FIGHTING UNION IN CHICAGO STRIKE
Chicago employers unite to press an open shop as unionized drivers quit across Marshall Field Co Carson Pirie Scott Co and others. Teamsters plan to curb coal supply while express firms barns shut down and 300 American Express workers walk out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Employers’ Association
Commercial Exchange
Union League Club
Chicago
John G. Shockt
Marshall Field & Co
Robert J. Thorne
Montgomery Ward & Co
Graeme Stewart
of Hoyt & Co
Mr. Thorne
Teamsters
Chicago Federation of Labor
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
American Express Company
Pacific
National
Wells Fargo Express
United States Express Company
Daniels Coal Company
Quincy Tragedy Ends in Double Shooting at Home
A rapid succession of two gunshots wakes a Quincy household. Andrew McIntosh finds Mrs Spargo dead with a bullet to the head and Spargo mortally wounded. both die as Medical Examiner Jones investigates. Relatives oppose a joint burial, and the Spargo children will be cared for by an aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew McIntosh
Mrs. Spargo
Spargo
Jones
Hall’s
Elizabeth
William
Leonora
William T. Spargo
Trusts Pillaged in Nationwide Bank Collapse Case
Milwaukee April 27. Frank G. Bigelow, a defaulting bank president, confesses indebtedness to banks and estates totaling between 38 million and 4 million dollars. A bankruptcy petition lists creditors nationwide and assets estimated at 1.4 million to 1.85 million, including stocks, land, and life policies, with fears of higher liabilities as details emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Trs
Frank G. Bigelow
United States District Court
United States
Bigelow
First National Bank
National Electric
Huerfano County
Colorado
del Norte Company
Idaho Company
McKenna Process Company
Pittsburg
Comanche Mining and Smelting Company
Chicago Highland Association
Lowry National Bank
Atlanta
Fond du Lac Bank
Northwestern Iron Company
Zron Furnace Company
Ashland
Grand Rapids Edison Company
Camp Real Estate Company
Milwaukee Iron Works Company
J. L. Gates’ Land Company
Broadhead
Henry C. Payne
George P. Miller
William Bigelow
Boston Debate Favors End to Personal Property Tax
Economists and businessmen gathered at the Exchange Club in Boston to argue for replacing or significantly reducing the personal property tax. Proponents include Seligman who favors taxing future land value increases, while others warn of constitutional and value-ascertainment issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. R. A. Seligman
Columbia University
Boston
Osborne Howes
Economic Club of
Exchange Club
Josiah Quincy
C. B. Fillebrown
Massachusetts Single Tax League
E. R. A. Seligman
Massachusetts
Henry Whitmore
John C. Cobb
Seligman
John G. Palfrey
Politicians Attend Concord Club Ball in Copley Hall
Copley Hall hosted the Concord Club of Ward 12 for its second grand ball drawing a large crowd of politicians and guests. The grand march opened with the Hon James Doyle and Mrs Doyle, followed by Representative Mrs Fred Ewell, Mr and Mrs Dennis Mahoney and Miss Anna Sullivan with Daniel Toomey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Hall
Concord Club
Ward 12
James Doyle
Fred A. Ewell
Dennis J. Mahoney
Anna Sullivan
Daniel E. Toomey
James H. Doyle
David D. Leahy
Daniel J. Costello
Calls Jap Men Most Gallant
Mitsu Nabits a five year visitor from Japan living in Boston speaks through an interpreter about Japanese men and women. She contrasts gender roles noting men work while women often stay at home and laments mothers in law as a key source of friction for young wives. She criticizes long work hours for American women and compliments Japanese domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitsu Nabits
Boylston Street
Japan
Merrill Bride Weds Herbert M Cox in Melrose Home Ceremony
Miss Annie Arline Merrill daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin A Merrill married Herbert M Cox son of Mrs Caroline E Cox at the bride’s Florence street home. Rev Thomas Sims of the Congregational Church officiated with Winfred M Snell as best man and Alice L Merrill as maid of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Annie Arline Merrill
Calvin A. Merrill
Herbert M. Cox
Caroline E. Cox
Florence Street
Thomas Sims
Congregational Church
Winfred M. Snell
Alice L. Merrill
Wedding of Clark and Walker at Church of the Ascension
Herbert Alden Clark and Miss Madeline Walker wed at the Church of the Ascension in Waltham. Rev. Robert Walker of East Cambridge officiated, with Elizabeth Walker as maid of honor and Wallace Clark as best man. A reception followed at Underwood Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Clark
Albert Walker
Harry Butler
Underwood Park
Butterfield Butterfield Tarras wed at home in Boylston
A very pretty home wedding took place at the Butterfield home on Wednesday evening. Harry E. Butterfield a Boston and Maine fireman married Miss Effie W. Tarr a popular Charlestown young woman who recently lived in Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boylston
Samuel C. Butterfield
Harry E. Butterfield
Boston & Maine Railroad
Effie W. Tarr
Charlestown
Tarr
Norfolk
Common Council Votes for Redivision in City Wards
The Common Council approved redistricting by a 41 to 27 vote. Republicans supported the bill while Democrats opposed, leaving final action to the Mayor who may call a special Board of Aldermen meeting and seek legislative action Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott
Beatty
Sell
Callahan
Caruth
Collins
Conboy
Coogan
Cook
Coughlin
Crowley
Curley
Dolan
Donovan
Driscoll
Fitzgerald
Fowler
Gethro
Gleason
Good
Hanrahan
Higgins
Joyce
Kelley
Leavitt
Leonard
Madden
McCarthy
McCullough
McDavitt
McGonagle
McMackin
Mealey
Murphy
Noonan
O'Connor
Patterson
Rachkowsky
Sexton
Shea
No—Bassett
Cadogan
Chester
Conway
Case
Craig
Dramond
Jagan
Howes
Hughes
Lill
Magurn
Mancovitz
McKie
McKnight
Murray
Nichols
Noyes
Pierce
Roberts
Sullivan
Warner
Webster
Williams
Woodside
Bell
Bennett
Kagan
Maguin
Board of Aldermen
Harvard Men Hear Gompers on Labor Peace and Fair Wages
President Samuel Gompers of the AFL addressed Harvard Union students urging peaceful unionism. He argued organization of workers is a fact, seeks a living wage, an eight hour day, and justice, with peace but greater shares for labor as industry improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Harvard
Harvard Union
Mr. Gompers
Reserve Policemen Under Examination In Boston Plan
The Boston Police Board ordered examinations for 47 reserve officers to assess fitness for promotion to patrolmen. Names listed span divisions 1 through 15 with multiple officers per division. The move aims to keep police strength high within legislative limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Board of Police
Thomas J. Crehan
Joseph L. A. Cavagnaro
William McDonald
Thomas Byrne
Joseph V. Daley
Thomas P. Healey
Michael J. Horrigan
Edward McMahon
John C. Williams
Arthur J. Creighton
Thomas F. Lyons
George A. Burrill
Granville B. Spinney
William J. Bradbury
Thomas J. Donahue
Perry W. Eaton
John B. Gildea
Patrick A. Moynihan
John C. McDonald
John H. J. Tucker
Orrington Waugh
James H. Egan
Equitable Official Dismissed Amid Controversy
H. H. Knowles, former superintendent of agencies at Equitable Life, was formally discharged by President Alexander. He had been suspended weeks earlier and remained in the Equitable building until today. Known for his outspoken criticisms during the agents’ meeting in New York, he later levelled charges against the second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. H. Knowles
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Alexander
Knowles
Equitable
Tarbell
Labor Unions Rally Support For Strikers And Speech At Faneuil Hall
Local labor notes report cigars factory strippers union donating to Louisville garment workers and Canton Texas union member Robert Wright. They plan mass meeting at Faneuil Hall where Clarence Darrow will speak. Several unions schedule meetings at Paine Memorial Hall and Chelsea S A reelects officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cigar Factory
Garment Workers
Louisville
Robert Wright
Canton
Tex
Faneuil Hall
Clarence Darrow
Wells Memorial Building
Sheet Metal
Paine Memorial Hall
Union 1
Chelsea
S. A
John W. Barton
Electrical Workers’ Union 103
William B. Stone
Alfred B. Outram
Chelsea Painters’ Union
W. P. Cook
Teamsters’ Union 242
G. J. Newman
The
Teamsters
Lydia Pinkham Kidney Remedy Promoted to Women
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best treatment for female kidney troubles. It cites rising kidney disease among women and includes a testimonial from Mrs Emma Sawyer of Conyers Georgia praising the cure and offering free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Sawyer
Conyers
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White, Warner CO
Taunton
Mass
Teamsters’ Union
Mark Morton
Paul Morton
Navy
Talbot
J. W. Farwell & Co
Frank
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Quincy Tragedy Due
Much Love
Harfina
Philo Hay Specialties Co
Newark
Daniels
Hendrixst
Hays
Philo Hay Co
N. J
Houghton & Dutton
Tremont and
Beacon
W. B. Hunt & CO
Washington
Elsthin Bros
Tremont Row
Woodward's
Bromfield
America
Economic Club
Alexander S. Porter
Quincy
Harvard Beer
Court Square
Petite Oriental
the Post Young Woman
Cox—Merrill
Clark—Walker
Butterfield—Tarr
Laran” Anwa
Cluett, Peasody & CO
Makerg OF Cluett
Monarch Ghirto
Common Council
Redivision
Gompers
Federation
Labor
Mrs
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