Work Done by Street Car Workers Leader Speaks at Rally
Patrick Sheehan of the Amalgamated Association describes organizing efforts at the Boston Elevated Railway. He says older employees initiated the move and that workers sought a charter despite risks to their jobs. He details a secret ground survey and growing dissatisfaction with company treatment.
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Patrick Sheehan
Amalgamated Association of Street Car Workers of America
Canada
Boston Elevated Railway
Boston
Brother Fay
Boston Elevated Company
Assembly
Boston Elevated
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
Labor Leaders Speak at Mass Meeting on the Common
Five labor leaders identified in order spoke at the mass meeting on the common yesterday. W. M. Osgood James T. Moriarty Patrick Sheehan Charles McMorrow and John J. Cunningham addressed the crowd with remarks on labor conditions and worker unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Osgood
James T. Moriarty
Patrick Sheehan
Charles MC Morrow
John J. Cunningham
Discharges Rise as Bancroft Keeps Tight Wharf Union Stance
A meeting of 600 workers preceded mass discharges and the subsequent formation of a Loyal Association by the company. Bancroft, resisting organized worker effort, refused to meet a committee of long-serving employees while showing favor to roving workers from other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
General Bancroft
Resolutions At Mass Meeting On Boston Elevated Strike
Resolutions adopted by the mass meeting condemn the Boston Elevated Railway Company for discharging 200 employees for union activity and importing strike breakers. Citizens pledge to urge arbitration and call for workers to join unions, urging a boycott of the street cars until fair treatment is granted.
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Abrahams
Public Service Corporation
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Boston and Vicinity
Boston Elevated Street Railway Company
Bay State Line
Boston
New Bedford
Boston Elevated Company
Massachusetts
Judas Iscariot
McMorrow
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
London
England
James Duncan
A. F. of L
Mr. McCarthy
Elevated
John J. Fenton
American Federation of Labor
John J. Cunningham
Martin P. Joyce
Boston Central Labor Union
Boston Elevated
The
Right to Organize Rally Targets Boston Elevated
Boston crowd at Beacon Street and Charles Street protested the Boston Elevated Railway Company and its management. Speakers urged union rights, municipal ownership, and boycotts to support 4000 street car workers amid a strike while praising the Stars and Stripes and urging arbitration or public control of transit.
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Frank J. Kneeland
The
Painters’ National Union
Beacon Street
Charles Street
Kneeland
Boston Common
Boston
George
Old South Meeting House
Bancroft
America
General Bancroft
Faneuil Hall
Union
Dick Croker
Boston Elevated Railway Company
State House
Amalgamated Street Railway Association
Judas
Civic Ownership Urged by Speakers on Boston Common
Thousands hear labor leaders urge municipal ownership of utilities during a Boston Common rally over the streetcar strike. Speakers call for workers to walk, denounce the Boston Elevated, and demand public ownership as police lines hold back the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Moriarty
Building Trades Council
Sheehan
Carmen’s Union
Thomas Shine
Crown
Charles Street
William M. Osgood
Fred J. Kneeland
Central Labor Union
Moriarty
Speakers Rally Boston Street Car Strike in Union Front
Charles Murray and Patrick Sheehan led a rally on Charles street mall as Ignatius McNulty and others denounced the Boston Elevated company's bid to end worker organizing. Union leaders urged continued strike amid calls for public support and political pressure.
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Charles Murray
Amalgamated Carpenters’ Union
Charles Street Mall
Patrick Sheehan
Amalgamated Street Car Workers’ Association of America
Canada
Sheehan
Ignatius McNulty
Building Trades Council
Boston
Aftermath on Common Sunday gathering disperses crowd
Following a mass meeting on the Common, Sunday speakers addressed scattered listeners along the Charles street mall. About 20 groups gathered, presenting a range of philosophies and religious views from strong oratory to conciliatory tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Street
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Car Workers’ Association
Justice
Citi
Lucius Tuttle
Justice Rugg
Rugg
Russia
United States
Mr. Bancroft
Railway Board of Directors
Henry Sterling
Typographical Union
Beacon Street Mall
Milk Street
City Hall
Fitzgerald
G. Harry Dunderdale
Osgood
H. A. Hamlett
District Council of Carpenters
Jamaica Plain
Frederick J. Kneeland
the Roosevelt
Labor Movement
Salvation Army
Joseph Nash
the Stationary Engineers’ Union
Lfe
the International Rganization of Bricklayers
Lincoln Street
A. C. Langlois
George III
John Reardon
International Street Railway Workers’ Union
John F
Thomas Minihan
Teamsters’ Union
Borden
Bordey
Pat
Borden’s Condensed Milk CO. “Leaders of
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New York
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