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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1907
Page
4
Self with 24 assistants locked doors prepared the hall for an anticipated crowd, police failed to enter the building, milk deliveries lagged, several bootblacks and shopkeepers faced police notice, baking firms prepared dough, and railroad yards saw minimal activity with no opposition from officers.
District Attorney Moran is seen as not fully aligned with police in enforcing Sunday laws. Rumors suggest he may not press many appeal cases, citing his duty to enforce laws yet use common sense. Lower court judges faced fines against alleged offenders, some deemed not intent on transgressing.
A court found the defendants unable to justify discrimination and imposed fines. The ruling underscores strict enforcement against biased conduct.
Commissioner O'Meara urged critics to consider the Sunday workers who labor under current laws. He argued enforcement should be uniform, noted the baker and barber cases as evidence of worker impact, and stressed that working men and their unions monitor Sunday labor, not critics. He called for understanding of those who must work on Sunday and urged prudent law interpretation.
Lynn moves to enforce Sunday restrictions after Boston influence. Police counted about 100 alleged violators but made no arrests. Candy fruit ice cream tobacco sales restricted. drugstores and common victuallers exempt. Newsstands allowed tobacco only. ice cutting halted. Sorosis Shoe Factory repairs paused. Theaters barred scenery transfers. rehearsals allowed. Minor restrictions require parental permits for minors in recreation venues. Mayor Barney says action follows merchant and citizen requests.
Officers from Station 5 in civilian clothes trailed two men with cameras who planned to photograph the girls in The Wonderful Land of Man company at Washington Hall. After tracking them through the city they learned photography was forbidden by the Sunday law, leaving the girls in costume awaiting their arrival dismayed.
In a Burlington area tragedy, illuminating gas entered the Devine home through a sewer connection likely from a broken gas main. George H. Devine and his wife and four children were found dead, two older children in their bed and the parents attempting escape. A milkman alerted Edward Devine next door, and investigators noted no direct connection to the Winooski main.
The Central Labor Union endorsed a protest against blue law enforcement affecting theatrical stage workers. A committee led by D. D. Driscoll and others was formed to push a resolution urging wage increases from $2.00 to $2.25 for city laborers. Senator Frank J. Linehan and George T. Thornton spoke to the meeting.
Boston Longshoremen's District Council named John Stephens J M Bell and W J Forbush to press lighter captains to join the union. They argue captains and engineers not required to hold U S licenses still perform longshore work and thus are longshoremen, not mariners. Some captains and engineers have already joined unions.
Boston Teamsters Union 25 votes to commission a life size painting of William Hartnett late union president and place it in the headquarters at corner Beverly and Causeway streets. resolutions also adopted honoring Hartnett and noting Patrick Sexton Cambridge resident killed at work in Malden.
The Transatlantic Steamship Clerks Assembly 1648 and Knights of Labor seek a wage raise from 2.25 to 2.50 for day and 3.00 for night work. Twenty New England building laborers unions met at 45 Eliot Street to form a separate protective union, citing excessive taxation. William Buckley of Lowell was deposed as president amid the split, and a boiler inspection bill was drafted by Boiler Makers District Council 7 for the Legislature.
Malden chief reports Sergeant Gilbert Duke and a squad raided Joseph Ruderman's Main street home at an early hour and arrested four men on gambling charges.
The Post cites widespread petition support for cheaper telephone service with fair rates. Mayor Fitzgerald backs the effort for better service, noting long lists of signers and public appeal against 7 to 9 cent messages, while large users pay only a penny or two.
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