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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1902
Page
4
Theresa Decosta, homeless and starving, was found by children lying on straw in a Chardon street stable. She could not eat bread brought by the children. Officers O'Neil and Connelly sent her to the relief station. She said she had nothing to eat for five days and claimed to be 3 years old with no home or friends.
Greenwich Conn August 10. A satirical tale portrays millionaires including Commodore E C Benedict William Rockefeller Henry Havemeyer and L A Harkness at odds with local Greenwich unions over fencing paint tin and meat purchases. The long running dispute mirrors the era’s labor capital clashes and pits Big Greenwich wealth against neighborhood workers in a comic struggle.
Joseph Fegan and Bertha Cheney left at 10 55 AM to paddle the Charles River to Harvard bridge and back in 12 hours on a wager They arrived at Nutting's boat house at 9 48 PM winning 100 They gave away their lunch to a helper and ate nothing during the trip arriving fatigued and muddy to a cheering crowd at the end.
Ohio Senator Marcus A. Hanna addressed about 10 000 at Chautauqua New York on labor and capital urging cooperation between employers and workers. He argued organized labor and capital will stay, promote mutual benefit, and urged kindness and shared aims to resolve disputes without strikes.
Utica Michigan August 10 B Sower a farmer killed his wife with an axe as she slept in bed then hanged himself in his barn. Despondency over fear of insanity and grief over the death of his only daughter nine days earlier drove the crime.
Wilkes Barre Penn Aug 10 The fourteenth week of the anthracite miners strike opens tomorrow with President Mitchell reporting the strikers in good shape. Relief contributions pour in including a $20000 pledge from the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and expect early support from other unions. Some talk of resumed mining persists though leaders doubt it soon, as Wanamie colliery may restart this week.
Heavy rains discouraged troops in camp on the hill outside Shenandoah but attracted many visitors from nearby towns. The state estimates 10 day transport and maintenance costs at 35000 dollars, including officer pay and ammunition. Brigadier General Gobin stays at headquarters with no warning of trouble. County officials pursue rioters from July 30 with two foreigners jailed facing murder charges.
A committee of engineers and firemen from the Manhattan Elevated and Assistant Grand Chief A B Youngson of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will visit manager Mr Skitt tomorrow to present the men’s demands. The group, in harmony with Vice Grand Chief Charles A Wilson, awaits the outcome of the conference to decide on any strike action.
Judge Ambler denied defendants in the Freedom sedition case the right to trial by jury. The court held that Philippine law and U S authority vest lawmaking in the United States Civil Commission and deny jury trials, with the Philippines keeping the bill of rights excluding trial by jury.
A 48 officer detail from the Boston police, marching in unicorns, escorted the funeral procession of Benjamin P. Eldridge from Trinity Church Neponset to Codman Hill Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers included eight captains, with six body bearers from Station 11 On Ashmont road. The service at Walnut street church drew a full crowd, with hymns, sermons praising Eldridge's integrity, and floral tributes from police, I O O F, veteran firemen, and district units.
The Gaelic School session heard a plan to hold the annual Aonach Na Scoile by the arrangements committee. The superintendent urged preserving Irish as a spoken language in the United States for educational and linguistic reasons. Prizes were to be awarded and contributions sought to support younger households.
Twenty eight workers employed by Filmore and Oldham at 24 India Street have voted to strike. They demand higher wages and shorter hours.
Mrs. Frederic Neilson plans a dinner for 50 at the Casino Gril Rooms Newport to honor Cathleen Neilson and Reginald C. Vanderbilt engagement. A dance at the Casino Theatre will follow as the couple appears at future society events.
Chicago police detained Oscar Thompson, lodging with Mrs Bartholin, as an accessory after the fact in Minnie Mitchell's death. Inspector Hunt attributes the Bartholins’ role, claiming Minnie was killed in their home and Thompson helped move the body to a wagon near Seventy fourth and State streets.
At Lincoln Hall West Concord Street the Rev Simon P W Drew discussed whether Munroe Rogers the arson suspect would face lynching if sent to North Carolina. He warned that the governor could not save Rogers and urged black rights even to the point of death.
Boston labor bodies map Labor Day activities with 43 organizations marching and 700 Teamsters from Boston area to join. The Building Trades Council names John A. Kenney marshal and invites Mayor Collins and Governor Crane to review. 21 Carpenters unions total 5000 workers pledge to parade.
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