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Testimony at Boston Elevated strike hearing details unions and suspensions
The hearing before the board opened with 100 strikers and witnesses in room 431 at the State House. Union leaders Vahey Fay and Sheehan described mass discharges for joining the union as evidence, while the Elevated Company declined to participate. Witnesses cited loss of positions, badge takings, and responses from Superintendent Smith and others as reasons for discharge, with many recalling gold awards and letters to return to work.
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State Board OF Arbitration
James H. Vahey
P. J. Sheehan
Fred Fay
Bernard J. Supple
Richard J. Barry
Willard Howland
A. F. Runchman
Carmen’s Union
Vahey
Elevated Company
Bancroft
State House
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
Richard P. Barry
C. G. Wood
A. Oldham
Harvard
Place
Brighton
Rumford Falls
Oldham
J. J. van Wart
Chestnut Street
Jamaica Plain
Union
Carl Barnes
William W. Harris
Webber
Michael J. Lane
Schaller Street
Roxbury
Ilo
Berkeley and
Tremont Streets
City Hospital
Lane
Mathias J. Nesdale
Lawnstreet
Wells Memorial
Warner
Tremont and
Northampton Streets
John A. Macinnis
Ingall Street
Boston
Williamson
A. C. McGinnis
Webster Street
J. J. Tracy
Neponset Avenue
Carl S. Barnes
Lenox Street
Attorney Vahey
Tracy
Eugene F. O'Neil