Ireland Cheers Self Rule As Land Reform Spurs Growth
In Dublin a reporter notes Ireland preparing for home rule as land reforms shift tenants to proprietors, 1.6 million people now own land, 50,000 new cottages built, and two thirds of rented lands in peasant hands. Ulster wealth contrasts with Leinster Munster Connacht, while Ireland seeks a national parliament to develop transport, industry, and local roads free from landlord control.
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Dublin
London
Ireland
Imperial Treasury
Ulster
Robert Emmet
Gor
Don
England
Leinster
Connaught
Munster
Catholic
Laoghaire
Tara
Elizabeth
James I
Mary Queen of Scots
Arthur Chichester
Europe
Connemara
Scotland
County Council of
Louth
Bay of
Dundalk
Louth County Council
Postoffice Clerks Install New Officers in Boston
The Boston Postoffice Clerks Branch 65 held its monthly meeting at Longfellow Hall. Postmaster Mansfield and new mails superintendent Countie spoke on the post office reorganization. New officers installed include Magee as president and McMahon as vice president.
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Boston Postoffice Clerks
Longfellow Hall
E. C. Mansfield
John F. J. Countie
William J. Magee
John F. McMahon
Thomas H., Daccy
John J. Sheehan
Thomas F. Brooks
Frank Bennett
Ralph L. Berry
Joseph M. Gracia
John A. Kelley
William H. Moran
Joseph Slatrow
Harry H. Hicks
John Connelly
William Hurley
Haverhill
Omaha
Neb
Aunt Maria Riley Dies at 114 in Raleigh Tennessee
Aunt Maria Riley aged 114, once a slave in Colonel Jim Riley's family, died in Raleigh Tennessee. Her oldest child was buried three days earlier at 89, and her youngest son, now 62, still lives.
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Raleigh, Tenn
Maria Riley
Jim Riley
Wife killer shot by lodger in Roxbury lodging house
Graham Cox a 35 year old driver forced entry at 113 Warren street Roxbury and shot by lodger Willis Cottrell 31 who said self defense. Cox died at City Hospital after four gunshots. Mrs Frieda Cox 39 and a 9 year old son were present. Cottrell confessed and was jailed.
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Graham Cox
Western Oil Company
Warren Street
Roxbury
Willis C. Cottrell
Cottrell
Cox
City Hospital
Massachusetts Avenue
Frieda Abbott Cox
Stanley
Warren Avenue
Labor Notes on Boston Unions and Meetings
Labor officials report activities across Boston and Massachusetts unions. The Licensed Cargo Holsters and Operators' Union 865 receives its charter and elects officers while Frank Jennings returns to Boston after organizing in western Massachusetts. Meetings planned at the State House discuss an anti injunction bill. wage requests and arbitration work continue in Utica and across unions. Memorial mass at Cathedral of the Holy Cross honors Peter Lenihan. various locals hold meetings, elections, and organizing drives with multiple unions including Teamsters and Engineers reporting on conditions and new memberships.
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TI. L. A
International
Frank Jennings
The
Machinists’ Union
Boston
Massachusetts
State House
Massachusetts State Branch
A. FF
John M. Gillesme
Rostort Teamsters’ Union 25
General International
Utica
N. Y
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Peter F. Lenihan
New York
Girls’ Union
Bunker Hill Lodge 404
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Grand Army Hall
Charlestown
Engineers’ Hall
Canal Street
Ladies’ Auxiliary
G. TI. A
Locomotive Engineers of
Lowell
Coal Teamsters’ Union Executive Board
New Engineers’ Union 559
A. F. of L
John J. Kearney
All Trades
Gardner
Grocery and Provision Clerks’ Union
Finnegan Hall
Dorchester
Harry P. Jennings
General Teamsters’ Union 379
C. L. U. to Have Men in Parade
President Kobs of the Central Labor Union will appoint a delegation to represent the C. L. U. in the May 2 parade and demonstration of equal suffrage organizations in the city. The body voted there would be no C. L. U. division in the parade with banners.
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Kobs
Central Labor Union
Delegates Back Equal Suffrage and Pardon Plea Across Unions
Delegates at the C S A meeting acted to affirm equal suffrage as a labor principle and disputed critics of the move. They sent a unanimous resolution to President Wilson urging clemency for Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' Union officials jailed at Leavenworth, alleging unfair trial and biased judges. New officers and trustees were re elected, with Austin P. Kaveney joining the board. New delegates joined from several unions as planning began for the September Massachusetts convention.
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Thomas F. Tracy
A. F. of L
Washington
A. J. Cozzoline
New Jersey
A. F P. of
M. Land
Newark
Wilson
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
United States
Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth
Anderson
Miller
Board of Trustees
Kobs
John J. Barry
James R. Crozier
Henry Abrahams
G. Harry Dunderdale
John J. Fenton
Anna T. Bowen
Ignatius P. McNulty
Lewis R. Sullivan
Michael A. Murphy
John G. MacDonald
Austin P. Kaveney
Cigarmakers' Union
Murphy
James T. Moriarty
Creamery Workers’ Union
Stationary Firemen’s Union
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Horseshoers’ Union
Boston Machinists
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Cromwell
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Conrad
New England
Onyx
Ltvle
Patriots
Skinner
Winship
Summer St
LABOR
Lumber Club
Chauffeurs
Tallymen and Helpers
Mehegan
Boston Teamsters’ Unions Joint Council
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