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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1915
Page
5
Between 2000 and 2200 skilled workers in Readville car shops of the New Haven Railroad were laid off yesterday afternoon and told the plant will be closed until Monday March 1. No reason given, but believed tied to retrenchment policy.
Men say they will unite all employees into one body to protect industrial interests. Although most are organized, they remain split into craft unions. A shop closure notice for the next ten days surprised workers, who expected steady jobs per a recent layoff promise. They insist work exists in construction and repairs on rolling stock. City meetings with labor organizers are planned later this week to address the situation.
Mary V. D Wolf sues Edward P Kennard of Boston for sixty two months of care and nursing from 1905 to 1908 at 115 monthly and housekeeper services from 1908 to 1911 amounting to 4561 and 1396 respectively. She cannot state her exact age between 55 and 70. records burned. An auditor favored Kennard and the jury heard the finding.
Steve, a young Italian worker recently arrived from Italy, lies dying at Haymarket Relief Station after a fall down an elevator shaft at a bowling alley on 126 Summer Street. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon as he worked as a pin boy.
G O P leaders and state officials attended a Lincoln Club smoker at the American House last night. Several hundred Republicans gathered for a general jollification event as part of the campaign.
The gathering welcomed Lt Governor Grafton D. Cushing Attorney General Henry C. Attwill Secretary of State A P Langtry State Treasurer Charles L Burrill and State Auditor Alonzo B Cook with enthusiasm. All spoke except the vanished Auditor. Speakers predicted GOP victories and a return to power. Louis A Coolidge of United Shoe Machinery Company lectured on Washington Reminiscences. Attwill urged against progressive splits and oppose direct primaries. Frothingham presided and officers were re elected for two years: Cushing Frothingham Squire Meins Brown.
James L. Knox, longtime Harvard football figure and coach’s lieutenant, married Florence Caroline Moll in New York last Tuesday. The wedding, kept secret from an April date, occurred before Knox’s planned long trip West. Mrs Moll is of Beechhurst South Carolina.
The Melrose police force awaits Mayor Charles H. Adams signature to approve a new pay schedule set by the Board of Aldermen. The plan sets salaries at 1300 for the chief 1200 for the captain and 1150 for the patrolmen as Louis B. Heaton begins duties as night shift captain.
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