Strikebreakers Advertised for by Telephone Co in Boston
Telegraphs reveal a Boston telephone strike with Miss June and Miss OConnor leading operator demands. Governor telegrams urge action while Mr Driver says power limited to forwarding demands. a general strike looming if Friday fails.
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June
Miss May June
Boston Telephone Operators’ Union
Driver
Boston
O’connor
Wire Control Board
Burleson
Washington
Providence
R. I
10 Exchanges Closed After Operator Statement
Union officials report a citywide auto tour showing ten exchanges locked and deserted at 5 pm including Arlington Reading Wakefield Woburn Medford Lincoln Everett Winchester Somerville and Cambridge. A mass meeting follows at 9 30 am in Tre mont Kemple and Lorimer Hall. A separate session of the New England Joint Council of Telephone Workers meets at the Quincy House.
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Arlington
Reading
Wakefield
Woburn
Medford
Lincoln
Everett
Winchester
Somerville
Cambridge
Tremont Kemple
Lorimer Hall
New England Joint Council of Telephone Workers
Quincy House
Telephone Strike Paralyzes New England Services
The telephone strike begins at seven o'clock with operators walking out across Boston and New England except Connecticut. Most exchanges are shut, day operators picket, crowds gather, and by noon subscribers feel the impact as service is nearly completely halted. The Boston company confirms near total standstill with limited local service remaining.
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New England
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Inside Telephone
Boston
Oliver Street
J. C. Whitcher
Connecticut
Southern
New England Telephone Company
Civil Engineers Union Endorses Strike Support
At a regular meeting in William Parkman Hall the Civil Engineers and Inspectors Union local 16 347 unanimously backed a strike by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Operators Union.
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Civil Engineers and Inspectors’ Union
William Parkman Hall
New England Telephone & Telegraph Operators’ Union
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By Telephone Co
Greater Boston
California
Bewave
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Tumulty
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Bartlett
Ee Hampshire
Beechman
Rhode Island
Milliken
Maine
Police and Telegraph Messenger Service
Main
Fort Hill
Back Bay
Beach
Richmond
New Hampshire
Vermont
Hhaqde Island
Dressy Dolmans and
Oxfords
Goodyear
Children’s Silk
Kathryn Callahan
Charlestown Exchange
Leona Barnard
Mae Lynn
Bertha O’neil
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Edison Illuminating Company
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
B. J. Bowen
Park Street
Boylston Street
New York
Fifth Avenue
Forty-Sixth Street
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