Labor notes on Chicago talks and Boston unions
Labor notes report Secretary Watson of Boston Carpenters District Council traveling to Chicago to join a conference with Amalgamated Woodworkers as Samuel Gompers presides. Other items cover wage talks, new officers, and schedule changes across Boston area unions including telegraphers, drivers, cement workers, and Knights of Labor assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Watson
Boston Carpenters’ District Council
Chicago
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Union 15
New
Charlestown High School
Postal Telegraph Company
Boston
Jaacobb Tazelaar
New York
Spcech
Carriage and Cab Drivers’ Union
Timothy Burke
Patrick Daley
Chelsea
East Boston
Chelsea Central
Woman endows Lynn home for aged men
By the will of Mrs. Harriet Ursula Newhall the Lynn home for aged men is assured. She bequeathed a house and lot on Forest street opposite Union Hospital valued at 12000 dollars. Eleven thousand dollars is already in trust by the committee in charge, and the home should soon be ready for occupancy. Newhall was the widow of Arthur Hall and lived at 34 Forest street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Harriet Ursula Newhall
Dover Street Club Raid Arrests At Colored Education Club
Police from Station 5 raided the Colored Education Club at 17 Dover street at 3 30 yesterday morning arresting seven men aged 25 to 38 who claimed to be Guy Jenkins Chris Nickelson James Hawkins Lee Flowers Frank Henden James D Dunn and John Anderson all colored and locking up Charles Crocker keeper of the place charged as the alleged gambling resort. A scramble ensued as the door was forced but officers pursued no one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Jenkins
Chris Nickelson
James Hawkins
Lee Flowers
Frank Henden
James D. Dunn
John Anderson
Station 5
Colored Education Club
Dover Street
Charles Crocker
Eight Hour Day Strike Benefits Reported by Boston Typographical Union
The Boston Typographical Union 18 reports progress toward eight hour work days. The committee approves weekly benefits of 12 dollars for married and eight dollars for single members on strike, payable indefinitely. Seventy three offices are now on eight hours with more to follow, amid anger over alleged long hours for women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Coughlan
Firemen see union push to repeal five day rest rule
Indignation ran through the Central Labor Union as petitions circulated at firehouses to repeal the one day off in five ordinance. Alderman Kneeland promised a resolution of inquiry, while a 25 member committee will press municipal ownership and address city officials. Governor Guild sent a cordial note citing sympathy for child labor laws and weekend rest. A legislative hearing on the picketing and intimidation bills is set for February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Kneeland
Guild
Massachusetts
Frank K. Foster
Legislative Committee
Seamen Denounce Ship Subsidy Bill at Union Meeting
W H Frazier of the Atlantic Seamen's Union denounced the ship subsidy bill as blacklisting. He said seamen have never asked for government subsidy and oppose being used to “carry home the plunder” or to open the treasury, urging fair play instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
W. H. Frazier
International
Atlantic Seamen’s Union
Lewis Street
Congress
Conference on 1906 Teamsters Drivers Scale Talks
Representatives of Boston Teamsters Union and Boston Master Teamsters Association met yesterday to discuss the 1906 wage and working contract proposal. Both sides are expected to confer today with the State Board of Arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Teamdrivers’ Union 25
Boston Master Teamsters’ Association
State Board of Arbitration
Longshoremen Pass Freight Handling Rule
Coastwise Longshoremen's Assembly 1062 K of L announces freight handling rule prohibiting adling by any dispatcher or affiliated groups. Ship agents and stevedores have accepted a 5 cent hourly increase for bulk cargo handling, with a 10 cent daytime and nighttime demand, and a 5 cent night increase on general cargo. Whether the longshoremen will accept remains unknown until Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thct Assembly
Knights of Labor
Longremen
Assembly
K. of L
Boston Society Sees Castellane Divorce Scandal Spread
Boston society circles discuss Countess Boni de Castellane Anna Gould suing her husband the Count for absolute divorce amid rumors she left him with 15 million dollars. The case centers on his lavish spending and infidelities with Paris social leaders, with lawyers Edmond Kelly and Cruppi handling papers as Anna contemplates final separation and potential wealth questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Paris
Count Boni
Bois de Boulogne
Grand Trianon
Bristol
Beacon Street
France
Edmond Kelly
Maitre Cruppi
Count Castellane
Jay Gould
Castellano
Europe
George
Boni
Jay
New York
George Gould
Boston Society
Carlos
England
America
Continent
Austin Lee
American Heiress and French Count End The Strife
The piece recounts Anna Gould and Count Castellane’s tumultuous marriage, the vast fortunes involved, and household rescues by George Gould. It notes Anna’s plan to educate her children in America, the French court's limited control over the fortune, and Castellane’s extravagant spending and debts. The narrative highlights royal and aristocratic society, and the couple’s social ascent despite financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
George Gould
Jay Gould
Anna
Count Castellane
Miss Gould
New York
Archbishop Corrigan
Faubourg St. Germaine
House of Deputies
Europe
Castellanos
Nervous Mothers and a Female Tonic Claim
An earnest appeal exhorts nervous mothers to seek relief through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Personal testimonials from Mrs. Chester Curry and Mrs. Charles F. Brown cite dramatic improvements in nervousness, hysteria, and sleeplessness after using the remedy, with an invitation to consult Mrs. Pinkham for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chester Curry
Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
Saratoga Street
Boston
Mass
Pinkham
Charles F. Brown
Mothers’ Club
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Lynn
Dunham Resting Comfortably After Salem Attack
The Danvers Insane Asylum says George Dunham, the state detective known for a Salem hotel attack, rests calmly with rapid mental improvement. Officials report no violent tendencies and expect full recovery soon, with dismissal possible in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danvers Insane Asylum
George Dunham
Essex
Salem
Charity Concert Draws 1200 in Dorchester
About 1200 people attended a Dorchester Ladies Charity Club event in Winthrop Hall Dorchester for St. Mary's Infant Asylum. Performers included Kate Ryan reader Mary Wallace soprano Olive Whitely violin Julia F Donahue accompanist Edward Holden tenor and Fred Kendall baritone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Ladies’ Charity Club
St. Mary’s Infant Asylum
Winthrop Hall
Dorchester
Kate Ryan
Mary Wallace
Olive Whitely
Jullia F. Donahue
Edward Holden
Fred Kendall
Lady Grey Dies After Trap Accident
London Feb 4 Lady Grey wife of Sir Edward Grey foreign minister died today without regaining consciousness from concussion suffered when thrown from her trap at Ellingham Northumberland last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lady Grey
Edward Grey
Ellingham
Northumberland
David J Ingraham Eyesight Specialist Anniversary Offer
Boston eyeglasses sale marks David J Ingraham celebrates 27th anniversary with free eyesight examination and $83 spectacles offered for the event. Limited to anniversary period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Ingraham
Boston
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New England Gas and Coke Co
Old South Building
Boston, Mass
LABOR
Timothy Egan
Cement and Asphalt Laborers Union
Maine
North Shore
Hay and Grain Team Drivers’ Union
Patrick J. Hurley
Dennis Mahoney
James J. Clayton
James Murphy
John F. McCarthy
John Regan
Knights of Labor Assembly
Boston & Albany
Hibernian Hall
M. W. Lindsay
Transatlantic
Expressmen’s Union 307
Wells’ Memorial Hall
St. Patrick’s
Park Department Assembly
Dover Street Club
Ranway & Co
Radway Square, New York City
New England
WM. C. Crecor
Washington ST
Bromfield ST
C. L. A. Friends
Countess Castellane
Castellane
Anne
Rumford
Chas. Brown
Mrs
Dunham
Winter ST
Oxford
Sloan
Puritan
Puritan Dental Rooms
J.s.waterman &Sons
Dudley Street
Tel. Roxbury
Ryan
Universalist Church
Arkansas
Colorado
Moran
Alice
James
Mary (Nee Ford) Moran
Homer Street
Tyler
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