Labor Federation Backs Lawrence Strike Amid Armory Clash
Rival camps vie for advantage as American Federation of Labor leaders back the strike and organize skilled mill workers. Governor Foss via Colonel Sweetser and Adjutant-General Pearson at the armory asks the strike committee to return to work and await arbitration in 9 days. the committee declines. They seek a mass meeting in City Hall but are refused. Mayor Scanlon pledges consideration of a meeting on the Common.
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American Federation of Labor
Foss
Colonel Sweetser
Pearson
City Hall
Scanlon
James Thompson
Guissepe Morripa
Everett Mills
Superior Court
Salem
Central Labor Union
James Menzie
Labor Council
Menzie
Lawrence
I. W. W. Committee
James B. Reid
Rhode Island
William E.prautmann
Thomas Powers
Providence
Lawrence Textile Strike Escalates With General Action Threats
Leaders rally workers in Lawrence urging a general strike to press for higher wages as militia and police guard mills. I W W calls for meeting after St John reply. skilled craft groups plan separate demands while unions pledge support to sustain disruption across New England textile centers.
Prescription To Reduce Fat Fad Warned For Weight Loss
A promotional note touts a home remedy for rapid fat loss claiming five to seven pounds weekly. It instructs mixing Glycol-Arbolene and Aromatic Elixir and taking increasing doses after meals for several days and continued use until target weight is reached.
Mass. minister links Lawrence strike to responsibility
Rev A A Berle told Steinert Hall audience that Massachusetts faces a critical moment due to the Lawrence strike. He stressed assigning responsibility and noted talks with mill owners strike committees strikers and ministers throughout the day.
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Massachusetts
A. A. Berle
Steinert Hall
Lawrence
Haywood cautions on Lawrence strike and militia influence
William D. Haywood spoke at a Woonsocket event sponsored by a Socialist group criticizing Massachusetts officials and the 2000 troops in Lawrence. He warned that strikers will resist through hunger and sabotage unless wages rise 15 percent, urging local support and noting a fund collection for Lawrence workers.
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Woonsocket, R.I
Joseph J. Etter
Lawrence
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Industrial Workers of the World
Haywood
Massachusetts
Lawrence P
New England
Pastor Analyzes Lawrence Strike Leader Ettor
Rev. Herbert S. Johnson told a Warren Avenue Baptist Church congregation Ettor aims to upset social and economic conditions in Lawrence. He called Ettor a magnetically powerful I W W organizer who refuses arbitration and seeks class war, contrasting Lawrence poverty with a lavish gala for a billionaire's baby and urging a representative committee to address the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Etter
Lawrence
Herbert S. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Dr. Johnson
Industrial Workers of the World
Joseph J. Ettor
Johnson
Ettor Denied Union Membership Claim Woes
The International Sheet Metal Workers' Union replied that Joseph J. Ettor has never been a member of their union or any affiliated locals. The message followed a Lawrence strike leader rumor that Ettor belonged to the organization. Boston officers had inquired to verify Ettor's membership status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Ettor
International Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Boston
Joseph J. Htter
Lawrence
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
The
International
Empress Dowager Edict Calls for Republic Establishment
The Empress Dowager issued an edict directing Premier Yuan Shi Kai to form a republic with southern republicans. The edict, not yet published, is expected to remain secret while southern arrangements are finalized. Yuan aims to persuade Nanking to cede control to govern the empire until the national convention appoints a permanent government and adopts a constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkin
Yuan Shi ‘Kai
Yuan Shi Kai
Nanking
National Convention
Niagara Ice Bridge Disaster Claims Three Lives at Whirlpool
A massive ice floe from the Niagara River collapses near the Horseshoe Fall, sweeping a party including Mr. and Mrs. Stanton and Heacock toward the Canadian and American shores. Heacock dies after a rope rescue attempt. Mr. Stanton sacrifices himself to save his wife as the floe breaks apart and disappears into the rapids. Rescue crews and bystanders watch a grim, fatal struggle ending in death.
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Prospect Park
Mr. Stanton
Heacock
Monroe Gilbert
Ignatius Roth
Cleveland
William Hill
William la Blond
Hill
la Blond
Gilbert
Mrs. Stanton
Horseshoe Fall
Niagara Falls Power Company
Ontario Power Company
Eastwood Street
Niagara Falls
Roth
Hydraulic Power
Niagara Avenue
Old Maid of the Mist Landing
Whirlpool Rapids
Peacock
Pat Kelly
Ontario Police Force
Kelly
Feacock
Stanton
Three Children Burned to Death in Fire at Alpha
In Philipsburg New Jersey a fire today killed three children and threatened the village of Alpha. A shifting wind stopped the flames from spreading beyond five two story frame houses, all of which burned.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Alpha
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Federation of Labor
Taina
Washington and
Winter Streets
James Reid
American Woolen Company
Plante
Vincent St. John
Organization
Manchester
N. H
St. John
Supreme Court
Thompson Tells Situation
A. F. of
American Wooler Company
Leominster
Worcester
Olneyville
R. 1
Beverly
Brockton
Haverhill
John F
Dr. Berle
Cornelius Guthrie
L. Moroney
Ernest Pickett
Joseph Bedard
William Chadwick
Munyon
Munyon, Phila
Boston Post
Washington Street
Massachu
Woonsocket
I. Ww. W
Ettor
UNION
Niagara Breaks
Washington
Berlin
Paris
America
Louis XV
Washington On Summer Street
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