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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1898
Page
2
Reports from New Bedford on the strike show growing discontent among non-union weavers as aid is distributed by the union to the needy. Union leaders deny any plan to remove Secretary Hart and say non-union carders praise the relief efforts.
Secretary Hart urged choosing a non unionist auditor to examine accounts and reassure 10 000 non union weavers that funds are fairly distributed. He noted about 700 received from outside for 10 000 strikers, averaging at most seven cents per head. Benefits are planned at Tremont and Col umes Boston on Sunday evening.
President Duggan reports New Bedford strike funds with 420 men out and 170 at work as 100 spinners taxed at $2.50 weekly. Levy and union aid total $1,000 weekly, but it costs $1,700 to $1,800 to pay the men. If support continues, the strikers are expected to win. Lowell weavers plan a ball to aid New Bedford strikers.
The Cigarmakers' Union at 14 Hudson Street voted to donate 200 dollars to New Bedford strikers and 200 dollars to British striking engineers, plus 25 dollars for the Theatrical Mechanics of Boston.
A mass meeting of the printing fraternity convened in Puritan Hall to push for a nine hour work day. Vice-President Robert Murray presided. Hugh O Halloran spoke for mutual benefit. Mayor's secretary Thomas Mullen and others urged support. the gathering was described as a rousing success toward the goal.
The American Wringer Company lists its address at 77 and 79 Franklin Street and 80 Arch Street. It manufactures clothes wringers mangles and carpet sweepers with repair service and prompt mail or telephone attention.
An advertisement extols Warner's Safe Cure as a permanent remedy for grip's after-effects especially in kidneys and urinary organs. It cites Dr Rankin of Howard University and claims the remedy outperforms ordinary medicines, curing patients and removing lingering health damage.
C W Davis who gained fame on the stump sends a telegram to W J Bryan of Lincoln Neb asserting New England mills cut wages by 10 percent as McKinley day is observed. Bryan replies noting wage reductions but questions adherence to Dingley bill promises.
Bridgewater February 4 The shoe factory of W H McIlwain Co was destroyed by fire this morning with all contents. Bridgewater Box Co factory was saved. The building measured 150 by 45 feet and stood three stories high. About 250 people lose their jobs. Losses 15000 on building 35000 on machinery stock and goods largely uninsured. Fire cause to be investigated.
The four masted schooner Independent under Captain Willis L. Chase was towed into New London by the tug Cassie. Captain Davis Hunt and four sailors Caris Jenson John Metkins Claus Clemens and Andrew Thompson were jailed for a mutiny hearing citing food quality as the motive.
A well dressed man about forty was found hanged from a tree limb in Sawyer's woods Gilmanton N H this afternoon by John Sawyer Jr while hunting. The body showed signs of prior suspension and a pocketbook in the clothing will not be opened until the coroner arrives.
Chelsea police were notified yesterday afternoon of a man who attempted death by Paris green. Officer Gaillac found Charles McCarty at 127 Everett Avenue in severe pain. He transported him to Frost Hospital for treatment before sending him home.
Murderer Jam was hanged this morning in Berlin Ontario after a trap was sprung at about 8 o clock. The event ends a long crime case with the execution carried out under local authority.
The Gloucester fishing fleet faced a severe storm with the German steamer Gera using soap to calm seas as crews towed and prayers for a float of the stranded Minnehaha. Ice clogged harbor channels, delaying tugs and forcing some boats out of service as arrivals dwindled versus 1897.
Wreckage and bales of rags ashore at Gloucester indicate the schooner James Holmes from Lewis wharf to Belfast Me sank with all hands. Captain Frank Ryan, a known figure in the city, is connected to the vessel whose deckload of rags was found among debris.
Schooner Viola Reppard arriving from Charleston, S C with a lumber cargo landed two seamen at the Marine Hospital for frost-bitten hands. Schooner Stella B Kaplan bound from the same port was also noted in the report.
A nervous W C T U member argues coffee dangers rival whiskey and tobacco. The piece links coffee’s alkaloids to nervous prostration and urges trying Postum Food Coffee, highlighting its nerve-supporting elements and availability in 11c and 25c packages.
A four master from ballast ran ashore on Middle Shoal at Chesapeake Bay entrance with a tug alongside. Henry Wilson of Portland wrecked in Tuesday’s gale with all crew saved. Parkmors arrived after distress near Avonmouth and St John’s. Captain Evans steered through ice for seventy miles. Helen Gag and others rode out the storm in Salem Harbor with minimal damage.
The Belfast owned schooner James Holmes wrecked at Dolliver's Neck is confirmed by cargo and wreckage readings. Three crewmen from Belfast are identified as John Jackson Albert Staples and Fred Gorton. Captain Ryan remains missing as other vessels face storm damage and salvage.
The mutilated body washed ashore from the Charles A. Briggs wreck off Nahant is not Captain Wentworth. H A Wentworth, his son in law, cites missing tattooed marks and the little finger injury to identify the missing captain. The family now expects Isaac Andrews to be the likely recovered crew member.
The Monitor reports a two year follow up showing permanent recovery of Reuben Petch a paralytic from Griersville Ontario after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People The Canadian Mutual Life Association paid 1650 for total disability following expert review and verification of the cure
Captain Lowell J. Hudson and the crew of the Gloucester fisherman Davy Crockett were saved after two hours in rigging as waves and tide forced a return to shore. The men, frostbitten in hands and frost bites among some, were given care by locals. US Consul White arranged rail tickets to Yarmouth and Consul Ford provided transport to Boston. They arrived back in Gloucester yesterday afternoon.
Motormen and conductors of Division 9 described long hours stuck on Beacon street from Coolidge Corner to higher areas. Neighbors responded by waking in the night to offer coffee and food and All Saints' Church hosted a chicken supper, prompting heartfelt thanks for their timely hospitality.
The Postal Telegraph Company operated six wires to New York yesterday while the New England Telephone Company ran twenty direct wires. The Providence line connected to Lynn Greenfield Springfield Worcester Lawrence Manchester Dover and Haverhill. Western Union wires were reported in fairly good condition.
The twenty second annual statement from Prudential Insurance of America reports assets rising to 28 984 569 72, income 15 580 764 65, and surplus to policyholders 5 240 118 36. New insurance written surpasses 143 900 000 with over 2 700 000 policies in force insuring 368 117 690.
A warm capacious ulster scene features sale prices from $10 to $26 on celebrated Irish frieze ulsters and McAllisters. Fabrics include black frieze chinchilla and Scotch, discounts ranging 26 to 33 percent, offering garments at nominal prices.
In Wilkes Barre on February 4, testimony established that Latimer striking miners were shot in the back while fleeing Sheriff Martin and deputies. Doctors described 46 wounds on 39 men, many from a 44 calibre Winchester. Witnesses from Hazelton and Latimer testified the marchers were orderly before the volley, and the trial is expected to last weeks with about 350 witnesses.
Harry Watson, held in East Cambridge jail awaiting trial on larceny charges, is suspected of casing Charleston boarding houses and stealing clothing. Arrested in Waltham by Inspector McKennan, Watson wore Burke’s trousers from the Prudential Life Insurance Company of Charlestown. He and a companion occupied 9 Howar Street. after his departure several items vanished from a Mai Street Charlestown house. Police found belongings in Watson’s possession, some already claimed by owners.
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