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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1912
Page
7
The Lawrence strike scene grows tense as Ettor remains jailed pending habeas corpus action. I W W leaders and Labor locals push for publication of a Congressional report on Lawrence conditions. Police hunt a shooter in the riot that wounded Anna Loppizzo while relief efforts expand for strikers and families.
Judge Braley rules Lawrence police court has jurisdiction in Ettor and Giovannitti case and dismisses habeas corpus petition. He cites Revised Laws chapter 217 to allow bail discretion, cites Robinson case, and notes large crowd, 22 witnesses, and interpreter aid as court proceeds.
Lawrence manufacturers rebut strike claims of crowded tenements noting similar conditions in Boston and arguing immigrants earn comparable wages. Senate Hatton cites Lawrence strikers brought to Charlestown to break the longshore strike. Brophy cites 200 workers. Committee keeps inquiry open awaiting arbitration options and ship line responses.
Amid claims that Lawrence strikers act as strikebreakers in Charlestown, the Legislature moves to arbitrate the longshoremen strike. Senate President Greenwood and House Speaker Cushing keep Hatton’s offer for a legislative inquiry open until both sides accept the committee’s friendly mediation.
Harvard Socialist Club raises nearly 50 dollars in small donations from students to aid Lawrence workers. H. K. Moderwell leads the fund with aid from club members and Lawrence strike leaders. The club argues sentiment at Harvard has shifted in five years with about one in five students showing sympathy for the strike.
An advertisement-style warning touts Pape's Diapepsin as a cure for fermentation and sour stomach. It claims five minute relief from indigestion, dyspepsia, and related symptoms after taking a single dose, with cost fifty cents at any pharmacy.
Lawrence Feb 6 The Industrial Workers of the World replies to the American Federation of Labor proclamation on the textile workers strike. The I W W leaders deny the AFL indictment and issue their own statement challenging the union stance and aims.
A proclamation by John Golden and associates is denounced by 22,000 Lawrence textile workers who accuse them of supplying strike breakers and promoting violent, divisive unionism. The letter claims Golden’s actions, including aiding mill owners in Skowhegan, threaten workers with brutal force and dynamite, while praising industrial unionism as a safer alternative.
Morrison I. Swift a Socialist agitator secured a surprise Legislature win after adjournment as the committee on public health voted six to five to back the Swift bill creating a home for unfortunate women. The panel then sent a member to confer with Secretary Chase of the Watch and Ward Society on amending the bill.
The morning hearing showed Swift backing a social welfare bill for an institution aiding women, though dangers of ridicule hung over supporters. Committee votes were tight, with fears of shifting alliances despite praise from backers. Governor Foss was expected to sign if merits outweighed backers.
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