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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
5
The Washington American League club announced the pitcher Joe Engel has been released to the Minneapolis Association team and pitcher Harper is recalled from that club.
The union claims a truce ends the work stoppage with promise of shorter hours and higher pay in Bridgeport factories, while strike leaders and the Hod Carriers dispute the statement and pledge ongoing action until terms are won. Demonstrations flare at Remington arms sites as police disperse crowds and a vote on shift hours is announced.
Samuel Gompers and union officials conferred in Washington on the Bridgeport Remington Arms strike but took a recess to reconvene Friday in Bridgeport. Gompers refused to discuss foreign influence and said no further action would occur until the Friday meeting.
E. J. Deering, business agent of the International Association of Machinists, announced a looming strike in New York if E. W. Bliss & Co. does not grant an eight hour day for workers on government contracts. About 2000 men could be drawn into a sympathetic strike if the firm refuses. Deering said the union has pressed for reduced hours for over a year and action would come within a day or two.
The Winchester Repeating Arms Company board approved a pension plan for about 12 000 workers, effective yesterday. The benefit is based on average pay over the last five years and applies to employees who have served for five years. Located in New Haven the action reflects a major corporate retirement program.
The policy allows retirement on request for a man at 55 after 20 years for a woman at 50 after 20 years. Managers may retire and pension any man at 60 with 25 years or any woman at 55 with 25 years. Pensions use five year average pay and must be at least $20 monthly.
Enoch J. Gibbs of Wakefield retained counsel to demand city work or restore his former street department laborer post. Gibbs sought Guthro’s dismissal and replacement after Guthro’s lengthy tenure, claiming the superintendent fired him out of spite. Guthro supports a sick wife and nine children. Gibbs is single.
William Shaw refuses to withdraw from the Berkshire gubernatorial contest unless a major party adopts a clear prohibition plank. In a Pittsfield letter Shaw notes the condition remains and cites little hope for party leaders to accept it. He applauds Deitrick’s campaign and hopes it pushes prohibition as an issue.
Wakefield business men left town for the annual merchants and clerks outing at Bass Point yesterday. Special policemen patrolled to guard closed shops as the business streets stayed deserted except for the druggists who remained.
Commissioner Henry J. Skeffington of the local immigration bureau urges a federal fund to move unemployed workers to far distant jobs, covering transportation costs so they can accept employment, a recommendation to be presented at a convention of immigration officials.
National migration and labor leaders from all sections of the country convene in San Francisco on August 2 to discuss relieving unemployment and congestion in manufacturing districts. The plan has drawn enthusiasm from the general and labor commissioners in communications about its prospects.
Dr. C. P. Hooker of Springfield Massachusetts died tonight at Fortune Rocks Biddeford where he was spending the summer He was 60 years old
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