Violent clash as strike breakers flee Zealandia mob
A mob attacked three strike breakers at the South Station area after a Zealandia steamer incident. One assailant fired but misfired, police arrested two, and a third was escorted to union headquarters. Patrolman Walsh was injured protecting the men, and a large crowd surrounded stations and entrances as officers deployed to restore order.
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South Terminal
W. D. Walsh
Zealandia
Pat Bradley
Dorchester Avenue
Congressgtreet
Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic Venue
Congress
Joseph White
John Casey
White
Casey
Thomas Crow
Walsh
Kneeland Street
Andrew T. Flynn
Albany Street
Brodbine Hall
McCarthy
McLaughlin
Kneeland
Hudson Streets
South Station
Herbert Kenny
Employers’ Association
Cunningham
Munyon's 3X Rheumatism Cure Promoted Boldly
An advertisement touts Munyon's 3X Rheumatism Cure and other remedies, urging rheumatic patients to abandon doctors and druggists and buy a bottle for $1. It claims 160 doses, no narcotics, and money-back refund if not satisfied, while promising separate cures for different ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fantee Ponalder
Iidney Gure
May Extend Strike Likely for Boston Teamdrivers Union
The Boston Teamdrivers Union 2 percent strike, now limited to 10 employers, may expand to two more firms within a day or two. At a Brodbine Hall meeting last night P J Flannery of Chicago urged unity, offering support from the Freight Handlers and affiliated unions. About two thousand members attended the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank X. Brown
Edward Cohen
Lynn
State Branch
A. F. of L
William F. Kinder
Patrick Mahoney
Joseph Spero
Cigarmakers’ Union
Zealandia
Tobin
Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone
Brodbine Hall
Boston
Dover
Albany Streets
P. J. Flannery
Chicago
International
Boston Central Labor Union backs striking team drivers
Six hundred delegates approved financial and moral support for Boston team drivers to win a wage increase and shorter work day. The union aims to fund the strike fully, while Teamsters officials maintain focus on avoiding a general strike and preserve fairness for employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union
Aris
Teamsters
Building Trades Section
Trade unions raise funds to aid Boston Teamdrivers
Boston unions voted financial support for the Teamdrivers strikers. Cigarmakers donate 700 dollars from a 3 cent per member levy, bartenders give 10 dollars with future support, brewery workers authorize a 100 dollar handover and a weekly 2 cent levy. Twenty other unions planned contributions this week.
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Boston
Boston ‘Teamdrivers' Union
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Boston Bartenders’ Union 77
Boston Brewery Workers’ Union 29
Mayo Men Plan Davitt Memorial Meeting in Boston
The Mayo men of Boston held a meeting to plan a tribute to Michael Davitt on May 30 and to commemorate the April 28 1879 first Land League meeting in Irishtown Mayo. The event will involve county groups and Irish societies in honoring the Irish leader known as Father of the Land League.
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Mayo Men
Boston
Kneel
Michael Davitt
Land League
Irishtown
County Mayo
Seminole Club to Host Second May Party in Paul Revere Hall
The Seminole Club plans its second annual May party at Paul Revere Hall on Monday evening May 6. Invitations go to the Young Men's Catholic Association St Philip’s A A the Valley Club Brookline Young Men’s Club Warren Club and the Douglas Club of Ward 13 plus city leaders Mayor Fitz gerald Superintendent James H Doyle Senator Thomas F Curley and Councilman George T Daly.
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South End
Seminole Club
Paul Revere Hall
Young Men’s Catholic Association
St. Philip's A. A
The
Valley Club
Brookline Young Men’s Club
Warren Club
Douglas Club
Ward 13
Fitzgerald
James H. Doyle
Thomas F. Curley
George T. Daly
The Princess Theatre Closes After 33 Years on Broadway
The Princess Theatre in New York, a Broadway landmark for 33 years, closes after the final performance of The Great Divide. The Gilsey estate plans to demolish the building to make way for an office tower.
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New York Playhouse
Henry Miller
Margaret Anglin
Princess Theatre
New York
Broadway
Gilsey
The
Princess
San Francisco
Bernard
Opera House
Havérey’s Comedy Theatre
New York Comedy Theatre
Dockstader
Gaiety Theatre
Herrmann
Magician
Gaiety
St. James Hall
Savoy
the Jonah
Sam T. Jack’s
Theatre Comique
Shuberts
Steamer Admiral Sampson Avoids Collision With Peter C Schultz
After a fast voyage from Jamaican ports the United Fruit Company steamer Admiral Sampson berthed at Long Wharf. In fog a three masted schooner Peter C Schultz appeared and narrowly avoided a collision when Captain Henshaw swung the steamer to port. The Schultz continued to New York with lumber from St John.
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Jamaican
United Fruit Company
Admiral Sampson
H. B. Henshaw
Long Wharf
Henshaw
Nausett
Peter C. Schultz
Aletta
St. John
N. B
New York
Milk and Alcohol Food Debate at Harvard Medical School
Dr. Fr W White urges milk as a premier food and notes bread outvalues whole wheat and graham. He opines alcohol has nutrition but equals butter in value and has no practical use for a healthy person, while urging moderation and patience in dieting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. W. White
Harvard Medical School
Brookline Child Dies After Drinking Cough Syrup
A Brookline boy, 34 years old, died six hours after drinking a four ounce bottle of cough syrup while his parents were at dinner. Hamilton A. Murry of 787 Boylston street is the father. Drs. H. Lincoln Chase and Joseph Kittredge treated him, but he died at 7 o'clock last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Murry
Brookline
Hamilton A. Murry
Boylston Street
Fire at Soldiers' Home in Chelsea Causes Alarm
A morning fire broke out in Peter Smith Hall at the Soldiers' Home Chelsea causing considerable excitement among inmates. The blaze was quickly subdued by the fire department. Damage estimated at 150. Cause unknown.
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Chelsea
Peter Smith Hall
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Joste H
Sampson
Dr. White
Carters
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Rhone Main
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