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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1898
Page
6
Weavers of Fall River press for a verdict on a planned operation by New Bedford authorities. Grainy reports indicate a pause as discussions continue and a crucial decision appears pending.
Jan 3 Fall River reports a 1119 per cent wage reduction taking effect with no protests yet. Matthew Hart and other New Bedford weavers visit Secretary Whitehead to push a meeting at Music Hall and plan future actions. The New Bedford union signals a possible strike and the New England weavers committee may meet next Sunday, shifting the dispute toward New Bedford.
The New Bedford textile union moves toward a city strike as soon as wage cuts take effect. The 28 member executive committee backs a broader walkout and resists the proposed fining system. A deputation will seek Fall River support and funds from northern textile centers.
In Worcester county several factories reduced wages on January 3. The Millbury cotton mills cut up to 8 percent on average 7 percent with no expected trouble and a shutdown if a strike occurs. Fiskdale mills in Sturbridge cut wages similarly for about 400 workers. At North Brookfield E A Batcheller shoe factory about seventy five piece workers saw pay cut of 1 to 2 cents per case with no strike talk.
In Woonsocket RI January 3 notices posted at Social Manufacturing Company and B B and R Knight mills warn of wage reductions to take effect January 17. An additional cut at the Blackstone cotton mill owned by the Goddards in Blackstone Massachusetts is expected to be about ten percent though the exact amount is not stated.
John Philip Sousa debuts The Bride-Elect at the Boston Theatre to a large, enthusiastic crowd. The score earns high marks for orchestration and marches, while the book and plot receive mixed reviews and a few encores highlight standout performers like Christie MacDonald and Nella Bergen.
Frank Daniels headlines Smith and Herbert's comic opera The Idol's Eye at Tremont Theatre last night. The India setting features a comic impresario cast including Ned Winner and Jamie McSnuffy with strong musical numbers by Victor Herbert. Standout pieces include In Fair Havana and Fairy Tales, with vivid set pieces in barracks and Hindoo temple scenes.
An advertisement praises Dean's Ointment for instant relief from skin diseases. It claims hives are not life threatening but cause misery and profanity, positioning the product as effective in severe cases and other exasperating conditions.
Bowdoin Square Theatre presents Shadows of a Great City amid crowded houses and strong praise. Edwin Mordant as Tom Cooper leads a capable cast including A H Stuart Carl Fey Nellie Hancock and others. vivid set pieces from Hell Gate to New York scenes draw high audience enthusiasm. Performances run nightly this week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Next week features Ranch 10.
The Park Theatre in Boston hosted the Belle of New York in its second farewell week with an ensemble cast praised for balance and polish. Notables include Harry Davenport, Frank Turner, William Norris, Phyllis Rankin, Anna Held impersonator William Cameron, and Ana May leading the Salvation Army role. The show will be followed by Vesta Tilley vaudeville beginning next Monday as seat sales continue.
The new farce A Hot Old Time wowed Boston audiences at the Grand Opera House last evening. Johnny ay's Irish Larry Mooney impersonation drew laughs, Mrs. Emma Ray as Mrs. General Stonewall Blazer ruled the stage, and Kitty Nelson and Madeline Marshall delivered a strong coon specialty. Bernard Dyllyn's Alkall Ike and Frank Lalor as Larry's double drew strong praise in a bustling, musical comedy that blends vaudeville with a lively plot.-
Sadie Hassan presented A Kentucky Girl a four act comedy drama at the Grand Theatre on Washington Street. The production drew large daytime and evening crowds and featured Miss Hassan with a strong supporting cast.
A holiday performance at Keith's Theatre features a new "coon" song with a ragtime chorus becoming a crowd hit. Arthur and Jennie Dunn lead fanmakers with Ezra Kendall's revamp, while Edmund Hayes and Emily Lytton star in A French Marriage burlesque. Alice Raymond and M Kurkamp excel on cornet and violin piano. Ray L Royce delivers mimicked monologue and remains a crowd favorite. Leonidas's cats and dogs perform a parachute finale. Biograph and foreign pictures close the program.
The Christening a one act farce by Phil Sheridan introduces City Sports burlesque company with music and merriment The Rainbow Dance by a fairy formed dance corps is a season sensation Several other acts including the Robinson Baker trio acrobatic sequences and a New York Night Extravaganza finale round out the program
Last night the Columbia Theatre premiered Heart of the Klondike by Scott Marble. The Yukon Alaska drama follows Mortimer Drew Silver Joe Olga and others amid mining life with love jealousy and murder in Alaska amidst a promising marriage ending in happiness for most. Laura Burt shines as Olga and the cast is praised as outstanding with realistic stage scenes and a large appreciative audience. showings continue nightly with matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
Castle Square Theatre stock company delivers Augustus Thomas drama In Mizzoura with standout performances. J H Gilmour shines as Sheriff Jim Radburn while Ilan Lawrence Mary Saunders Lizzie Morgan Rose Morison William Humphrey Horace Lewis and Charles Mackay receive strong support in a well staged production
Burton Holmes opens a Music Hall series with a illustrated talk on Thessaly. He describes Tempe valleys and Meteora cliffs from on site photographs, plus a motion picture demonstration by the chronomatographe. The show runs tomorrow evening with a repeat next Saturday afternoon.
Jennie Corea soprano Jessie M Downer pianist Mabel Warnock reader Wulf Fries cellist C L Staats clarinetist and George H Ryder organist led the eleventh Star Course at Tremont Temple. Corea showcased Der Freischutz aria and a Macfarren song with clarinet obligato. Downer and Fries impressed with Beethoven Popper Afferni Dunkler selections. Warnock read engagingly while Staats, Downer and Fries performed a fine trio.
The Kneisel Quartet presented Cesar Frank’s piano violin cello trio Op. 1 and Beethoven quartets in E flat Op. 74 and Sonate in E minor at Associa tion Hall last night. George W. Proctor accompanied as pianist and delivered an excellent trio performance. The quartet’s work was praised as beautiful, with the fifth concert scheduled for January 31.
Empress the python with fifty offspring draws visitors to Austin Stone Museum. The cage is guarded, Empress healthy, young pythons lively, and staff field questions about snake eggs and hatching. Other attractions include Carlosa the ladder walker, Muldoon and Orloff, Animated Watermelons, and a lineup of performers from Riley to the Ramsden sisters.
Palace Theatre presents a laughable musical comedy by Bob Cole and Billy Johnson titled A Trip to Coon Town. The show features a strong company, splendid solos by Camille Cassellé and Lloyd Gibbs, and lively ensemble numbers. It drew two large audiences yesterday with favorable word about staging costumes and the vocal talent.
New England audiences flock to see Great Peter the Small at the Zoo with record excitement and gifts from fans. Families crowd yesterday as Peter’s diminutive charm and kisses draw praise, while other acts like Herr Schultz, boxing kangaroo, and the Paper King entertain.
Madame Marcella Sembrich will sail for Europe on Tuesday and return next season for a concert tour of thirty performances under manager George Stewart of Boston. She will be paid 1200 dollars per appearance, the highest sum ever for a concert singer. She will sing in opera in Berlin St Petersburg Moscow Warsaw Vienna and Paris this season.
William D. Marvil sues the widow of his former Wall Street representative George S. Stone for 3 million dollars in a New York Supreme Court case. Marvil seeks turnover of papers held by Stone's counsel, alleging they are being concealed. He says Stone froze him out of valuable railway connections in Spain and that he cannot obtain justice without the documents.
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