Paris Flood Worsens as Looting Fears Rise and Aid Flows
River subsides but danger lingers in Paris amid looting bands near Charenton. Soldiers shoot pillagers. priests aid in Alfortville as Sisters of Charity rescue the hungry. Relief totals exceed $250,000 from newspapers and locals with international sympathy noted from the United States. The rag picker colony near Gennevilliers suffers ruin as the Seine's flood devastates homes and shelters.
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Ivry
Brie
Paris
Alfortville
Sisters of Charity
United States
Gennevilliers
Seine
Massachusetts Response Moves French Government
The government of the Republic of France thanks Massachusetts for its generous response to a Boston Chamber of Commerce appeal and expresses profound gratitude. It invites a hearty handshake and continued goodwill between the two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothwell
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Profondement Touche
Les Citoyens du Massachusetts
la Chambre de Commerce de
Gouvernement Republique Francaise
Albert Garrant
Massachusetts
Sabbath Protective League Opposes Sunday Ball and Theatres
At Tremont Temple and First Baptist Brookline meetings the league laid plans to press lawmakers this week against bills permitting open theatres and baseball on the Sabbath. Bishop Mallalieu and Drs Kneeland and Myers urged obedience to the 10 commandments and described seven day labor as slavery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabbath Protective League
Tremont Temple
First Baptist Church
Brookline
W. F. Mallalieu
M. D. Kneeland
D. D
Cortland Myers
Mallalieu
Boston
Charles Street
Deer Island
Bay
Verlaine Invited to Paris Duchess Salon Feud
Paris reports reveal the Duchesse de Rohan hosted another literary tea last week and, to public amusement, invited the dead poet Verlaine. The event, long a fixture for ten years, drew widespread chatter about the spectral invitation.
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Paris
Duchesse de Rohan
Paul Verlaine
Mellen Seeks Harmony with Brotherhood Firemen
New Haven January 30 President Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad urged cooperation with his employees at the union convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. He highlighted the new Association of Railroad Presidents of the State, his pension fund, and called for mutual effort toward a 10 hour day and overtime pay while cautioning against excessive demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Connecticut
Association of Railroad Presidents
Lathers Seek Wage Increase From National Headquarters
The Massachusetts State Council of Wood Wire and Metal Lathers Union at Wells Memorial urged a special organizer to aid regional organizing. Eighteen locals attended, including Springfield Lawrence New Bedford and Fall River. They endorsed the 1910 wage scales from Boston and Waltham, seeking 25 cents more per 1000 lath work and five cents more per hour for day labor, current rates being 50 cents per hour day work and 2.50 per 1000. The council adjourned to meet on Sunday April 24.
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Massachusetts State Council of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers
Wells Memorial Building
Springfield
Lawrence
New Bedford
Fall River
Boston
Waltham
Po Flood Threat Intensifies as Tiber Rises Across Italy
Reports from Rome and Perugia indicate rising waters and flooding across central Italy. The Po River threatens to overflow its banks while landslides occur in some areas. The Tiber is three feet above the level of the last flood.
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Rome
Italy
Perugia
Tiber
F C Kingman Leads Boston Musicians Local 9 Milestone
F C Kingman serves a fourth term as president of Boston Musicians Protective Association Local 9. A charter member and long-time delegate to the American Federation of Musicians, he helped grow the union to about 1500 members with headquarters at 66 Hanover Street. The federation now lists around 65 000 members nationwide and Canada.
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F. C. Kingman
Boston Musicians’ Protective Association, No. 9
American Federation of Musicians
Mr. Kingman
Ellsworth
Boston
Local 9
Kingman
Boston Central Labor Union
Hanover Street
American Federation of Labor
National League of Musicians
League
Be OE A
Local
United States
Canada
New England Set as Strike Focus For Rail Conductor Push
The Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen plan a 10 percent wage rise and run standardization on lines east of the Mississippi. Boston and Maine leads a likely first strike, with 99 percent of its conductors and trainmen in the unions. Subsequent actions involve the B A and New Haven systems and a broad push for shorter workdays, higher wages, and revised runs across several roads.
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New England
Brotherhood of Railroad
Mississippi
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago
General Adjustment Board
W. T. Lee
Brothershood of
A. B. Garretson
Order of Railway Conductors
Boston & Maine Railroad
C. E. Lee
B. & M. Road
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Boston & Albany
Brotherhoods
New Haven Railroad
Boston & Maine Road
Boilermakers Plan Monument for Frank Monaghan and Affiliate with AFL
Union steam engineers announce a monument on Frank B Monaghan’s grave at Forest Hills cemetery. Boilermakers Lodge 9 members in Boston approve affiliating with the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Builders, aiming to boost craft conditions. Fifty more sign the charter, bringing total to 103. meeting set for Thursday at 45 Eliot Street.
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Union Steam Engineers
Frank B. Monaghan
Forest Hills Cemetery
Monaghan
Union Engineers
Thomas Cairns
John Manning
Organized Labor
Boilermakers
Lodge 9
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders
Lodge
A. F. of L. International
Boston
New Hampshire
Eliot Street
Engineers to honor Monaghan with mass meeting at Faneuil Hall
The International Engineers' Union plans a testimonial for late international president Mr. Monaghan. Boston leaders Fred W. Dethridge Arthur M. Hud dell and William Beck will draft fundraising letters to steam engineers unions. A mass meeting with Sam Gompers as principal speaker is set for Washington's Birthday Eve at Faneuil Hall.
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Monaghan
International Engineers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Steam Engineers
Fred W. Dethridge
Boston
William McAvoy
Milford
Arthur M. Huddell
International
Massachusetts
A. F. of
William M. Beck
Sam Gompers
Faneuil Hall
Washington
Waist Girls Are Winning in New York Garment Strike
John A. Dyche, international secretary of the Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, says twelve thousand shirtwaist makers in New York are working under union conditions and that the strike will be completely won within a fortnight, spoken at a meeting of the Ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers' Union 86.
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New York
John A. Dyche
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Ladies’ Tailors and Dressmakers’ Union
May Enter Race for Cambridge Mayor
John T. Barrett of East Cambridge is asked to run for mayor on the Democratic ticket against Mayor Brooks. He has not yet decided actions but is considering and will likely issue a statement tonight. Nonpartisan candidates include ex Mayor Walter C. Wardwell George Long and W R Davis.
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John T. Barrett
East Cambridge
Cambridge
Brooks
Walter C. Wardwell
George Long
W. R. Davis
Impressive Statement From Springfield Fire & Marine Co
The Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Springfield displays its financial strength as the Commonwealths largest fire insurer. With $2,000,000 cash capital, $9,761,460 in assets, and $2,718,061 net surplus the firm ranks among the nations leading fire insurers. Under President Damons administration assets rose by $1,241,526 and the net surplus by $814,160 last year. Premium receipts grew by $382,513 and the reinsurance reserve by $337,954. Losses paid to policyholders since organization amount to nearly $47,000,000.
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Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Company of
Springfield
Commonwealth
Damon
Springfield Fire & Marine
Bible Prices to Rise March 1 Across Nation
Chicago Jan 30—A major Bible publishing house with branches in Cincinnati Kansas City and San Francisco announced Bible prices will rise on March 1 due to the new tariff on imported leather and paper.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Kansas City
San Francisco
Labor notes mark organizing drive across Boston unions
The Boston Metal Trades Council organized mass meetings in Greater Boston with 18 team drivers unions, while Market and Commission House Teamsters plan monthly meetings at Charlestown. A Boston & Maine rail unions federation talks schedule and New England firms host talks with Frank Ryan about new agreements. The executive boards of several unions meet, with resignations and deaths noted, and women workers seeking improvements for shirt waist makers.
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Boston Metal Trades Council
Greater
Boston
Wells Memorial Building
Harry J Jennings
William P. Greaney
Market and Commission House Teamsters’ Union
Boston & Maine Railroad
Frank Ryan
Chicago
United Housesmiths and Bridge and Structural Ironworkers’ Union
Boston Central Labor Union
Patrick Costello
South Boston
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers’ Union 42
Revere Beach
Chelsea Central Labor Union
Chelsea
G. A. R. Hall
Heptasophs Leader Samuel Tattersall Dies in Baltimore
Samuel H. Tattersall longtime supreme secretary of the Improved Order of Heptasophs died suddenly at his Baltimore home from heart failure. He was born 44 years ago in Philadelphia and passed away in this city on January 30.
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Baltimore
Samuel H. Tattersall
Philadelphia
Fire damages Cambridge store on Brattle Street
A blaze on the first floor of the four story wooden building at 34 Brattle street Cambridge caused about 2000 dollars in damage. The first floor houses Allen A. Smith's gentlemen's furnishing goods shop frequented by Harvard students.
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Brattle Street
Cambridge
Allen A. Smith
Harvard
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National Theatre of France
Javel
Charenton
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Aia
Bay State
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Mea
Great Western Cereal Company
Board of Trade
Mass
Labor
The
Boston Musicians’ Protective Association
Boston Division
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Assembly 5572
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Washington Street
Federated Council of the
Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Company
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Chase & Sanborn
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