Building Trades Council threatens citywide strike over Norcross work
Amalgamated Building Trades Council met at 987 Washington Street to act on Norcross Bros construction disputes with Freestone Cutters Union and Master Builders Association. They voted to strike on all current projects, possibly affecting the Exchange, State House, Ames, Tremont and Mason streets, and more, potentially 20,000 workers directly or indirectly.
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Amalgamated Building Trades Council
Washington Street
Norcross Bros
New England
Freestone Cutters
Freestone Contractors
Master Builders’ Association of
Freestone Cutters’ Union
Master Builders’ Association
Freestone
Boston
New Exchange
State Street
State House
Ames
Washington and
Court Streets
Tremnent and
Mason Streets
Shoe and Leather Exchange
England
New York
Building Trades
Building Trades Council
West End Street Railway
West End Company
Knights of Labor Congress
Yesterns
Wells Memorial Hall
M. Fibainn
Mellen
George J. Moulton
Legislative Committee
Idecas
Mas. Bachusetts
Perm
Central Labor Union
Steam Railroad Men’s Union
No. 4
Cambridge
Pianoforte Makes’ Union
Senate
Coffin
Campbell
Requesthem
Assembly
Dexter Hall
Boston & Maine Railway Company
David Healy
Tremont Temple
Henry Cabot Lodge
Old Colony
Board of Aldermen
Monument Hall
Charlestown
Caledonia Hall
International
Davidge
Bakers’ Union
Tremont Street
Foresters’ Hall
Local Assembly
Jesters’ Hall
Albany Street
Death of Samuel J Randall Draws Congenial Tributes
Samuel J Randall’s death drew widespread condolences from leaders and colleagues. President Harrison and Mrs Harrison sent flowers, while Speaker Reed and Secretary Blaine visited or called. Funeral plans include a Thursday service at the Randall church, with a special Pennsylvania Railroad train to Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Lancaster
Harrison
Reed
Blaine
Ferry
Michigan
Randall
Carlisle
Breckinrilge
Kentucky
Springer
Ilinois
Holmes
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Roger Q. Mills
Democratic Party
Mills
Mr. Carlisle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Our Country to Be Boston Daily Paper Announcement
A Sunday Music Hall gathering announced the plan for a new daily Boston newspaper named Our Country. Speakers praised Lincoln and attacked Rome, parochial schools, and foreign influence, outlining editoral aims including Americanization, school protection, voter integrity, and immigration reform.
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Music Hall
Silverthorne
Dana
Bradbury
Sherman
East Hampton
Abraham — Lincoln
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Rome
B. Pratt
Israel Matthew
Montreal
Luther Lownsend
Schoor
Our Country
United States
Pitth
Reforming Episcopal Church Growth Report
The Rev Mr Gray reviewed the year’s progress at First Reformed Episcopal Church noting over two hundred communicants with a net gain of twenty five and several branches forming. Current expenses were 4700 and benevolences about 960. Church property valued at 40000 remained free of encumbrance. Cambridge and Brighton stations show rapid growth with 350 communicants and 400 in Sunday schools, signaling rising demand for a liturgical evangelical Episcopal church model.
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Reformed Episcopal Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Foreign Missionary Society
Guay
Cambridge
Brighton
Charles H. Lucker
Philadelphia
Hampden Park Trotting Assn Forms with $25,000 Purse
Springfield reports the Hampden Park Trotting Association organized with a $25,000 purse fund. Officers include President L. J. Powers, VP Charles Fuller, Sec and Treas E. C. Robinson, Managers J Powers, Charles Fuller, E C Robinson, A F Wildes, DO Gilmore, G E B Frink and HLS Dickinson. Special stakes were voted: $13,000 total for trots in 2:22 and 2:28 classes, plus $3,000 for pacing in the 2:22 class.
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Springfield
Hampden Park Trotting Association
L. J. Powers
Charles Fuller
E. C. Robinson
J. +. Powers
A. F. Wildes
DO. Gilmore
G. EB. Frink
Hls. Dickinson
Water tank crashes through Park Theatre roof
A 6000 gallon water tank weighing over twenty tons plunged through the Park Theatre roof today. It wrecked the paint frame and part of the stage, breaking through to the cellar where flooding occurred. No injuries reported as crews assessed damage and began cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privapecrenia
Park Theatre
Randall Death Cast Gloom Across Philadelphia Clubs
The death of Samuel J. Randall at his Capitol Hill home drew widespread sorrow among Philadelphia Democrats. Presidents, Cabinet members, and Senators visited during his long illness, and Congress prepared to adjourn as a mark of respect. Randall, who worked daily despite illness, influenced party leaders and supported resistance to Speaker Reed.
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Randall
Philadelphia
State Senate of
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
William D. Kelley
James G. Blaine
Maine
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
J. L. Dawes
George H. Pendleton
William Windom
Justin 8. Morrill
Dan” Yookees
Garfield
Congress
Sunset
Cox
Olno
Fernando
Ben” Wood
Michael C. Kerr
Kerr
Senate
Mr. Randall
Capid Hill
General Ward
New York
John R. Thompson
United States
New Jersey
Thomas Swann
Maryland
Reed
Harrison
Ball-Mast
A Sketch of His Life: Randall’s Early Years and Influences
Randall was born in Philadelphia in 1828 to Josiah Randall a leading Philadelphia lawyer and political figure. He absorbed public life from youth through encounters with Henry Clay Daniel Webster and other Whig leaders, shaping his future path in politics alongside Democratic ties with George M. Dallas.
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Mr. Randall
Philadelphia
Josiah Randall
Josiah
Randall
Sam” Randall
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
George M. Dallas
Marquis Tseng Dies in Pekin After Notable Diplomacy
Marquis Tseng Chitse I’seng, famed Chinese statesman, died in Pekin on Saturday. A lifelong diplomat and scholar, he rose from secretary to marquis, served as envoy to England and France, helped shape Livadia and St. Petersburg treaties, and guided China through clashes with Russia and France. He returned to China in 1886, led in Foreign Affairs and the Admiralty, and was celebrated for his calligraphy and poetry.
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Marquis Tseng
Chitse I'seng
China
Pekin
Kwangsi
Great River
Haonan
Tseng Kivolau
Tseng-tzu
Confucius
Tsensu
Chitse
Hoonan
Nankin
Tseng
Tungehe
Tang Kwan
England
France
Board of Appeal
Oy Ta-li Szi
Chung Hew
Russia
Livadia
Kalidja
Kash Saria
Chung
St. Petersburg
Lord Dufterin
Wealy
Annam
Tongnin
Paris
Li Fong Pao
Formosa
Pseng
Europe
Empire of
Alleged Confession Ties Sawtell Murder to Dr Blood
A Sunday paper purports to publish the confession of Isaac B. Sawtell naming Dr. Charles L. Blood and an accomplice in the murder of Hiram Sawtell. The tale places the crime in Maine and describes a plan to coerce Hiram to sign a quitclaim for their mother’s estate, with payment details and a Springvale logging camp setup.
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Isaac B. Sawtell
Hiram Sawtell
Charles L. Blood
Maine
J. A. Edgerly
Dr. Blood
Hiram
Isaac
Hat Blood
Mevariy
Springvale
New Hampshire
Data
McCarty
McVarty
McUariy
Rochster
Herani
Germans Honor Lincoln at Boston Turnverein Memorial
The Boston Turnverein held a memorial for Abraham Lincoln on the twenty fifth anniversary of his death. Carl Everhard spoke in German praising Lincoln and noting German support for abolition and union values. Dr Solomon Schindler followed in English, arguing emancipation freed millions yet social injustice persists through education and evolving ideas.
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Jonathan
Boston Turnverein
Abraham Lincoln
Turn Hall
Carl Everhard
Incom
Lincoln
Free Republic
Eberhard
Solomon Schindler
Boston man acquitted in uncle murder trial
C W Hatch of Boston was acquitted after the court instructed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty in the murder case of his uncle Henry Hatch in Cotonapby Springs Col. The judge congratulated Hatch and said there was not the slightest shadow of suspicion resting upon him as he left the court a free man.
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Collins & Ham
Boston
Eighth Street
Park
City Hall
Reed
Hart
Jones
Foreman Park
Ben Ham
Michael Meehan
the Post
Meehan
Tam
Hain
South Boston
Mgr. Park
King's Chapel
J. Bradley Gilman
Concord
N. H
B. d. Lang
the Lord
Is Risen
Yale Disagrees With Harvard Over Football Plans
A mass Yale student meeting in New Haven discussed Yale and Harvard athletics committee failure to agree. Gill spoke claiming Yale wants two games with Princeton next fall and that Harvard’s request would make playing Harvard impracticable. Yale's committee will confer with Harvard in a few days per university instruction to insist on all original points.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Yale
Harvard
Gill
Princeton
English Syndicate Buys Newark Wholesaler for 1.8 Million
The Newark wholesale produce firm Wilkinson and Gaddis is sold to an English syndicate for 1,800,000 dollars. One half paid in cash and the other half in bonds. Present management will stay on.
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Newark
N. J
Wilkinson & Gaddis
City Notes and Events Highlighting Suspended Streets Work
Notes about the city report two week halt in street projects due to funds, with new appropriations expected for the new financial year. Reports on Rev. William J. Barr’s address to youths, a Harvard Dental College student arrested for stealing a letter, planned visit of Dr. Talmage to Boston, and changes at the Boston Commercial Bulletin. Also covers a YMC A talk by Rev. J. Nelson Lewis on getting on in the world based on Christ’s teaching.
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Young Men’s Christian Union
William J. Barr
Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord
Joseph F. Cook
Harvard Dental College
Moran
Frank E. Magullion
Tremont Street
T. de Witt Talmage
Boston
Talmage
Europe
Hoston Commercial Bulletin
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
J. Nelson Lewis
Malden
Christ
God
Haven tax case at Beverly Farms Salem hearing continued
The Haven tax dispute before the county commissioners at Beverly Farms Salem was adjourned to next Saturday after testimony by John D. Baker valuing the estate near 400 000 dollars. Counsel for Haven offered to sell the hill estate for half its value but no new offers emerged.
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Salem
Haven
Hill
John D. Baker
Beverly Farms
Stabbing Affray In Melrose Ends With Fatal Wears
Daniel Riordan and James Cronon returned from a funeral when on Tremont street they fought Riordan drew a knife and stabbed Cronon six or eight times. Several wounds were in Cronon’s abdomen. Cronon is believed to be fatally wounded Riordan escaped after the attack.
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Melrose
Daniel Riordan
James Cronon
Tremont Street
Riordan
Cronon
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Bte
Kniights
Washin
Tremont
Shoemakers’ International Union
Pressmen’s Hall
H. J. Lyons
H.C. Moulton
Grand Army Hall
J. Whisden Graham
North Attleboro
Single Tax League
Single Tax
Jefferson Democracy
George W. Cox
Levi H. Turner
J. W. McKenzie
Roxbury
G. F. Leonard
Newton
Carpenters’ District Council
United Brotherhood
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters
Central Labor Uion
Brocktox
Plasterers and Bricklayers’ Union
South Framinenam
Para Rubber Shoe Company
Samuel J. Randall
Hampden Park
Isaac Sawtell
Carl Eberhard
C. W. Hatch
Charles Craig
Bright
Blackstone
Waitt & Bond
B. Blackstone
Blackstone St
Poston
Kielstein
Royal Bas 1Ng Powder Co
Wall
Oak Grove Farm
THE
OAK Grove Farm Cafe
Washington St
Mason & Hamlin
Seasan
Seat Lee
Orean and Piano Co
Mason
Yamlie Fiall
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
New York Corinthian Yacht Club
Oliva
Clara
Cinderella
Daphne
Isis
American Yacht Club
Rance
Fall River
Clarence Wells
Northfield Street
Draper
G. O. Taylor
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