Early Victories For The Strikers In Printing Trade
Reports from labor headquarters indicate the eight hour day strike in book and job printing shops is advancing favorably. Across the country employers are yielding to the demand in many cities while others yet resist. in Washington a special agreement shifts the effective date to January 4 for closing shops to non union men and enforcing an eight hour workday.
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International Typographical Union
Washington
Printers Split Over Eight-Hour Day and Open Shop
N E McPhail writes from Boston detailing the dispute between the International Typographical Union and the Typothete over a shorter workday. He outlines union positions, open shop objections, and the push to maintain an eight-hour day with health, fairness, and contract integrity as central points.
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Boston
International
Typographical Union
N. E. M’phail
Providence printers strike over eight hour day
About 45 union compositors in Providence book and job printing shops walked out today after shops refused an eight hour day. The strike touched several large establishments with 1 to 12 workers striking in individual shops, while pressmen and other typographical trades were not involved.
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Providence
R. 1
Lowell Printers Strike Spreads Eight Hour Day Signed
Lowell reports the printers strike ongoing since September thirteenth with unions sending 66 non unionists away and travellers cards to about a quarter of members. All offices except Courier Citizen Job Lawlor Printing Butterfield Company have accepted the eight hour day that began today.
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Lowell
Courier Citizen
Lawlor Printing Company
Butterfield Company
No strike by union printers in New Bedford
New Bedford reports there is no strike among union printers in job or newspaper offices. The head of a major job office says the disruption will likely stay in larger shops, with the eight hour day issue to be settled there rather than in smaller offices.
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New Bedford
Philadelphia Firms Split Over Eight-Hour Day
In Philadelphia, 24 of 100 printing firms have agreed to an eight-hour work day for employees. The agreeing firms are not part of the Typothete, the master printers' organization, whose members refuse to adopt the shorter work day.
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Philadelphia
The
Typothete
Master Printers’ Organization
Printers No New Strike in Lawrence on New Year
Lawrence reports no strike today as printers continue with the eight hour schedule already in use. The town observed a quiet start to the new year with labor peace continuing under the established work hours.
Stockton Printers Endorse Eight Hour Day
Stockton printers and publishers accept an eight hour workday effective January 1 1906. The move represents a significant labor milestone in the local press scene as negotiations conclude with agreed terms.
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Stockton
Cal
Columbus printers win eight hour day with no trouble
Columbus Ohio January 1 printers at twenty one union job printing companies secured the eight hour day today without incident. The smooth transition to the shorter workday reflects organized labor strength and steady collaboration between unions and management in the Columbus area.
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Columbus
Sixty Printers Strike for Eight-Hour Day in Louisville
Sixty job printers, members of the Louisville Typographical Union, walked out in Louisville Kentucky today demanding an eight-hour day and a closed shop. The strike affects local print shops and follows negotiations that stalled over standard hours and shop rules.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville Typographical Union
Officer denies murder clue in Sturtevant case
Patrolman S S Lewis denied reports that a clue to Nellie A Sturtevant murder in Medford on May 6 1908 connected John G Harker then in East Cambridge jail to the crime He said he had no definite reason for suggesting Harker might shed light on the case and found nothing tying him to it He noted Sturtevants daughter failed to identify the assailant and a missing bag remained unfound
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Nellie A. Sturtevant
Medford
S. S. Lewis
Somerville
John G. Harker
East Cambridge
Kingsley
Lewis
Harker
Sturtevant
Senate Clerk Coolidge III at Concord Home
Henry D. Coolidge Massachusetts Senate clerk is ill at his Concord home and may miss the inauguration. Assistant Clerk William H Sanger will call the Senate to order and designate Chester W. Clark of Wilmington the senior Senator-elect to preside until a president is chosen.
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Concord
Henry D. Coolidge
Massachusetts Senate
Senate
William H Sanger
Chester W. Clark
Wilmington
Bingham Named Police Commissioner Demands Resignations
New York January 1 Brigadier General Theodore A Bingham told police captains and inspectors there will be no spying as he assumes the police commissioner post to succeed William McAdoo He declared a new year and a new deal and stated he would do his work promptly His first act was to demand the resignation of Commissioner McAdoos assistant secretary Stetler who promptly submitted a signed resignation We start a new year and a new deal he said as he took office and began his overhaul.
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New York
Nine Gods of War
Theodore A. Bingham
Willam McAdoo
Bingham
McAdoo
Stetler
Society Women Defend Miss Grigsby In London Tale
New York society figures Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mrs. James P. Kernochan defend Emilie Grigsby amid rumors linking her to Charles T. Yerkes and a costly Paris straw berry lunch. They deny knowledge of the scandal and say Miss Grigsby spoke of Yerkes as "Dad" while abroad.
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New York
Emilie Grigsby
London
Stuyvesant Fish
James P. Kernochan
Charles T. Yerkes
Paris
Yerkes
Gladys Unger
Berkeley Square
Ethel Yerkes
Dresden
Fifth Avenue
Edward
Windsor
Blind man's will contest in Suffolk court over $40,000 estate
Henry G. Houghton a blind man of 22 Cunningham Street Roxbury died in August leaving Cambridge and Roxbury property valued at 40000. His sister Mrs Edward F Leland of New York contests the will filed before Judge Grant with three strangers named as beneficiaries. The hearing may last four days with testimony from lawyer George L Maybury and Dr L Kimball.
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Henry G. Houghton
Cunningham Street
Roxbury
Cambridge
Edward F. Leland
New York
Suffolk County Court House
Grant
Mrs. Blodgett
George L. Maybury
L. Kimball
Houghton
Judge Flaherty’s First Case Involves Fender
In Boston the newly appointed Superior Court judge sat for the first time in seventh session. The case names Charles H. Stebbins of Stebbins Stover Bertrand against Mrs. Louisa Quint for 500 dollars on notes said to cover legal services for Captain A. W. Seaholm who ran an academy of arms and claimed British service. Stebbins managed the legal end but the arrangement never matured. Quint allegedly became responsible for payment. The case will resume tomorrow.
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Flaherty
Superior Court
Boston
Charles H. Stebbins
Stebbins, Stover & Bertrand
Louisa R. Quint
A. W. Seaholm
Academy of Arms
Stebbins
Snow stops spread of $300,000 Brockton fire
Snowfall early this morning prevented a larger blaze at the City Theatre block after a fire began last night. Fire engines from Boston Taunton Stoughton and Avon aided crews who fought the flames to around 3 am. Four firefighters were overcome by smoke but revived. Total damage estimated near 300000.
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Brockton
City Theatre
Boston
Taunton
Stoughton
Avon
Demurrer Filed by The Telephoning Wife in Derby Suit
Mrs. Jennie P. Holton of Cambridge files a demurrer to the Derby Desk Company case against her husband George L. Holton. The suit seeks an injunction restraining her from calling her husband by telephone. She argues her husband has no legal right to sue her as his wife.
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Jennie P. Holton
Cambridge
Derby Desk Company
George L. Holton
Girl Bandit of New Jersey Turns Out to Be Boy
New York date line reports Emma Heinrichs a 14 year old labeled the girl bandit leading a group of youths in thefts. Judge Scott of Paterson NJ sentenced her to the New Jersey State Home for Girls near Trenton after vivid depredation testimony. An attendant later revealed Emma is actually a boy, prompting a jail transfer in Paterson.
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New York
Scott
Paterson
N. J
Emma Heinrichs
New Jersey
Trenton
Paterson Yeship
Emma
Woman Seeks Receiver for Leighton Brokerage Firm
Mrs Olive M Davies petitions Equity Court to appoint a receiver over H R Leighton & Co of Washington street alleging bucketshop operations and investor fraud. Judge Gaskill sets hearing for 2 oclock today.
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Olive M. Davies
Equity Court
Gaskill
H. R. Leighton & Co
Washington Street
Nellie Martin Sues railway for damages in 1902 crash
Nellie Martin filed a suit in the fifth session of the Superior Court seeking 15000 dollars. She alleges damages from a motor car that jumped the track between Lynn and Reading on May 10, 1902 against the Boston and Northern Railway Company.
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Nellie Martin
Superior Court
Boston & Northern Railway Company
Lynn
Reading
Langley Charged With Larceny In Harvard Dorm Theft Wave
Joseph H. Langley is charged with larceny for a series of dormitory thefts in Harvard during the past month. He was held in $1000 for the grand jury in Cambridge district court yesterday.
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Joseph H. Langley
Harvard
Cambridge
Widow sues railroad for death damages
Eva M. Coxon widow of Leon C. Coxon in the fourth session of the Superior Court yesterday commenced suit against the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad as administrator to recover 5000 dollars for the death of her husband who was killed while in their employ.
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Eva M. Coxon
Leon C. Coxon
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Brockton Shoplifters Held on Larceny Charges After Goods Seized
In Brockton on Saturday night, appraisers and department managers from principal stores valued the seized goods at over $3000. The alleged shoplifters were arraigned on three counts of larceny. Judge Warren A. Reed set bonds at 6000 dollars for each of the two men and 1500 dollars for each of the two women, totaling 15000 dollars.
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Brockton
Warren A. Reed
Artillery Using Blanks Stirs St. Petersburg Reports
A returning traveler from Moscow debunks slaughter claims by noting troops fired blank cartridges to frighten strikers. Premier Witte urges the Emperor to publish a moderate constitution to reassure liberals and counter attempts to turn the national assembly into a constituent body. The government, buoyed by a fading strike threat and restored cables, hopes Witte can navigate the path ahead as the telegraph strike collapses without union support.
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ST. Petersburg
Moscow
Witte
National Assembly
Local authorities publish mutilated dragoon photos for troops
Courland January 1 local authorities released photographs of mutilated dragoon bodies from Takum and Talsen to troops. The images aim to document casualties and assist in identification.
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Takum
Courland
Russia
Talsen
Miners to Probe Murder of Ex Gov Steunenberg
Denver January 1 The Western Federation of Miners will conduct an inquiry into the assassination of Idaho former Governor Frank Steunenberg. President Charles H Moyer said the probe aims to defend the federation and determine if a member was involved. Secret Victor Colorado records linked officials and mine owners to death threats by the Inner Circle.
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Steunenberg
Denver
Idaho
Western Federation of Miners
Charles H. Moyer
Miners’ Union
Victor, Colo
Peabody
Sherman Bell
Samuel D. Crump
Cripple Creek Mine Owners’ Association
Inner Circle
Peterson Cleared Of Manslaughter Charge
Malden January 1 Marccus Peterson a Swede of Everett was arraigned in court on a charge of manslaughter. After the hearing he was discharged. It is alleged Charles Swensen also of Everett died from a blow delivered by Peterson during an argument last Monday night.
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Peterson
Malden
Marccus Peterson
Everett
Charles Swensen
Suit Filed Over Damages For Broken Leg In Court
In the first session of the Superior Court Judge Harris presiding Egedis Francazio brought suit against contractor William Ward for 10000 dollars in an action for damages for a broken leg.
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Superior Court
Harris
Egedis Francazio
William Ward
Carrie Nation Demolishes Saloon in Houston With Hatchet
Carrie Nation attacked a Houston saloon bearing her name using a hatchet and stones. Police say they will not arrest unless the proprietor files a complaint, which he has not done.
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Houston
Carrie Nation
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