Benefit for Blind Member Promotes Labor Concert Plan
The Bill Posters and Billers' Union arranged a benefit concert and dance for Peter Trautvetter at Knights of Honor Hall on Washington Street, March 17. Trautvetter, long a local member, became blind two years ago and has received annual benefits from the local. International president George W. Lowrey cited national trade conditions, with Buffalo hosting next year’s convention in December. Dr. Henry F. R. Watts spoke on tuberculosis control. Dominick Spellman will represent the local at the March 1 state labor representatives meeting in Wells Memorial Hall to discuss industrial disputes bills. President John M. Butler will attend Providence smoke talk, and Harry M. Peyser will address Springfield locals on Washington's Birthday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Henry F. R. Watts
The
Society For the Control and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Dominick Spellman
Wells Memorial Hall
John M. Butler
Providence
Harry M. Peyser
Springfield
Washington
Labor unions urged to back governor on judge verdict
Boston Central Labor Union delegates demand Governor Draper act immediately in response to Judge William C. Wait's criticism of unions for criminal trends among youths. They condemn the judge's remarks and urge that court opinions align with established decisions, calling for government support to protect judicial integrity. A committee will press the Chamber of Commerce to favor government vessel construction at federal yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben S. Draper
Boston Central Labor Union
William C. Wait
Superior Court
Justice Wall
Superior Court of
Our Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
William H. O'Brien
Fred J. Kneeland
Painters’ Union
Chamber of Commerce
Central Labor Triton
Murphy
O’brien
Boston
Road to Meet Telegraphers in New Haven Feb 23
Superintendent B R Pollock of the New York New Haven Hartford announces receipt of the 1910 wage scale and working agreement proposals. Officials will confer with the system telegraphers committee in New Haven on or before February 23, with the exact date to be announced. H J Mannion is general chairman, J P Riley and Leonard J Ross are Boston division representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Pollock
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad System
New Haven
H. J. Mannion
J. P. Riley
Boston
Leonard J. Ross
South Framingham
Knights of Labor Elects District Assembly 80 Officials
The District Assembly 80 Knights of Labor elected Thomas H. Canning as district master workman P J McCarthy as secretary treasurer and park paving foreman as other officers. A district executive board was chosen including Canning McCarthy Denney Tyane Long and others with Kehoe Cronin Donovan and Costello on the legislative committee. Resolutions protested park department two thirds time and praised union wage policy. The death of Simon Burns was reported and anniversary plans set for March 30 at Paine Memorial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Thomas H. Canning
Ben Franklin Assembly
P. J. McCarthy
Park Department Assembly
Paving Department Assembly
Daniel Leonard
Patrick McKenzie
Patrick Slavin
Redmond McDonough
Michael Martin
Esquire
J. H. Lovey
Outside
J. Welch
Timothy V. Sullivan
Pp. J. McCarthy
J. A. Tyane
M. Long
William Fairbanks
Cornelius J. Donovan
William Cronin
Stephen Costello
G. B. King
J. H. McCarthy
William Kehoe
Park Commissioners
Simon Burns
Pittsburg
Paine Memorial Hall
Norwood Strike Funds Paid to Local Members
Joseph P. McManus of this city received from headquarters the last instalment of strike benefit for Norwood men and women who joined the eight hour workday strike last year. At the Norwood local meeting each member will be paid their due amount. The Boston Bookbinders Union 16 executive board will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. McManus
New England
International Bookbinders’ Union
General Headquarters
Norwood
Boston Bookbinders’ Union 16
Union Smiths Name Edward J. Ryan For Meeting Representation
Edward J. Ryan was chosen by the Blacksmiths' Union to represent it at a statewide labor meeting at Wells Memorial Hall on March 1 to discuss industrial disputes investigation bills before the Legislature. A message from William J. Dougherty praised southern organizing success, noting wage gains for Newport News blacksmiths and a shift to tonnage-based shop time. Local officers expect Dougherty to visit Boston soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Ryan
Blacksmiths’ Union
Labor Men
Wells Memorial Hall
William J. Dougherty
International Brotherhood
Newport News
Dougherty
Boston
New Organizer Named for A. F. of L. in Quincy Area
Samuel Gompers titled Charles W. Hanscom as district organizer and label agent for Quincy and vicinity. Hanscom, longtime leader of the Quincy Electrical Workers' Union, former Montana legislator, and pioneer of the eight hour day bill, has represented the local union in recent conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Charles W. Hanscom
Quincy Electrical Workers’ Union
A. F. of L
Quincy and
Vicinity
Hanscom
Quincey Central Labor Union
New England
The
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Montana
Knights of Labor
Quincy Central Labor Union
International Organization of the Craft
Labor unions push wage standard across Boston machinists
Amalgamated Society of Engineers endorses Machinists' Lodge 264 efforts to set a minimum wage for three machinists branches in Boston. Painters' Union 11 to meet at Wells Memorial building to discuss 1910 wage scale. New Haven Freight Handlers' Union 70 reports over $1500 in sick and accident benefits. five benefits were voted yesterday. Boxmakers' Union 201 head George J. Umsehted received a Morris chair for two years’ service. Building Laborers' Union 222 plans 1910 wage scale features to push at district council meeting next Sunday. Boston Central Labor Union executive board to meet tonight. Ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers' Union 86 officers elected. Team drivers' Union 25 to hold open mass meeting and smoke talk next Sunday. Metal Polishers Union 95 to begin plans for international convention next year. Bridge and Crawtenders' Union calls special session Thursday. AF of I Electrical Workers semi-annual session to be held in Springfield, Ill. Coal teamsters and handlers' sick benefit committee to meet at Wells Memorial. Teamsters' joint district council to meet Wednesday. Attorney Donaghue to address delegates. Trainmen wage increase and standardization discussions continue.
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Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Lodge 264
Boston
Union 11
Wells Memorial Building
New Haven
Union 70
George J. Umsehted
Boxmakers’ Union 201
Morris
Building Laborers’ Union 222
District Council of Building Laborers’ Unions of
Greater Boston
Boston Central Labor Union Executive Board
Ladies’ Tailors and Dressmakers’ Union 86
Abraham Dennis
N. Schneider
J. Hamburg
Isadore Paris
A. Short
Julius Wasserman
Hyman Shapiro
William Gitlin
Joseph Wolff
Samuel Bonieck
Abraham Levine
Philip Benjamin
Samuel Glaitzin
Mose Feinstein
Union 25
Brodbine Hall
Union 95
Bridge and Crawten
Bunker Hill Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Invites All Craftsmen to Boston Piano Trade Meeting
Charles I. Dold of Chicago president of the International Piano Organ and Musical Instrument Workers Union arrived in Boston yesterday. He conferred with local officers and announced a mass meeting Friday night at Wells Memorial building with non union workers invited. The initiation fee has been cut to 2 dollars prompting many non union men to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. Dold
Chicago
International Piano, Organ and Musical Instrument Workers’ Union
Boston
Hotel Langham
International Executive Board
Vicinity
Wells Memorial Building
Dold Willl
Dold
Warren Dies at Home in Dedham
Samuel D Warren prominent Boston lawyer and paper magnate dies at his Dedham residence. He built Warren Brandeis firm ties, led paper mills in Gardiner and Westbrook, and held civic posts and clubs. Survived by widow and six children. funeral arrangements expected today.
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Warren
Dedham
Cook Mills
Gardiner
Cumberland Mills
Westbrook
Mortimer B. Mason
Maine
Samuel D. Warren
Boston
Samuel Dennis Warren
Grafton
Susan Cornelia (Clark) Warren
Blandford
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Suffolk County
United States Circuit Court
Louis D. Brandeis
Warren & Brandeis
Mabel Bayard
Thomas F. Bayard
Wilmington
Del
England
Cleveland
Bayard
Court of St. James
8. D. Warren & Co
Museum of Fine Arts
Board of Art Commissioners
Massachusetts General Hospital
Somerset Club
Tavern Club
Exchange Club of
University Club of New York
Dedham Polo Club
J. G. Bradley
Samuel D. Warren, Jr
Helen Thomas
Washington B. Thomas
Katherine Warren
Bayard Warren
Sylvia Warren
Henry Warren
Marlboro Street
Heard on Congress Street Safe Fall Incident
On Congress Street a safety mishap occurred when a safe fell during hoisting to a fifth story window. One bystander noted he would have been under it but stopped for a P. B. Ale at a nearby cafe, claiming it was a life-saver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
350 to Strike in Boston Garment Unions Set Action
At Paine Memorial Hall a mass meeting discussed a general strike by garment workers in Boston but did not vote for it. Pant Makers Union totaling ~350 members announced plans to strike this morning, while Coat Makers and West Makers unions postponed final action to a later time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Paine Memorial Hall
Pant Makers’ Union
Coat Makers
West Makers’ Unions
Boston Pants Makers Strike to Hit Non-Union Shops
The Pants Makers Union ordered a general strike on 350 workers in Boston targeting 27 non-union shops with a 10 to 20 percent pay rise for piece work. Union shops will be spared while unions push for a 2 to 5 percent increase. 1500 garment workers attended a Paine Memorial Hall mass meeting led by United Garment Workers officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pants Makers
Boston
Paine Memorial Building
Garment Workers’ District Council
Washington Street
Department of
Garment Making
Paine Memorial Hall
United Garment Workers of America
New York
Boston Coat Makers’ Union
Simon Fedder
B. A. Larger
United Garment Workers
Victor Altman
Buffalo
Andrew Marrota
J. W. Lutkowskas
National Organization
Meeting at Faneuil Hall draws Greater Boston engineers
A mass meeting for all stationary engineers of Greater Boston is set for tonight at Faneuil Hall. Delegates from Eastern Massachusetts unions will attend at ten. Speakers include George Dun can, Frank H. McCarthy, Arthur M. Hud dell, Fred W. Dethridge, William Beck, yj. A. Filene, William H W O'Brien, John Mitchell, and Matt Comerford with Presiding President William R J Whelan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Boston
Faneuil Hall
Massachusetts
William R. J. Whelan
Boston Stationary Engineers’ Union 16
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Frank H. McCarthy
New England
Arthur M
Railroad Clerks Board Meeting in Boston and Maine System
The monthly meeting of the adjustment board of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks met yesterday at the Revere House. They discussed wage increases for local office employees and planned further conferences with General Superintendent C I B Lee to seek fairer pay, noting general offices already received raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjustment Board of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Boston & Maine System
Revere House
C. I B. Lee
Bartenders Union Announces Boston Gathering at Harrison Ave
The Boston Bartenders Union 77 plans its annual smoke talk and entertainment event at Building Trades Department headquarters 386 Harrison Avenue. President Richard W. Garrett said the program will feature professional and local talent to entertain about 1500 attendees tomorrow afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pullman Tourist Cars on Fast Trains to Boston
Travel advertisement for Pullman tourist cars operating Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays on fast trains from late February to April 14. Tickets priced at 49.45 dollars plus nominal cost. Promises all comforts and finely illustrated folders. Offered by KE Boynton N and P A Grand Trunk Railway at 256 Washington Street Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. H. Boynton
Grand Trunk Railway
Washington Street
Boston
Streetcar riots halt Philadelphia transit strike
Rioting and gunfire disrupt Philadelphia streetcars as 6200 of 7000 workers suspected to have left their posts. A 16 year old girl and a 13 year old boy were wounded by stray bullets while mobs damaged cars, windows, and depots. Officials claim union orchestrated violence to intimidate loyal workers. labor leaders promise arbitration. Police struggle to locate arrestees amid widespread chaos and blocked routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Devlin
West Philadelphia
Amagamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
New York
Eighth
Dauphin Streets
Viola Beavan
North Thirteenth Street
George Feltsaup
Friends’ Asylum
Revburn
Westfield Pastor Resigns After Two Years at Second Congregational
Westfield February 20 The Rev Walter H Commons longtime pastor of the Second Congregational Church resigns after about two years in the post. His resignation will take effect May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
Walter H. Commons
Second Congregational Church
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An old fashioned ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims relief in five minutes, digestion of all meals, and elimination of sour belching, gas, and stomach heaviness. A 50 cent case is advertised as sufficient for most cases.
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