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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1913
Page
4
Harvard lunch rooms ban tea as orders plummet to five cups per week while coffee remains dominant with about 3000 cups in the same period. Milk and chocolate follow, and sweets like lump sugar are popular, with students often carrying it to lectures.
Dr Alvah H Doty formerly health officer of the port of New York is appointed medical director of the Employees Benefit Fund Committee for ATandT Western Union and Western Electric. The job ties to a new pension and sick benefit plan with gradual medical supervision aimed at healthy workers. The companies employ about 200000 people.
George D. Ford of Sumner road Cambridge, formerly superintendent of the Cambridge Cemetery, is appointed deputy master and keeper of the House of Correction and jail in East Cambridge, succeeding the late George W. Cushing. He begins Feb 1 and previously held the deputy master post from 1885 to 1903.
Bargain hunters are urged to visit Burke & Co. tailors for an ongoing reduction sale featuring overcoatings and suitings priced as low as 15 dollars. The event claims to surpass all previous bargains seen in town.
The 21st annual Mailers Union No 1 International Typographical Union ball will be held tomorrow evening at Roughan's Hall in Charlestown. An unusual surprise feature will be shown for attendees, especially women guests, kept secret by organizers. The grand march will include city state and national figures with John L Horrigan heading the arrangements committee. Officials from the International and Allied Trades Unions will attend along with local and national leaders. The union officers are James A Blake president James F O'Brien vice president William F Wane recording secretary H E Kiley financial secretary and Thomas M Kelley treasurer.
An advertisement argues constipation stems from accumulated colon waste and modern living. It invites readers to request a booklet explaining why people today are only half as efficient and promises guidance for relief and health improvement.
The Boston Artificial Stone Cement and Asphalt Workers' Union voted to enforce the spring wage scale on all jobs starting today, with minimums of 60 cents for finishers 45 cents for helpers and 35 cents for laborers plus time and a half for overtime and all expenses paid on out of town jobs. The shop will switch to a 47 hour week with no weekly wages loss. James Kirby was elected international president of the Carpenters and Joiners union. Patternmakers plan a Detroit convention in July. Boston C L A plans a meeting to discuss important matters. Drug clerks in Boston form a union under Frank Kiernan of the AFL. A mass meeting of Boston Hotel Workers Union will close its charter tonight at 724 Washington Street.
At Boston Typographical Union meeting a committee report urged more apprentices per office with a graded year scale and fewer unclassified laborers in composing rooms. They also voted to ask postal authorities to include printed books in parcel post and endorsed International President James M. Lynch for Secretary of Labor when a cabinet department is created.
Longshoremen locals of the A F I unions met yesterday and voted to hold another conference with transatlantic liner agents to settle wage disputes. The next meeting, tomorrow morning, will decide whether about 3000 dock workers in the port go on strike.
A conference will be formed by a three local union committee and a District Trades Council officer to negotiate with steamship companies. Knights of Labor will not participate. Locals authorized the District Council to accept or reject company terms, with International Secretary John J Joyce aiding negotiations.
Refuse B M O F for Extra Work Dock Freight Handlers Union 809 voted yesterday with over 400 members to reject the Boston & Maine railroad wage offer. The union seeks 2.40 per day flat rate, vs 2.30 daily plus 25 cents hourly for grain elevator and bulk cargo work, and may press for a new conference with Superintendent Ray.
The joint executive board of two major garment workers unions will meet tonight to decide wage and working condition demands to be presented to local employers.
About 10 000 workers across seven unions in Boston consider a secret vote on strike dates. The joint board, meeting at 724 Washington Street, backs a Monday action with an eight hour day, no overtime, higher wages, and ending garment work in tenement shops. The Ladies Garment Workers Union seeks a 50 hour week, modest pay rise, no child labor, and sanitary shop conditions. their board meets at 81 North Russell Street for final reports.
In New York the garment workers strike nears settlement as manufacturers propose a sliding wage scale and a 52 hour week for all workers. The plan backs increases of 10 to 12 and a half percent plus a minimum rise of one dollar weekly, with union leaders to vote this week. The New York Clothing Trades Association, not party to the deal, has not recognized the union. A letter from two manufacturers will confirm their side’s part of the contract tomorrow.
The Boston Leather Handlers Union AF of L announces a new schedule effective next Monday. The pact sets a $15 weekly minimum wage, 50 cents hourly overtime, holiday pay, a nine hour workday Monday through Friday and a six hour Saturday, with three shops already agreeing and others expected to follow.
Boston and Maine Freight Clerks Assembly of the Knights of Labor yesterday named a conference committee to arrange talks with Superintendent Ray. They will present a petition demanding higher wages shorter hours and improved working conditions.
The Massachusetts Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters held its semi annual convention in Worcester. Elected officers include President John J. Rooney of Worcester Vice President Austin Fales of Boston Secretary and Treasurer Charles Smith of Fitchburg and an executive board comprising John F. Clancy Boston Joseph Scanlon Springfield Richard Leahy Newton Albert Gardner Brockton and John Donovan Boston. Annual convention to be held in New Bedford during the last week in July.
The Boston labor scene features the anniversary of the Boston Newsboys Union 9077 and A KF of L events at Paul Revere Hall. unions vote to defer 1913 wage talks, host meetings with national and state officers, honor anniversary events, plan wage scales, and admit new members across several locals including Meat Handlers 490 and Stage Employees 11 IA T 8S.
An advertisement touts Poslam as a fast healing remedy for red noses inflamed complexions and minor skin troubles including pimples and blemishes. It claims eczema tetter itch and scabies respond promptly with application. Poslam Soap is promoted for skin protection and improved texture with dandruff shampoo support. Free samples offered from Emergency Laboratories New York.
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