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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1913
Page
14
Brown Shipley and Company of London issues letters of credit. The document outlines financial backing for shipments and trade transactions. Details specify applicant and beneficiary roles, credit limits, and terms governing payment and renewal.
Monday column will answer reader questions on listed and unlisted stocks and bonds of New England industrial public utility bank and mill companies. Inquiries must give full name and address and concern one subject. Address to FINANCIAL EDITOR Boston Post Boston Mass.
Reader asks for opinions on several mining and power concerns. Summaries cover Pressed Steel Car Company earnings, Boston Water Power, Corbin Copper, Acme Consolidated, Kerr Lake Mining, Lawrence Dye Works, with notes on dividends, assets, and possible reorganizations. People cited include L B C Springfield and Brookline residents.
Directors of Island Creek Coal Company declare a quarterly dividend of a share and an extra dividend of 3.00 per share payable August 1, 1913 to stockholders of record at the close of June 15 1013. F W Batcuil der treasurer. Telephone Telegraph Co. will pay two dollars per share to stockholders of record at close of business endury June 30 191% William BR Driver treasurer.
Ten groundfish and six swordfish vessels docked at the waterfront yesterday while more boats are expected before market opening. The steam trawler Swell lost its propeller and sailed in under sail, with tow assistance for the stranded steamer. Incoming liners Manitou and Cymbalic loom, plus others from Antwerp to Liverpool, are set to arrive later this week as crews and passengers board.
Brazil Ry pfd 11 2 per cent Joliet Chicago 13 4 per cent Standard Fabric 1 per cent United Globe Mints 7 59 American Locomotive pfd 13 4 per cent 21 Associated Mer 1st pfd 1 per cent 1 4 ex to pfd 11 2 per cent 1 4 ex 7 15 Caflin 8 B com 11 2 per cent 15 Corn Products Res pfd 113 4 per cent 7 15 Madison Lee Ill Co of Boston 21 2 per cent 7 21 Electrical Utilities Corp com 11 3 per cent and pfd 11 4 per cent 7 15 Int Traction of Buffalo pfd 2 Shawinigan Water & Power 11 cent 7 19 IPSD pee U Cast Iron Pipe and Fdry pfd 1 per cent 7 15 Brazil Ry pfd Southwestern R R of Ga
Shipping news lists numerous steamers and tugs arriving from New York and other ports, with names including Bohemian Hiscoe San Joe City of Memphis Garfield North Star and others. It notes schooners, barges, and vessels towings toward Rockland Gloucester Newport News and Philadelphia, plus an error note about the James S. Whitney sailing.
Johannesburg July 6 The Rand district remains tense with armed police guarding property while no new major rioting occurs after Friday and Saturday clashes that left many dead or injured. Strike leaders say government terms are being accepted across the Reef as natives are kept in compounds and fear looting grows.
Reports count about 20 dead and 150 wounded on Saturday and 100 dead or wounded on Friday as clashes erupt. Leaders urge restraint, call for veterans to attend martyrs' funeral, and oppose force to release rioters. Amalgamated Society of Engineers approves settlement. strikes planned if grievances persist. News barred as troops guard Rand Cluny. leaders warn government missteps.
Greenwich police arrest James McIntyre, recently from Newport, Rhode Island, and Rhind in connection with a 50 000 dollar jewelry theft from the Haas family of Long Branch. McIntyre confesses implicating a Haas house maid he claims to be engaged to. A satchel of necklaces brooches and rings was found in McIntyre’s possession. Rhind has counsel and no statement. They are held awaiting New Jersey authorities.
A fragment hints at a marriage where the wife maintains her office habits at home. The husband Jack appears to try dictating, but she remains in command of the routine, creating tension and unresolved questions about their dynamic.
Joseph D. Cannon of Denver, an officer of the Western Federation of Miners, told the Boston Central Labor Union yesterday that strike breakers are being recruited in Boston to replace miners likely to strike in Michigan copper districts. He said the federation, now affiliated with the A F of L, has taken a strike vote across Michigan for better conditions, with results to be announced today. He predicted an almost unanimous strike vote.
Michael J. Young and Frank J. Higgins, Boston iron workers released on 80000 bonds pending appeal in the dynamite conspiracy case, did not arrive for a Boston Central Labor Union meeting. The union raised the funds through affiliated bodies including Bartenders and Typographical unions plus several others to cover the bonds and related costs.
Larkin D. Flanigan, son of a Osceola bank president, faces fresh arrest after release from the House of Correction. He previously served time for a $100 bad check at Hotel Touraine and fled to Memphis before being extradited back to Boston. Chicago seeks him for a $2500 fraudulent check on an auto concern.
More than 109 new members approved at a special Boston Journeymen Barbers Union 182 executive meeting. Some new members previously belonged to the I W W. President Wilson notes the July per capita tax to the international office as the largest in local history. A special board meeting is set for tomorrow night. Business Agents Donovan and Dwyer begin shop owner signatures for the new agreement to take effect July 21 with 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. hours, and 10 p.m. closing on Saturdays.
At Bunker Hill Lodge 404 meeting the official vote count on a strike against the Boston and Maine Boston and Albany and Nees N H and H railroads showed a large majority in favor. Unofficial reports indicate other roads also favor strike. W O Wood reported new insurance rules adding a 2000 class and extending full coverage to members reaching age 70. A general committee report from New York on settlement or strike was awaited later this month.
A reception and banquet honoring Charles L. Baine of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union will be held July 26 at the Quincy House on the eve of his departure as one of two labor representatives attending the British Trades Congress in London. General President John F. Tobin will preside.
Birth announcement for a son at 663 Saratoga Street East Boston on July 3 1915. Obituaries list multiple deaths with funeral details from July 4 to July 9 in Roxbury Dorchester and surrounding communities, including residences at 19 Brighton Street 250 North Street 11 Longfellow Street and 36 Walden Street with mass times and burial locations.
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