The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
ANOTHER RAILROAD CLASH.

ANOTHER RAILROAD CLASH.
 The Traction Company opened their l Fairfield Southport line yesterday and as a result they had another clasn with the Consolidate company to- day The seat of the troub1e was at the Fairfield avenue crossing in the West End.
 As a temporary expedient the Trac- lion csompany attached their trolley Rand feed wires to the wooden struc- ture over which the Consolidated trains now pass The feed wires were strung upon the supports on which the overhead work rests and only a few feet from the ground. From point about 80 feet each side of the crossing the current was cut out of the trolley wire, the descending grade being depended, upon to jump the cars across the dead space.
 At about 3-30 this morning a, work car. containing Consolidated laborers stopped at the crossing, and in less than 10 minutes the trolley and feed wires were cut in several places. The Traction company promptly met the emergency. Shortly after daylight Supt RadeI and Contractor Murray proceeded to arrange matters so that the wires could be strung independent of the bridge
 President Heft had a conference with President Clark at New Havens
 
 string their wires from the bridge, provided they do it in a manner sat- isfaetory to the Consolidated.
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 About Il o'clock Saturday night, while on his way home, Charles How land, a spoonmaker employed at Holmes & Edwards Silver factory, was attacked, beaten and robbed at the corner of Noble avenue and Arctic St, by two unknown men.
 o. S. Brown, a commercial man who saw the affair from an opposite corher, hurried over but the footpads fled. They had commenced to search MT. How1and's clothes when frighten- ed away.
 MILLS TO CLOSE.
 Harrisburg; Pa, Dec. 8.-One of the hi ggest suspensions in the country will occur at the Pennsylvania Steel works in about two weeks, owing to the dull ness in certain branches of the trade. The suspension will be for an indefn- ite period. and will throw between 1.500 and 1900 men out of employ Fnent. The bridge and construction department is the only one with orr sders on hand. and it will be busy all winter.
 Saturday evening, the home of I. w Birdseye at the corner of Park
 
 sneak thieves who ransaeked the house. The family and servants were away. As all the family valuables are stored in safe deposit vaults it is not known the amount of pillage obtained by the second story men.
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 Among the, Forepaugh herd of ele- plants now at the winter quarters is Ruth, a, three-year- born in Phil adelphias whose mother, Babe, has r-s "A Al Ls.. rYT- entered the elephant house she and Babe recognized each other and with rum petings of joy fell to changing caresses. Since then they have been chained to each other and are as com tented as can be-
 N. Y, N. H. & H. DIVIDEND. The regular quarterly meeting of the directors of the Consolidated road 1 was held at New York Saturday. A l quarterly dividend of 2 per cent. was voted, and it was stated that on the day before 1.7oo fars of freight were moved.
 DIED.
 While delivering paper at the mar ket of R. Mayer on State street, Sat l urday afternoon, John Carroll, eIn- ployed by s. w. Gledhil1, took hern- orrhage and died imm ediately.
 At the hospital yesterday, Emma, wife of George w. Dunn, died at the age of 37.
 Myron E.. Hunt, we'll known young machinist, died this forenoon at his home, 91. Sterling street. He was 23 and had been i'll for a, long time
 May. daughter of Garrett and Mar l garrett Cahi1l, aged A years, died this morning at her home 137- South ave- nue. Carroll, aged 25 years. died at the l residence of his parents 10 Union St
 
 The Wheeler & Wilson Sick Bene- fit associationss annual fair opened | at Sailer's Hall, last evening. Though tendance was very large. Those iii 1 charge of the booths were the follow ] ing: Mrs. M. l.. Reynolds, Miss Jes- | sic K Williams, Miss Elizabeth Will I Hams. Miss Nellie McKenna. Miss Lu- cy Murray, Mrs L. T BrowneH, Mrs. | Hannah Williams, Mrs. George 1 Schefb and Mrs. Emma Brill.
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 The football team of the Triangle 1 athletic club held it's annual meeting | Saturday and elected w. E. Goddard. t the teams clever quarterback, to be | captain next year.
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 Francis Day. claiming to be a sec- ond cousin of John Day, who resides in New York, applied for administra- ton on the estate this morning and a E hearing assigned for the 18th. John | Day was the man with the bank ac- count who died at the a1mshouse *@@@&
 Two Chinamen were baptized in the | First Baptist church at Paterson N | J. They will be enlisted as mission aries to bring other. 1aundrymen to Sunday schools.
 Impressive were the ceremonies which characterized the dedication of St. Anthony's church, yesterday, by Bishop Terney. The services com menced~ at 10 a. m. with a solemn high mass sung by Eafhar MercIand 1