Strikers Threaten Admiral. Troops Restore Order
Strikers subjected the admiral to insults and threats, prompting troops to be summoned to rescue him. Ringleaders are now imprisoned.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1891
Page
2
Strikers subjected the admiral to insults and threats, prompting troops to be summoned to rescue him. Ringleaders are now imprisoned.
The Berlin manifesto blames winter unemployment and a deep economic crisis for delaying the May Day demonstration. It urges mass actions in support of an eight hour workday. In Montreal, trainmen with Canadian Pacific met with President Van Horne. outcome kept secret, but a strike is possible.
The Treasury Department issues a March 1891 circular on refining sugars in bond. It directs bond applications to the local collector, outlines withdrawal rules for sugars and syrups, storage limits, branding requirements, and warehousing procedures for bonded refineries and shipments through ports and rail points.
Washington reports Blaine supporters hail a new Brazil treaty as politically advantageous. They credit better breadstuffs markets and lower duties with boosting Western and New England and Pennsylvania Republican appeal. The President plans a Congress message outlining trade gains and possible Venezuela ratification.
The House Coinage Committee granted a New York Chamber of Commerce hearing on the silver bill for next Thursday. Abram S. Hewett and Carl Schurz to attend. Mr Bland’s motion to end hearings this Thursday failed 8 to 4. Evening sessions were authorized, but members warned no report likely this session.
Reading Pennsylvania February 6 large bolt and nut works of Sternbaugh Son destroyed by fire. Originating in forging, it consumed machine shop, threading, warehouses and offices. Loss estimated 300000 to 360000 with 250000 insured. 350 workers left unemployed. Rebuilding likely.
The Girls High School class of 1880 held an at Parker's with about forty alumni, featuring lectures on Long Island Light House and a Alaska trip. Sherwin School Teachers Association held a dinner at Thorndikesast. Architects Society reunion at Thorndyke discussed architecture in education. B A Atkinson furniture heads of departments dinner at Young's with forty attendees.
The Brookline town hall hosted the second Brookline Assembly attracting about five hundred attendees from Boston Cambridge Jamaica Plain and Brookline. The dance ran from 10 to 3 with Cheeneys orchestra of thirty providing music and a prelude of classical numbers.
A caucus of about twenty Democratic House members is called for this evening in Wasureron led by Bland and Enloe. The main topic is the silver question with views exchanged on session strategy. shipping bill is not expected to be a major issue. Judge Holman warned Democrats are nearly united against the shipping bill and no delay to appropriation bills is anticipated.
A House special committee investigating General Raum the Commissioner of Pensions will submit its report to the House tomorrow. The majority finds the charges entirely unsupported by the evidence while a minority report bears signatures of the Democratic members.
The Belknap Papers volume from the Massachusetts Historical Society explores Dr. Belknap’s ministerial life and abolition era letters, edited by C. G. Smith, with notes highlighting his struggles and contributions. Wagner’s Letters to his Dresden Friends features 177 letters revealing his plans, finances, and aspirations, translated by J. S. Shedlock, with commentary.
A review collage surveys elementary Latin and German composition works by Hardy Bellows and Miller, a French course, The Natural Speller, Sallust, and new English and Irish novels. It praises clarity and practical aim while critiquing overlong plots and bold typography in places.
Members of the Suffolk County bar will meet in the Supreme Court room Saturday at 10 o clock to receive the committee report on resolutions concerning the late Judge Devens. After adjournment the resolutions will be presented to the court.
The Joint Special Committee on Construction of Basin 5 will hold a public hearing in Room 24 City Hall on Saturday February 7 1891 at 11 am Chairman John H Lee cites the hearing as a formal city event and invites residents and stake holders to attend.
Weather summary from Washington notes unsettled conditions across Maine New Hampshire Vermont with rain likely Saturday and Sunday and warmer southerly winds. Eastern New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut face rain Saturday and rain on Sunday as a storm moves from the Mississippi Valley. Continuous cloudiness and barometric readings shift with a developing storm center near Shreveport and Ft Assiniboine, with scattered rainfall totals reported from Eastport to Nantucket.
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