Crisis in Shoe Strikes in Lynn Rivals Trade Unions
In Lynn this week the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union pressed its members to pay arrears, threatening to revoke stamping rights from the G. E. Nicholson Company if dues are unpaid by early next week. The move aims to offset Harney Bros. factory’s strike failures as Brockton and Haverhill shoe circles monitor developments.
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Lynn
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Chesley
Donovan
Mr. Nicholson
G. E. Nicholson Company
Nicholson
Boot and Shoe Workers
Harney Bros
Lasters
Harneys
Nicholson Company
D. A. Donovan & Co
G W. Herrick & Co
Harney Bros. Brockton
Haverhill
Strike of Firemen Shuts Squire Plant in Cambridge
Nine union firemen walked out at the John P. Squire packing plant in Cambridge causing a halt to operations for over 2000 workers. The walkout followed refusals to raise pay from $14 to $15.60 and then to $17 weekly. Union firemen ordered the strike, risking broader disruption as non union workers would be excluded.
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Squire
John P. Squire
Cambridge
North Packing Company of
North Packing Company
Santos-Dumont Sails Over Paris in New Airship No. 9
Santos-Dumont piloted airship No. 9 over central Paris for the first time. He maneuvered near the Arc de Triomphe and descended at his Champs Elysee home, returning to Longchamp with the craft towed to the Champs Elysee before rising again. The small airship, about 8300 cubic feet with a 3 horsepower engine, hovered at about 100 feet.
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Santos-Dumont
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysee
Longchamps
Place de l'Eterle
Place de l’Eterle
Santos- Dumont
Allan line steamer Norwegian to dock for repair at Halifax
The Allan line steamer Norwegian ashore near Cape Ray will proceed to Halifax to enter drydock for examination and repairs though damages are thought slight. The notice also reports on shipping activity at New Haven and local wrecking efforts, with details on several schooners, cargoes, prices, and tug movements amid easterly bay storms.
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Allan Line
Glasgow
Cape Ray
Halifax
N. S
Allan, Elder-Dempster and
Furness Lines
South Africa
Julia Frances
Hilsworth
Bat
Calais
New Haven
Faulkner’s Island
Burch
Lucy H. Russell
Gull Shoals
Brunswick
Ruegsell
Bath
H. M. Randall
T Wharf
Annie
Jennie
Haddock
A. C. Newhall
Hattie F. Knowlton
Sword Fisheries
Robert and Arthur
Appomattox
George Dean
Allan H. Jones
Marquand
Covington
Shawanese
Hokendauqua
Lackawanna
Standard
Paoli
Spartan
International
Shipping News Miniature Almanac June 24
Shipping news lists arrivals and coastal traffic with numerous steamers and schooners entering and leaving ports. Vessels include St. Croix Pike St. John N B and many others bound for Boston Philadelphia Portland and Newport News, with coal merchandise and passengers noted.
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St. Croix
Pike
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Portland
C. E. Laechler
Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
N.S
Mora
Boulter
Louisburg
C. B
Kershaw
Hawes
Baltimore
Norfolk
A. M. Graham
Orion
Hillary
Newport News
Bay
Caledonian
Manchester
Eng
Boston
N. S
Admiral Schley
Port Antonio
Jam
Herman Winter
New York
Barkentine Shawmut
Sydney
Emma
Potter
Clementsport
Laura M. Lunt
Percy Birdsall
Fernandina
George A
Cheerful Toast To Champagne On a Cold Bottle
A lighthearted note invites readers to enjoy a bottle of Cook's Imperial Extra Dry. The playful line suggests not being cross and keeping spirits up during chilly times.
Kansas appeals for 50 000 able bodied farm hands
Kansas farmers in distress urge 50 000 men to harvest the wheat crop. T. B. Gerow of the State employment bureau asks railroads, the press, and the public to recruit laborers for the rescue and faster harvest.
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Kansas
Peka
Kan
T. B. Gerow
State Employment Bureau
Census Work Begins in Hull as Licenses Be Assessed
Hull June 23 census takers begin annual survey to determine liquor licenses for summer hotels. Chief Agent William G. Grundy arrives and appoints R. B. Hayes C. V. Nickerson Frank Harrison Joseph Kelley William Gent and C. W. Knight to conduct the work.
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Hull
William G. Grundy
R. B. Hayes
C. V. Nickerson
Frank Harrison
Joseph Kelley
William Gent
C. W. Knight
Labor Feud Banners Worcester Painters Over Church
In Worcester on June 23 the Brotherhood of Union Painters voted to call out its members from work on St Pauls Church over the presence of Amalgamated painters. The dispute mirrors a nationwide split of long running friction between the two unions. Local action follows a late night meeting where members decided to withdraw from the edifice project.
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Worcester
Brotherhood of Union Painters
Amalgamated Painters
St. Paul's Church
Cuticura Hair Growth Claims and Remedies Ad
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for stopping hair loss crusts dandruff and scalp irritation. It touts Soap Ointment and Resolvent as world standard cures with depots in London Paris Boston and product prices and directions for use.
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London
Charterhouse &Q
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Boston
Columbus Ave
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Miss Morse Believed To Have Planned Death By Own Action
Malden June 23 A grief stricken mother and sister visited the undertaker to arrange interment for Miss Morse whose last employer Mrs Emeline C Williams reports she had been contemplating death by her own hand for some time. Evidence includes Miss Morse packing clothes as if for a long journey and two letters arriving that day.
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Malden
Emily Morse
A. C. Souther
Brookline
A. N. Ward
Forest Hills Chapel
Emeline C. Williams
Converse Avenue
Miss Morse
Williams
Mrs. Williams
Roosevelt Pardons Life-Convicted Man in clemency action
Washington June 2 President Roosevelt granted clemency to Wil sie Johnson alias Overton who faced a death sentence in the western district of Arkansas for murder in the Indian Territory. The sentence had been commuted to life by Cleveland amid doubt of guilt. Johnson to be released July 1. The president also commuted Thurman Balding from 30 years to 10 years for robbery and larceny. term ends November 30 1904.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wilsie Johnson
Overton
Arkansas
Lfe
Cleveland
United States
Thurman Balding
Morrison's Novel Way of Ending His Life
Archibald Morrison a silk salesman committed suicide in a novel method by leaping from the Brooklyn bridge onto a moving train. He fell about 100 feet, was mangled, and landed on Front street below. No reason was advanced though he drank at times and may have been respondent.
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New York
Archibald Morrison
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Tower
Brooklyn
Front Street
Morrison
Millionaire’s child dies of burns in Greenwich tragedy
Genevieve Peats, daughter of Alfred Peats the wallpaper manufacturer, died after burns from a house fire at the Greenwich estate. Her mother and aunt Miss Pugh were burned while trying to save her but are recovering, though overcome with grief.
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Greenwich
Conn
Genevieve Peats
Alfred Peats
Peats
Miss Pugh
Molineux's Picture Stays Among Prison Records
In Troy New York on June 23 Supreme Court Justice Howard denied Roland B Molineux an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the state prison superintendent to show cause why his photographs and measurements should not be removed from the prison records.
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Troy
N. Y
Supreme Court
Howard
Roland B. Molineux
Molineux
Stearns Friends Mobilize Funds for New Trial
In Charlestown supporters of William H. Stearns known as the Winchester slugger raise funds for a new trial while Senator Arthur Harrington, his former defender, is expected to serve as counsel.
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Charlestown
William H. Stearns
Winchester
Arthur Harrington
Stearns
President Honors Lipton Arrives for America's Cup Welcome
General Corbin and officials depart Washington for New York to greet Sir Thomas Lipton, expected aboard the Oceanic. The President invites Lipton to lunch at the White House Friday or to dine at Oyster Bay if time constraints require.
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Washington
Corbin
New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
General Corbin
Sir Thomas
White House
Oyster Bay
Divorced Millionaire Husband Sparks Bitter New Jersey Case
Special Master in Chancery Thomas Anderson granted a divorce to Mrs. Daniel T. Campbell from her millionaire husband, a Newark-based Watts Campbell Engine Construction Co. member. The case, described as one of the state’s most sensational disputes, featured her claim of repeated indignities and cruelties. She recalled an evening arming knives at her during a circus visit and later forcing her to stand against a wall while he hurled table knives, alarming their children.
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New York
Thomas Anderson
Trenton
Daniel T. Campbell
Watts-Campbell Engine Construction Company
Newark
Annie Singer's Lament Ends in Court Ordered Support
Aaron Singer a one legged Polish immigrant faced Judge Mc Kim as his wife Annie petitioned for self support after 28 years of marriage. The couple's story traces journeys from Poland to London Boston Chicago with four children born abroad and one here. Singer a Roxbury tailor promised ten dollars weekly for five months but has since paid only small sums.
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Aaron Singer
Poland
McKim
Aaron
Annie Singer
London
Boston
Singer
Chicago
Eliot Square
Roxbury
Silva Sues for 60000 in False Arrest Case
In the fourth session of the Superior Court Judge Wait presiding J J Silva acting as his own lawyer sues to recover 60000 for alleged false arrest and imprisonment from U S Commissioner Fiske Deputy U S Marshal Macdonald Chief Inspector Watts and A U S A Casey. Arrest tied to charges of circulating spurious coin with a prior conviction in 184. After opening address the case was taken from the jury.
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Superior Court
Wait
J. J. Silva
United States
Fiske
Macdonald
Watts
Casey
Bates Not Guilty In Fire Insurance Case
Cambridge jury returns a not guilty verdict for F N Bates on charges of setting fire to property in Stow to defraud insurers. The arson count was not submitted to the jury. Defenders I R Clark Sherburne and Charles S Phoenix hailed the decision. Phoenix and others testified as fire experts aiding Bates.
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Cambridge
F. N. Bates
Stow
Allen
I. R.clark
Devonshire Street
Bates
Sherburne
Charles 8. Phoenix
Phoenix
Fire Department
Reagan
A. C. Scott
Judge Bishop Delivers Sentences in Superior Court
Mr Justice Bishop in the Superior Criminal Court yesterday sentenced Bertha Henry as a nightwalker to four months in the house of correction. Herman Peffer, charged with larceny, paid costs. Jacob Dellheim, a milk offender, had his case placed on file on payment of costs. Frederick Carrolo, charged with assault and battery, was placed on probation, paying costs.
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Justice Bishop
Superior Criminal Court
Bertha Henry
House of Correction
Herman Peffer
Jacob Dellheim
Frederick Carrolo
Kidney-Wort Tablets Promote Alcohol Free Kidney Health
An advertisement warns of alcohol in liquid kidney remedies and promotes Dr Pettingill's Kidney-Wort Tablets as a non alcoholic, permanent cure for kidney disease and rheumatism. It urges refusal of liquid remedies and describes symptoms from kidney trouble and a home test using morning urine.
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Pettingill
Bright
Bomb Found Near Vermont State House in Montpelier
Laborers in Montpelier discover a weathered dynamite bomb in the State House yard. The find recalls President Roosevelt's September visit and sparks questions about a potential plot against the president.
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State House
Montpelier
State House Yard
Roosevelt
Outlook Bright for Irish Land Bill Compromise Reached
London June 23 A compromise between nationalist landlords and the government ends serious opposition to the Irish land bill. Unless unforeseen difficulties arise the measure, set for debate in the House of Commons tomorrow, is likely to be swiftly passed. Landlords accept an amendment to Clause 1 widening tenants purchasing rights.
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London
House of Commons
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