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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1906
Page
5
Approximately 1500 deep water longshoremen threaten to quit at midnight unless steamship agents and Steve Dores agree to pay 60 cents per hour, time and a half, from midnight to 5 AM. They would return Friday at 7 AM to resume day work at existing rates.
Fire Commissioner Benjamin W Wells praises the use of automobiles for chiefs noting faster response times. Chiefs Cheswell Grady and Gaylord each pilot a Columbia Premier and Oldsmobile runabout respectively, arriving at fires ahead of equipment and aiding occupants.
Miners and operators prepare for a pivotal conference with hopes for a satisfactory adjustment of grievances. no special scale committee meeting occurred today as it completed its tasks. President Mitchell handled routine union business while district presidents and secretaries finalized meeting preparations. a communication from the committee awaits presentation to mine owners and a brief session is anticipated tomorrow, possibly adjourned until Friday or a date set by the operators.
In Boston about 1800 union longshoremen face a possible strike with pay averaging 30 cents to $1.20 per hour. Daily family losses could reach 5000 to 6000 dollars, while owners claim you can replace workers though delays would be costly. Front along the waterfront shows firms and workers ready to fight to the end as talks stall. They echo the sentiment they will not yield and may press until owners concede.
An advertisement extols Hyomei as a targeted treatment for nasal catarrh with pocket inhaler, priced at 1 dollar, plus refills. Separately, Boston longshoremen threaten a near-general strike over night shift pay, with potential allied actions across rail yards and stevedoring, risking major disruption to port and trade.
A Boston hearing on an intimidation bill drew labor leaders and union reps from New Bedford Brockton and Boston. They argued free speech rights against employers and called for stricter picketing protection while opponents warned of unchecked authority. The session continued to next Tuesday at 7 30 p m with supporters and opponents to be heard.
Waltham, Feb. 14. J. J. S. Peterson, son of the Waltham Ice Company, directs a large crew cutting great cakes of ice in North Cove of the Charles River. The ice runs about ten inches thick. John L. Totten is filling his houses with ice from Totten's Pond.
Weymouth Feb 14 labor unions push union label at town meeting. A petition of 500 voters asks Selectmen to add a warrant clause to require town printing to be done only in union shops. Union members will survey candidates on supporting such a town-wide printing requirement.
Boston Electrical Workers Union 104 urges members to attend the State House hearing tonight on the Stowe picketing bill and oppose it. A building trades section of the Boston Central Labor Union will coordinate construction workers, issue work cards, and report to the central body. Other items cover settled Roxbury brewery steamfitting disputes, Caremakers Union 428 annual ball at Institute Hall, Stationary Firemen Union 242 organizing schoolhouse firemen, and Boston Roofers Union demanding wage increases starting May 1. The New England electrical convention is noted.
A dense vintage advertisement listing a wide array of brushes gloves razors and grooming items. It markets Ebony Rosewood Satinwood Mahogany and Cocobolowood instruments and tools with pure English bristles and assorted beauty products. Prices are shown across many items including tooth brushes shavers atomizers and napkins with a general sales pitch about quality and satisfaction.
The supplier touts the largest assortment in the city with more than a hundred thousand different toilet articles in stock. The expansive inventory highlights a broad range of brands and categories for household needs.
Workers unions plan Sunday gatherings in Hartford on March 11 while retiring President Peter H. McNealy receives a gold watch charm from Team drivers' District Joint Council. Hardwood Finishers' Union 109 urges McNary Sullivan and Keleher to push a tax repeal on grain alcohol for arts and industries as building trades councils plan March 35 meetings. Carriage and Wagon Workers' Union 9 holds a wage conference at the Revere House tonight. Park Department Assembly K of T protests Pettigrew for holiday pay and layoffs, citing city permission and mayoral order.
Great Barrington Feb 14 The Baron Hirsch Jewish Industrial Society of New York has hired attorney H C Joyner to inspect the distressed Hebrew colonists in Sandisfield and arrange immediate relief plus long term aid Jacob Solomon family requires urgent help after buying a farm without hay left two cows and two pigs to starve Weinburg family a man wife and seven children found in extreme distress their immediate needs have been met and their future safeguarded
The Senate approved the subsidy shipping bill by 38 to 27 with Republicans supporting almost all votes and five breaking ranks. It creates 13 new contract mail lines, boosts Oceanic line subvention to Australasia, adds fees for cargo vessels in foreign and Philippine trades, and establishes a 10,000-strong naval reserve with retainers.
Washington February 14. In the fortifications bill debate the House split along Republican and Democratic lines over Philippines policy and the location of naval stations. Army experts opposed Subic Bay while naval authorities favored it, noting fortifications must accompany any navy station. The bill does not fix a site, but earmarks $600,000 for the Philippines and Hawaii and totals $4,383,993 for fortifications and armament.
The Mayor appoints Frank H. Noxon as industrial expert to thoroughly investigate conditions in the city and report back. Noxon brings newspaper training, expected to aid his duties and the inquiry.
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