Clash Over Labor At New Camden Street Plant
Organized labor leaders clashed with employers over non union workers at the American Steam Gauge Manufacturing Company munitions plant on Camden Street South End. McNulty and McDonald were ordered off the premises and threatened further action. The dispute centers on wage levels and union versus non union hiring practices amid plans to produce shells and related work at Woburn and Bridgeport labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Steam Gauge & Valve Manufacturing Company
Camden Street
South End
Ignatius McNulty
Building Trades Council
John C. McDonald
McNulty
Bridgeport
Central Labor Union
Thew
Woburn Chemical Company
Woburn
New American Steam Gauge
Phillips
American Steam Gauge Company
Mr. Phillips
Mr. Barrows
J. P. Morgan
McDonald
Ralph B. Phillips
Gauge and Valve
G. Barrows
Barrows Construction Company
Morgan
Barrows
Post
American Steam Gauge and Valve Manufacturing Company
EXPECT BIG STRIKE AT HYDE PARK WORKS
The article reports threats and denials around a forthcoming strike at Hyde Park Works. McNulty and McDonald claim labor leaders faced arrest while Barrows and Phillips dispute these charges. A mass meeting at Magnolia Hall preceded threatened action by about 400 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Union men discharge sparks talks of strikes and wage demands
The Machinists Union threatens drastic action after Becker Brainard discharged workers. Union leaders plan noon meetings at Becker Brainard Hyde Park plants and a Magnolia Hall mass meeting to press a 50 cent hourly wage and 48 hour week with overtime. If refused, a strike or fishing trip and walkouts at subcontractors loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Conlon
Connolly
Conlon
Becker- Brainard
Becker-Brainard
Sturtevant Blower Works
Foss
American Tool Company
Hyde Park
Magnolia Hall
Becker-Brainard Company
Becker Concern
Machinists’ Union
Sharon to celebrate 150th anniversary week
Sharon marks its 150th anniversary with a multi day program starting tomorrow. The event includes children's day parade town hall entertainment a firemen band concert a Country Club open house and a dance. Centre School Association reunion invites exceed 500 with a dinner and lawn party and an evening band concert ahead of Friday auto and float parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Portrait sketch thaws a boy’s gift and a journalist’s ego
Charlie Thomas, a gifted caricaturist at Minot House, draws a sharp likeness of reporter Rodney Jones that stings his own pride. Professor McGregor praises the talent and urges responsibility, citing Nast and Keppler as role models while warning of the day it could aid others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice Brown
Lem Brown
Sam Thomas
Charlie
Lem
Thomas
John Willett
Jackson
Minot House
Rodney Jones
Mr. McGregor
Mr. Jones
Jones
C. D. Gibson
Charlie Thomas
McGregor
Goodby
Professor McGregor
Thomas Nast
Joseph Keppler
New York City
No clear headline found in provided text
The excerpt features a dialogue about art and truth, with references to Nast and Tweed, and a narrator or character named Jones who admires Charlie Thomas. It hints at a planned reform or pursuit of artistic truth through caricature and a long term goal to organize a Galahad Knights society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nast
Tweed
Kang
Homas
Charlie
Galahad Knights
Galahad
Arthur
Francis Willett
McGregor
Incomplete OCR Delivers Fragment on Writing Trade
Fragmentary passage notes a writer studying his craft and biding his time. It mentions copyright text from 1914 published by Maynard and Co. and hints at ideas that improve awareness in men and newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ean
Ays Ayant Maynard & Co
Bikes and elopements spark a wild motorcycle wedding
In Pittsfield on July 26 Clara Turner age 16 and Katherine L Homme age 15 wed in Bennington Vermont after a motorcycle ride from Housatonic Massachusetts. Bridegrooms Arthur Falen and Marcelle Noeher rode with them. Parents granted forgiveness by telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Bennington
Clara Turner
David Turner
Belaire Avenus
Katherine L’homme
King Street
Housatonic
Mass
Arthur Falenan
Marcelle Noeher
Canaan
Conn
Gretna Green
Also Mentioned on This Page
Say
Building Trades
Jim O McDonald
A. New & Co
Broadway
New York
America
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Maya
Phoebe Gray
Green River
GinterCa
Elm & Union
Washington St
Canal St
Bromfield St
Ginter Co
Specialty Shop, Inc
Tremont St
Horlick’s
Apollo
View
The
Daily and Sunday Post
New England
Vanderbilt Outfit
Buffetin
Newport
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!