoring to adjust difficulties While no official announcement has beens made, it is learned that the fnishers who are at present out on strike object to the em- ployrnent of women in the finishing de- partment at s11 a week, while their present pay is SIS a week, especially ss the men are in measure held re- sponsibie for the satisfactory work of the department. The representative of organized laoor returned to Pdwtucl1et Wednesday, and was of the opinion that all matters in dispute would be settIed to the satisfaction of all con cerned and without recourse to a gen. eral strike.
 The officials of the big concern have been considerate of the interest of em- ployes. and it its said there is no real friction between employers and eIn- pIoyes, and that the present difficulty with the finishers will receive merited consideration in due time.
 The town of Westerly is top heavy with police eonstableS who serve with out pay and who have full power to make arrests There are half a hun dred or more of them, but scarcely half