Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-09

! only objection they had had to the i union was that the terms had been i presented to them by German, Jo- ! seph Menhard. the organizer of the 1 union here. The union held a meet i ing Monday evening but refused to i give out any information concerning ! transactions except that a number of 1 new members were received.
 1 A. D. Spellman, a member of one of l the firms which is still holding out 1 against the union. stated Monday | night that his firm objected to the 1 terms offered by the union on several points He said that he felt that he, l as proprietor of his market. had a | right to open for business when he l pleased and had a perfect right to | wait on a customer before o'clock in | the morning. He further stated that | s25 a week was excessive wages and
 more than he could afford to pay to all his help. He admitted that a meat 1 cutter was worth that amount in a | larger city but he said that with the | living conditions in Willimantic as 1 they were he thought s20 or s22 a ! week was enough. He said that if l they acceeded to the demands of the l union they would have to discharge 1 one man who had been with them for | twenty years. who worked for them
 only occasionally and would not be a 1 union man. hence unable to work in 1 the same market with union men.
 l Frank T. Bennett. president of the l union, in statement issued Saturday | night, denied that the union was or l ganized without the knowledge of Pierre Laramie MT. Laramie had stated. He said that he had been in charge of the Laramie market and had received no word concerning a raise in wages MT. Laramie had stated. MT. Bennett. when interviewed re- garding the boycotting of markets l which did not display a union card, was non -committa1- He stated how ever. that the union was not using the word Boycott" He said that the butchers union would make no at tempt to control the trading of the other union people. He said, we will put cards in the union markets and let them do the talking" Previously, MT. Bennett had stated that the union counted on the unionized work CTS in the American Thread company to support the striking butchers by withdrawing their patronage from the non-union markets and had told with great gusto. the story of one woman. employed by the Thread company and presuma bly a member of the union.
 She had been reproachfully accosted as she was entering nom union
 market by a friend. She had re- piled with the statement that al- though she had traded there for
 good many years she would do so no longer and was only going in to set
 tie her bill. There are three men out of work on account of the strike at
 present.
 Windhar High will not be repre-
 sented the football field this fall.
 Because of the weight of the boys at
 tending Windham High this year the faculty will not permit the forming of a football team this season. Last year there was no team at the school be- cause of the war. It is question
 whether Windham will ever send an eleven onto the field again. the average age of the boys attending the school is much lower than for meSly.
 The cases of the three speeders caught by the local police Sunday Monday morning. Sidney Caplan of New Haven was found guilty of reck less driving. He was fined $25 and costs, amounting to s33.6e- Frank Pa rent of this city was found guilty of reckless driving and received the same fine to that Of Caplan. Samuel Gitlin was also guilty of reckless
 driving and was fined $32-60. All three paid their fines. fourth case va s that of John Garland who pleaded guilty to a charge of intos,ication He paid a fine of 8 and costs. imposed by Judge Frank H. Foss. amounting to $12.60.
 The funeral of Edmond Benoit was held Monday morning at S.45 o'clock, l from the home of his son. Olivia Be- 1 ncit of 199 Main street. with re- quiem high mass at St Mary's church l at o'clock. Rev Ludovic Paradis was celebrant and Mrs. Joseph F. Gaudreau presided a t the organ. There | was a large attendance a the funeral. l The bearers were Joseph Boulet. John l Chalifoux Mitchell ChalifouX and Narcaisse Chamberland-
 Charles H. Murray. s5. died at his l home in Scotland, Sunday afternoon. | Heart disease was the primary cause i
 
 son of John and Sarah (Stone) Mur l ray and was born in Burlington, Vt. l Aug. 20. 1854. He is survived by his wife.
 The judges at the Coventry Grange fair. Sept. IT. follows: Harri- | son L. Hamilton. on vegetables; S. P. i Hollister of Connecticut Agricultural College. on fruit: Miss Margaret Cos | tello of Holland County Farm Bureau, ! culinary arts: Mrs. H. C. Ether l nervisor A. E. oLrd, on penmanship; | Mrs. H. R. Bartlett of Holland. on flowers C. H. Savage of Mansfield. on neat stock; L. R. Sparrow of Holland. | on horses sheep and swine; Professor ] W. r. Kirkpa trick of Connecticut Az ricultural College. on poultry A baby ! show. tea room and mystery well for the children will be few of the new attractions at this years fair.
 Saturdays results in the city wide handicap tennis tournament were as follows: Abbe defeated Morrison 6-2, 5-2. aLthrop defeated Calner 7-5. S-6. | Abbe defeated LathroD 6-3, 6-3. By defeating both Morrison and Lathrop | Abbe is eligible for the finals. and will meet the winner of the Beauche- i min Pickett match. The winner of the Downer- Peterson match will meet Norton in the consolation finals. The tennis committee requests that all the matches be played off before Friday night, so that the finals can be played Saturday afternoon at 2.3o at Recrea- ton Park.
 The report of the WIiima ntic police | department for the month just passed, | submitted by Chief of Police Daniel Killourey at the aldermens meeting Monday evening. totalled 26 arrests l