Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-18

high cost of living The speakers told all that had been done to bring about a settlement. from the tro1leymen's s viewpoint. of the fair propositions made by the trolleymen TOT arbitra- ton and of the unfair counter-propo- sltIons from the company. Reference was made to the several attempts at mediation. none being accepted as none was fair to the trolleymen but leaned in favor of the company. Tn fact, the speeches were practically the same as those gentlemen delivered at the meetings in Norwich and New London, and therefore known to The Bulletin readers. They were given To- cal coloring. and the Westerly men were commended on the stand taken and were assured their. demand would be sat sfied. or the future of the trolley company is doomed.
 At the troiieymen's mass meeting Attorney John J. Dunn struck an un deserved blocw at the Westerly town council for furnishing police protection to the Shore Line Electric railway when service was resumed in Wester- " Ihe, company asked for the pro- lection and, according to a member of the council. agreed to pay for the pro- lection As a matter of fact. the town authorities ought to be immune from attack by the strikers as favori+isro ;s dallN shoWn in favor of the strikers
 The buses bearing the banner of the troIleymen's union are permitted 10 operate almost at will. and therefore there IS discrimination against the pubic service cars that were in busi- ness before the strike and are ner manent fixture. The so-calIed rr,io,, buses are permitted to stand at any place in the streets to solicit patron age whlIe the regulars must stand at the joints designated by the sJ,Derin tendent of vehicles. The union buses are permitted to overload with na ssen gers. Wh1ie the number carried by reg 1lars IS limited to seating capacity The operators and conductors of upion buses are allowed to smoke nine cigor or cigarette while carrying passeneers ana the regular operators are not.
 Police Chief Brown made no mistake when he arrested and prosecuted a nan who gave his name as Robert F, Gleason and his pal. Bolts. and charg- fea, s.l thesn With sleeping in the open and nelnG unable to give an account of themselves. The chief believes thev are 2 sick pair and may be wanted elsewhere. Judge Williams after jis lenlRE to their story sentenced the pair to the state workhouse for six months. At the time of their arrest and sentence, the chief had in his nos session papers taken from the men sHowlng they had been obtaining mon ey under false pretenses. a netit;on fo, aid on which there were a nlrnbey of subscriptions being signed bv Robert E. Gleason. It was stated on tbe heading of the subscription paper that Gleason was suffering from puimonarv tunerculosis and that he needed money to get him to a higher and dryer cl;n, ate. There were several of these nett uons, new one evidently being pre- pared for each town visited. also otb- CTS in black and neatly jacketed
 While being brought up to Westerly from the Watch Hill section in an an, tomobile by Chief Brown. the men managed to throw out several docu rnents unobserved. The next day ana after the pair were committed these papers were handed to Chief Brown Several of them were extracts from the Bible and prepared in such a way that they would have. effect on a cer- tain class of religionists and were : reHnsylva ana as 2 "oney setrlns