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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1913
Page
4
Ruth Lamb five, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lamb of Montgomery, two miles south of Aurora, was run over and killed by a street car this morning. The mother, an eye witness, swooned at the scene and remains in critical condition. Two other women fainted observing the tragedy.
New York report says Isidor Stein known as Izzy the Painter has confessed to setting more than 50 fires since 1907. He told district attorneys details aiding arson prosecutions and described preferences for fire engine house vicinities to delay alarms.
Dr Charles Sturtevant associate medical examiner for Hyde Park died at his Maple Street home after a long illness. Born July 23 1839 in Wrentham he moved to Hyde Park in 1870 and served as coroner for Milton and Hyde Park. He was the first Norfolk county medical examiner with a commission after 1877 and served Hyde Park under a special legislative act after it joined Boston.
The Temple Ohabet Shalom held its annual election in New England's largest Jewish congregation. A. S. Cohen won the vice presidency while John Nathan was voted president, Mark Stone secretary, Levy Hermen treasurer, and A. S. Hirshberg Henry Penn and A. A. Rosenbush named directors.
A battle in the North End left Salvatore Anasoni gravely wounded with head injuries and a near fatal neck wound. Michael Lembo, his wife Domenica Lembo, and Emanuel Russo were also shot, Domenica wounded while attempting a rescue, all in Webster court and surrounding streets.
Boston bootblacks weigh a strike if parlor owners refuse union demands. A Sunday meeting at 1 2 Charter street will decide next steps after listing wages of 7 a week, long hours, and tips kept by bosses. The union seeks 1 50 a day for six days, 7 am to 7 pm hours, Sunday and holiday pay, 20 cent overtime, and tips retained by workers.
The fourth week of the garment makers strike opens with no shift in stance. Strikers demand union recognition, while Eugene S Benjamin of the New York Clothing Trades Association remains opposed. Both sides claim strong organization and finances to endure a long dispute.
Police report a Saturday night melee between Anasoni and Lembo brothers ends with eight shots. Anasoni is mortally wounded and Giuseppi Lembo and Russo are treated. Lembo’s wife and others present. Victims hospitalized.
Workers may return to work tomorrow after a half-hearted acquiescence to leaders plans. The protocol affects 129 shops and nearly 30,000 operatives, with about half likely to resume work. If all return, over 100,000 workers remain on strike in other garment branches.
Chicago garment workers will vote Tuesday on a proposal to call a general strike in the trade. Delegates say workers favor joining New York garment workers in a walk out. the move was announced at a Chicago Federation of Labor meeting.
Regular stomach trouble sufferers in the United States can find lasting relief with Pape's Diapepsin used as directed. The harmless remedy digests food, stops sour belching, gas, heartburn, and indigestion within minutes, with a fifty cent case said to cure most cases of dyspepsia and related stomach disorders.
Boston Central Labor Union delegates condemn Representative Giblin's bill to legalize employing 15 year olds as elevator operators. They call it a life threatening, dangerous practice. International Organizer J J Dooley outlines a local Bakers Union organizing campaign. A committee is to attend the State House hearing on higher wages for state draw tenders. the raise proposal is unanimously endorsed.
Labor union officers said a new longshoremen strike is highly probable within days. A meeting of the A F of L Longshoremen's District Council is set for tomorrow night at Roughan Hall Charlestown. The council represents nearly all Boston port longshoremen except 14.
A Boston labor council meeting protested a proposed measure by Rep. Giblin calling for licensing elevator operators and setting 18 as the minimum working age. The C L A urged Boston school committee to rescind Rule 240 limiting employee activity outside school hours. Several unions announced meetings and officer elections, with talks on wage increases and work hours across multiple trades including carriage drivers, bakers, and stationary engineers.
Thomas H. Canning of Ben Franklin Assembly was re-elected district master workman and national master workman. The convention opposed extending contract systems in city departments, citing underpaid alien labor and higher city costs. Delegates condemned longshoremen unions for blocking K of L conference participation and protested labor union actions at the waterfront.
The joint executive board of seven Boston garment workers' locals met in secret to consider wage increases and better working conditions. Each local will report recommendations to meetings at 724 Washington Street tonight and tomorrow, with a final draft to follow.
Longshoremen’s demands remain unresolved after a year of negotiations. Following last January’s strike, a wage scale was to be studied and take effect this year, and months ago Transatlantic Steamship agents proposed a new scale that the men rejected.
The Freight Handlers' Union 70 of New York New Haven Hartford held a large gathering and reviewed wage scale reports with Superintendent Hobbs. They won 2.80 dollars per day an overtime rate of 34.5 cents an hour and new methods for calculating overtime. A guaranteed minimum day wage was secured with Sunday and holiday work adjustments and partial night pay when hours fall short of overtime equivalence.
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