Striking Block Cutters Paralyze Haverhill Plants
In Haverhill on July 17 nearly 500 block cutters walked out at 10 am under I W W demands for recognition nine hour day and fifty hour week living wage. About 300 women and minors lose work as 39 leather remnant and shoe trimming shops shut. Leaders predict others will join once a dealer signs. Major firms named include Joseph Jonas Co Bay State Leather Remnant Co Eastern Shoe Trimming Co American Shoe Trimming Co C W Hasel tine Co Mahattan Leather Remnant Co New England Leather Remnant Co Max Miller Phoenix Leather Remnant Co Hillson Gebert Pentucket Shoe Trimming Co Milrender Kostas Tikelis Peabody Leather Co A M Body Simon Stavensier James Malloy.
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Haverhill
Industrial Workers of the World
Joseph Jonas & Co
Bay State Leather Remnant Company
Eastern Shoe Trimming Company
American Shoe Trimming Company
C. W
Haseltine & Co
Mahattan Leather Remnant Company
New England Leather Remnant Company
Max Miller
Phoenix Leather Remnant Company
Hillson & Gebert
Pentucket Shoe Trimming Company
Milrender
Kostas & Tikelis
Peabody Leather Company
A. M. Body
Simon Stavensier
James Malloy
Lockout Rumor Triggers Cutter Walkout At Factory
Early today rumors spread that employers planned a lockout and one man tried to block cutters by locking doors at 10 o clock. A worker escaped via an elevator shaft and raised a disturbance before Reserve Officer James Snee compelled the owner to reopen. All cutters then left without violence.
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James Snee
Burglars Loot Amesbury Town Clerk Home Silver Service
In Amesbury on July 17 burglars used an auto to raid the home of Town Clerk Nathan E. Collins and carried off 70 pieces of solid silver with buffet drawers. They also broke into two other houses on Greenwood street and Walnut Hill, attempting to breach pantry and a bedroom window while occupants were present.
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Amesbury
Nathan E. Collins
S. R. Bailey
Greenwood Street
A. W. Reddy
Walnut Hill
Republican Candidate Shue Seeks State Legislature Seat
Born in Seattle to Chinese parents, Charles H. Shue filed nomination papers to run for the State Legislature from Boston's South Cove district, home to Chinatown. He identifies as a Republican splitting support between Taft and Wilson, noting no Republican has ever been elected from the ward.
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Seattle
Charles H. Shue
United States
South Cove
Boston
Shue
Taft
Wilson
First Chinese American candidate discusses politics and reform
Shue of San Francisco born, 39, manages the Chinese department at Cosmopolitan Trust. He supports Taft or Wilson, opposes Roosevelt’s new party, backs arbitration for disputes, and favors equal treatment for Chinese while cautious on suffrage and tariffs. He calls Roosevelt a bad fighter and notes women’s suffrage in China.
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United States
Shue
San Francisco
Quincy Grammar School
Seattle
Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
Chicago
Republican Party
China
Count and Countess Bertarelli Fish Bass at Lenox Lake
Count and Countess Enrico Bertarelli of Milan enjoy a morning bass fishing on Lake Mahkeenac near the Lake Mahkeenac boat club shore. The count used live bull frog bait while the countess used artificial bait from Milan. Each hooked a four pound bass and the countess requested one be cooked for breakfast at the Aspinwall Hotel.
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Lenox
Mass
Lake Mahkeenac
Enrico Bertarelli
Milan
Italy
Aspinwall
Diamond Bracelet Returned By Boy
Newport Illinois July 17 The mystery of the lost diamond and sapphire bracelet owned by Mrs Ralph N Ellis is solved as David P Stewart returns the jewel to the owner His father tends C L Baker’s garden The boy found the bracelet Sunday on Ocean avenue near Spouting Rock Beach and kept it until a $100 reward was offered in newspapers
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Newport
R. IL
Ralph N. Ellis
David P. Stewart
C. L. Baker
Ocean Avenue
Spouting Rock Beach
Married 23 Years, Finley Seeks Divorce in Norfolk
Albert W. Finley of Quincy files a divorce libel in Norfolk County Court charging his wife Dora May Finley of Boston with unfaithfulness. They wed January 9, 1899 in Philadelphia and have four minor children: Robert, George Ellig, Patrice and James B. Finley.
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Albert W. Finley
Quincey
Dora May Finley
Boston
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Robert
George Ellig
Patrice
James B. Finley
Suffragists to Raise Flag in Newport Illinois
Newport Illinois July 17 suffragists raise a flag at their new headquarters in a semi public ceremony. Mrs O H P Belmont plans the opening events and aims to recruit society women to champion the vote for women with speeches by Maude Ward Elliott and others.
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Mrs
Newport
R. IL
O. H. P. Belmont
Suffrage Cause
Agreed Vote Imminent on Wool Bill in Senate
The Senate adjourned with a plan to renew a Democratic filibuster aimed at a quick vote on the wool tariff revision. Senator Simmons leads the drive for a Wool bill vote while Republicans debate amendments to tariff measures and the sundry civil appropriation bill looms if recognition is blocked.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Simmons
European scientists visit to decorate Percy the mechanical man
The Post requests the comic section for next Sunday noting European scientists accompany the inventor of Percy. The item suggests a humorous scene where the scientists decorate the mechanical man, reflecting a playful cross cultural angle.
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Percy
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