Educators Praise Boston Trade School Efforts
At Wells Memorial Hall the Boston Central Labor Union heard leaders including Frederick P. Fish and D. D. Sneeden discuss industrial education. They outlined new high schools for mechanics and commerce, pre apprenticeship programs, continuation classes, and the aim to keep Boston on the map by better preparing 5000 graduates for skilled work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Hall
Frederick P. Fish
State Board of Education
D. D. Sneeden
David A. Ellis
Joseph Lee
James P. Magennis
Boston School Committee
Mr. Lee
Boston
Labor Leaders in Boston Plasterers Union Biography
Thomas R. Tinlin, president of the Boston Operative Plasterers Union, age about 86, outlines a career begun in Scotland and lasting 15 years in Boston. The union, active since 1864 and mostly organized, follows arbitration over wages, supports an eight hour day, and promotes cement building. The article notes education debates and worker training alongside the union’s role in a major cement theatre project on Tremont Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas RB. Tinlin
Boston Operative Plasterers’ Union 16
Scotland
Melrose
Boston Union
Isst
Operative Plasterers’ International Association
Master Plasterers’ Association
New Theatre
Boston
Mont Street
James Connors
Thomas B. Tinlin
Boston Operative Plasterers’ Union
Freight Men Seek Wage Increases and 10 Hour Day
Boston Albany Freight Handlers' Union 89 plans a conference with railroad officials to press for higher pay and a 10 hour workday. The demand would raise pay from 2 to 2.25 dollars per hour for freight handlers and 2.50 for tallymen, with promotions and rules also to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston & Albany
Union 89
D. D. Driscoll
Massachusetts
A. F. of L
New England Painters Organizing Effort Convened in City
Edward J. Cummings and William Rander of Portchester New York met in the city with Frank H. McCarthy New England organizer and union leaders to plan a broad drive to organize painters across New England. They will return to begin local organizing next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Cummings
William Rander
Portchester
N. Y
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
Frank H. McCarthy
New England
American Federation of Labor
Painters’ District Council
Painters’ Union 11
Cummings
Rander
International
Lafayette
Ind
Plasterers Elect Thomas B. Tinlin to Lead Union
Thomas B. Tinlin is highlighted for his leadership as president of the plasterers union. The article outlines Tinlin's efforts and the work he has undertaken to advance the organization's goals and member interests.
Debate Rages Over Industrial Education For Boston Youth
Boston workers and leaders clash over teaching trades in grammar schools. Unionists fear apprenticeship programs create competitors and threaten jobs while advocates argue for practical training to aid life. Speakers urge union representation on the board and careful use of shop work to protect existing trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Magenis
Printer's Devil
Law
Draper
Board of Education
Dennis D. Driscoll
Mechanic Arts
Central Labor Union
Michael Birmingham
Electrical Workers
England
John J. O'Hare
Printing Trades Council
Boston
Frederick J. Kneeland
The
Painters
Driscoll
John K. Potts
Carpenters
Chicago
Typos Give To Strikers in Boston Cotton Union Support
Boston Typographical Union 138 yesterday afternoon donated to strikers at the South Bethlehem Steel Plant opposing wage cuts ten weeks into the strike. The A F of L backs the workers, sending Organizer Jacob Tagelaar to lead the effort and urging unions to fund the living wage campaign. Officers were nominated for the May 18 balloting at union chapels and Old South building, with Frank M. Flanagan unopposed as treasurer and multiple candidates named for president and other posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bethlehem Steel
Seos
American Federation of Labor
Steel Trust
Gompers
Jacob Tagelaar
A. F. of L
Old South
Frank M. Flanagan
Bar Employers Oppose Bar and Bottle Bill in Connecticut
The New England branch of the International Alliance of Bartenders Waiters and Cooks voted to oppose the bar and bottle bill before the State Senate citing worker interests. A legislative committee was named with John C. Hogan Edward M Webber and James M Darby to represent the branch at Hartford. The branch pledged 100 to New Hampshire unions and Kane of Worcester reported to Boston's Bartenders Union 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
International Alliance of Bartenders
State Senate
John C. Hogan
Meriden
Edward M. Webber
New Haven
James M. Darby
Hartford
State House
Webber
Quinn
Connecticut Liquor Dealers’ Association
Connecticut Employers’ Association
New Hampshire
Michael F. Kane
Worcester
Boston Bartenders Union 77
James J. Inglish
Bartenders Union Plans Labor Day Parade
The Bartenders' Union voted unanimously to march on Labor Day with all 1800 members in line. The strike committee says Don Keefe Company sold its Charlestown store and the new owners will sign the union agreement and hire union men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartenders’ Union
Don Keefe Company
Charlestown
Uniform wage scale urged for wood lathers in state convention
The State council of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers unions meets in this city to urge a uniform wage scale for wood lathing, wire, and metal lathers across cities. Delegates from Boston, Brockton, Worcester, Waltham, Quincy, Fall River, Pittsfield, Springfield and Lynn back a May 1 wage plan with support for Fall River locals. Boston Local 72 reports seeking a 5 cent hourly and 5 cent per thousand laths raise, with a practice of setting rates locally and notifying employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Council of Wood
Boston
Brockton
Worcester
Waltham
Quincy
Fall River
Pittsfield
Springfield
Lynn
Trade unions report meetings and wage talks in Boston area
Water Works employees union selects officers to arrange the annual sale on August 10. Six former members are reinstated and eight applicants admitted. The Cam bridge burn unionizes another large plant. Smoke talks planned and nine hour work day to go into effect May 1. District Assembly 50 K of L to hold a special meeting. Machinists seek standard minimum rates. local funeral for Albert Rapson noted. The Theatrical Stage Employees' Union head John J. Barry addresses members. convention planned in Washington in July. Baggage Transfer Drivers union plans wage talks with Armstrong. wage increases requested.
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P. J. Gorman
Timothy Casey
Terrence T. McNulty
M. J. McCaffrey
William J. Garr
Water Worksmployees’ Union
Joseph J. Hunt
Boston Teamsters’ Union 2
Cambridge
Roxbury
Central Labor Union
Use U
Electrical Workers’ Union
District Assembly 50
K. of L., Incorporated
Tremont Street
Machinists’ District Council
New England
Albert Rapson
West End
Web Pressmen’s Union
Rapson
Union
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Charles Wolff
Dennis Keyes
Fred Fowler
Harry Hutton
Edward McNamera
Cornelius Doherty
Frank Conant
John J. O'Hare
Charles Duncan & Co
Duncan
Boston
John J. Barry
International
Theatrical Stage Employees’ Unions
Boston Fpcus
Barry
New York
Philadelphia
the International
Washington
D. C
Union 612
Armstrong Transfer Company
Wage Clerks and Handlers Demand 10 Percent Pay Rise
The Boston and Maine Freight Clerks Assembly 1793 and the Freight Handlers Assembly 5572 urged a 10 percent wage increase after a joint conference. Clerks want $2.50 a day from $2.25, while handlers seek $2.25 from $2.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Freight Clerks
Assembly
Boston & Maine
Assembly 5572
Wage Scale Panels Back Recognition of Low Paid Workers
The wage scale committees favor recognition due to low pay as railroad management boosts conductors and trainmen wages by 11 to 18 percent. Freight clerks have had no raise in nine years and freight handlers in three. District Assembly 30 K of L gives moral and financial support to both groups in seeking increases. About 1800 attended separate meetings before a joint session, with officers Alexander Ryan Michael White P J Flaherty and others. A conference with General Superintendent C K E Lee of the Boston & Maine is planned this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Assembly 30
K. of L
Alexander Ryan
Michael White
P. J. Flaherty
John Malone
Michael Hallissey
John P. Sullivan
Patrick Lowrey
William O’brien
Edward J. Doherty
Shirt Waist Party by Women's Trade Union League
A shirt waist party at Paine Memorial Hall Friday night introduces members and friends of the Women's Trade Union League in their agitation for general patronage in this vicinity. It marks the first in a series of efforts to win favor for union labeled shirt waists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine Memorial Hall
Women’s Trade Union League
Gold Dust Cleanses and Sterilizes Utensils for Sanitary Safety
Soap and water clean surfaces but Gold Dust also sterilizes and drives out hidden germs from pots pans kettles dishes knives and other utensils leaving the kitchen not only clean but sanitarily safe.
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Mechanic Arts High School
High School of Commerce
Fish
Like Law School
Ellis
Wilson
Machinists
Fitchburg
Snedden
Labor
N. E
Plasterers
Colorado
California
Pacific Northwest Points
St. Louis
Paci Ie
J. D. McBeath, N. E. P. A. Wabash R. R. Co
Washington Street
Mass
Wilard Massey,n.e.f.&p.a
Union Pacific R. R. Co
Washington St
Boston, Mass
John J. Chase
David X. Coughlin
A. J. McBride
Charles Tillman
Thomas M. Nolan
John McLoughlin
Charles Witing
John Conway
John Kopp
Charles Foster
James O'Connor
Louis K. Hyde
Herbert W. Cooke
J. O'Connor
Thomas P. Curtin
Joseph J. Dallas
George §. Betts
Fred A. Wood
Executive
News Branch
John Reilley
George H. Hobin
George E. Leet
T. J. O’gorman
T. E. Butler
John Frazer
A. Harvey
Thomas A. Barry
Herman Pearson
Eugene Donovan
A. J. Rogers
John Lorway
John J. O'Leary
Frank Donovan
George Gray
James McLeod
Roy Hetherington
Thomas E. Stevenson
Eugene McCarthy
International Typographical Union
Minneapolis
Book and Job
Newspaper
Robert J. Edwards
Daniel A. Buckley
William O'Leary
W. J. Sullivan
Charles E Smith
Arthur G. Davis
James A. Smith
Henry Sterling
John F. McLean
John J. Conway
John Buckley
Frank A. Cornandi
George C. Devoe
S. J. L. O’connor
William Murray
John J. McNeill
Wallace B. Stoodley
Paul Crowley
Charles Tenney
John J. Shanks
Timothy Slattery
James Rhodes
Robert Robinnette
Charles E. Foster
William C. Rider
John T. Sinnott
New England Typographical Union
Lawrence
James H. Wade
John Mitchell
Edward H. Hume
M. M. Byrne
John Desmond
James J. O'Connor
John O’regan
Edward M. Martin
Alonzo Edmunds
Simon Cummins
Thomas F. Kelley
Albert W. Silk
William Schell
George B. Leet
P. Bradbury
Charles G. Wilkins
W. D. Mitchell
John T. Callan
Daniel Gill
P. V. O'Leary
R. C. Bleakney
George Dubrig
B. S. Barnes
Georges. Betts
Mt. Hope Burial Lot
John Dolan
W. S. Crosman
George Melvin
John Battis
Fred Lugrin
Fred Zeigler
Edward B. Metcalf
John Kiley
Peter Flaherty
Edward A. Boyle
Walter A. Metcalf
William J. Thomas
W. W. Byrne
George L. Cutting
John A. Kopp
Richard O'Flaherty
John T. Chalk
Charles Whitting
Arthur Gardner
Martin W. Haverty
Michael E. Hayes
George G. Hall
Thomas O’shaughnessey
William Lewig
George Dawson
Campbell D. Shaw
Mortimer O’brien
John Bonair
George W. Houstis
Patrick Doyle
John T. Delaney
Crystal
Papi
Regal Rar
Regal Chemical Oo
Weston
Allen
White Forbes
Allen S. Olmsted
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