West End Concedes to Union. Street Railway Service to Resume
The West End Street Railway Company granted numerous union demands and workers will return to service. A large Type Hall meeting settled differences, though details were not released. The pants makers lockout nears end with a partial settlement leaving about fifty workers still affected. Meanwhile Weil, Dreyfus & Co. held a successful annual hall at Bethesda Hall. The Boston Cooks Alliance bought a piano for its Washington Street reading room and the Waiters Alliance prepares an event at Commercial Hall with Dramatic Reader A. W. Brummell among the talent. 600 tickets sold. The Waitresses Union also held its annual ball in Union Park Hall with around 200 couples attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Street Railway Company
Rattigan
Weil, Dreyfus & Co
Bethesda Hall
Boston Cooks’ Alliance
Washington Street
Boston Waiters’ Alliance
Commercial Hall
A. W. Brummell
Boston
Union
Union Park Hall
Funeral services for longtime Boston street car man
The funeral services for George Walker, twenty six years with the Boston street car service, were held yesterday afternoon at Tremont Hall. He began with the Metropolitan Street Railway Company as a night starter, rose to night foreman, and later led the Tremont street car for about twelve years. He was affable and had many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Walker
Boston
Tremont Hall
Old Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Sven
Biggar Irish National Federation to Resume Semi Monthly
Joseph Gillis Biggar Assembly of the Irish National Federation will resume regular semi monthly meetings in Harmony Hall next Wednesday evening. Officers listed: President Edward O'Hearn, secretary Edmund Grimes, treasurer Joseph P. Huigley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gillis Biggar
The
Irish National Federation
Harmony Hall
Edward O’hearn
Edmund Grimes
Joseph P. Huigley
Chicago upholsters win nine month strike after disputes
Labor movements across cities color this report with unions asserting gains. Lancaster hosts a Homestead defence fund ball next Monday while Indiana labor leaders push for legislation favoring workers. Sydney carpenters seek shorter weeks amid rising unemployment. Vienna typesetters threaten a general strike. Cincinnati court upholds boycott notices as lawful, affirming free speech in labor actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Central Labor Union of
Lancaster
Penn
Homestead Defence Fund
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Carpenters
Sydney
Australia
Columbia Typographical Union
Washington, D. C
Vienna
People’s Party
Santa Fe
Opeks
Kan
Indiana
Jourperce Bakers’ International Union
Indianapolis
Court of Common Pleas
Cincinnati
Theatrical Protective Union
Mysterious Tucker death ties to collapsing fortune
The article notes D. W. Tucker died by his own action amid a drastic loss of wealth. Once valued over $20,000, debts and notes reduced his estate to near nothing. Profits from his farm previously covered expenses and left $500 yearly. By 1880 losses included fire damage and land sales, with various noteholders listed and a $2000 mortgage to H. W. Paine recorded at Dedham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Tucker
H. W. Paine
E. D. Wadsworth
Highland Street
Milton
L. Crossman
Asa Churchill
Miss Johnson
Jamaica Plain
T. H. Hinckley
Norfolk
Dedham
State House Red Tape Opens Legislature Year in pomp
The Great and General Court begins its annual session with two days of ceremonial procedures. Senators and representatives meet in their chambers for prayers, oaths, and the designation of officers. The process includes governor and council arrival, joint conventions, and the famed uniformed sergeant at arms leading dignitaries, all described as grand yet tedious to seasoned members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great and General Court
Senate
House
Secretary of State
Massachusetts
United States
Alfred S. Pinkerton
Henry D. Coolidge
Edmund Dowse
Edward A. McLaughlin
D. W. Waldron
Representative Hall
Supreme Court
Suffolk County
Massive highway plan from New York to Chicago
The League of American Wheelmen, Colonel Albert A. Pope, and the Pope Manufacturing Company back a vast asphalt road from New York to Chicago. Eastern capitalists show interest and property owners along the line expect benefits. A. E. Patterson advocates main state highways as a model to spur broader road improvements nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Albert A. Pope
League of American Wheelmen
A. E. Patterson
Pope Manufacturing Company
Painter falls from staging at Postoffice square
John Hancock a 25 year old South Boston painter on the Mutual Life Insurance building fell five feet from a staging. He lay unconscious for about five minutes, recovered enough to walk, then was found again about 4 o'clock on the floor above. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital, remained unconscious until about 8, with a wound over his right eye but injuries not believed serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hancock
Boston
Mutual Life Insurance
Postoffice
New Money Order Offices Designated for January Start
Washington announces about fourteen hundred post offices to begin as additional domestic money order offices on Jan 2 1893. They will start upon receipt of books and blanks, to be furnished by Jan 15. Massachusetts leads with eighty four offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachusetts
Tully Crushed Under Train Wheels at Concord Junction
George Tully, 38, of Charlestown, was run over by a car at Concord Junction yesterday afternoon. Both feet were terribly crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tully
Charlestown
Concord Junction
Umbria Safe as It Drifts After Severe Northwest Gale
The Umbria, sighted Dec 26 by the Cunarder Westbound, rode three sea-anchors and showed no distress while drifting east in a fierce gale. Captain McKay’s decision to decline aid drew praise from Vernon H. Brown who warned against tow risks. Ocean reports the sighting. Moran Tugboat R. C. West stands by for possible rescue if needed. Only Bostonian aboard is William Farnsworth of Dedham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
Duck
Umbria
Vernon Brown
McKay
Vernon H. Brown
Manhausett
Caspar
Amsterdam
Cunard
Moran Towing Line
R. C. West
Umbra
William Farnsworth
Dedham
Weston, Whitman & Co
Federal Street
Boston
Oliver Herford
Brooke Herford
London
Arlington Street
Mob Executes Murder Suspects In Alabama Jail Break
In Greenville Alabama, a midnight mob stormed the jail, hanged John Hipp and Charles Kelley from the courthouse steps, after they were seized for the murder of Tax Collector Armstrong. The coroner’s jury called the hangings by unknown perpetrators. Armstrong was killed December 17 during tax collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Ala
Hill Bargainer
Bargainer
John Hipp
Charles Kelley
J. Armstrong
Butler County
Court House
Armstrong
Panther Creek Bridge
Monroe County
Hipp
Idle cotton strike in Lancashire seeks wage cut compromise
London reports renewed talks between cotton masters and workers in Lancashire to end a lockout amid improved market conditions. A proposed basis would cut wages with shorter hours until trade improves, while about 40,000 non union workers face severe hunger. Charities aid widows and families as cold weather worsens distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Peemena Coe
Boards of Guardians
Fire plot to burn Buenos Ayres uncovered
A few days ago police and firemen were arrested in Buenos Ayres on charges of involvement in a conspiracy to set fire to the city. The plan targeted major buildings such as the Custom House the police office and the archbishop's palace. The motive was plunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Miss Robbins Burned While Burning Rubbish at West Everett
Lizzie Robbins aged 20 living with Anthony Mc Aloon at 148 Main street West Everett was burning rubbish when her dress caught fire. J W Gray and neighbors helped extinguish flames. her condition is dangerous but hopes for recovery remain. She was to marry E E Gertz son of Dr William H Gertz. home near Mary P Gray’s recent fatal accident site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Robbins
Anthony McAloon
Main Street
West Everett
J. W. Gray
Miss Robbins
E. E. Gertz
William H. Gertz
Fires Destroy Several Businesses in Three Cities
In Leominster Bates Bros. groceries and nearby shops suffered heavy smoke damage after fires at Bates Bros. E E Bur dette drug store Hosmer news depot and Wheelock confectioner all reported stock losses. Evansville watched a block housing G W Warren Music House Gumberts jewelers and Smith Butterfield stationers burn with about seventy thousand dollars in losses and three firemen injured. Freeport saw fire in the Weishar block damaging Sealey Reed dry goods stock to around sixty thousand dollars with several tenants losing their effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leominster
Bates Bros
E. E. Burdette
A. C. Hosmer
News Depot
George Wheelock
Evansville
Ind
G. W. Warren Music House
Gumbert’s Bros., Jewelers
Smith & Butterfield, Stationers
Freeport
Ill
Weishar
Sealey & Reed
Lynn Builds Boom Amid Growth and New Firms
Lynn reports a phenomenal year with over 1000 buildings erected adding $2,000,000 in taxable property. The General Electric Company projects a $250,000 construction program. A new firm Blanchard Jacques Shoe Company, led by Fred H. Blanchard, George Jacques, Stephen Usher, and Warren Usher, occupies space in the S. N. Breed Building on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
General Electric Company
Blanchard, Jacques
Freight-Car Robberies Shake Erie as 17 Arrests Made
Lake Shore detectives and the Erie police arrested seventeen suspects in freight car thefts from Erie to Dunkirk New York. Warrants issued for as many more. Over ten thousand dollars in goods stolen in December. Robbers boarded trains at a Way station using a rope ladder to reach car doors. Loot thrown to the gang, later recovered during searches of nearly one hundred Erie homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Penn
Lake Shore
Erie Police
Dunkirk
N. Y
Street Railway Magnate Buys Benton Bellefontaine Line
Except the West End, St. Louis gains Col. John Scullen owner of Union Depot Electric Street railway who purchases the Benton Bellefontaine line. This adds seventy one miles of electric street railway, the largest under one management in the United States apart from Boston’s West End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis, Mo
John Scullen
Union Depot Electric Street Railway
Benton- Bellefontaine
United States
Boston
Bees May Be Sent to British-Australasian Colonies
Superintendent of Mails Thomas was informed by a Washington circular that live bees can be sent through the Boston office to all British-Australasian colonies not listed in a prior department order from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Washington
Boston
Weather Indications Forecast For New England States
Washington dispatch details a forecast for Saturday: Maine New Hampshire and Vermont generally fair with south winds and rising temperatures in New Hampshire and Vermont. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut fair with southerly winds and warmer conditions, except eastern Massachusetts. Eastern New York generally fair but increasing cloudiness and threatening weather Saturday evening with south winds and rising temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Richmond Terminal Receivers Appointed in NY Court
Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court appointed Frederick W. Hindkoper of Washington and Robert Foster of Baltimore as receivers for the defunct Richmond Terminal Railroad Company in New York. They have already been appointed by the U S Court for the eastern district of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Frederick W. Hindkoper
Washington
Robert Foster
Baltimore
Richmond Terminal Railroad Company
United States Court For
Virginia
Three Men Fatally Hurt In Furnace Yard Accident
PrrrspurG Pennsylvania December 30 Two men George Simcox and James O'Brien were fatally injured and four others hurt this morning in the yard of the Edith Furnace Company Allegheny. The men were unloading a car of iron when another car pushed by a shifter ran into it. The injured sustained painful cuts and bruises but will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrrspurg
Penn
George Simcox
James O’brien
Edith Furnace Company
Allegheny
Hyde Park inquest finds death due to own carelessness
Trial justice Henry B. Terry of Hyde Park filed the inquest report on Joseph Raymond of Dedham whose body was found between Old Colony railroad tracks near Readville on December 27. He rules the death was caused wholly by Raymond's own carelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Terry
Hyde Park
Joseph Raymond
Dedham
Old Colony
Readville
Doomsdary Deferred as Boston Men Ready to Strike
Doomsday events surround the Connecticut River road takeover as Fred Prince of Boston and President McLeod of the Boston and Maine were to force a dramatic action against River road directors. The plan to fire out several directors did not materialize, leaving investors in suspense over possible late developments and continued stalemate until fiscal year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Prince
Boston
McLeod
Boston & Maine
Connecticut River Road
Connecticut River
River Road
Friends of the
Sawyer will case deposition features Sawyer dispute and diary
Late this morning in the Sawyer will case contestants of Stephen Dodd of Rockport aged 68 read a deposition recalling a Boston incident where Sawyer accused Dodd of theft and said he should be in an asylum. Shackelford testified about a check Sawyer wanted cashed and threatened to defy bank refusal. General Butler presented diary pages from 1889 and argued Sawyer was of unsound mind influenced by others. arguments continued into the afternoon. The case resumes Monday with Justice Allen to give the jury charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Stephen Dodd
Rockport
Boston
Gloucester
Dodd
William Shackelford
Cape Ann National Bank
New England Loan and Trust Company
Cape Ann
General Butler
Mr. Sawyer
Brookbank
Mr. Barley
Justice Allen
Plumber’s Stove Explosion Injures Five In Orange
In Orange on December 30 a plumber’s gasoline stove exploded after being placed on a hot cooking stove. Five people were endangered including plumber William A. Willoughby and Almon Locke the house owner, plus the Morse family two children aged 4 and 7. Glass shattered the kitchen window thirty-five feet, curtains torn, with serious burns suspected on Locke and Willoughby though recovery expected. Loss to house and furniture about $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
William A. Willoughby
Almon Locke
Fred G. Morse
Locke
Willoughby
Briggs Acquitted In Six Charges At Presbyterian Hearing
New York reports that none of the six charges against Professor Briggs were sustained. Opponents, surprised by the third charge failing, left the hall in disgust as the vote on the first charge began at 4 and the final vote on the sixth concluded before 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Briggs
Mother and Child Burned in Newburyport Fire
A tenement fire on Monroe street in Newburyport tonight harmed Mrs. Adams while she tried to rescue her child from an upstairs room. Both suffered serious burns on the face head and hands and feared to be fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburyport
Monroe Street
J. Gilman Adams
John White Maritime baseball legend dies at 31
Haxtrax Nova Scotia December 30 John White, probably the best known baseball player in the Maritime provinces, is dead aged 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haxtrax
N.S
John White
Maritime Provinces
Diaries
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Morse's Beneficence Will Probate in Boston Era
The late Hon. Leopold Morse left a will offered for probate. Bequests include 100 dollars to several charitable homes and two 250 dollar gifts to Boston organizations. A 100 dollar annual trust for Chelsea’s worthy poor is specified for ten years. Executors are his widow and brother Godfrey Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Morse
Little Wanderers
Boston Lying-in
St. Mary’s Infant Asylum
St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum
German Aid Society
United Hebrew Benevolent Association of
Boston
Hebrew Ladies’ Sewing Society of
Chelsea
Godfrey Morse
Skating Bulletin Lists Ponds and Ponds in Greater Boston Area
A fragmented skating bulletin lists numerous ponds and water bodies across the Boston area including Back Bay marshes Franklin Park Pat Ward's Pond Spy Pond Chandler's Pond Strong Pond Good Bennett's Meadows Old Maiden reservoir Swan's Pond Crystal Lake Wakefield Rough Lake Quinnapowitt Bullough's Pond Newton Boyd's Pond Cook's Mill Pond Fresh Pond and the Charles River and Leverett Pond. The scattered notes reference locations near Brookline Cambridge Arlington Melrose Newton Wakefield and Waverley with various landmarks and regional features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Back Bay Marshes
Brooke Line Avenue
Fens
Dough Franklin Park
Pat Ward
Crystal Lake
Newton Centre
Brighton
Strong Pond
Momnomo
Good Bennett’s Meadows
Melrose Highlands
Old Maiden
Vista Street
Fair Swan’s
Melrose
Wakefield
Quinnapowitt
Fair Bullough
Newtonville
Good Boyd’s
Newton
Fresh Pond
Cambridge
Good Charles River
N. Y. Falls
Waltham
Leverett Pond
New Year’s Eve Car Service From Copley Square and Tremont Street
Additional late departure cars will run from Copley square after services to Forest Hills Dorchester Jamaica Plain Brookline Ashmont Harvard square Reservoir and Oak square. Tremont Temple area riders can reach Jamaica Plain Forest Hills Grove Hall Columbus avenue Back Bay Brighton Allston Bunker Hill Winter Hill and Harvard square with cars on Tremont street Scollay square and Corner Court Sudbury streets. Washington street lines serve Main Street Charlestown Fields Corner South Boston and Grove Hall via Warren street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Back Bay
Copley Square
Forest Hills
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Brookline
Ashmont
Harvard Square
Reservoir
Oak Square
Tremont Temple
Tremont Street
Grove Hall
Crosstown
Columbus Avenue
Back
More Letter Carriers Added to City Postal Service
Postmaster Hart announced ten additional car riers usable from January 1. Nine report to Superintendent Barker and one to Superintendent Thomas. Thomas also announced nightly collection of hotel boxes at 10 o'clock to send letters to New York and the West on late trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Barker
Thomas
New York
West
Suspended from the force in South Boston case
Patrolman Daniel Manning was suspended at noon yesterday by Superintendent Eldredge after an incident in South Boston where he, while off duty in citizen clothes, fell over a young woman and arrested her for getting in his way. Rumor says he may resign or be discharged if the case is heard Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Manning
Eldredge
South
Boston
mysterious Cambridge car death in South Boston
An unidentified man about 75 died yesterday afternoon in a Cambridge electric car on West Broadway near F Street. He stood 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 140 pounds, with a light beard, wearing dark clothing and a light felt hat. A physician ruled heart disease and the body was sent to City Hospital morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
West Broadway
F Street
Boston
City Hospital
No Trace of Edwards Leaves Police Puzzled
Malden police report no new information on the Edwards case. No sightings of Frank after he left the Somerville depot last Saturday night. Somerville and Charlestown police, plus Deputy Chief Foley, have no leads. The case has been widely aired, and friends fear a sighting would have occurred if he were alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Malden
Somerville
Charlestown
Foley
Frank
What James Wyman Owned
The inventory of the estate of the late James Wyman shows total value of $516,426. Real estate is $192,000 with the building at 565 Washington Street and land at $160,000, another property at 25 Warrenton Street valued at $7,000, and Medford land at $25,000. Personal estate amounts to $324,426, consisting entirely of city and town gold bonds and savings bank deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wyman
Washington Street
Warrenton Street
Medford
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Joseph Biggar
Labor
Tucker
State House
Tully
Foundland
Fire Island
Wheeler & CO
Umbria Allright
Alabama
IDLE
Lancashire
Richmond
Doomsday
Canada
Huntingdon
Hood
Mr. Houpt
Hood’s
Harrison Houpt
Saxton, Pa
GEO. R. Libby & CO
Washington St
Cor
Devonshire St
Morse
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