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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1922
Page
12
In Claremont New Hampshire July report forty men on the Memorial Hospital preliminary construction quit work claiming wage dissatisfaction. Superintendent Duncan said about 40 left briefly while about 20 remained, with pay set at 30 cents an hour for a nine hour day. Local workers constituted the workforce.
A Boston and Maine passenger train struck a motor truck at a West Peabody crossing injuring James Blinn the truck driver. The Newburyport branch traffic was tied up for several hours and Blinn was taken to a local hospital.
At yesterday’s city council hearing strong opposition formed against a statute requiring 4 percent wage contributions to a city pension fund. Tensions rose as Councillor Moriarty and Chairman Sullivan clashed with Watson and Wendell Phillips Thore, advocate of noncontributory pensions, signaling a bitter fight at next week’s council meeting where final action is expected.
Friction rose between Concord police and National Guardsmen as officers without special entrance permits were blocked from entering railroad shops. Guardsmen upheld yards as forbidden ground and backed by state troops, denying police access to the property.
Officials of the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers denied reports of thousands joining their group including new unions. A joint AFL telephony meeting at the Old South building repudiated July newspaper claims and challenged the IBT to publish true member figures. The New England Telephone and Telegraph anti secession committee was formed. Frank I Kelley chaired the session.
Frederick L. Hulme, 23, is held on first degree murder charges for the slaying of Herbert George, 11, in Rochester. The boy, suspected of taking apples from Hulme's yard, was shot in the stomach with a .45 caliber pistol and died hours later. Hulme is a World War veteran and bank messenger, son of a local prominent dentist.
New Haven July 25 General Manager C L Bardo of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad announced abolition of the office of superintendent of telegraph long held by H A Shepard and named him general superintendent in charge of electric transmission and communication with headquarters here Gillan resigned as superintendent of electric transmission and his office is consolidated with Shepard s. Dow named superintendent of communication.
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