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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
2
The State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation will try to settle the Boston Elevated strike. Strike leaders and reps from the Boston Central Labor Union and American Federation of Labor urged the board to intervene yesterday afternoon.
Chairman Willard Howland voiced confidence a conference can be arranged between strikers and Elevated officials. The State Board of Arbitration may act without investigation, as labor leaders urged. Striking carmen, led by Colgan and Fay, pressed for arbitration under law. A strike-breaker mobilization from Cleveland and elsewhere stirred attention as labor and management consider arbitration to avoid disruption.
A wagon driver was severely injured yesterday morning when his wagon was struck by an electric car on Broadway in South Boston near A street. He suffered a fractured left leg and other injuries as police detained the conductor and motorman for investigation. Nearby, Mrs. Sadier Rossman was struck by a stone while riding an outbound Grove Hall car on Blue Hill avenue in the morning.
George M. Gunther general organizer of the Amalgamated Woodworkers' Union lies in City Hospital awaiting an operation. He reports his friends may know he expects to be about again within a fortnight after the procedure.
A kosher meat strike led by Jewish women of Malden’s Independent Workmen's Circle branch caused a small riot in Suffolk square when Joseph Stanetsky entered the only market open and bought beef. Nine of ten shops have closed. Harry Silverman refused to close. Mrs Florence Elson said the committee will intensify efforts and noted nearby cities plan similar action.
A disturbance broke out as several enraged women attacked an individual before reserves arrived to quell the riot. Stanetsky was arrested and Annie Matt of 120 Lyme Street was taken into custody. both were later...
George Behm of Portage Wisconsin testified in Los Angeles that Clarence Darrow brought him to press Ortie McManigal to recant his confession. Behm said Darrow demanded truth or not truth you must make him come across.
Dr H W Johnston head of the IU Latin department died on a train near Bloomington Ohio after an autopsy doctors say he was poisoned. James Lowder a university custodian testified he gave Johnston a small amount of cyanide of potassium two weeks earlier to kill a dog. Family members state he was stressed about finances.
In Reno on June 18 1912 a custody dispute over a boy accompanied a divorce case as Judge Orr ordered $50 monthly support and custody to be alternated by the parents. Amid this, a large Boston Socialist meeting at Faneuil Hall praised municipal ownership and condemned the Boston Elevated railroad management.
Former students and teachers at the Henry L. Pierce School in Dorchester plan a reception this evening to mark the retirement of Horace Winslow Warren who has led the school since its 1893 founding.
A large Socialist mass meeting at Faneuil Hall backed municipal ownership to aid the Boston Elevated Railway strikers. City officials limited fund collection as 4000 workers remain on strike with families at risk, while organizers defend the workers and condemn replacements.
The 17th annual National Association of Credit Men convention in Boston ends day one with a formal dance at the Hotel Somerset. Nearly 1000 members and wives attend as the program includes morning talks, a business session, and a reception hosted by Mrs. J. D. Morton in Roxbury.
The event featured assistance from Mrs. George C. Morton and music by Henley’s orchestra. The Somerset hosted a reception to the president with Carl Dreyfus leading the reception committee. A six hour harbor sail aboard the new steamboat Rose Standish was scheduled as the first official trip.
New York June 18. Actress Mabel Hite wife of ball player Mike Donlin underwent appendicitis surgery a week ago and doctors report very little hope for recovery as peritonitis developed late yesterday. Born in Kansas City she built a vaudeville career as a character song singer and comedienne.
Advertises Hood's Lotion claiming to soften hands and improve complexion while soothing inflamed or irritated skin. Mentions price of 50 cents and urges trial.
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