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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1912
Page
3
The executive board directed Boston area unions to refrain from riding Boston Elevated Railway cars during the strike. It urged members to avoid actions risking life, injury, or property damage and ordered the statement printed and distributed to all Greater Boston unions.
The Boston Central Labor Union executive board endorses the Street Carmen's Union 589 and pledges support for organized labor. It ratified the action on June 2 and June 9, urging a boycott against Boston Elevated Railway cars until workers can organize and the dispute is submitted to arbitration.
Two hundred thousand passengers passed through South Station last Saturday, the largest number ever in a single day. The surge followed Elevated service tie ups due to a strike, surpassing the 1910 Atlantic aviation meet record of 150,000.
Police found dynamite in three locations in Boston yesterday. Two sticks on Commonwealth Avenue car tracks between Wallingford and Cheswick Roads in Allston were cut by early morning wheels. Dynamite was also found on Warren Street in Roxbury and in Neponset.
National organizer Fred Fay claims dynamite was planted by nonunion allies during the Lawrence strike. Boston receives 152 strike breakers from Philadelphia and 100 from New York, used on streetcars amid four serious collisions. A legislative investigation into the strike fails in the House as labor leaders seek audience with the Governor and police struggle to explain the explosives incident and possible wider entanglements.
William H. Shanberg aged 23 of 591 Washington Street Oak Square Brighton was arrested at 10 50 yesterday charged with conspiring to blow up a rail using two sticks of dynamite.
Three more men are sought by Brookline police for complicity in an alleged dynamite attack on elevated trains. William H. Shanberg, named as leader, remains jailed without bail. A torpedo exploded under a car at Lake and Washington streets injuring none, while a second blast near Washington and Market caused a scare and derailment.
Four collisions occurred yesterday on the Elevated with minor injuries reported. An inbound Quincy car hit a Geneva Avenue car at Field's Corner around 1 PM, injuring several and damaging the Quincy car. Injured listed include William E. Coman Catherine Nickerson and daughter Mary James Kelly and Herbert O Cassidy. Outbound cars on Massachusetts Avenue caused two women injuries and then continued. A Neponsett Bridge car collided with a team at Portland and Sudbury streets before noon.
General Bancroft replied that the company will not yield to outside interference and will continue backing loyal employees who refused to strike. His stance leaves open the possibility of a conference with the Arbitration Board but not acceptance of its terms.
Michael J. Cavanaugh, driver, was thrown to the ground with chest injuries after a collision that also broke the wagon shaft. Hartley McCullough, 33 Fernwood St Roxbury, a driver for John D. Squires Co, was cut and bruised when an electric car hit the wagon on Main Street Medford. the wagon tipped and a horse fell.
Governor Foss says labor leaders must await Mayor Fitzgerald to act on the Elevated strike. He states he will not intervene unless militia seems necessary, noting the State Board of Conciliation had tried to mediate before the strike was officially declared.
Union leaders at headquarters celebrate the first day of action with 10 divisions ready for organized strike duty. Picket lines planned around car barns, with funds raised by sales of buttons, mass meetings, and a national strike fund. Organizers say public sees which side is truthful and that older workers may join, while Boston engineers condemn a company circular and push for benefits under the Workingmen’s Compensation Act.
The board has no power under the law to take the initiative in arbitrating and cannot act unless invited by one or both interested parties.
The office of the Elevated issued a statement saying all lines operated throughout the day with a regular car schedule. Full trains ran on the rapid transit system including the Elevated from Sullivan Square to Forest Hills and Atlantic Avenue to Washington Street tunnel, plus the Cambridge subway and East Boston tunnel Tremont Street subway.
General William A Bancroft of the Boston Elevated Railroad says since the strike began the company hired 1500 more workers, pairing with 3000 nonstriking staff to total 4500. He argues normal staffing is 4600 and claims 47 lines are running, noting 1469 protesters at Faneuil Hall with 998 from the Elevated and 471 from Bay State Railroad.
The Cambridge City Council endorsed Governor Foss's transit improvement plan and supported the Boston Elevated Railway strike, while approving use of city automobiles for police duties. Mayor Barry certified an order for 32 additional Boston Elevated policemen, with unclear assignment details. Alderman O'Connor urged ending the practice of housing many workers at Murray Street car barns as harmful to health and welfare.
June 11 notice posted in Philadelphia car barns states motormen and conductors who resign to work as strike breakers in Boston will not regain their positions here. The action follows a Carmen’s union complaint that strike breakers were furloughed to work in Boston.
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