New Britain herald., 1916-09-01
APPEARS
 IN PLA|NVILLE
Rhinehardt Sable, the Victim, Re-
 ported Critically Ill
PREPARED FOR R. R. STRIKE
Local Manufacturers Will Be Able to Continue Business for Some Time
 ,N Farewell Dance Party-Postpone Sunday SellooI-e-Briefs. ,t

FafeWcu Dance Party-POStDOne
 Sunday SeaooIA-Briefs. ,,'4 | M. PlainVille has a severe case of in i fantile paralysis, the first to occur in i this town since the outbreak of the; 1 disease this summer, the patient be- 1 ing Rhinehardt Sable. the seven- ! Year-Old son of Mrs. John Sable i housekeeper at the home of Charles | H. Calor on FOrestville avenue. There
 are no toher children in the family and the patient will be kept at the ] Ca1or home. According to a state , ment made this morning by Health ! NlIicCr J. N Bull the child is critically i i'll, the upper part of his body and | throat being entirely paralyzed. Little
 hope is expressed for the boys re-
 covery
 The case was discovered late yes- 1 terday afternoon pr. Charles w. 1 Moody was called and after a brief | examination he diagnosed it as a case
 of the dreaded disease. pr. E. K. Root of Hartford was summoned and after a consultation of physicians the case was pronounced as infantile paralysis and the victim was said to be in a serious condition.
 Strike Would Affect Many.
 Should a general strike of the rail- road operatives occur next Monday, as has been ordered, Plainville in common with the rest of the country, will feel 1t to a considerable extent and from the first, as it will mean that at least 100 railroad men of all classes will be immediately thrown out of a job. The transfer station, where over seventy-five freight hand 9 once. Then there are at least an- other twenty-five, including conduc- tors, engineers, fremen, brakemen and switchmen, who will be com pelled to stop work. Besides these there are three distinct gangs of sec ton hands and the clerks in the freight and passenger stations. It is proba b1e in the event of a strike that the repair men and section hands will remain on the job as they are not affiliated with the brotherhoods.
 While none of the local manufac- turers expect that the strike will de- velop, and all hope that the trouble will be snoothed over, every concern in town has made preparations for eventualities. The Bristol Manufac- turing company, known locally as the stOckinet factory will be able to Op- crate for an indefinite period accord Ing to a statement made today by Superintendent Bentley. The com pany, said MT. Bentley, has plenty of raw material onhandand is well sup piled with coal. A few minor pro- ducts might be required, but these, MT. Bentley is confident can be se- cured without much trouble. The company employs between 100 and 200 operatives and is one of the main stays of the village as source of in come.
 Conditions at the Trumbull Electric company Plainville's largest factory, are somewhat different. Frank T. Wheeler, one of the leading officials of the concern said this morning in response to a query that the company has been carefully studying the strike situation and is in a measure pre- nared for trouble. The company has on hand coal enough to last from l three tO four months, but the ques l tjon of raw material is another matter. | While they have a normal supply Of l! material used in the manufacture Of electrical equipment, it is always nec- | oeearv to order special supplies and | oe these cover wide range of goods | if is difficult to anticipate all needs. | Many small articles go into the man rfacture of switches and 1t Is possl- l h that certain uSpd "oulu he severely crippled by the non-ar- rival of needed parts. It is believed, however, that the company would be l able to operate for a considerable pc riod in the event of the strike.
 Other Plainville factories it is be- 1ieved will be able to operate for some time should the strike occur. The Garter brass foundery for one is thought to have an ample supply or ,av material Both manufacturers and merchants pin much hope to arxiliary sources of transportation srch as automobile trucks and the trolley express, believing that such svsten would bridge over the railroad trouble for several weeks at least { Of co1irse the ability to operate auto trucks for any length of time will de- rend largely upon the available supply of gasoline.
 Tennis Match Tomorrow.
 It is announced that the Plainville lawn Tennis club will have for it's opponents on the Hough street courts tomorrow afternoon the team repre- senting the Stanley Works office force.
 Farewell Dance Party.
 A farewell dance party to the local college boys and girls who will soon leave Plainville for their respective seats of learning, was given last even