Boston Garment Workers Hold Mass Meeting on Rival Organizer
Boston garment workers denounced Rev Jesse H Jones of North Abington for forming an opposing organization. The meeting at Wells Memorial Hall, presided by Local No 1 President Newman, pressed contractors to unite with unions to defend the ready made clothing trade. A circular calling contractors to oppose unions was read, and a committee was appointed to report dealers aiding the movement. George Gunthner was re elected business agent and new delegates joined from several unions.
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Garment Workers’ Unions of
Boston
Wells Memorial Hall
Jesse H. Jones
North Abington
Jones
Newman
Newman of Local No. 1 and C. W. Mowbray
Journeymen Tailors’ Union
Frank Thompson
Cigar Makers’ Union 97
E. J. Ryan
F. K. Kneeland
J. F. Rehill
E. A. McDonald
C. F. McDougal
George Gunthner
Steamfitters
Wood Workers
Marble and Mosaic Workers
New Wage Demands From Boston Stone and Asphalt Union
Delegates at the Building Trades Council in St Andrew s Hall heard an agreement to employ only members of the Artificial stone Cement and Asphalt Workers Union of Boston after May 1 1896 and set wage scales of four dollars a day for artificial stone masons and asphalt layers not less than two seventy five for cement laborers and two dollars for asphalt laborers nine hour days with overtime rates time and a half on weekdays and double time on Sundays and holidays plus travel and board for out of town jobs. The proposal was endorsed by the Building Trades Council and will receive union support if a strike is ordered. A message from District Assembly 30 of the Knights of Labor asked for a committee to arrange.
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Building Trades Council
St. Andrew's Hall
Boston
Knights of Labor
Socialist meeting on the Common led by Martha Avery
The Socialist Labor party organizer Martha Moore Avery opened a Common gathering yesterday afternoon urging a future under Socialism with homes for all, a cooperative Commonwealth, two hours work for luxuries and basics, and child welfare. She will speak each Sunday through summer at the same location as single taxers and three religious meetings held between 2 and 6.
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Martha Moore Avery
Socialist Labor Party
Socialist Labor
Freight Handlers Union negotiates with railroad over hours
Freight Handlers' Union 6227 met in Wells Memorial yesterday to address grievances in the Providence division of the New York, New Haven Hartford railroad. A committee will meet the freight agent to seek a settlement, arguing irregular and split hours can be better regulated with no loss to the road. Organizer Sherman of the American Railway Union urged affiliation, and a Boston ARU committee echoed. Seven new members were initiated and five propositions acted upon.
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Union
A. F. of L
Wells Memorial Building
Providence
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Sherman
American Railway Union
A. R. U. of Boston
Bottlers and Drivers Unite With Labor Groups
The Bottlers' and Drivers' Union 122 met at 45 Eliot Street and will affiliate with the State Federation of Labor and Boston Central Labor Union. A committee was formed with brewery workers' unions to improve conditions. Officers elected include President M A McKeon and Vice President M J Lehan, Recording Secretary M A Walsh, and Financial Secretary J Nauman. Typographical Union 13 installed new officers at Caledonian Hall. Brewers' Union 14 at Kossuth Hall discussed boycotts, with nine new members admitted.
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Eliot Street
State Federation of Labor
Boston Central Labor Union
M. A. McKeon
M. J. Lehan
M. A. Walsh
J. Nauman
Caledonian Hall
Brewers’ Union 14
Kossuth Hall
Roxbury
Chelsea Notes and Local Fire Report From Yesterday
At St Luke's Episcopal Church thieves used false keys to enter an ante room and stole two overcoats and an undercoat valued at 2 dollars. Fred A Bretton Civil War veteran died at the Soldiers Home aged 54, native of Lowell, sergeant of Company B Fifteenth Massachusetts Infantry. Box 18 alarm at 12 46 yesterday for a small fire in a wooden house 29 Ellsworth street owned by D F Flage heirs, occupied by Herman Sadler caused by children with matches.
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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Fred. A. Bretton
Lowell
Fifteenth
Massachusetts Infantry
Ellsworth Street
D. F Flage
Herman Sadler
Loss of Schooner Sheepscot in Atlantic Storm
Casey and Sherwood report the schooner Sheepscot six years old, bound from Green's Landing to New York with granite when a March voyage was foiled by a storm. A tempest set the ship on fire. it burned to the water and sank. Crew were rescued by a steamer and landed at a Russian port.
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New London
License board to grant druggists licenses
Salem officials expect the license commissioners to issue druggists licenses for the coming year with all members in favor except the chairman who opposes. If the board declines, the Aldermen will grant them in June.
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Salem
Paris Woman Claims Archangel Gabriel Possesses Her
Mile Henriette Couedon of Paris, 24, says she is inhabited by the archangel Gabriel. Living on Rue Paradis, she belongs to a respectable Brittany-born family with a merchant father. The claim arose after watching a drama about the Wandering Jew and soon after a mysterious morning swoon. The case drew interest from the Society of Psychical Sciences led by M lAbbe Brettes.
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Mile
Henriette Couedon
Paris
Rue Paradis
Paradise Street
Couedons
Papa
Brittany
Mamma
Henriette
Eugene Sue
Archangel Gabriel
Gabriel
Society of Psychical Sciences
M. l’Abbe Brettes
Church of Notre Dame
German Press Outlines South Africa Attitude and Possible Intervention
Berlin papers express official and public opinion on Great Britain in South Africa. They argue for autonomy of the Cape States, critique Chamberlain for tact, and suggest German sympathy or intervention with the Boers. Some papers urge German-Boer collaboration and note the Kaiser may visit England only after assessing the political sitution.
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Berlin
Great Britain
South Africa
Transvaal
Germany
Cape States
Australia
Gazette
Vossische Zeitung
Chamberlain
Kruger
England
Altdeutsche Blatter
H&i
Magdeburg Gazette
Beecham's Pills Advertised For Constipation
Beecham's Pills offered for constipation priced at 10 and 25 cents with directions to consult a druggist. The ad claims Anstal sales exceed 000,000 boxes, indicating strong demand for the product.
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Beecham
Anstal
British demand neutrality over Transvaal and Delagoa Bay
Berlin report claims Emperor William is irritated by Chamberlain’s speech asserting British paramountcy in South Africa. He has instructed Ambassador von Hatzfeldt to seek a declaration of neutrality from Lord Salisbury regarding the Transvaal and Delagoa Bay.
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London
Berlin
Emperor William
Chamberlain
Constitutional Club
Great Britain
South Africa
Count von Hatzfeldt
Germany
Lord Salisbury
Transvaal
Delagoa Bay
Lucky Ones to Receive Hotel Licenses for Boston Saloon Keepers
The Boston Board of Police Commissioners plans to announce the names of those allowed to sell liquor for the coming year. Of 993 applications, 940 are granted, 53 held in abeyance due to objections. Six new hotel licenses have already been issued to former saloon keepers with at least forty sleeping rooms.
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Board of Police Commissioners
Boston
Post
British forces defeat Matabeles on Umgaza River
A Cape Colony despatch reports a sharp engagement on the Umgaza River near Bulawayo. British forces lured rebels across the river and repulsed subsequent attacks with Maxim fire. After heavy loss to the Matabeles, the British withdrew to Bulawayo with three killed and six wounded.
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London
Colonial Office
Hercules Robinson
Cape Colony
Umgara River
Bulawayo
Robinson
Umgaza
Plays This Week at Boston Theatres Rip Van Winkle and more
Boston theatres present Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle at the Boston Theatre with Robin Hood at the Tremont in a 2087th performance. The Hollis hosts The Sporting Duchess while The Park features A Florida Enchantment. Chauncey Olcott sings The Minstrel of Clare at the Columbia. William Wolff stars in Rip Van Winkle in lyric form at Castle Square. The Wizard of the Nile headlines at the Museum. Giacinta Della Rocca returns to Keiths. The New York Stars vaudeville at the Howard Atheneum. Austin & Stone show features the iron steam man. Carrie Fulton appears at the Palace. Manager Dunn debuts another bill at the Nickelodeon.
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Shakspere
Cleopatra
Rip van Winkle
Joseph Jefferson
Boston Theatre
Mr. Jefferson
Boston
Castle Square
Planquette
William Wolff
New York
Howard Atheneum
Ani
Ino
Mile
Florizell
America
Senator Thurston to Speak at Middlesex Club Banquet
Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska arrived in Boston and will address the Middlesex Club banquet tonight He is stopping with friends in the city The ex legal representative of the Union Pacific is a strong McKinley ally and the Foraker Thurston alliance is the strongest seen in Boston with a Brattleboro Vermont talk planned next Tuesday night
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John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Boston
Middlesex Club
Brattleboro
Union Pacific
McKinley
Foraker-Thurston
Gaelic School Forms Board of Irish Language Teachers
Members of the Gaelic League of Boston established a Gaelic school at 18 Essex Street to teach the old language. Patrick Kelley announces assistant superintendents John O Daly Matthias Gorhem John M Doran and Patrick J O Daly will form the board with Kelley. The meeting featured Irish music and readings and the school holds Sunday afternoon sessions at 8.
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Gaelic League of Boston
Essex Street
Kelley
John O'Daly
P. J. O’daly
Patrick Kelley
John O’daly
Matthias Gorhem
John M. Doran
Patrick J. O’daly
Patrick Casey
Malden
Jeffrey Keating
John Bray
Runaway horses injure coachman in Waterbury encounter
In Waterbury on West Main street a landau carrying Dr. T F Axtelle and his coachman Harry Barton ran away after a bit broke. Major Axtelle jumped clear to safety but Barton was thrown and injured, one horse suffered a bad cut.
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Waterbury, Conn
T. F. Axtelle
Connecticut National Guard
West Main Street
Axtelle
Harry Barton
Death of John A. Lunt in Malden at 60
John A. Lunt, a longtime Malden grocer and member of the Pilgrim Fathers, died at his home 15 Florence street after a lingering illness. He was 60. A son and daughter survive him.
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Malden
John A. Lunt
Florence Street
The
Pilgrim Fathers
City Tool House Fire Ignores Cause at Brighton Corner
Fire crews from Engine 41 battled a blaze in a tool house at the Brighton and Commonwealth avenues corner in Boston on a Sunday morning. The building suffered damage while the cause remained undetermined.
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Brighton
Commonwealth Avenes
Boston
Fire damages basement at Genesee street address
A small Sunday morning blaze reported from Box 6 at 1 07 a m burned the basement of a brick structure at 2 Genesee street owned and occupied by Elizabeth O’Brien. Damage estimated at about 1000 dollars.
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Genesee Street
Elizabeth O’brien
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E. Stern
Lispenard Street
New York City
Messrs
B. F. Larrabee & Co
Per Palr
Parvy
Hermsdorf
Lony Retail House
Opportunity
John D. Cutter
Hemingway
B. F. Larrabee & GO
Garment Workers’ Union Look
MR. Jones
Labor Matters
Aquare
Socialists ON the Common
Chelsea
Sheepscot
Mlle
Henriette Colledon
Woodbury
Police Board
Ready
Matabeles
Hollis
Bostonians
Reobin Hooed
Tremont
A. C. Gunter
Florida
Sybil Johnstone
Chauncey Olcott
Clare
Columbia
Mr. Olcott
Frank Daniels
Museum
Giacinta Della Rocca
Keith
Austin & Stone’s
Carrie Fulton
City Club
the Palace
Dunn
Nickelodeon
Senator Thurston
the Gaelic School
City Tool House
Fife
Castle 8Q
Tremont St
Castle Square Lyric Stock Company
Spearcade
Eugene Tompkins
Bat
James Merne
Squia
Im Shore Acres
Wex
Keith's
Paul Martinetti
Helene Mora
Hollis Theatre
Isaac B. Rich
Philadelphia
Tremont Theatre
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Robin Blood
Park Theatre
Mats
Archibald Clavering Gunter
James E. Moore
Boston Museum
Wwensana
Frank Danterss
Comic Opera Company
Vinszard
Pee Nile
Starlight
Svvewan Line
Wonde Fu Kellar
Matinee
Sousa
Nickelodehow
Hanover St
Nick Burley
Captain Miller
Congress
Sea Serpent
Arizona Jack
Herman
the Marvel
Marie de Leon
Female Minstrels
Wesley Brothers
Earth
Tremont St. Ission
Cts
Bowdoin Sq. Theatre
Sisnater
Carmen
Elita
Columbia Theatre
Chauncey the Minstrel
Olcott
Great Northwest
MIACO
Big Spectacular Burlesque Co
Howard
2Bc
Portland
Bay State
India Wharf
SUN
Willians
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