Dissension Haunts Knights of Labor Amid Local Unions
A citywide debate challenges the Knights of Labor structure as cigar makers carpenters and painters oppose uniform dues and central control. Union leaders clash over arbitration funding and member alignment amid rumors of dissolution and factional splits.
Decline of Knights of Labor in Salem Area Persists
Longstanding Knights of Labor influence wanes as one third to one half of local members withdraw or stop dues. Employers boycott allied papers while some firms expand ad spend with nonunion outlets. The leather strike and failed political influence further erode support, though the knights’ horsemen’s assembly remains largely intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Litchmar
Fema
Ciarmakers’ Union
Knights of Law
Knights
Cvest
Order
Knights of Lalor
Corpenter
Bakers
Chick & Merry
Knights of Labor
Salem
Oter
Sen
Teay
K. of L
United Assemblies
Manufacturers’ Committee
Workin
Organization of Knights
Startling statements at inquest on Republic wreck
Freight conductor Fletcher testified that engineer Ed Kiler had been drinking and flagged the east bound express seconds before the collision. Fireman Cullison and rear brakeman Snyder described trouble with steam and water gauges and attempted rescues as flames engulfed burning cars. The inquest resumes tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Siding
Bloomdale
Fosteria
Republic
W. J. Cullison
Charles Snyder
Columbus
Flec
M. H. Parks
Washington
Thomas F. Heskett
Wheeling
W. Va
W. H. Parks
Washington, D. C
B. J. Hale
Rowan
Ind
Dedication Recall of South Congregational Church Anniversary
The South Congregational Church marked its twenty fifth anniversary with a service led by Dr Edward Everett Hale and a reception in the vestry. The event honored the church history from its 1825 founding to the 1862 dedication amid civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Congregational Church
Young People’s Club
Edward Everett Hale
Hale
Henry P. Kidder
P. J. Lang
August Kreissman
Mendelssohn
Jay Miss Smith
First Session Courts Adjourn Without Trials In Boston
The January first session of the Superior Court adjourned early with no cases ready for trial listed. The record includes numerous case numbers across Dyer vs Kimball, Linehan vs Ford, Burkehrdt vs Seavey and many others, with second and third sessions noted and particular tort actions described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Brigham
Dyer
Kimball
Linehan
Ford
Tenney
Welch
Burkhardt
Seavey
Spaulding
Raphael
Baker
Boston
Hume
Mayer
Deshon
Hamilton
O' Shaughnessy
Suff. B. Co
Moore
Eastern
R. R
Same
Porritt
Cunard
Oates
Reception to Dr Clarke and Unitarian Association
The monthly reception of the Unitarian Association honors their pastor Rev. James Treeman with a social gathering and program. It highlights community ties and religious outreach led by Treeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Clarke
The
Unitarian Association
James Treeman
Terms of Sale Led by Master in Mortgage Decree
The purchaser must pay $25,000 in cash on acceptance of bid. The remaining bid balance may be paid in cash or bonds with overdue coupons secured by two mortgages at pro rata value, under the terms of the decree. Charles P. Redmond, Master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Redmond
Real Estate Seized In Suffolk on Kirkland Street Sale
Suffolk ss Boston December 11 1886 Taken on execution and will be sold by public auction on Saturday February 12 1587 at 12 oclock m at the sheriff office Court House Court Square Room 1 Boston Suffolk County All the right title and interest Annie McNally had in a parcel of land with buildings on Kirkland Street bounded by Kirkland Street Hendley Ayers and Watson containing 711 square feet with a right of way over a passageway and conveyed to Walter McNally and Annie McNally by Tolman deed April 27 1883 recorded Suffolk Deeds. Deputy Sheriff Fred H Seavey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Reed
Ezrell
Winchester
The
Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Railway
Elisha Atkins
I. Gordon Dexter
Circuit Court of the United States
District of
Arkansas
Charles P. Redmund
United States Court House and Post Office
Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas
Little Rock, Pine Bluff & New Orleans
Mississippi, Ouachita & Red
Texarkana
Lafayette
State
Little Neck, Mississippi River & Texas Railway
Arkansas City
Warren
Bradley County
Suffolk
Boston
Sheriff's Office
Court House
Court Square
Annie McNally
Kirkland Street
James Hendley
Said Hendley
Catherine Ff. Ayers
James W. Watson
Watson
Walter McNally
EF. M. S. Tolman
Fred H. Seavey
Sherif
Brookline
West Roxbury
Samuel A. Wheelock
Willard A. Humphrey
Norfolk
Norfolk County
Odiorne
Saldsmith
Land of Weld
Weld
Crafts
A.D. Weld
Brown
Grove Street
Wheelock
Humbrey
Grenville H. Norcross
Administrator's Sale of Real Estate in East Boston
Probate Court authorized sale of part of lot 320 in East Boston. Auction set for January 18 1887 at 12:15 pm on the premises. Terms require one hundred dollars at sale. rights to pass over a 3 foot passage to New Street. James Townsend named administrator. Boston December 31, 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
John H. Miller
Boston
East
Maverick Street
New Street
E. Kenson
Fernald
James Townsend
Baston
Dac
Executors Sale of Real Estate in Malden on Clifton and Cedar Streets
Erastus Bartlett Joseph E Burtt and Thomas H Lord as executors of Warren R Houdlette estate announce an auction in Malden on Tuesday January 11. Properties include 21 Brackenbury street a 13 room two family frame house with 6325 sq ft, and multiple Clifton Cedar Rockland and Bartlett street lots and houses with specified dates and prices. Sale begins 1 30 pm with land at 2 pm and multiple lots later, plan available at the auctioneer office. If stormy weather, sale postpones to next pleasant day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Malden
Clifton
Summer, Barratt, Cedar Streets
Rockland Avenue
Brackenbury Street
Bell Rock
Eastern Division
Malden Centre
Clifton Street
Cedar
Clifton Streets
Cedar Street
Summer
Bartlett
Erastus Bartlett
Joseph E. Burtt
Thomas H. Lord
Warren R. Houdlette
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Bestow
Foreclosure Auction of Josselyn Mortgage Property in Jamaica Plain
Suffolk Savings Bank for Seamen and Others to sell at public auction on January 10, 1887, the property in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts described as lots 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 with boundary lines along Ruggles Street and Hampshire Street, for five hundred dollars down, under a mortgage dated August 11 1871.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Josselyn
Jamaica Plain
Norfolk
Massachusetts
Suffolk Savings Bank
Suffolk
Ruggles
Horace H. Moses
Josselyn
Campbell, Whittier & Co
Hampshire Street
Orange Street
Henry Parker
Fragmented List of Shares and Mortgages from 1887
On Wednesday January 12 1887 at 11 30 o clock four shares Mass Mutual Fire Ins Co and numerous other securities are listed including stock in Cabot Mfg Co Firemen Ins Co Boylston Mutual Ins Co Natl Webster Bank and Essex Co plus first and 7s mortgaged bonds from cities like Toledo Cleveland and Boston. The document reads like an executor s inventory with many financial instruments including railroad and telegraph company issues and scrip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabot Mfg. Co
Firemen’s Ins. Co
Boylston Mutual Ins. Co
Boylston Natl
Webster Bank
Hill Mfg. Co
Salt Bank
Chicago Roll. Mills
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co
State Natl
Essex Co
State Natl. Bank
Third Natl. Bank
Shawmut Natl. Bank
First
Natl Bank
Newburyport
Cambridge Rd. Co
Pull. Pal. Car Co
American Ins. Co
Eliot Ins. Co
Lowell Mfg. Co
Otttawa
Oswego
Fox River Val
Atlantic Mutual A Co. Scrip
Essex
Old Colony Steamboat Co
Burl. & Q
Old Colony
Sand. & Cleve
City of
Cleveland
M. LL
Minneapolis
Boston & Maine
Top. & So
West Rad
Top
St. Fe Ra
West Rd
Union Pac. Ra
Kans
Monadnock Mills
D. N. IL
Lowell M’fg Co
National Car Co
Plymouth Cordage Co
National Bank of Commerce
Merchandise National Bank
Toledo
Water L
City of Toledo
Board of Education
of Vermont
Rutland
Shares Market Natl. Bank
Globe Natl. Bank
Quigley Ree
Cheshire Rd
Ee City
Fort Scott & Gulf
Santa Fe Ra
Plain
Kansas City
Emp
So. Ril
Mutual Fire Ins. Co
de Continental Mills
Francis Henshaw and Co Auctioneers Listing
Auctioneers Francis Henshaw and Co located at 51 State Street Merchants Exchange Building First Floor Room L serve Boston Stock Exchange members. They hold auction sales every Wednesday and Saturday at 12 M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan C. Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & Co
White St
KR. L. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
The
Boston Stock Exchange
Investment holdings listed by administrator and executor orders
A dated catalog lists shares and bonds across multiple firms including Boston Concord Montreal RR Norwich Worcester Mills and Rutland RR among others. It notes transfers by order of administrator and by order of executor with various par values and dates spanning 1887 to 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Mfg. Co
Do Cons. RR. of
Vermont
Essex Co
Dixon Peoria & Hannibal
Blackstone National Bank
de Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Boston, Concord & Montreal
Scott
Eastern & Memphis RR
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Dubuque
Rutland RR
Eastern & Mehis RR
Memphis Equip. Co
Boott Cotton Co
Merchants’ National Bank
Salem
First National Bank
Cambridge R. R. Co
Continental Mills
Pacific Mills
Norwich & Worcester
R. R. Co
Boston
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. L
Gowley, Sumner & Ft. Smith R. R
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiler
Fletcher
Aldrich
Maria Moreland
Boston & Providence Railroad
Hazlewood Station
J. E. Cotter
George Putnam and
Russell
Fitzgerald
Alden
Thurber
Graffam
Robbins
Merriam & M. P. Company
Wood
Newton
Kedwards
Hall
Robertson
White
Nashua Savings Bank
Quincy Mytr.l
Mce Mahon
McKinney
Fee
Carr
Connolly
South Boston
Hovey
Woodward
Portunato
Goodrich
Goff
Rosenburg
Doe
Hathaway
Boudrot
Titton
Linden Spring Co
Melloy
Boston & Lowell R. R
Williams
Morton
Ennis
Crosby
Lane
Fitchburg
Meney
Regan
Goodnow
Walpole
Emery Mills
Bryson
Boston & Albany
Davis
Osgood
Hannan
Brooks
Holmes
Perham
Sennott
Greeley
Kelleher
Lowell
Faton
Littlefield
Jacobs
Dennison
Hammond
Blume
Tyng
Chase
Hathorne
Pitman
Vesta L. Pomeroy
Henry A. Davis
J. W. Pettingill
W. E. Rogers
H. Hi. Mather
Joseph Morrill
Charles W. Spurr
George Morrill
J. D. Ball
James W. Bean
Hyde Park
Susan Wentworth
Eastern Railroad Company
Adelaide W. Lord
Chelsea Station
Hesseltine
Sol Lincoln
Logan
Murray
C. D. Nelson Lumber Company
New York
Minnesota
St. Paul
George A. Huntress
A. M. Howe
William Lewis
New York Sleeping Car Company
William R. Wing
Lewis
Wing
Pontiac
San Francisco
Utica
N. Y
Supreme Court
C. M. Knowlton
C. W. Clifford
E. D. Worcester
H. H. Crapo
Lillian E. Whitney
Pullman Palace Car Company
Portsmouth
White Mountains
Brown & Alger
B. H. Johnson
Schriftgeisser
Early
Allen
Partridge
Donahue
Richards
Evans
Hackett
Johnston
Foote
Faxon
Goulding
Arey
Highland Fdy. Co
Raymond
Austin
McPhee
Broderick
O’ Hare
Lunney
Tooney
Galvin
McKenna
Mahar Va. Towle
Aaa
Middlesex County
Thompson
John T. Langford
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
W. B. Gale
G. W. Morse
A. L. Soule
Etta W. Munroe
Bowker and
Sudbury
A. F. Means
J. M. Babson
Munroe
Supreme Judicial Court
Essex County
Clerk of Courts
George TH. Weston
Rosella H. Weston
Commonwealth
Nathaniel Pierce
Sarah F. Gould
Samuel B. Huzzey
Edward Heffernan
Osborne
Blethen
Nathaniel Dole
Georgianna Keyes
Bacon
Gaffney
Buses
Burnham
Mears
Accident Rel’s Co
Mudge
Welsh
Pettingill
Shaw
Howe
Caldwell
Sam Hooper
Ella Sturgis
G. QO. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Gibsonton, Monongahela River
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Sia Sessors
Ws . Pics
Wag
Sai
Samuel Hatch & CO
Congress Street
Carver, Bedford
Kingston
Milk Streets
Carver Street
Boylston Street
Kingston Street
Bedford Street
Milk St
W. W. Vaughan
Harriet Louisa Atkins
Auconeers
Ern District
Sherife
L. Foster Morse
Warren Street
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Townsend & Montant Auctioneers
Leepard Street
Philadelphia
Samuel Bunting's
Kidder Press Mfg
Heacybenes
Webster National Bank
North National Bank
Howard National Bank
Shee & Leather N. Bk
Melrose
Boston, Concord & Montreal BR
Norwich & Worcester BR. Co
Middlesex Mills
Am. Electric Mfg. Co
Boston, Concord & Montreal RR
Manchester Mills
Everett
Kreeman’s
Atlas Natl. Bank
Exchange Bank
Bank of Commerce
Boston & Providence RR
Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RR
Vt. & Mass. RR
Chicago Rolling Mills
Newton & Watertown Gas Co
Mercantile Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Chicago Roses Mills
Burton Stock Car. Co
McLeod Air RR. Signal Co
State National Henk
Horatio Harris & CO
State Ste -el Steamship
Acadia
Palermo
Pier 22
South
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