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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1913
Page
10
In Boston the barbers strike began with I W W members leading about 800 on strike across 300 shops. The A F of L barbers joined only modestly, the effort amplified by confusion with I W W organizers wielding razors and shears.
A labor clash in Boston sees about 20 A. F. L. barbers join a demonstration backed by the I. W. W. and a 50 strong turnout. Violence erupts with arrests and a stabbing on Hanover Street as the Master Barbers' Association offers a tentative wage plan for 150 workers.
Barbers' Union 182 leader George E. Wilson denounces I W W strike methods after men were pulled from shops in Leverett street and South Boston. He says 46 unionists were taken by I W W while 20 stayed working. police protection is requested and a meeting on Tuesday will decide further actions. Italian Barbers' Union members also strike, targeting at least 35 shops seeking a 13 dollar weekly minimum wage. several shops already affected and visits planned to nonunion employers.
Report notes anticipation that two more union members will join today, signaling a broader escalation in the ongoing industrial action.
The Bootblacks Union met at 212 Charter Street and reports say most employers will sign the wage accord by 9 this morning. Pike, Carboni, and the Narrow Gauge Rail road shops reportedly refused. Organizer Pieratti notes no arrests in this Boston strike and calls for disarmament of members carrying firearms. Frank H. McCarthy of the A F of L will address a 9 am meeting.
About 500 Hebrew carpenters walked out yesterday in Boston and surrounding areas over pay. The group seeks 4.40 dollars per day, with 25 other union carpenters also striking. In East Boston Wharf and Bridge Carpenters Union 1393 with 400 members demands 3.76 daily, a 26 cent rise. other employers reportedly granted the request.
A collie owned by Miss Annie E. Welch of Cordis Street Wakefield waited at the Baptist Church for nearly 48 hours. The dog followed to the side door Saturday evening, then sat at the church until discovered on the rear steps Monday noon after a townwide search.
Elmer B Herrick the Wakefield hook and ladder truck driver follows Cambridge and Malden peers by knitting at the station. He becomes popular with the local females while earning cold looks and maledictions from fellow firefighters for his evening pastime.
The Hamilton Ohio Citizens Relief Committee expresses sincere thanks through J R Simpson of William Filene's Sons for Boston's aid after floods. It notes many letters lacked proper addresses for acknowledgment and asks Simpson to convey gratitude via the daily press in Boston.
Labor leaders predicted settlement at Hyde Park plants of Sturtevant Blower and Becker Milling Machine companies within 24 hours. Delegates from each union to meet Governor Foss after a mass meeting at French's Opera House. Twenty eight girls join a new Broaderhood branch in Boston local.
Five new men were appointed to the Chelsea fire department by Mayor Ed ward W. Willard last evening. The call force has been reduced and steps have been taken to place the department on a permanent basis. Appointees from the civil service list include Ernest E. Turner, Frederic B. Armst, Charles H. Laskey, Charles E. Hutchins and Albert A. Taymor.
In Hot Springs Arkansas on June 2 members of the International Bible Students Association at a district convention adopted a resolution urging ministers to drop offensive words and stop teaching literal hellfire. The resolution also calls for interpreting Sheol and Hades as tomb or grave.
Mrs Robert Kirby and the Misses Anna and Elizabeth I Goman were thrown from a car on Pittsfield road in a collision with a tourist party vehicle. All three were severely bruised and cut and taken to a roadside house for surgeons. In Boston South, Conrad Miller 74 of Roslindale was struck by a team at North ern avenue and B street and taken to City Hospital.
An advertisement promotes a weight gain treatment for thin people. It claims real gains through a “scientific assimilative agent” taken with meals, listing typical results and a money back guarantee. Free brochure and trial offer pursued from The Sargel Co. in Binghamton New York.
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