Boston Hotel Strike Gathers Dust Amid Department Store Threats
The Touraine Hotel faced a dining room closure as cooks waiters and other staff walked out amid fears of a citywide hotel workers strike. John B Regan the Knickerbocker manager who helped spark New York action is blamed for energizing opposition. Managers dispute counts but confirm 60 to 140 staff on strike and diners were moved to alternate rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John B. Regan
Knickerbocker
New York
Touraine
Edgar Pierce
Boston Hotel Strike Looms as Labor Ties Tighten
Loyal hotel staff and new hires will be housed inside the Touraine tonight as detectives guard entrances. Union leaders forecast a general strike across Boston hotels if wage demands are not met, with John B. Regan from the Knickerbocker aiding organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. W. Union
Touraine
General Strike Talk Ridiculed by Boston Hotel Managers
Rumors of a general waiters strike to tie up Boston hotels draw skepticism from managers. An agent is organizing at the Brewster, claiming lower wages there, while others report standard pay and short hours. Some managers see no strike danger, though one hints a dining-room closure could hurt profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Touraine
Touraine
Pierce
Brocklinger
Thomas C. Connelly
Post
New York
Boston
Brewster
H. A. Morse
Adams House
Albert J. Rowe
Bellevue
A. ©. Jones
The
American House
Denies I. W. W. Control and hotel union aims
Donald Evelyn, trustee of Local 6 of the International Hotel Workers' Union, denies ties to the I W W and says the union is an industrial body improving hotel workers' conditions. He explains the Adams House incident was settled to avoid a strike and urges diplomatic negotiations with Boston hotel proprietors. The report also notes autopsy and police handling in a separate murder case and a suspect's surrender who was later exonerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Hotel Workers
Edward Blochlinger
Donald Evelyn
Purdy
Boston
Francois Called
International Hotel Workers’ Union
Post
Ags
Touraine
Mr. Evelyn
Adams House
Hotel Workers’ Union
G. R. Hall
Winterbottom
Schultze
Nine graduates advise on college paths for next Sunday
The Post Magazine previews guidance from nine graduates of as many top universities. They share experiences and tips aimed at prospective students planning college this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Murder hush money sought after governess death in New York hotel
Information given to District Attorney Whitman reports a prominent Tammany politician visited West Sixty eighth street police station after the discovery of Miss Julia M Curran the governess murdered in a room at the Boulevard Hotel Broadway and Sixty seventh street and demanded the affair be hushed up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Sixty-eighth Street
Tunney
New York
Whitman
Julia M. Curran
Boulevard Hotel
Broadway
Sixty-seventh Street
Cross stitch design for towel ends printed next Sunday
A cross stitch pattern for towel ends will be a valuable read for needle workers in the upcoming Sunday Post.
Think of Ayreshires and Not Aeroplanes
Worcester County Grange youths heard former Attorney General Herbert Parker urge focus on Ayreshires over aeroplanes at a State Grange meeting in Lancaster. Twenty-seven granges attended the grove gathering on Parker’s estate as part of a July prop and nationwide Patrons of Husbandry tours in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Massachusetts
CHAMPIONS FARM LIFE AT PARKER ESTATE GATHERING
Mr Parker hosted more than a hundred farm workers on his 200 acre estate with his daughters Mollie and Harriet. Speeches by Gardner Rufus W Stimson and Parker dominated the afternoon program. The Grange meeting upheld its policy against politics and praised Parker with cheers and thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Mollie
Harriet
Gardner
Rufus W. Stimson
Boston
Grange
Ascatco touted to curb hay fever and asthma
Advertises Ascatco as effective for hay fever and asthma allowing relief at home without climate changes. Recommends early use and notes available in 2 dollar and 65 cent sizes at local drug stores with a free mail sample from Ascateo Laboratory in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascatco
Riker-Jaynes
Drug Dept
Houghton & Dutton
Ascateo
Ascateo Laboratory
West 25Th Street
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pop
Gots, Pop
Squee
Squee-Ee
Uee
the Press Publishing Co
Treitont Otireet
Ptatos Dining
Valetables
Tamworth Street
Stfikers’ Committee
Bell Boys
Blochlinger
Regan
Copley Plaza
Hotel Touraine Corporation
Claude M. Hart
Waiters’ Union
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Industrial Workers of the World
J. B. Quinn
Hotel
Essex
Frank Hall
Somerset
Toppin
Lenox
Cornelius Sullivan
Clark’s Hotel
Young’s Hotel
Parker House
South End
John T. Dunn & CO Cor
Dover St
Shawmut Ave
Stranger
Tammany Man
Hewson
Washington St
Bouton
Ieee
Mass
Callahan
New England
Callahan “A
Federal Street
John F.callahan &Co
Federal ST
Ayreshires
Herbert Young Granger
Lancaster Estate
Herbert Parker
Farm Life
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!