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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
5
Advertisement proclaims W L Douglas makes the best $3.50 shoes with equal or superior wear to higher priced footwear. Claims global reputation, doubled sales since 1894, 63 stores, and availability of boys and youth models. Noting genuine branding, materials, fast color eyelets, and mail order catalog from Brockton Mass.
In Boston Superior Court Judge Braley granted a temporary restraining order to the R 9S Brine Transportation Company against the Brotherhood of Teamsters Local No. The order keeps in place until Monday at 2 p m when the injunction request will be heard. The Brine company allege violence intimidation and interference with its business by teamsters and allied parties. It seeks an injunction barring patrols near Brine teams, indecent language, intimidation of employees and customers, and restraint of a strike order by Chairman Cox. an accounting of damages is also requested against defendants.
Harrison Loring Jr secretary treasurer of the R S Brine Transportation Company spent a busy day in Boston visiting offices and courts. He carried a dress suitcase with newspapers including Post issues about a Tuesday demonstration. The Brine company asserts it has law and order on its side and expects citizens to respect the court order.
After Judge Bradley adjourned, Loring and counsel plus Brine Co. teamsters and others retired to a jury room. A restraining order against the Team Drivers Union was issued as Loring departed with bundles, escorted by patrolmen and detectives to a Somerset Street cab. Captain Gaskin of Station 3 watched the scene.
In a municipal court session before Judge Adams two young men faced breach of peace charges tied to a teamsters strike. John Scott was fined 76 dollars after alleged incitement on India street and rope-cutting involve ment near Brine’s team. Harry C Bird received a 20 dollar fine for obstructing the roadway.
Frederick G. Caulfield a Brine company teamster in South Boston was severely injured in Cambridge Thursday evening with a fractured skull. He remains delirious at home at 62 H Street. Doctors fear brain fever and order bed rest, quiet, ice on the head, light diet, and periodic wound care. His wife denies illness and says he has not been sick since marriage. Caulfield, a long time employee rising to foreman over about 120 men, claims no union membership due to health constraints. He was born in South Boston and has a reputation for integrity.
Last night President Hartnett of Local Union No. 25 and President Cox of the Allied Freight Transportation Council resigned from the strike committee in executive session. They vowed to continue the labor struggle within the law and not to antagonize Massachusetts authorities while pursuing legal avenues. Over 600 new membership applications were received for the Teamsters Union and several firms signed the union schedule.
A new Brine company hire, Simonds, a colored man, rode with John Cleveland then another team. He endured slurs and a coal strike on Merchants Row to Hanover Street and through Dock Square. Asked about the job, he said he would keep working despite the crowd.
President William H. Lincoln of the Chamber of Commerce announced withdrawal from the labor dispute with the teamsters. He said no satisfactory settlement emerged and that further reconciliation efforts would be abandoned, noting his help was personal and not in his official capacity. The settlement now rests with the disputing parties and the State Board of Arbitration had solicited his input.
An advertising snippet argues that white man's burden causes headaches and catarrh and cites a testimonial that one application of Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder clears nasal passages and stops head pain as a quick safe cure.
Disorder erupted as a lumber wagon blocked a bridge and a crowd clashed with police near Warren Street. Officers used clubs and fists to clear the mob, while snow and stones pelted the line. At Front Street yards, riders climbed cars, taunts flew, and mounted officers pressed the outbreak toward the outskirts as teamsters struggled to move freight through the yard.
Trains waited two hours and a half for union settling as wagons backed into the yards at 2:30 pm and finally cleared by 6 pm. Ross and his helper faced harassment with hard names and thrown ice or stones as they appeared. During Brine team loading several disputes arose among teammen.
Representative Thomas Donahue urged the House to empower the labor committee to investigate the causes of the Boston teamsters strike. The panel would have power to summon witnesses and papers to clarify facts and consider firmer laws on the arbitration of such disputes.
Mrs Robert S Brine, wife of the manager of a South Boston transportation firm, told a Post reporter last night that Brine is an honorable man who built the business and means no trouble. She said the recent dispute is a baseless strike and Brine is not responsible for others actions or for what Mr Loring does. She expressed confidence in a fair outcome and unity among supporters.
Robert S. Brine, head of the R. S. Prine Transportation Co., appears well after illness and spends a day riding through South Boston and Charlestown. He returns to his India street office, then the Brine stables, with no comment to reporters. The outing coincides with a court appearance by Mr. Loring earlier in the day.
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