Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-02

The members of the local board 0. the International Hod Carriers anC Building Laborers' Union. went out or strike, Wednesday, the employers de- clining to accede to the demand of g minimum wage scale of $1.S9 and which was graded up to $2.S0 8. day The union stonenlasons have been or strike for three weeks. their demand being a daily wage scale of S4.50 Should the strikes continue there will be a general crippling of all other building trades in the town.
 In the granite business there has never been such a dull season as the present since the first quarry was opened in Westerly in 1S45 by Orlando Smith. Nearly all the stone cutters and QuarTymen are idle but have hope of revival of business at an early date. Heretofore when building work was slack there was usually monumental work to keep the force at work, but now there is practically nothing doing. While the superior quality of Westerly granite warrants the Quarrying. the local concerns cannot enter into suc- cessful competition with concerns that get their granite from side hills, in- stead of from the bowels of the earth, so to speak, so must be content with the patronage of parties who want the best there is in granite and are willing to pay the price
 With stone cutters quarTyInen stone maSons and laboEers idle, 1t Is but natural that more or less of the men should congreEaIe in Dixon square and discuss current events. and which gives a live surface appearance to the town, but which as a matter of fact is indicative of industrial slack ness as we'll situation which de- mands higher wages to meet the cost of living. ...sss.sz.i. .4s ss5s
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 The funeral Of John Carpenter, for many years & prominent business man in Providence and Warwick, was held Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist church. Apponanng, Rev. Theodore C. Gleason. pastor of the East Greenwich Baptist church, conducting the service.
 The oldest resident of Cowesett. Ar, Carpenter was well known in that sec- tSon- where he conducted a coal and wood business for many years. He had been failing in health for over a year, death resulting last Sunday, He was in his Ssth year. Burial was at the BraEton cemetery, Apponaug.
 John Carpenter was born in East Greenwich Oct Is, 1S95s 8 son of the late Col. Allen and Hannah CTarbox) CarpenteE-
 Westerly Is ctassed amena the stTsostscsds of She Seventh day Baptist deese aasssaston and is among the very few places where, there. is daily newspaper that omits publication on Saturday instead of Sunday. West sriT Is now license town and the No-acense committee is already cam pslgndng to get the town back into the no+Acenss column In this connec ton the following from the Sabbath Eenorder, Seventh-day Baptist weekly, published by the American
 Ws are proud of the record Sey- enth-day Baptists have made in the nShs with rum, even when days were dsrk and defeat seemed certain. So Tar as we know. no community, where our people have had controlling in 1uence has ever been able to set m Eros shops to ruin men"
 .. he ease of osxiiie 6. Barber aoainst eas Watch Hill fire district, which has neen In the state courts for the past Taree years, has been settled and in favor of the plaintiff This suit is in connection with the improvement of l Bay street at Watch Hill. Mir. Barber i owned a building which was on leased 1 !and that fronted on the street. The | nre district purchased the land and l ordered the removal of the bui1di7e 1 anu the order was ignored on the ground that the lease had not expired | The Ire district agreed to move the | ou!bolng To any other point designated l put this offer was not needed. Then | The building was taken down and the 1 material carted away, Barber declin l Sns to have anything to do with the 1! transaction Suit was brought to recover damages and after many delays the case was l heard by Judge Stearns and a jury in | the superior court for Washingt0n 1 county An award Of s1, GOO was made 1 to Barber In due time the defend l ant made motion for new trial and l after the case had taken the usual 1 legal travel the motion for a new trial 1 was denied. So the case is now af | an end and is against the Watch Hill 1 ire district
 Ths Westerly Board of Trade. which ss&s back or the invitation to the agri- 1 cultural department to send a road ex-