Elevated Wage Plan Hearing Reveals Flaws and Figures
Testimony from Superintendent Tripp shows the graduate wage system fails to retain workers with many blue uniformed staff now earning far less per hour under the current rules. The hearing drew a large crowd of Elevated employees while Boston city counsel Walsh sought to appear, prompting arbitration board review.
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Tripp
Transportation Department of the Road
Arbitration Board
Richard F. Walsh
Cambridge
South Boston
John Re Feeney
Union
Feeney
James J. Storrow
James H. Vahey
James J Storrow
Richards
Heavy Sea Ends Channel Swim by Sullivan
Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell Mass. gave up his English Channel crossing within six miles of the French coast after ten hours in rough seas. He started from South Foreland at 6 45 pm with his father trainer and pilots. Fellow entrant Jabez Wolffe of England also quit after nine hours. Only Matthew Webb and William T Burgess had previously completed the crossing.
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Sullivan
Lowell Boy
Wolffe
Dover
England
Henry F. Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
English Channel
South Foreland
Joe Conlan
Weidmann
Pearson
William T. Burgess
Goodwin
Sulivan
Jabez Wolffe
Cape Grisnez
France
Channel
Matthew Webb
Henry Sullivan
Eng
Boston Photo News Company
Holy Roller revival case tests hypnotism claim
Mrs. Etter and two assistants are on trial for fraud in Montwall as police allege fake cures at a Holy Roller revival. Defense plans to deny hypnotism and insist cures are real gifts from God with testimony from Cyrus Fockler and others. Court adjourned after a full government witness session.
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Maxham KE. Nash
Etter
Cyrus Fockler
David C. Ahearn
Framingham
Maxham E. Nash
L. W. Jessaman
R. J. Boynton
L. M. Palmer
E. Bray
Etter Cal
T. J. Gambill
Arthur Greene
Montwall
Fockler
Fred L. Train
R. H. Roberts
Tennessee
Firemen Protest Ruling on Elevated Road Workers
Boston Firemen's Union 243 votes to protest to arbiters Storrow Vahey and Richards against any verdict on firemen engineers and electrical workers of the Elevated Railway. The action, taken with Stationary Engineers and Electrical Workers unions, targets jurisdiction as the workers belong to the Street Carmen's Union.
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Boston Firemen’s Union
Wells Memorial Building
Boston
State House
Messrs. Storrow, Vahey and Richards
Elevated
Carmen
Park Police Clinch Police League Title
The Metropolitan Park police defeated Lowell police 11 to 2 at Medford High School on Fulton Street Medford to clinch the police league championship.
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Lowell Police
Medford
Fulton Street
Metropolitan Park Police
Police League
Rescues Two From Charles River by Officer Ryan
Police officer Michael Ryan of the Metropolitan Park Police pulled two men from the Charles River after they spent over five minutes in the water near Norumbega Park. Frank George and a friend were in a canoe when one shifted too far, tipping them in.
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Michael Ryan
Metropolitan Park
Charles River
Frank George
Norumbega Park
Park
Ryan
Girl on Burning Bed Rescued by Father in Milford Fire
A lace curtain ignited by an oil lamp blew onto the bed where seven year old Sarah Marcus slept. The fire rapidly spread to bed clothing until her father Joseph Marcus woke from his sleep and saved her from the flames at their 6 Baker Street home.
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Milford
Sarah Marcus
Joseph Marcus
Baker Street
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