Bowen Attacks New Haven Railroa d Policy Over Dorchester Crossing
Alderman Patrick Bowen of Ward 9 assails the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad for past conduct and demands a condition on approving a West Roxbury to Dedham extension. The floor clash follows Doyle and Curley moves on committee referrals amid a 7 to 6 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Bowen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Doyle
Committee On Railroads
West Roxbury
Dedham
Hugh Bresnahan
Bowen
Old Colony Railroad Company
City of
Boston
Dorchester Avenue
Ward 9
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
South Terminal
Railroad Corporation
Insurance Officers Fined for Perjury in Superior Court
Three Boston Mutual Life Insurance officers Bil lings Tibbetts and Lyman faced sentence for perjury and subornation in a case dating to 1902. Each paid 500 dollars after pleading guilty to falsifying assets and liabilities. The men defended their actions as arising from regular policy issuances and said the company remains solvent and focused on policyholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company
H. M. Billings
C.L. Tibbetts
RE. A. Lyman
Superior Criminal Court
Cutting
John W. Wheeler
Lyman
Tibbetts
Making Ready to Pay Bounty
Adjutant General Dalton Secretary Olin and Auditor Turner formed a commission to examine bounty claims. They will print blank application forms and notify city clerks to collect required submissions. Governor Bates will not challenge the law’s constitutionality. he believes two thirds of those present and voting approved the veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Olin
Turner
Bates
Police puzzled by Joy's story in Boston cellar incident
James Joy of 108 Tyler street was found in a Devonshire street cellar with a broken thigh wrist and scalp wound. He claimed a derrick knocked him in but police found no derrick nearby and are puzzled by the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Joy
Tyler Street
Devonshire Street
Boston
Boston Chelsea Subway Plan Seeks Street Car Franchise
Boston and Chelsea boards hold on site plan for a double track street car line from Chelsea bridge through Park and Pear streets to East Boston with service into the East Boston tunnel. A public hearing is set for June 27 at City Hall. The license appointment of W H Dunbar requires no Aldermen confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
City Hall
W. H. Dunbar
Italians in Cutting Case Leads to Arrest
A four cornered debate in Italian at 28 Hale street ended with a knife drawn and a scalp attempt on Edlar Poulin. Joseph Sacco was arrested for the cutting and Mrs. Sacco jailed for drunkenness by the West End police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Street
Edlar Poulin
Joseph Sacco
New Rules For Painters Reported In Shop Notices
A set of rules, said to be adopted via the National Association of Employers, was posted in paint shops. The rules establish an open shop with specific hours from 8 am to 5 pm, meal breaks, overtime rates, wage scales for painters and decorators, and rules on travel pay, interference, apprentices, and hiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parry
National Association of Employers
Master Painters’ Association of Ston
Printers Plan Push For Union Label At New England Convention
The New England Allied Printing Trades convention opens at Ellis Hall Hayward Place this morning. Key discussion centers on promoting the Typographical Union label in New England centers and aiding local groups to win better working conditions. Delegates include unions from Boston Brockton Fall River North Adams Springfield Lewiston Portland Manchester and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Allied Printing Trades
Ellis’ Hall
Hayward Place
Typographical Union and Allied Printing Trades’ Councils
New England
Boston
Brockton
Fall River
North Adams
Springfield
Lewiston
Portland
Manchester
Lowell
State May Repudiate Cotton's Big Claim
The state government plans to repudiate J. B. Cotton's claim for 10 percent of a 1 600 000 draft he collected for war claims from the Federal government. Bates and Parker say Cotton broke the agreement by withholding the draft. The attorney general considers legal steps as tomorrow's council meeting will review the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Cotton
Wolcott
Knowlton
Cotton
Bates
Parker
Lockout Ends in Protest Over Work Waiting Time
Myer Rosenfield, cloth hat and cap maker on Devonshire Street, locked out 14 workers after they refused to wait for orders. He sought a union pledge to have employees report at 7 30 and wait noon to 1 and 6 p.m. until work arrives. Wages ranged from 12 to 18 dollars weekly in busy times and fell to about 3 dollars in dull periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myer Rosenfield
Devonshire Street
Rosenfield
Cloth Hat and Cap Makers' Union 7
Boston Unions Pledge Aid To Somerville Tube Workers
Boston unions have allotted 1000 dollars in the past week to assist striking Somerville tube workers seeking 11 dollars a week or a 1 dollar raise. The fund will be handed to workers during a mass meeting at Beacon Hall Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Somerville
Beacon Hall
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union
Boston Brewery Workers’ Union
Boston Bartenders’ Union
Boston Teamdrivers
Idle benefits for the metal workers strike at EB B Badger shop
Sheet Metal Workers' Union 17 voted to pay out of work benefits to the strikers at the shop of EB. B. Badger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
EB. B. Badger
Badger Company Strike Moves Amid Union Pact Signings
Married men will receive ten dollars weekly and single men seven as the Badger company faces a full workload lock. The strike gains endorsement from the international organization and five firms signed the union agreement yesterday.
Union News And Meetings Boston Labor Groups Update
The Waiters' Union 80 plans final action on its sick benefit at the next meeting. Schedule committee reports five contracts signed with Grand View Hotel Joseph Maltedo and W H Lynch Co. The eighth anniversary of Grocery and Provision Clerks Union of Boston set for June 30 at Dexter Hall Wells Memorial. Shop and Mill Hands Union 1410 elects officers led by L G Brown and J W Ganter. No Wednesday afternoon grocery store closings through June 17 and July 4. Garment Workers Union 1 forms committee with E S A to aid Free Home for Consumptives. Core Makers Union officers include James Hill Frank Gn George Kelley John Horn and James Curley among others. Boston Firemen's Union 853 officer elections set for June 27. Car workers on the NYNH&HR system hold a special meeting at 45 Eliot St. Sewer Assembly 1621 Knights of Labor reports chartering the steamer Philadelphia for Aug 9 picnic at Puallock's Island. three applicants obligated six accepted. Terrence Powderly to address Knights of Labor of Boston. mass meeting date to be announced. Executive board meets tonight at 228 Tremont St. Carpenters Union 33 reelects Patrick Kickham as president. other officers include J S Rice A Sinclair Daniel H Deegan and C P Sullivan.
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Union 80
Grand View Hotel
Joseph Maltedo
W. H. Lynch & Co
W. D. Irving
Ira E. Worcester
L. M. Grossman
Fred A. Stiles
Alex. Burch
United. Garment Workers’ Union
James Curley
William Dalton
Hugh McIsaacs
H. Stegemann
Hugh McNulty
John Brown
Boston Firemen’s Union 853
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Eliot Street
Sewer Assembly
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia
Puallock's Island
Michael J. Kenney
Terrence V. Powderly
Knights of Labor of
Boston
Victiy
Tremont Street
Carpenters’ Union
Patrick R. Kickham
John E. Potts
J.S. Rice
A. Sinclair
Daniel H. Deegan
C. P. Sullivan
U S Engineer Officer Killed by Lightning
Leavenworth Kansas June 13 Lieutenant Nathaniel T Bower engineer corps was killed today near the target range when lightning struck his rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Nathaniel T. Bower
Engineer Corps of
Burglars Crack Safe at Worcester Creamery Store
Three men allegedly cracked a safe at the Worcester Creamery Company on Berkeley and Appleton streets between 3 and 4 am yesterday, stealing 1350 dollars. No clues found. Investigators suspect Dover street area as a retreat, with several checks found in a Shawmut avenue Compton street mailbox two hours after the robbery was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Worcester Creamery Company
Berkeley and
Appleton Streets
Dover Street
Shawmut Avenue
Compton Street
Worcester Creamery
Berkeley Street
Quincy Circus Attracts Crowds At Yacht Club Event
June 13 Quincy crowds witnessed a mixed amateur and professional circus under the Quincy Yacht Club. Notables including Russell A. Sears and John Shaw appeared as ringmasters. Proceeds support a new clubhouse addition with many named performers and local club officials listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Theophilus King
Quincy Yacht
Harry Winslow
H. W. Robbins
Dr. E. E. Davis
R. R. Bolles
Eben W. Sheppard
Secee
Hunting
Rge Pfaffmann
A. F
George Garvin
Crapohn Deasy
A. F. Burrell
Willam Ela
Buffalo Bill
A. F. Schenkelberger
Alkali Mike
George Eee
Cee Ee Agg
J. Feppard
Ppan
Harry E. Winslow
Rubes
Rooks
H. . Curtis
HH. Robbins
I. M. Whittemore
Peer
Grandpa
O. R. Marstin
A. A. Meyers
E. Adams
Don Shaw
Clark Saville
F. E. Winslow
A. Arnold
Attempted Book Theft Case Against John McKay Heard
John B. McKay alias John Barnes faced trial before Judge Lawton in East Cambridge for alleged thefts of hundreds of books from Somerville public library. The proceedings followed investigations into multiple incidents at the library over recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. McKay
John Barnes
Somerville
Lawton
East Cambridge
Immigrant Influx Expected After Cunard Fares Cut
The Cunard Line reduced Liverpool to Boston and New York fares prompting a predicted flood of immigrants. Campania Lucania third class $25 term, Umbria Etruria Ivernia Saxonia $13.75, Carpathia Aurania $12.50, Rotterdam Hamburg Bremen Antwerp routes $15. Cymric first to arrive, Saxonia follows soon. Saxonia sails June 7 for Boston with July 5 return, and the steamer Ivernia sails June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
Boston
New York
Europe
Cunard Line
Campania
Lucania
Umbria
Etruria
Ivernia
Saxonia
Carpathia
Aurania
Rotterdam
Hamburg
Bremen
Antwerp
White Star Line
Cymric
Tvernin
Cunards
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Continental Congress
Betsy Ross
N. Haven Road
Alderman Bowen
Curley
Committee On Public Improvements
Baldwin
Hennessey
Kneeland
Quigley
Whelton
Bresnahan
Bromberg
Doyle, Frothingham
O’toole
Slattery
Billings
H. O. Edgerton
Joy
LABOR
U. S
Jordan Marsh CO
C. F. Hovey
R. H. White
Shepard Norwell
James A. Houston
R. H. Stearns & CO
Gilchrist CO. Chandler & CO
Ross
Cross
Burolars
Big Quincy Circus
White Star
Cretic
Republic
WHITE
Star Mediterranean Service
Romanic
Steamar Canonic
Cunard
Teamer Ivernia
Eeeus
Wanbingtes
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