Wage rise denied by Boston and Maine and Boston and Albany
Railroads Boston and Maine and Boston and Albany refused a 10 percent wage increase and an 11 to 10 hour workday reduction. Conductors and trainmen outlined parallel demands across northern lines, while officials said requests were rejected but relationships remain amicable.
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Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mississippi
Merrill
C. E. Lee
Boston & Maine Railroad
North Station
B. H. Morrill
Springfield
Joint System Board of
W. J. Doherty
Concord
N. H
Lee
Great Brotherhoods
Railroad Officials Reject Wage Boost Bid in Boston Area
Local railroad men telegraphed rejections to national boards in Chicago and Boston. The Eastern Association boards will stay in daily session awaiting further developments and national officer arrivals. No immediate strike is expected but talks and hearings continue with the Boston & Albany road denying wage and condition improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Board
Eastern Association
Chicago
Lee
Boston & Maine Road
Puritan Lodge 621 Holds Meeting in Charlestown
Puritan Lodge 621 of Brotherhood of railroad trainmen gathered at Mishawum Hall Charlestown with nearly all system committee members. They planned the eighth annual concert and ball to be held at Copley Hall on Monday night Jan 31, electing O V Scott of Somerville as arrangements chairman.
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G. A. Merrill
South Framingham
H. 8S. Stiles
Leverett
Boston & Albany Railroad
W. J. Tripp
J. H.hustis
Boston & Albany
Road
Eastern Association of General Committees
Order of Railway Conductors
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Puritan Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Mishawum Hall
Charlestown
C. E. Lee
B. & M. Road
Copley Hall
Lodge
O. V. Scott of
Somerville
Cheerful reunion interrupted by Southern officer at Massachusetts regiment gathering
An unplanned moment occurred at the Forty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment Association reunion at Young's Hotel. Colonel Bisbee, a former Southern army officer, was invited into the banquet room where veterans cheered as he shared Southern anecdotes and war stories. President John Parkinson welcomed attendees and Rev. Dr. R. Perry Bush praised the nation’s heritage.
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Forty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment Association
Young’s Hotel
Colonel Bisbee
Bisbee
Massachusetts
James B. Gardner
Gardner
John Parkinson
R. Perry Bush
Chelsea
Taylor reflects on mayoral race and personal defeat
City Election recap features candidate Nathaniel H. Taylor recounting a hard-fought campaign. He admits misgivings about lavish spending by rivals and acknowledges being swept from the race while noting his own long service at City Hall and belief in his qualifications.
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Hibbard
Nathaniel H. Taylor
Taylor
Storrow
Mr. Taylor
J—T
Storrow’s
Fitz
Corbett Confession Shocks Providence Trial
Mrs Ethel Rose testified she heard Joseph P Corbett confess to fatally wounding Paymaster Charles E Randall during an attempted 5000 holdup near Phillipsdale almost a year ago The Boston defendant faced a sensational climax as the New York detective spouse recounted the admission in court proceedings.
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Providence
R. I
Joseph P. Corbett
Boston
Ethel Rosé
New York
Corbett
Charles E. Randall
Phillipsdale
Corbett Alibi Evidentiary Hearing Near End
Mrs Rose testified Corbett confessed to overshadow a highway robbery tale told by her husband as they picnicked near Corbett s bungalow in See konk Massachusetts. She quoted Corbett discussing the attempted robbery and Randall s shooting. Boston factory workers and East Providence witnesses dispute Rose s identification as the murderer. The court adjourned awaiting defense witnesses to bolster an alibi.
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Randall
Rose
Boston
Corbett
East Providence
Wolf's My Clothier Offers Double Stamps Morning Promotion
Double stamps given with every purchase mornings until 12 o'clock noon at Wolf's My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets. After noon single stamps apply.
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Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Wolf's
Haymarket Square
Adams Square
Scollay Square
Friend-Union Street
Subway
Syrian Woman Attacked in Brockton Says Two Women Bit Her
An unknown Syrian woman about 32 was found in a shed on Provost street in Brockton and rushed to a hospital in serious condition. She later told officials two other women attacked and bit her face and hands. medical examiners found marks supporting her account.
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Brockton
Provost Street
Huntington to resign from BU presidency
Boston University President William E. Huntington will resign from the presidency and has informed the trustees. He has not filed a written resignation yet but plans to after the board considers his request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Huntington
Boston University
Boston University President Huntington Resigns After 25 Years
Dr Huntington informs trustees of his impending departure at end of academic year next June after 25 years of service including 21 years as dean and seven as president. He cites wish for rest and the university’s need for renewed leadership as committee selects a successor. He became BU president in 1903 succeeding William F Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Boston University
William F. Warren
Warren
Dr. Huntington
College of Liberal Arts
Somerset Street
Harvard Medical School
Boylston Street
Jacob Sleeper
Call to lead probes selected by House Republicans
In Washington on January 20, the Republican majority chose the panel for the joint House Senate inquiry into the Ballinger Pinchot controversy. The 186 to 145 vote elected Samuel W. McCall James D. Lloyd Edwin Denby Marlin Olmsted Ollie M. James and EF H Madison to represent Republicans and Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hous of Representatives
House
Senate
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Marlin E. Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Edwin Denby
Michigan
EF. H. Madison
Kansas
James D. Lloyd
Missouri
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Republicans defeat Democratic Rainey amendment in House vote
In a 192 to 147 roll call the Republicans rejected a Democratic amendment naming Henry T. Rainey of Illinois over Lloyd. Representative PoinDexter of Washington sided with Democrats as Currier of New Hampshire moved a resolution after a rule passed. McCall of Massachusetts disclosed mining stock holdings and vowed to avoid any investigation links to his company.
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Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Lloyd
Representative Poindexter
Washington
Representative Currier
New Hampshire
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
House
West
McCall
Interior Department
Representative Clark
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Boston Tailoring Go
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Bates Street
Crowley & Gold CO
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Chauncy St
Washington St
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POST
O’brien
Matthews
Nathskeller Columbus
Plaza Rathskeller
Plimpton-Hervey Co
Haymarket Sq
B. U
DR. Wililaam Tb
Hows
Talbot Co
eSeer
Hanover Street
Broadway
South Boston
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