Robbery on Washington Street Leaves Man Bruised
Charles O'Neill of 5 O street South Poston reported to Lieutenant Fottler that he was held up and robbed at midnight Saturday on Washington street between Oak and Bennet. Five youths attacked him near a pool hall after he left with his new acquaintance, taking an open-face gold-filled Elgin watch. They fled when pedestrians approached. O'Neill walked home bleeding as police learned of the incident.
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Charles O'Neill
O Street
South Poston
Fottler
Washington Street
Oak
Bennet
O'Neil
Elgin
Station 4
Station 6
Striking unions curb Boston beer sales in nationwide boycott
Boston beer faces a labor backed boycott as more than 200 retail liquor dealers refuse to sell non union beer and many more pledge not to purchase after this week. Brewers lose at least ten thousand dollars as unions push abstention and saloon stockholders fear further losses in the coming quarter.
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Organized Labor
Boston
Tnion
Boston Central Labor Union
Bartenders pledge aid to brewery strikers meeting
Representatives from the brewery strikers explained their troubles at Paine Memorial Hall as Boston Bartenders Union members promised support. A State AFLCIO executive letter urged moral backing, which was unanimously endorsed. Reports from Boston sections showed overall encouragement. In East Boston seven of 42 licensed dealers sold the local product. About $125 was raised for sick members.
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Boston
Paine Memorial Hall
Thest
American Federation of Labor
Bakers Won't Strike May Day Under 10 Hour Plan
Two thirds of Boston master bakers accept a 10 hour day and six workdays a week. Journeymen feel victory as firms sign agreements. 700 union members attend a Saturday meeting. A strike will be launched against noncomplying firms by May 1, with union support and care for striking workers.
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Boston
John Robertson
Walch
International Bakers’ Union
Typographical Union votes fines over non union beer
Typographical Union No. 13 took action relative to the Brewery Workers strike yesterday and voted to fine each member $2 who drinks a glass of non union beer. Nominations for officers were made with Henry McMahon, R. B. Walsh and D X Coughlan among president candidates. Arthur Davis faces Henry Ster Tig of the Journal as secretary opponent. This will be the principal officera balloted for among city chapels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McMahon
R. B. Walsh
D .X. Coughlan
Arthur Davis
Henry Ster- Tig
Journal
Ese
Carpenters Seek Higher Wages in Boston Conference
About 3500 carpenters across greater Boston demand 3 dollars per eight hour day. Masters likely offer 2.80. A conference at the Parker House is set for this afternoon with carpenters’ committee and master builders, plus the State Board of Arbitration, to avert a strike and reach a compromise. The Wells Memorial Hall meeting noted progress toward settlement.
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Greater
Boston
Parker House
Carpenters’ Committee
State Board of Arbitration
District Carpenters’ Council
Wells Memorial Hall
Say she was not ill why Mary O'Brien refused admission
City Hospital refused 63 year old Mary O'Brien, a homeless woman, admission Saturday evening amid claims of rheumatism. Officials say examination found no rheumatism and noted strong alcohol odor on her breath. Hospital authorities assert many homeless patients seek admission under illness pretense.
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Mary O’brien
City Hospital
Ary O’brien
Rowe
Will Sue Miss Stone Now over Lecture Controversy
The injunction against Ellen M. Stone’s lecturing duties under James B Pond’s management was dismissed but another breach of contract suit is anticipated. Clarence W. Rowley, counsel for the American Lecturing Direction, said a $35,000 action may be filed Monday or Tuesday.
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Ellen M. Stone
James B Pond
Clarence W. Rowley
Miss Stone
Breaks in Brighton houses alarm Boston area
Brighton residents fight back with watch dogs and revolvers as two break ins near Station 14 target 63 Mapleton street and Reardon's saloon at 194 North Beacon street. Jewelry worth 125 dollars and 22 dollars from a cash drawer were stolen while occupants were away for two hours. Local resident suspects a nearby offender familiar with the homes.
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Brighton
Boston
Station 14
Frank W. Quinn
Mapleton Street
Quinns
North Beacon Street
Quinn
Few men to be involved on May first in Quincy locals
Fragmentary text notes that on May 1 only a small number of men will participate, introducing three new locals from Quincy and Wake. The incomplete report hints at a local event or organization update but lacks sufficient detail on purpose or outcome.
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Hervey
Tively
Quincy
Wake
Boston union growth and bakers strike forecast
Daniel Deegan, business agent and president of the Carpenters District Council of Boston and vicinity, reports field and Melrose admitted to the council, bringing total unions to 21. Borough bakers’ grievances committees estimate not more than 150 among about 1500 bakers may strike on May 1, with large bakers still to decide.
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Daniel Deegon
The
Carpenters’ District Council of
Boston and Vicinity
Union signings begin as city workers show intent
The 10 hour agreement has been signed by some with many more intending to sign. Those likely affected are workers in small city shops across various districts. At Saturday's joint unions meeting over 160 men were initiated.
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Ready
State House Hearings Schedule For Railroad Board
The Board of Railroad Commissioners will hold hearings this week on lease petitions between Worcester & Webster Street Railway and Webster & Dudley Street Railway, and on eight cent check refusals for the Boston Elevated railway. Other sessions cover capital stock increases for Middleboro Wareham & Buzzards Bay, bond issues for Concord & Boston, and additional capital stock for Concord Maynard & Hudson. Also hearings on bridge heights for Boston Revere Beach & Lynn, fare revisions for Williamsburg, and later inspection of the New York New Haven & Hartford system. The Harbor and Land Commissioners plan hearings Wednesday on Hull Bay wharf extension, dredging Channel in the Weir River, Boston Harbor pile wharf at East Boston, and Great Harbor Woods Hole wall and fill.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Worcester & Webster Street Railway Company
Webster & Dudley Street Railway Company
Boston Elevated Railway
Middleboro, Wareham & Buzzard’s
Bay Street Railway Company
Concord & Boston Street Railway Company
Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway Company
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Williamsburg
Northampton Street Railway
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners
Samuel Jones
Hull Bay
Boston, Quincy & Nantasket Point Steamboat Company
Weir River
Hull
State Wharf & Storage Company
Boston Harbor
East
Boston
Isaiah Spindell
Great Harbor
Wood's Hole
Socialists After Prince Leopold In Isenburg Affair
April 27 report says Austria’s imperial court faces turmoil over a 10 year old wedding failure by Prince Leopold of Isenburg to marry Consuelo Vanderbilt. Umlauff’s loan suit targets Archduke Francis Salvator and Archduke Salvator’s status resists legal action. Socialists in parliament vow to press Salvator to pay or relinquish army position and throne rights.
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Infinna
Imperial Court of
Austria
Prince Leopold of
Isenbure
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Unmilauff
Archduke Francis Salayater
Prince Isenburg
Isenburgs
Prince Leopold
America
Sensuelo Vanderbilt
Papa Isenburg
Leopela
Isenburg
Umilauff
Umilauft
Archduke Francis Salvator
Ilvenhure
Umlauff
Francis
Salvator
Imlauff
Francis Salvator
Giant 16 Inch Gun Nears Completion at Arsenal
Watervliet Arsenal in Troy expects to finish the 16 inch gun by June 1 for placement at Fort Hamilton New York Harbor. After Sandy Hook proving the gun will use a disappearing carriage. Proponents claim 21 mile shell range while Krupps dispute. Gun weighs 150 tons and requires 1000 pounds of powder and a 300 pound ramet.
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Troy
N. Y
Watervliet Arsenal
Fort Hamilton
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
War Department
Krupps
Police raid on East Boston kitchen barroom faces liquor seizure
Armed with a warrant, Division 7 officers raided a kitchen barroom run by Robert Gallagher at 94 Marginal Street East Boston. They seized 221 gallons of beer and two gallons of whiskey. All liquor found was in bottles.
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Division 7
Robert Gallagher
Marginal Street
East
Boston
Mrs Franklin McVeagh to Visit Mrs Jack Gardner at Venetian Palace
Mrs Franklin McVeagh, a famed Chicago social leader now in New York, will visit the city as guest of Mrs John L Gardner at the Venetian palace in the Fens. Gardner was McVeagh’s guest during her Chicago visit with Mrs Patrick Campbell. A corps of expert workmen has prepared the grounds with macadam walks and climate-hardy plantings to enhance the palace grounds.
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Franklin McVeagh
Chicago
New York
John L. Gardner
Venetian Palace
Fens
Gardner
McVeagh
Patrick Campbell
Campbell
Debating the MacFadden Case at Central Congregational Chelsea
The Central Congregational Church of Chelsea will decide next Friday night on accepting the resignation of Pastor Rev. Robert A. MacFadden who stepped down April 20. The joint committee presented a report detailing four years of deficits under his leadership and projecting a lower salary for 1902. Deacons Pray and Craven were to inform the pastor of the committee's actions and share the letter outlining the church vote.
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Central Congregational Church of
Chelsea
Robert A. MacFadden
Advisory Board
Prudential Committee
MacFadden
St. Paul
Seetet
MatFadden
Christ
Lyman M. Miller
Miller
Craven
Brewers Engineers Fight Over Union In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati April 27 a meeting aimed at forming a local union of stationary engineers to replace Union 18 heatedly debated legitimacy after Union 18 was stripped of its charter amid a feud with United Brewery Workmen. A temporary union formed, with plans to file for admission and hold a Sunday meeting to finalize a permanent body. None of the brewery engineers in Cincinnati Newport or Covington joined the new group. The dispute has intensified the ongoing brewery lockout.
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Cincinnati
Union 18
United Brewery
American Federation of Labor
Workmen's Hall
International Uion
Newport
Covegr
Easter Sunday Sermon At New Greek Church
The New Greek Church celebrated Holy Week with an Easter Sunday service as the priest wore ornate robes and preached in English, Russian and French. He blessed the congregation and distributed many Easter eggs. Over 1000 people attended, each receiving a kiss of blessing from the priest.
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New
Freight wreck blazes on Michigan rail line
Kalamazoo April 27 A disastrous freight wreck occurred on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line near the Grand Rapids and Indiana crossing. An extra northbound freight broke on a grade two miles south of the city. twenty cars left the track and oil cars exploded catching four more cars on the adjacent track. One man is dead and another body was found burned. a train crew member was injured. The loss is estimated at 50000 dollars.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Lake Shore & Michiga Southern Railroad
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Gra Rapids & Indiana
Petitioned for relief on temperance sales Sunday
The Ashmont Improvement Association circulates a petition to the Legislature asking residents of Boston and other Commonwealth towns to support an act to legalize selling confectionery ice cream fruit soda water and other temperance beverages on Sundays in aid of a House Bill relative to the sale of certain articles on the Lord’s Day.
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Ashmont
Bosto
Commonwealth
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