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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1907
Page
2
Despatches from various cities show May 1, 1907 finds the labor unions in a generally flourishing condition and the labor cause prosperous. The San Francisco situation is considered the most unsatisfactory on the labor horizon and trouble there may finally result.
April 28 report from New York indicates open outdoor construction season shows no serious labor troubles. Demand for skilled and unskilled labor is high due to private construction, tunnels, railway terminals, and other public works. Overall factories and industries feel contentment with few localized strikes, marking a brighter labor picture than in years.
Madrid reports Queen Victoria went driving and attended a palace banquet for Cardinal Agurre y Garcia as King Alfonso places the red hat. The King stays by the Queen, and preparations grow for the royal birth with the Granja Palace suited for the future holiday.
The report states the Douglass loot exceeded a million dollars with detectives watching Dennett’s Wall Street office for clues to a $140,000 sum. An attorney notes immunity is rarely granted unless more than two confessions occur, and both Dennett and Douglass have confessed. Jerome plans to test immunity paths without one of the two arrested to convict the third party.
Jerome DA declines to discuss the Dennett-Douglass matter citing ongoing proceedings. He says his assistant Murphy handles the case and he will be in Albany all day, with no further news from the DA's office until Wednesday.
Josiah Quincy, who refused a retainer from Oliver M Dennett, was inaccessible yesterday after protracted counsel consultation. He spent Sunday in seclusion with no new statements beyond declining to act as counsel in the case. Frank O Squires dismissed New York reports saying he had not been in New York for over a year and knew little of the matter.
San Francisco unions plan meetings through next Tuesday to decide on eight hour days with nine hours pay or a strike. About 10 000 workers involved as street car men weigh a mass vote on eight hours and a daily wage. a strike could shut city traffic. Steam laundry workers’ strike continues with no settlement in sight.
Chicago reports harmonious labor relations with no major strikes expected on May 1. Most building trades have renewed contracts, iron workers may settle without action, and machinists seek a two cent daily wage rise. Major firms hint at approving raises. brick makers discuss settlement.
Employers and labor leaders in St Louis and the surrounding region report improved labor conditions for May 1. Most wage scales across a 200 mile area are signed, including about 120000 union members in St Louis. Building trades unions and brewery workers have settled, with little opposition expected to slow forthcoming construction activity.
Pittsburg Pennsylvania April 28 Mayday in Pittsburg and vicinity is expected to pass with less labor disputes than in prior years. Scales have been signed and workers appear satisfied. About 800 machinists are on strike seeking higher wages and shorter hours.
A meeting of O'Connell Assembly 7174 K of L longshoremen adopted a resolution for a city ordinance to pay police overtime during strikes. Employers would be taxed for overtime costs to shield taxpayers from extra expense. A committee was named to pursue proper authorities, while Roosevelt was condemned for remarks about the Western Federation of Miners.
EB Goove advertises quinine products at 25c to 1c, promising genuine relief and full name inquiry for customers seeking the remedy.
A conference at the Wells Memorial building will decide tonight whether parading will take place next Sunday. The outcome will determine local plans and public participation in the event.
The Boston Building Trades Council endorsed wage scales for the Boston Cement and Asphalt Workers Union and the Boston Wood Wire and Metal Lathers Union 72 and pledged moral and financial support if either goes on strike May 1 to press for enforcement. They also vowed to aid the Boilermakers Union 9 in securing its wage demands and urged Congress to pass a bill banning convict made goods from entering states. The council condemned the Massachusetts Legislature recess committee as a sham and ordered affiliated unions not to send delegates when hearings are held.
Boston Blacksmith Helpers Union 344 appointed President W. E. McSadden Vice President W. M. Hurley Jeremiah Curtin Charles Anderson and John F. O'Brien to press employers for a minimum wage of 2.50 a day. Current scale runs from 1.90 to 2.50. The union members will join journeymen in a parade and demonstration next Sunday afternoon.
In Philadelphia on April 28 to May Day, officials predict minimal labor unrest. The Central Labor Union reports most agreements with employers are acceptable and few labor troubles anticipated.
Reports from labor assemblies across Boston detail wage discussions and proposed increases, including a 1.50 to 1.40 raise proposal for light and heavy work. Highlights cover new member initiations, union headquarters moves, condemnations of President Roosevelt, and support for striking Boston Team Drivers.
Union delegates attended the Moyer Haywood Petti bone protest conference at Wells Memorial Hall each Monday. Arthur Daniels resigns as Boston Coal Hoisting Engineers Union secretary to retire on a farm. Elevator Constructors Union 4 awaits the 1907 wage agreement. State unions plan conventions for Rockport and Boston. A park department employees union formed with 20 new members and will meet monthly at Wells Memorial building. The coal teamsters and handlers’ scale remains unsettled with another conference planned with employers.
Dennis Daley of Hose 7 is praised by fellow firefighters and officials for saving a child Saturday night by steering his horse drawn wagon into a patrol box and breaking the wagon pole. The child escaped unharmed after the dash toward a fire on Rochester Street. Daley declined comment at Engine 7’s East Street house.
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