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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
9
Nationwide strike action ends with a settlement. In New England the Boston & Maine and the Boston & Albany saved the situation as six of three local cases decided the matter, restoring work and easing tensions.
Union shopmen on Boston and Maine Boston and Albany voted to return to work Saturday morning amid wage demands for 85 cents hourly for skilled workers and 60 cents for others. New Haven strikers reportedly kept out though officials did not appear to confirm.
The American Federation of Labor may grant a charter as Organizer Frank McCarthy plans the new body in Boston. Commissioner Curtis shows a hard line with hundreds of discharge and suspension blanks printed under a rush order. A possible injunction denial looms as union efforts mobilize night shift meetings and city officials reportedly back Curtis.
Delegates representing 25 000 car repairers employed by Chicago railroads voted to end the strike and resume work after a speech by International Vice President J M Patterson who denounced the radicals responsible for the walkout.
The New Haven railroad shopmen voted not to return to work, jeopardizing freight and passenger service during peak season. They rejected the national organization’s call to resume duties but invited Acting President B M Jewell of the Federation of Labor to discuss the situation. Conservative labor men here regard the move cautiously.
The railway shopmen's strike is off and the men will return to work Saturday after an all day meeting of strikers from across the country. A mass meeting of car repairers representing about 27 000 strikers also voted to resume work. A telegram to President Wilson was reported. Chicago leadership had estimated about 300 000 on strike.
Curtis prepares 2000 dismissal blank forms to notify policemen of suspensions. The police commissioner orders 2000 blanks to ensure notices can be carried out easily without writer’s cramps.
The official in Tay Hall asserts decisive measures will follow if department members incur obligations to any external organization, reaffirming prior statements about taking drastic action.
The article notes that on vacation men will sign suspension papers if issued and Mr Curtis will sign the discharge bombs, with both providing specifications for the actions taken.
The White House will host a meeting with the foreign relations committee on Tuesday morning to discuss the peace treaty. President Wilson and Senator Lodge arranged a public session to share information, with secrecy kept on certain details.
President Wilson agreed to meet with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday at 10 in the White House to discuss the peace treaty. He urged full publicity of the conference so the public may be informed of all information he has about the treaty.
George W. Clapp aged 75, a Cambridge resident and longtime manufacturing chemist, died after a long illness at his home 28 Brookline Street Cambridge. Funeral at 8 Sunday in the home with burial in Cambridge Cemetery. Survived by his wife and two sons Frederick and Walter.
John F W Johnson of Hyde Park dies aged unknown. Funeral from 8 Vandervelt Ave. Saturday Aug 16 with high mass at Church of the Most Precious Blood at 9 oclock. Relatives and friends invited. member of St Johns Court M C.
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