Strikers Seize Jersey City Yard Then Resume Car Loading
About 150 strikers and supporters seized the Pennsylvania Railroad yard at Harsimus Cove early today. Brakemen quit, but units of clerks and guards helped resume loading forty eight gon dola coal cars for High Bridge New York. Police tightened patrols as talks continued with company officials.
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Jersey City
N.J
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Harsimus Cove
High Bridge
N. Y
New York
Henderson Street
Hoboken
Warren Street
Elevated Road Company
North River
Third Avenue
Hounrter
Long Island Railroad Company
Bushwick
East New York
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
Powerful Knights of Labor plan for national miners union
The Press reports a sweeping scheme to unite all coal miners and mine laborers under one banner the National District Assembly No 135 of Miners and Mine Laborers of America William H Bailey head master workman and Louis James secretary treasurer The plan spans fourteen states and four territories aims to coordinate action beyond wages or hours with about 1000000 members Midwest and Northeast figures and leadership named context from Philadelphia dated January 16.
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Philadelphia
United States
Knights of Labor
William H. Bailey
Theeneral
The
Knights
Myr Owderly
National District Assembly
Miners
Mine Laborers of America
Louis James
New Straitsville
Settlement Expected After Lorillard Strike Payoff
Jersey City New Jersey January 16 3500 Lorillard strikers were paid off at noon yesterday. Strikers vow to stay out until demands are met. A committee visited the factory and told men in the engine room they could draw fires as needed and those required to tend them could remain at work. Stable workers were told they would not be hindered in moving goods ready for shipment. Efforts will be made tomorrow to resolve differences and the strike is believed to be short lived.
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Charlestown Neck
Seab
Rugg
Clark
McLean
Hitchcock
Kempton
Charlestown
Studley
South Boston Railroad
Jersey City
N. J
Engineer’s Department
Strike at Southampton cutlery shops ends tools ban
New Haven Conn January 16 The Southampton cutlery shops strike escalates as over a hundred workers receive notices to remove their tools. Employers refuse the ten percent restoration demand triggering the lockout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Southampton
Labor troubles elsewhere and union actions
Reports from Ashland, Philadelphia Waxereep and Curiao Tr describe unsettled labor disputes. The Lasters Protective Union settlement favors the lasters and workers return Monday in Houghton Coolidge & Co. The Philadelphia upholsterers resume work pending arbitration. Day's shoe shop sees continued walkout with replacements. Journeymen bakers condemn the Anarchist verdict and honor the condemned as Chicago branch members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Lasters’ Protective Union
Houghton, Coolidge & Co
Philadelphia
Waxereep
Chicago
No Immediate Strike Plague Fears for Boston Street Rail
Consolidated Road employees deny imminent strike danger after Charlestown division meeting. They report no action toward a new walkout, install new officers, and plan a testimonial for Conductor and Master Workman John C Short. Leaders expect dissatisfaction to fade.
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Boston Consolidated Street Railway
Charlestown Division of the Road
John C. Short
President Powers
The Senatorship in Massachusetts Senate Contest
The piece analyzes the Massachusetts senatorial race among Dawes Long and Robinson. It argues Dawes deserves broad support for experience and public service, while Robinson seeks retirement from politics, and Long faces a challenging path with caucus hopes diminished after Tuesday’s votes.
George V Sims Held for Non Support in New York
George V Sims former manager of the Northern Pacific New York office was arrested on his wife’s complaint for non support and desertion. His exam is set for February 15 and he must pay $6 weekly. A well known railroad figure and Manhattan Club member, he has not lived with his wife for months, once seeking a divorce on grounds his first wife was alive.
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New York
George V. Sims
Northern Pacific Railroad
Sims
Manhattan Club
Fire in Fifth Avenue Brownstone Causes Narrow Escape
A 1 a.m. cellar fire at 1005 Sixth Avenue in a five story brownstone owned by William and Frederick Heensough sent residents fleeing in night clothes. Flames spread through the shaft to all floors. a man named Rheenhardt was nearly suffocated but saved by Fireman Dalrymple who carried him down a ladder.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
William and
Frederick Heensough
Rheenhardt
Dalrymple
Luxuries Under Fire at Hollis Street Union Meeting
A Suffolk Conference gathering at Hollis Street Church heard three ministers voice warnings on the danger of luxury. Charles F. Dale mocked affluent complacency while urging self denial, George Batchelor praised refined living for uplift, and Edward A. Horton urged Unitarian youths to balance taste with duty.
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Union
Young People’s
Hollis Street
King’s Chapel
Suffolk
Charles F. Dale
Mr. Dale
DeNormandie
Dan
Beersheba
Dole
George Batchelor
John Ruskin
Batchelor
Edward A. Horton
Boston
Mr. Horton
Adies
Horton
Ile
Mr Alley Seeks New Trial in Snow-Alley Case
In Superior Court a motion for a new trial was argued for Snow and Snow Alley. Grounds include misapplied law, verdict not supported by the evidence, excessive verdict, and newly discovered testimony from Wallace, Lounsberry, and Huben. Judge Shattuck reserved decision.
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Snow-Alley
Superior Court
Robert G. Ingersoll
J. M. Morton
H. M. Knowlton
George O. Shattuck
Mr. Harriman
Mr. Snow
Mr. Morton
Chester Snow
Postal
Lounsberry
New York
Wallace & Sons
Wallace and
The New England Religion as a Brooding Hen
The Rev. Dr. Bartel preached on Luke 13 84 at West Church describing New England Congregationalism as a brooding hen. He warned against over logical disputation and urged love of God and neighbor, noting Congregationalism’s decline as a creed but upholding its polity as democracy in worship.
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Bartel
West Church
New England
Jesus
Andover
Andover Seminary
Jerusalem
Earth
Boston
God
Heaven
Geneva
Obituary notices of notable Salem figures fill regional page
Nathan Miller aged 87 died in Salem after a life as a tailor, customs official, and bark measurer. Ursula Chapman marriage in 1828 produced ten children. James S. Pond of South Salem died by paralysis. Captain John Pond is his son. Rev. Patrick H. Toner S J pastor of St Joseph Providence died of pneumonia. William Fiske of Lowell died aged 81. Luke Bliss 77, Mittineague postmaster and deacon. William H. Woods 57, Civil War navy veteran. Professor Edward Disney LL D Michigan mathematician found dead. author. Elijan E Briggs 64 Chelsea War of Rebellion veteran. Funeral set at Chelsea Grand Army Hall with Woodlawn interment. Friedrich Amerling, Vienna painter, died age 84.
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Nathan Miller
Salem
Essex and
Elm Streets
Derby Street
Salem Custom House
City of
Ursula Chapman
James S. Pond
South Salem
Ward
Lafayette Streets
John Pond
Kansas City
Patrick H. Toner
S. J
St. Joseph’s
Providence
New York
Alfil
Father Toner
Father Gocklen
William Fiske
Lowell
Luke Bliss
West Springfield
Mittineague
Congregational Church
William H. Woods
New Bedford
Merchant Service
Edward Disney
LL. D
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Elijan E. Briggs
Chelsea
Theodore Winthrop
Grand Army Hall
Park Street
Woodlawn
Friedrich Amerling
Lawrence
Vienna
Beverly's New Postoffice Opens With Expanded Space
Beverly January 16 The new post office will be formally opened tomorrow with far more room than the old location. The general delivery is in front of the octagon of boxes. There are 900 call boxes and 560 lock boxes and drawers. Separate rooms exist for the money order and financial departments and a comfortable postmaster's room. The new office is in Odd Fellows' block with entrances on Broadway and Wallis street.
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Bevery
Spectau
Odd Fellows
Broadway
Wallis Street
Selectmen Indicted Over Jury Draw Charged Illegality
Deputy Sheriff Wood served the selectmen with a court summons to answer an indictment returned by the grand jury accusing them of illegality in drawing jurors for the United States district court in Boston on Sept. 7.
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Piers Freto
Wood
Board of Selectmen
Superior Court
Grand Jury
United States District Court
Boston
Sleighing Accident Injures Charlestown Men
At 3 30 yesterday Robert Bieliot Frank Dolan and Cornelius J Calahan of Charlestown rode in a sleigh on Beverly street when a passing horse owned and driven by J W Mahoney reared striking Calahan dislocating his left shoulder and injuring his right leg He was taken to Station 1 and treated by Dr Eliot.
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Robert Bieliot
Frank Dolan
Cornelius J. Calahan
Charlestown
Beverly Street
J. W. Mahoney
Calahan
Station 1
Dr. Eliot
Fourteenth Symphony Concert Delights with Emma Juch Soloists
A Boston concert feature reviews Schubert Overture to Alfonso and Estrella and the Don Giovanni aria by Miss Emma Juch with mixed praise. Arnold King’s Othello prologue debuts in Boston, praised for orchestral color though viewed as diffuse. Gade’s C minor Symphony praised for Nordic charm and mastery, with next program including Beethoven Fidelio Overture and Brahms Piano Concerto with Adele Margulies.
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Emma Juch
Schubert
Alfonso
Estrella
National Opera Company
Freischuetz
Judi
Boston
Miss Judi
Weber
Arnold King
Gade
Mendelssohn
Brahms
Schumann
Fidelio
Hanselt Popetacg Cca Oy Eise
emGlet-sige Sa Uous
Adele Margulies
Delibes's Coppelia Opens American Opera Season
The Boston audience saw Leo Delibes's ballet Coppelia for the first time in the country. The performance impressed despite some early unevenness from the coryphées. Marie Giuri as Swanilda excelled, Coppelius by M. Bibeyran impressed, and Cammarano's spinning scenes drew praise. The season overall is deemed very successful with plans for a return engagement at the Boston Theatre starting February 14 featuring Lohengrin Martha and The Flying Dutchman.
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Leo Delibes
Coryphées
Sylvia
Czar Dasz
Marie Giuri
Swanilda
M. Bibeyran
Coppelius
M. Cammarano
Fursch-Maci
Judi
Luding
L’allemand
Whitney
van Zanten
Davis
Stoddard
Boston Theatre
Opera bill for last night unsettled
The programs list Aida Faust and Lohengrin as part of the season but the bill for the final night remains undecided, delaying official programming.
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Aida
Faust
Mrs Thurber thanks press for opera support
Jeannette M Thurber writes to the Boston Post thanking the city press and public for their support during the National Opera Company’s recent season. She expresses confidence in founding a national opera to educate and employ musically gifted Americans.
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Sir
Boston
National Opera Company
National Opera
Jeannette M. Thurber
Concerts and Opera Notices From Chickering Hall to New York Stage
Afternoon second Douste sisters chamber concert at Chickering Hall with Kneisel and Gliese. Willard Burr Jr. concert tomorrow featuring Burns pieces. Carlyle Petersilea, Mrs. Humphrey Allen, C. N. Allen, and Wulf Fries. Kneisel quartet next Tuesday with Miss Emma Juch singing Beethoven songs. Boston Ideal Opera at Boston Theatre with new Haley and Donizetti works. Memorial Redemption concert February 6 for Joseph Lennon. National Opera Company to stage Rubinstein Nero in New York with Frau Fursch-Madi and Emma Juch. Nero to be performed by Ludwig and Vinden.
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Douste Sisters
Chickering Hall
Messrs. Kneisel
Gliese
Willard Burr, Jr
Burns
Carlyle Petersilea
E. Humphrey-Allen
C. N. Allen
Wulf Fries
Kneisel Quartet
Emma Juch
Donizetti
Adina
Victor
Martha
Fra Diavolo
Boston Oratorio Society
Joseph G. Lennon
Boston Theatre
Frederick Archer
New York
National Opera Company
Rubinstein
Nero
New York Metropolitan Opera House
Hamburg
Mme. Fursch-Madi
Spicharis
Chrysa
Ludwig and
Vinden
Candidus
Court Docket of Essex County January 17
Superior Court calendar lists cases for today including Shafner v Bohaker 858, Strong v City of Gloucester 8752, Knowlton v Sheedy 2782, Ryerson v Goulding 3640, Martin v Gage et al 8678, Burnham et al v City of Gloucester 8748, McIntire et al v same 3749, Anderson et al v same 8801, Thompson et al v same 8802, Cook v same 8803.
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Thompson Et al
Same
Cook
Court docket list of cases across multiple sessions
A long OCR of case names and docket notes across First through Fourth Sessions with judges Aldrich and Hammond listed, including numerous civil actions involving Boston firms, railroads, insurance companies, and individuals. Trials, motions, and schedules referenced. no narrative conclusions provided.
Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women Meeting
The annual meeting in Boston University building reports about 250 members. Officers elected include President Marion Talbot and Secretary C. C. Barrell. Cambridge Railroad directors reelected Pris Miss Pren tiss Cummings and Colonel Bancroft. Unionization and local meetings noted. Typographical Union No. 13 plans a ball in Music Hall on Feb 14.
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Massachusetts Society For the University Education of Women
Boston University
Marion Talbot
C. C. Barrell
Mary A. Topliff
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Edward 3. Niles
C. A. Ufford
George L. Pierson
C. L. Pitkin
M. R. Deming
Tremont Row
W. W. Hackett
J. J. Norris
T. A. Haslam
O. M. Lord
I. D. Roberts
T. P. Briggs
Typographical Union No
Fis
Music Hall
Creditors Accept 40 Cents on Dollar for Tibbets Mill Supplies
Boston creditors report C L Tibbets mill supplies accepted 40 percent of owed debt. Several Worcester area firms in distress include Charles H Murch Co producer Boston failing with about 4000 liabilities, Ambrose White Bucksport Me assigned, I H Ames Boston furniture assigning with 80000 liabilities, and Waterbury Electric Co attached.
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C. L. Tibbets
Boston
Charles H. Murch & Co
Ambrose White
Bucksport
George W. Pellingail
West Sullivan
Edward Reader
Istore & Coombs
Gloucester
A. B. Tucker
Pittsfield
I. H. Ames
Furniture
Edwin N. Adams
Brookfield
Ea F. BE. Littlefield
Beachmont
Waterbury Electric Company
Granite cutters stand firm against lockout
Granite cutters met in Evans Hall on Saturday and answered to roll call to show unity. Delegates from plasterers bricklayers stonemasons carpenters unions attended and vowed not to work on any stone from scab-made blocks. They refuse financial assistance thus far.
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Evans Hall
Rcell-Call
Plasterer’s Union
Bricklayers’ Union
Stonemasons’ Union
Carpenters’ Union
Boston Irish societies plan public St Patrick Parade
Delegates from Irish societies in Boston and suburbs met at New Era Hall and voted to hold a public St Patrick Day parade. The choice of chief marshal and other details were tabled for a meeting next Sunday in the same hall.
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Boston
Suburbs
New Era Hall
Divorce Petition of George W. Marshall for Desertion
George W. Marshall of Everett Massachusetts petitions the Supreme Judicial Court for a divorce from Isabella L. Marshall formerly Isabella L. Scobles. He alleges desertion at Hyde Park beginning September 1 1883 lasting over three years prior to filing on January 6 1887.
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Massachusetts
Middlesex
Supreme Judicial Court
George W.marshall
Everett
Isabella L. Marshall
Isabella L. Scobles
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth
Hyde Park
Geo. W. Marshall
Massachusetts Court Pursues Fiberlene Collar Company Liquidation
The Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk directs notice for creditors to appear in Boston on the first Monday of March 1887 to show cause why Fiberlene Collar Company should be dissolved. Montague Denton and Taylor represent stockholders. company has ceased business with no debts or assets. The document also lists estate administrations for Rebecca W. Stackpole and Johanna Keliner in Suffolk.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Supreme Judicial Court
A. D
Cambridge
Boston Post
Boston
Suffolk
Theo. C. Hurd
Yomrmonweavem
Massachusetts
Charles H. Montague
Eben Denton
Varnum N. Taylor
Fiberlene Collar Company
Commonwealth
Elen Denton
Varnum N.taylor
Suffolks
Ees
Sonny
Henry A. Clapp
Johanna Keliner
John Keliner
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Lazarus
MR. Alley
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Beverly’s New Postoffice
Alfonso and
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Shakspere
Delibes
Coppelia
Brigham
C. J
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Tenney
Welch
Stiles
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Raphael
Hume
Maver
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Saff. B. Co
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Moore
Drennan
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Trundy
Todd
Rogers
Boardman
Boston Marine Ins. Co
Shaw
Newsome
Cassidy
Albany
R. R
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Talcott
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Brett
Watson
Webster
Foster
Cleverly
Locke
Porter
Andrews
Aldrich
Alden
Thurber
Graffam
Robbins
Merriam & M. P
Newton
Edwards
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Nashua Savings Bank
Quincy M. F. I. D
McMahon
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Hovey
Woodward
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Lane
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Grant
Nason
Sturtevant
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PES &Sons
Oly
Lor
G. QO. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
TLCE
Rebecca W. Stackpole
Anna W. Lancaster
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