Plan for Solving Labor Disputes by Civic Federation
A pamphlet from the Civic Federation of New England outlines plans to bridge capital and labor, emphasize education, and prevent industrial discord. It details the federation’s three-group system, informal fact sharing, and aims to foster voluntary arbitration without judging merits. The annual meeting on Jan 11 or 12 will feature a Hours of Labor discussion with notable speakers.
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Civic Federation of New England
Civic Federation
Federation
The
Earnsdale Worsted Co Raises Wages 10 Percent
Clinton December 18 The Earnsdale Worsted Company with Samuel Shuman junior partner of A Shuman Co Boston as treasurer voluntarily advanced the wages of their operatives 10 percent recently. They were pioneers in the current local woolen worker wage increase movement.
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Clinton
Earnsdale Worsted Company
Samuel Shuman
A. Shuman & Co
Boston
Arlington Mills Increases Pay For Thousands Of Workers
Lawrence Dec 18 Reuters Arlington mills treasurer Whitman would not reveal the basis of the new wage scale as the company announced a wage increase affecting about 65 000 workers. The move follows a similar raise at the American Woolen Company and sparks questions about what constitutes an equal rate.
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Lawrence
Whitman
Arlington Mills
American Woolen Company
Labor unions elect officers in Boston meeting night
Officers were elected by various unions including Lodge 1 of the Order of Railway Clerks and the Paper Bngers' Union 258. Other groups named presidents, secretaries, and boards while plans covered wage demands, theatre engineers, and union hiring rules.
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Order of Railway Clerks
H. I. Pilcher
F. L. Marsh
CC. W. Parker
J. A. Flanders
G. H. Streeter
J. HH. Graham
Guy C. Davis
W. C. Whelpler
Bngers’ Union 258
James F. Croity
Charles Wheeler
H. W. Bearse
Charles Lawford
Lt. P. Paulson
Arthur Lawford
P. H. Parden
Pay Arranged But Men Idle In Boston Park Dept
At a special meeting of Boston Park Department Employees Assembly 7576 IN of L last night 65 workers were considered for suspension Saturday and yesterday. Acting Mayor Whelton reportedly moved 10000 to keep men at work but funds were used for current bills. The Board of Aldermen ordered permanent status for park workers, prompting hopes suspensions will cease. A committee McCarthy Mullen Breslin was chosen to petition Mayor Whelton to reinstate suspended workers and sign the permanent status order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston and Chelsea
G. J. Umacfeld
James Rinahan
Metal Polishers and Platers’ Union
William Burns
J. Nihan
George Lever
A. G. Langlois
Isaac Creighton
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union 17
John J. Hynes
John S. Kennedy
Third International
Boston
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Union 97
Henry Abrahams
Boston Central Labor Union
Eliot Street
International
Frank J. McNulty
Electrical Workers’ Brotherhood
New England
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union 9
Martin ‘S. Joyce
Building Trades Council
Custom Tailors’ Union 223
Cang
RK. Fuelle
Carenters’ Brotherhood
Boston’ Park Department H
Assembly
Whelton
Park Department
Board of Aldermen
Patrick J. McCarthy
Peter Mullen
Thomas Breslin
Artist Nelson Dies After Poison In Hanover Barroom
In Hanover street barroom a poorly attired man named Charles M. Nelson, believed Worcester artist of repute, drank a morphine tainted cocktail called salts and collapsed. Two acquaintances, Charles Sandall and Charles Olsen, described his fallen career after a hand injury ended his livelihood and his brushwork faded. A missing finger, supposed to be the clue, along with a note in his pocket expressing despair, shadows a tragic decline amid inquiries into his origins and fate.
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Hanover Street
Charles Sandall
Bradford Street
Charles Olsen
Cambridge Street
Charles M. Nelson
Worcester
Charles Nelsons
Nelson
Ainger
Sweden
Gas Leaks Sickened Dozens in Roxbury District
Dr. C. E. Williams reports over a dozen women and children affected by a Phillips Street gas leak, with two adults in dangerous condition. Rox bury Gas Light Co. temporarily closes mains in Mission Hill to prevent further asphyxiations while crews search for the source. Gas officials cite frost as a common cause and refuse to disclose details.
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C. E. Williams
Station 10
Phillips Street
Mission Church
Post
Roxbury
Dudley Street
Postmaster Appointments Announced for Several States
The fourth class postmasters were appointed today in several states. Massachusetts names East Brewster Emeline F Fawcett Mundale Sumner C Robbing. Rhode Island selects West Kingston Thomas H ickenyon.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Brewster
Emeline F. Fawcett
Mundale
Sumner C. Robbing
Rhode Island
Kingston
Thomas H. Ickenyon
Christmas Carol Reading at B Y M C U on Christmas Eve
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union hosts a public Christmas Eve entertainment on Saturday evening December 28. Archibald Ferguson Reddie of Emerson College of Oratory will read Dickens Christmas Carol as the main feature.
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Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Archibald Ferguson Reddie
Emerson College of Oratory
Three Chicago Banks Suspend Operations In Major Collapse
In Chicago three top Western banks the Chicago National Bank the Home Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust Company all controlled by John R Walsh suspended operations today with total liabilities of 26 000 000. Their affairs will be liquidated rapidly and they will go out of business.
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Chicago
West
Chicago National Bank
The
Home Savings Bank
Equitable Trust Company
John R. Walsh
Walsh Implicated in Chicago Banking Collapse
Comptroller Ridgeley condemned large loans by Chicago National Bank to Mr. Walsh enterprises, saying assurances to call funding were not kept. Simultaneous state and national examinations found $10 to $15 million lent on Walsh railroad securities with $26 million in liabilities and $16 million in resources. Officers resigned. allied Chicago banks pledged deposits, sparing markets except for a National Biscuit Co stock dip.
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Ridgeley
Chicago National Bank
Walsh
State
National Examiner
Southern Indiana Railway
Bedford Quarries Company
Indiana
Equitable Trust Company
Allied Banks of
Chicago
Financial World
Stock Exchange
National Biscuit Company
Thousands Go To Lobbyists In Wellesley Club Meeting
At the regular Wellesley Club gathering at Copley Square Hotel the Hon. James J. Myers ex speaker of the House and Guy A. Ham assistant US district attorney spoke on lobbyism. Myers cited 65 554 27 paid for services last year plus salaries unseen in figures. Ham described corporate pressure on young representatives and urged strict legal punishment to protect futures.
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Wellesley Club
Copley Square Hotel
James J. Myers
House of Representatives
Guy A. Ham
United States
Mr. Myers
Beautiful Girl Recalls Russian Horrors and Flight to America
Miss Tippert, described as a German type beauty and gifted pianist, tells of fear among Christian populations as hooligans with police and Cossack aid threaten, prompting her family to flee Russia for safety in America while hoping for a quick resolution.
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Russia
America
Refugees Deborah Lippert Arrive From Riga at 12 Spring Street
Deborah Lippert, fleeing revolutionary outbreaks in Riga, with her younger sister arrived in this city on Sunday to stay with her uncle at 12 Spring Street.
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Deborah Lippert
Riga
Spring Street
Baltic unrest quoted in Lippert account from Russia
Miss Lippert describes open rebellion in the Baltic provinces as bloodshed fails to deter revolutionaries. She reports bands patrolling Jewish quarters, feared massacres by the black hundred, and widespread fear as railways and steamers face possible shutdowns amid strikes. The Czarist regime is under challenge and peasants loot estates while cities stay tense at night.
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Baltic
Russia
Miss Lippert
Black Hundred
Vilna
Civil War Rumors Shake St Peters burg As Baltic Revolt Spreads
A workers council prints 100000 copies claiming government overthrow and urging fight. Reports say Riga proclaims a republic while regiments split, army reportedly siding with insurgents. A derailed train near Gatchina carried 10 million dollars in gold. crown jewels rumored abroad. Government plans two army corps to quell Baltic revolt amid 60000 armed Leftists. The U S consulate seeks protection for Americans in Moscow.
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ST. Petersburg
Workmen’s Council
Riga
Regensk
Gatchina
War Department
Baltic
Moscow
Meyer
Y. P. A. C. Members Gifted with Merry Christmas
A Christmas message from the Children's Editor thanks Y. P. A. C. members and Post readers for their artistic work and kindness. He urges consideration for the less fortunate and reminds to acquire the Post Christmas number arriving next Sunday.
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The
Post
Christmas Eve Visit From Santa
A nostalgic verse describes Santa arriving through the hearth on Christmas Eve, filling stockings and winking at a cat before departing up the chimney. The piece credits Carlyle Pillingill of Hyde Park Massachusetts and signs off with a polite compliment to a reader’s photo and competition.
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Jolly Old Mink
Carlyle Pillingill
Davidson Street
Hyde Park
Mass
L. OC
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New England Civic Federation
Tucius Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Alfred Moseley
British Industrial Commission
Edward A. Moffett
Bricklayer and Mason
Indianapolis
Marcus M. Marks
National Association of Clothing Manufacturers
New York
Earnsdale Worsted CO
P. C
Regu
T.rosenbaum&co
Federal St
Milk St
Pitts-Kimball Co. Co-Operative
SDA
Vermont
G. W. Bartlett
White Mountains
Summer St
Hovey’s
LABOR
Vienna
Roxbury Company
Xmas Carol
Securities
Trust Company
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Comptroller
State Auditor
Clearing House Committee
Messrs. Myers and Ham
Tell Wellesley Club
Ham
State House
Hovey’s Wholesale
Legal
Deborah Lipper
Merry Xmas
Santa
Hovey
Ratail
Xmas Dreams
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