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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1893
Page
4
Elections in France closed a campaign marked by sensational episodes yet no major unrest. Voters backed republican sentiment, cutting monarchist strength in the chambers. The republic appears to have staying power as results indicate broad support for republican governance.
Public protests by unemployed in New York echo President Cleveland on how workers suffer first in financial downturns while capitalists and monopolists protect assets. The piece urges workers to avoid anarchist or socialist ties and to pursue peaceful, lawful action and union activity to press for change.
Saturday brought two key converts to sound money in the House McCreary of Kentucky and Catchings of Mississippi, both once silverites. McCreary urged free coinage only with international agreement and repeal of Sherman act purchasing clauses. Catchings’s turn signals growing Democratic pressure, suggesting a House majority for unconditional repeal and relief for the country.
Newport yacht races yielded poor weather and inconclusive results. Vigilant dominates the field with an unbroken win streak and is favored as the potential America Cup defender against Dunraven's Valkyrie. Jubilee and Pilgrim show promise and will improve with trials to defend American superiority in yachting.
The text argues to prove the fastest of the four and pit her against the Valkyrie without Newport references. It places national pride above local pride, supports defending the cup by a Boston yacht, and urges choosing the boat that best assures trophy retention, aligning with Boston’s unanimous preference.
Mr Pillsbury showcases audacity as a politician with a timely Boston stop that altered the city committee’s plans. Hart’s scheme to fix dates is thwarted by the Attorney General who, arriving from Vermont, sways three key backers and returns with a Hart defeat. The split in the Republican camp widens as Pillsbury presses for the nomination while hints of a Greenhalge alliance emerge.
The New York Herald relocates from Broadway and Anne streets to a new palace at Thirty-fifth Street and Sixth Avenue. Publisher Bennett views the move as aligning with commercial activity and as a test of uptown trade and business pull. He predicts growth and eventual expansion beyond Harlem River, though Newspaper Row will remain south for years.
The columnist notes Oak Hill in Bradford near Haverhill as a vantage with views of the White Mountains and Atlantic Ocean, plus nearby Monadnock Wachusett and Blue Hills. It mentions Buena Vista hotel atop the hill and references figures from MIT and local business, travel, and civic life.
The Central Labor Union met at 699 Washington street and elected officers including President Thomas F. Tracy and Secretary Henry Abrahams. John Wood testified about an assault by Captain Dawson, prompting a committee to file charges. Resolutions favored keeping the Sherman act, urged support for coal handlers and teamsters, and called for blue label cigars amid layoffs.
Yesterday’s quiet Brookline Gas area strike left Washington and Northampton streets obstructed by filled trenches pollutants and debris. Cobble stones gas pipes and gravel blocked Chelsea square and Tremont street crossings creating hazards while Shawmut avenue improved aside from two pile obstructions. A rumor of arbitration at yesterday’s Central Labor Union meeting proved false.
Preparations for a large Labor Day parade are underway with General orders No. 38 detailing marshal assignments. Marshals must report at 8:30 a.m. and the procession aims to start around 9:30. A 9:15 bugle signals the grand cavalcade along a route through Copley Square, Boylston, Berkeley, Tremont, Dedham, Washington, School, Beacon, Charles, and back to Boylston. About 20,000 wage earners are expected to attend.
At Wells Memorial Hall a mass meeting of union printers adopted resolutions condemning Captain Dawson for his unprovoked assault on Mr. Woods, a striking trench digger. The event underscores tensions in the labor dispute and the printers’ solidarity with injured workers.
The Typographical Union 18 met in Wells Memorial Hall and agreed to accept a wage reduction for machine composition while keeping hours unchanged at seven for night shifts and eight for day shifts. The decision ends the wage dispute without altering daily hours.
State Master Workman Kelly, Master Workman Padden, John Naughton and T. Co. Carring led a large Park Department Assembly 75, 7. K. of L. gathering at Chickering Hall to urge labor unity. They stressed the need for organization and warned of the wage earner’s practical helplessness without it, predicting positive outcomes from the meeting.
A busy week with Sadie Stephens headlining at the Palace while The Golden Wedding enjoys a landmark run at Park Theatre nearing its 100th performance. Bowdoin Square presents The Diamond Breaker with Etelka Wardell, and Tremont features Mme Favart starring Pauline Hall plus Edwina.
Officer W H Goodwin of Station 1 prevented a drug store burglary at Hanover and Tiles ton streets. A glass pane was forced from a door but the burglar escaped during a pursuit through nearby alleys after the night alarm sounded. The Boston Post notes Dr C D E Ball’s report and counts of calls and treated cases.
At the Carpenters State Council meeting held Saturday night at 724 Washington street George McNeil was endorsed for a seat on the Rapid Transit Commission if the measure approving the body becomes law.
A committee of forty, one from each senatorial district, is chosen to run the Pillsbury campaign from now until nomination time. The secret action is by the committee of five who have previously steered the attorney-general's boom. They have contacted leading Republicans statewide and the forty member list is near completion.
The editorial says Mayor Matthews declines to run for Governor and the Democrats turn to Hon. John E. Russell as the likely nominee, though Russell may not accept. It argues crises should not scare the party, asserting democracy is not responsible for hard times and the public understands this.
The Maverhill Gazette questions the Post assertion that Charlestown is overrun by hoodlums. The piece notes fears among locals and hints at interference from authorities as tensions rise in town.
A Boston Post editorial praises the paper for offering free column space to the unemployed seeking work, calling it enterprise and liberality and a boon to the working classes.
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