Mass Meeting on Boston Common Backs Elevated Car men
Labor crowds from north to south gather on Boston Common to cheer striking carmen and endorse their cause. Speakers urge municipal ownership of public utilities while condemning strikebreakers and police complicity. attendance estimated from 15 000 to 50 000 with divisions marching from Park Square Haymarket and South Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Mall
Charles Street Mall
Boylston Street
Beacon Street
Park Square
Carmen
Labor ‘Union
Division 1
Rutherford Avenue
City Square
Charlestown
Fast Boston
Haymarket Square
Castle Street
Harrison Avenue
Broadway
South Boston
Boston
Roxbury
Beacon Mall
Medford
Salem Street Station
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
James T. Moriarty
Building Trades Council
James J. Cunningham
A. F. of L
Martin P. Joyce
Boston Central Labor Union
Frederick J. Kneeland
Central Labor Union
G. Harry Dunderdale
Boston Common
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
The
Federation of Miners
Moriarty
Boston Meeting Demands Employee Right to Organize
A large Boston crowd hears union leaders urge support for railway workers seeking the freedom to join unions. Frank Kneeland and Fred Fay defend organizing amid threats of discharge and lockouts by the Boston Elevated Railway Company. The gathering backs municipal railway ownership if workers gain labor rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Kneeland
The
Painters’ National Union
Musicians’ Protective Association
William Harman van Allen
Church of the Advent
Frank H. McCarthy
Fred Fay
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Workers of America
Thomas J. Minnahan
Henry Sterling
Charles McMorrow
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
James Duncan
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston
Elevated Railway Company
General Bancroft
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Workers
Amalgamated Association
Brother McCarthy
McCarthy
Aplause
Union spokesmen attack Bancroft over strike and ownership
Thomas Minihan of the Teamsters accuses General Bancroft of firing workers who organized and warns that the strike has only begun. He denounces Bancroft’s war record, hints at political leverage, and urges public support for streetcar workers including potential municipal ownership if no arbitration occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Minihan
Teamsters’ Union
Bancroft
General Bancroft
State House
Mighty Wave of Cheers Signals Vote on Strike Support
A large crowd cheered as signals from two band stands indicated speakers urged a vote on whether the strike should continue and receive backing. Despite the noise, only a portion heard the calls clearly beyond the listening range.
Paris Hospital Tells Brights Disease Cures Reach Far
A New York exporting house ordered 180 dollars worth of Fulton s compounds for Paris Hospital supplies. The shipment was slow, so three duplicates were prepared for monthly quick delivery. An Imperial Army Medical College of Canton physician called the Renal Compound essential for Kidney Disease treatment. John J Fulton Co San Francisco Riker J Drug Co promote free booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
New York
Fulton
Paris
Imperial Army Medical College
Canton
China
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Columbus Avenue
Tremont Street
Fire Department
Eugene N. Foss
Foss
Rugg
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Massachusetts
Team Drivers’ Union
Paris Hospital
Patterson
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