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Show MOUSE WON THE BATTLE FOR WCatMEN NEW YOBK. May 14. A htunble ntonse woa a battle for tha New York Telephone eompaay but Bight again sqttad ef twenty woman ' property owners who for twenty-four hour bad suceessfnllv prevented tha company from planting poles alone a reoideaee street in avbnrbaa Brooklyn.. Tha woman had baaa not in foree from aarlv moraine, repeatedly routing tba workman with hat pina, hot flntirona, brooms and'1, rolling pina, and aaveraJ time tha potiee wara failed rat in attempts at-tempts to quiet things down. Finally one of tha workmen decided to try strategy. Ha snenked around a house Sad returned with something behind his back. Bight in front of the belligerent women ha held np n wee gray mouse, and In tha confusion which followed, tha poles war planted without difficulty. . . |