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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1904
Page
8
This week only two major offers: 300 suits reduced from 12 to 8.50 and 250 suits cut from 1 to 7.50. Fancy worsteds ceviots and two piece outings on sale. Other suit cuts include 25 to 20, 20 to 15, 15 to 10. Hose 25c to 19c, Negligee shirts 2.00-2.50 to 1.50. Open Saturday night until 10.
Central Labor Union held a special meeting in Fall River on July 28 to plan an athletic tournament whose proceeds will be given to the strikers. No definite plan yet. city divided into districts with an official appeal to strikers and a forthcoming canvass for funds.
In Fall River on July 28 striking mill operatives plan free bread for all workers. Seven unemployed bakers volunteered at textile headquarters to run bread kitchens with free flour from local merchants aiding the effort. Both union and non union workers will receive bread at no cost once the plan begins.
A special meeting of the National Cotton Spinners' Association executive board in Boston voted to fully support the Fall River strikers while the action lasts. They considered a 50 cent weekly assessment per member, deciding it sufficient for now with plans to adjust if needed.
July 28. Barnaby Mills, a firm not involved in the strike, announced a shutdown until next week to curtail production. The company, maker of family goods, employs 600 workers in Fall River.
Chicago July 28 An order by Lawrence J Curran president of the Freight Handlers Union to involve all Chicago railroads in the stock yards strike was put in abeyance after a conference was arranged with Allied Trades Union leaders. If strike chiefs approve the move it will be enforced at once. The order would bar union men from handling freight for the big packing companies, striking a heavy blow to the packers.
The State AFL executive board voted to endorse Fall River textile workers action and to issue a circular urging all unions to support the strikers with financial aid equal to average wages after wage cuts. The circular will be distributed statewide once President Gompers backs the plan.
July 28 in Fall River report credits President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor as a crucial factor in the big strike. The article notes that union funds from workers nationwide depend on his official consent and that a Central Labor Union committee has prepared an appeal to union workers not in the cotton industry urging support.
In Fall River on July 28 the Central Labor Union decided to divide the city into 10 districts for collecting strike funds. Twenty representatives, split evenly between textile unions and affiliated bodies, will solicit contributions from stores and residences. Until the strike ends, weekly meetings replace the previous semi monthly schedule.
Fall River July 28 President John Golden and Secretary Albert Hibbert of the United Textile Workers of America departed for Washington to brief Samuel Gompers AFL president on the strike situation and seek support.
Fall River cigar makers union joined other labor groups by contributing 25 to the strikers, bolstering financial support amid the dispute.
Harold L Pope of Boston son of Colonel Albert A Pope pitched down a 30-foot embankment after his car skidded at 10 miles per hour along a muddy road. The auto rolled twice and ended at the bottom with a sprung axle. All occupants escaped with minor bruises and resumed their journey to Utica and then St Louis. President Whipple of the Massachusetts Automobile Club also slid into a ditch with five friends and their 60 horsepower Peerless. all escaped unharmed and aided by a tow.
The Cuba Big Brother Cigarros are filled with Havana tobacco and have a taste and aroma found only in the high-priced cigar. Ten cents for a box of five. They will please you and save you money. Estabrook and Eaton selling agents.
Ex Senator Henry G Davis, Democratic vice presidential candidate, returns to Elkins West Virginia from Bedford Springs Pennsylvania and will stay until Monday before heading to Parkersburg for the Democratic State convention.
Rockland Maine July 28 divers found the City of Rockland resting on a section of the old City of Portland wreck, believed sunk at Gangway Ledges in 1881. Wrecking tug Confidence and Salvor report the boat on a massive boulder forward and an old sunken hull aft. Two pumps will be set to drain the forward hold for internal patching.
Boston residents react with praise and calls for revolution after the assassination of Russian official von Plehve. Activist Dr. Antoinette Konikow supports violent change against an oppressive government, while H. Dubbs condemns cruelty and links it to broader persecution of Jews and Russians.
Nantasket July 28. Between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 7 p.m. Wednesday Warren Roberts Morris, a day laborer for Mrs. Hannah Kelley of the Randolph House, vanished. The Kelley trunk was rifled, with $65, two gold watch chains, two stick pins and a gold ring missing, plus clothes, and Morris had driven a tipeart for Kelley since May 1.
The assassination shattered a Russian carriage in St. Petersburg as a bomb killed Minister von Plehve and his coachman and fatally wounded a guard. An assassin was captured amid a citywide hunt, and a hotel employee restrained a second suspect. A large funeral and official rites followed, with officials and diplomats attending.
A Long obituary notes Wjatscheslav von Plehve born 1848, a Polish-descended Russian official who rose to power as interior minister and state secretary for Finland. It accuses him of persecuting Poles and Jews, organizing terror, expelling academics, and press control, leading to riots and mass Siberian banishment during his tenure.
Paris reports the assassination of M. Von Plehve caused regret and horror in official circles. The event is seen as a severe blow to Russia and potentially shifts power away from the war faction led by Plehve, Viceroy Alexeeff, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, M. Bezobrazoff, and General Wogack, likely affecting far eastern policy.
New York July 28 A private Joseph T Hammett of the Eighth Regiment stationed at Fort Schuyler was found dead in Westchester Creek with multiple wounds. Corporal Richard M Spencer of the same company was arrested but released later. Both men came from wealthy Southern families and were close friends.
Albany July 28 Dr Andrew S Draper received a letter from Sir Thomas Lipton noting a possible yacht return to challenge the America's cup He cannot say for certain whether another attempt will be made but says he has not given up hope of lifting the trophy and would not rest content leaving it in its current environment.
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