Strikers See Progress In Boston Elevated Hurdle
Report from Boston outlines tense sit down at the district attorney’s office as strike leaders push for arbitration findings. About 200 attendees heard testimony on union involvement and alleged mass firings by the Boston Elevated Railway Company amid a looming general strike vote.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
State Board of Arbitration
Elevated Company
Massachusetts
James H. Vahey
Vahey
Fred Fay
Pelletier
Grand Jury
Carmen
Court House
Striking Car Men Hope for Quick Settlement
The executive committee says strikers are pleased with the present outlook and hope the Elevated company can be pressured into a settlement. They refrain from commenting on the grand jury action while noting growing solidarity and that division headquarters paid strike benefits. Labor leaders remain cautious on a general strike but delegates may approve. A Sunday action by the Central Labor Union is rumored to boost unity.
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Central Labor Union
Elevated
State Board of Arbitration
Grand Jury
Pelletier
Grand Jury Held Over Perley Robinson Case In Boston
Judge Bennett sends Perley Robinson to await grand jury after he admits placing a small explosive on Boston Elevated rails. Robinson says it was only noise and intended no damage. Judge also sentences Daniel Doherty to three months for assault on an Elevated employee and orders continued cases for six men on conductor assault and traffic interference.
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Perley Robinson
Boston Elevated Railroad
Bennett
Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Robinson
Washington
West Newton Streets
Grand
House of Correction
Daniel Doherty
Mount Vernon Street
Albert Cass
Elevated
Cherry
Washington Streets
Cass
Doherty
Fred Nesdale
Walter Molineaux
John McDonald
James Harold
David Shea
John Costello
Costello
Breaker Arrested Over Pocketbook Assault Claim
A 22 year old conductor Oscar Refuse and James S. Paterson 322 motorman with addresses on 235 Northampton Street face Municipal Court arraignment today on assault charges linked to a pocketbook dispute and alleged strike breaking. The two men are understood to be from Philadelphia.
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Oscar Refuse
James S. Paterson
Northampton Street
Philadelphia
First Pictures of the Ancients at Windsor
The Post prints the first U S photos of the Massachusetts Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company visit to the Honourable Artillery Company in Windsor England. The six anniversary includes unveiling a memorial tablet July 11 for Robert Keayne founder and first commander. Captain Francis Appleton leads the march past Windsor with Lord Denbigh nearby.
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Massachusetts Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Honourable Artillery Company
Windsor
England
Robert Keayne
Mander
Massachusetts Company
Whitelaw Reid
Keayne
Francis Appleton
Appleton
Lord Denbigk
Massachusetts
Paul ThompSon
Tailor Vasallo Reports Attack After Car Barn Incident
Dominico Vassallo a 50 year old South End tailor says he was knocked down dragged from a Lenox street car at Hanover and Battery streets. Patrolman Ma honey placed him behind Hanover street station bars after the incident. Vassallo claims they stole his pocketbook found near Tremont and Dover streets and that the motorman and conductor assaulted him to dodge fare claims. His attorney Everett W Crawford secured a warrant and witnesses are ready to testify.
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J. Vassallo
Tremont
Dover Street
Roxbury Crossing
Hanover Street
Vassallo
Mr. Vassallo
South End
Auto Hits Electric Passenger Injured in Dorchester View
Frank Maccenio aged 32 of 88 Granger Street Dorchester was on the running board of a Bay State road electric near Forest Hills terminal when an auto owned by Mrs. C M Crown of 26 Massachusetts Avenue and driven by Ethel M Drown struck him. He was taken to City Hospital with a broken right ankle and other injuries.
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Frank Maccenio
Granger Street
Dorchester
Bay State Road Electric
Forest Hills Terminal
C. M. Crown
Massachusetts Avenue
Ethel M. Drown
Maccenio
Motorman’s quick act saves boy’s life in Haverhill
Motorman Ira Page of the Bay State Street railway risked his safety as his car sped along Merrimack street. He reversed power and threw several passengers off their feet to save 8-year-old William Waterwood who ran in front of the car. The boy’s clothing was grazed but he was unharmed.
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Haverhill
Ira Page
Bay State Street Railway
Merrimack Street
William Waterwood
Missing Boston barber sought by police
Mrs Corbin P MacCoubrey of Lynn seeks police aid to locate her husband a barber who has been missing since Sunday evening after a stroll through Greater Boston hospitals. He has been ill health for some time.
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Greater Boston
Corbin P. MacCoubrey
Summer Street
Lynn
Lone Fisherman Rows 150 Miles to Safety After Fog Loss
The last of four fishermen reported missing in fog returned to T wharf. Tug Wilson of the Stranger rowed 150 miles in a dory without food or water, resting briefly before signaling a yacht bound for New York. He declined rescue, choosing to continue to Boston with supplies.
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South Channel
T Wharf
Wilson
Stranger
Mercury
Maurice Fitzgerald
Marguerite Dillon
Rose Cabral
Provincetown
Amos Cabral
William Cabral
Jennie Costa
New York
Boston
Infants' Hospital Closes Wards After Heat and Space Shortages
The Infants' Hospital on Blossom Street West End closes its wards due to extreme heat and inadequate quarters in a crowded district. 30 to 50 babies remain in the outpatient department as the effort to finish the new building near Harvard Medical School continues with a goal of 60,000 more funding. Kidder Peabody & Company report total contributions of 66,024.05 to date.
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Infants’ Hospital
Blossom Street
West Ind
Harvard Medical School
Kidder, Peabody & Company
Want Ads Urged For Main 1684 Early This Day
Sunday Post invites readers to place Want advertisements for Main 1684 early today by phone. Notices will be billed on Monday.
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Sunday Post
Deaf mute robbed and left for dead in Brockton
Michael F. Murphy, a deaf and dumb man, was robbed and beaten then tied hand and foot and left in an alley. James Uniac was arrested and arraigned, charged as one of several attackers. He is held on $2000 bond for a continuance as Murphy lay undiscovered until a milkman found him next morning.
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Brockton
Michael F. Murphy
James Uniac
Uniaz
Vails Library for Tech Arrives at MIT in Fireproof Warehouse
Theodore N. Vail of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company has sent a collection to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most volumes have reached and are stored in a fireproof warehouse. A steamer from Liverpool delivered 89 cases, with more to follow and be moved to the warehouse.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone &Telegraph Company
Liverpool
Cymric
Sound Doom for Roosters in Oak Square Brighton
Twenty Oak Square families in Brighton raise hens and roosters. A neighbor sued to silence crowing, flagging the disturbance to his peace and pocketbook. The Health Board ordered decapitation of all roosters and bans on male chicks in the district.
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Oak Square
Brighton
Board of Health
Health Board
City objects to port control of Apple Island and Boston Harbor flats
In reply to Mayor Fitzgerald's July 18 letter urging keeping Apple Island and the Boston Harbor flats city property, the port directors claim the 1911 Acts grant them authority to seize areas for future port expansion.
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Fitzgerald
Port of
Boston
Apple Island
Boston Harbor
Port Expansion Plan Seeks Apple Island Flats Transfer
The letter from Hugh Bancroft urges Boston to convey Apple Island flats and appurtenant rights to the Commonwealth. It cites a 1911 Boston act to reserve land east of Jeffries Point for future port expansion, noting the flats have little current value but potential future use.
Mrs Mary G Sumner of Bolton Dies at 98 in Hartford
Mrs Mary Gleason Sumner of Bolton Connecticut died suddenly at her summer home in Bolton. She would have been 99 in January. She was mother of Hartford Trust Company treasurer Frank C Sumner and of the late George C Sumner former Lieutenant-Governor of Connecticut. She married John W Sumner in Glastonbury on Thanksgiving Day 1837.
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Mary G. Sumner
Bolton
Conn
Hartford
Mary Gleason Sumner
Frank C. Sumner
Hartford Trust Company
George C. Sumner
Connecticut
Glastonbury
John W. Sumner
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