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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1912
Page
3
On the Boston harbor waterfront crews remained idle as a general dock strike loomed. Some steamship agents saw ice breakers easing trade, while the German liner Bethania briefly loaded one car before sailing.
Boston's longshoremen remain idle as the strike continues. Mayor Fitzgerald and port directors' chairman Hugh Bancroft failed to settle the dispute after two conferences. A new meeting was scheduled at the Chamber of Commerce for 1 o'clock this morning. The talks centered on arbitration methods and the State Board of Arbitration, with both sides refusing certain proposals.
President William F. Dempsey Mau rice Doherty and George Brady of the Provident Longshoremen's Union discuss labor matters with John Reynolds of Noddle Island Assembly and Representative Michael J. Brophy of East Boston.
Longshoremen in Boston and New York debate the number of men per gang and wage parity. The council rejects Board of Conciliation arbitration, demands capable arbitrators, and backs a $7.00 versus $4.80 wage gap analysis. Mayor Fitzgerald seeks mediation as strike threats loom.
A two‑person city council committee will meet with steamship agents and delegates. The Longshoremen’s Trade Council is represented by Michael J. O’Meara and William F. Dempsey. Agents and master stevedores are represented by John Wylde and Charles Stewart. The conference on dock gang size convenes at 11 a.m. at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
The weather bureau said the storm was slight and passed, leaving Boston with continued low temperatures and strong westerly winds through Monday. Temperatures fell to near 6 above in places, while snow fell in Maine. Across the nation, freezing readings dominated with Albany 12, Buffalo 4 below, Chicago 8 below, Portland Me 14, and San Francisco 54.
A South Bellevue street car derailed on the Central bridge to Newport Ohio, leaping 55 feet and tumbling onto Front street. Four people were killed and another was seriously hurt in the crash after crossing the Ohio River at a sharp curve on its first trip of the night from Newport barns.
Sir Edward H. Carson declared in Omagh that Ulster county has completed arrangements for a provisional government if home rule passes. The Dublin University MP, chair of the Ulster Orangemen, said Protestants would not recognize a Nationalist government.
Nate Tufts of Waltham brings towel indictment before the Massachusetts General Court. The bill orders no towels in hotels or any public place except as designated by the Board of Health, and requires the towel to show cause why it should not be sent away for life.
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