Granite Cutters Strike in Boston Over Wages and Clauses
About 160 granite cutters, part of the national union, walk out in Boston against 18 Employers' Association members. They demand a 31 cent minimum for skilled work and removal of a discrimination clause, plus a rule to avoid violations when buildings are suspended. The Employers' Association refuses alteration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employers’ Association of Boston
Manufacturers’ Association
Messrs
Colin McDougall
Charles Curley
William Gray
Association
Henry Murray
Walter Lyons
Charles Ricker
Building Trades Council
Boston
National Union
Building Trades
Sunday closures ordered for bake shops in Lawrence
City Marshal Bailey bans Sunday operations for bake shops and small stores in Lawrence after complaints from Armenian and Italian colonies. Cigar shops, pharmacies, and newspaper offices are exempt for now and may face future limits including cigars and candy in drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Bailey
Three Democrats Suspected in Lowell Bribery Case
Lowell reports a probable warrant for three Democratic politicians over an alleged bribery attempt aimed at Republican Councilman Arthur W. Lang. It is said $250 in notes were passed at Langs business in the presence of concealed witnesses to keep a mayoral appointee in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Arthur W. Lang
Cuban exile in Key West reports insurgent move
Julio Sanguilly and Cuban exile Mrs Eva Adam Rodriguez arrived in Key West after detention in Cuba. Rodriguez and four other Cuban women, detained without charges, faced incommunicado confinement for twenty days and imprisonment in Havana authorities. Consul-General Lee secured her release on condition she leave Cuba. Rodriguez notes insurgents plan to concentrate forces near Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Julio Sanguilly
Eva Adam Rodriguez
Cuba
Havana
Rodriguez
House of Refuge
Lee
Transvaal Fear As Kruger Warns On Law Enforcment
A Johannesburg despatch reports President Kruger and the Volksraad chairman after prorogation warned that compromise ends and law will be enforced. The high court would be under Volksraad control and other laws maintained. Widespread unrest and protests against the new high court law are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Johannesburg
Kruger
Volksraad
High Court
Transvaal
Venezuelan commission report delivered to the President
The Washington commission report notes the task was novel and hard. It credits Venezuela and Great Britain for cooperation and explains the investigation methods. No conclusions are given. four volumes including an atlas will publish results and aid the arbitration tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Venezuela
Great Britain
Death by Own Action Chess Player Faxon Drowns
The body of Edward P. Faxon, Brookline resident and chess player, was found in the channel under the Harvard bridge. His brother, George Faxon, identified him and noted he had arranged his worldly affairs before the death, with a B Y M Co U card found on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawtender Gorman
Harvard Bridge
Edward P. Faxon
George H. Faxon
Winthrop Road
Brookline
Tremont Street
Mr. Faxon
Stedman
Faxon
Post
Forest Reserve Order Triggers Omaha Protest
Omaha merchants and railroad leaders oppose President Cleveland's order to reserve 21 million acres in Wyoming South Dakota Utah and Montana for forest protection. Senators and Congressmen from affected states back the effort as telegrams flood the Omaha commercial club. Officials warn about as many as 900 000 families losing homes if the measure stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Northwest
Cleveland
Wyoming
South Dakota
Utah
Montana
Commercial Club
Plague Researcher's Illness Reported in Bombay
A Bombay dispatch reports Prof Haffkine, famed for plague prevention work, is himself suffering a mild case of bubonic plague. The news notes his exposure while continuing experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bombay
Haffkine
Fire destroys west Market Street buildings in Rockville
A morning blaze in Rockville Conn destroys all west Market street buildings from Main to Brooklyn except the Exchange block American Hotel and Hirst Block. Loss estimated at 30000 with 20000 insured. Buildings belonged to W F Orcutt and were wooden one to three stories high. Fire found at 445 a.m. behind Hevn's cigar store. cause unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Conn
Market Street
Main
Brooklyn
Exchange
W. F. Orcutt
Hevn
Police Shake-Up in Cambridge Force Transfers Read
Transfers announced at roll call show Sergeants Pike and Corcoran swapping posts. Patrolmen Howe and Aylward move from Station 2 to Station 1 while Deehan and Hackett shift from Station 1 to 2. Pike has served Station 2 for seventeen years and Corcoran twenty years at Station 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Charles L. Pike
Dennis Corcoran
W. H. H. Howe
Richard H. Aylward
John W. Deehan
Mortimer M. Hackett
Sergeant Pike
Sortwell
Cloyes
Station 3
Sergeant Corcoran
Seizure of Opium Worth 400000 in San Francisco
Treasury agents seized nearly 400000 dollars worth of opium believed imported illegally. The drug belonged to Chinese merchant Fong Tai and was consigned to H P Davidson of the Bank of British Columbia. If no conviction follows, the opium will be sold at public auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
The
Treasury
Fong Tai
H. P. Davidson
Bank of British Columbia
Falls Through Glass Door In Hotel Staircase
Edward Brewton slipped on stairs at the Belmont Hotel Gloucester Feb 28 and fell head first into a plate glass door causing a deep cut near the jugular vein. He was knocked unconscious but may recover, per the doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Edward Brewton
Belmont Hotel
Waterfront News Highlighting Docks and Steamers
At Hoosac Tunnel docks in Charlestown the Warren line steamer Kansas arrived from Liverpool, four days late, while the disabled Cambrian remains at Halifax. The Columbian finished loading for London with grain handled by floating elevators, tug Emily aiding. The Boston carried 104 passengers from Yarmouth and more may join future voyages. The Hamburg American fleet tops with 69 ships and 18 twin screws over 7000 tons, while Luckenbach's tow fleet dominates coal transport. Manuka loads Egyptian cotton at Alexandria for New Bedford mills to blend with local fiber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Line
Kansas
Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
Liverpool
Cambrian
Halifax
Columbian
New England
Boston
London
Fred Stubbs
Emily
Stanwood
Yarmouth
Hamburg-American Line
Pennsylvania
Leyland
Victorian
Cestrian
Lewis Luckenbach
New York
Atlantic
Manuka
Alexandria
Egypt
New Bedford
Civil Court Terms Set With Calendar For March
Supreme Judicial Court sessions begin March 2 and run through March 12 for civil and criminal matters. Equity docket follows March 15 until finished, then civil law resumes if equity ends early. A list of case numbers and parties is noted, with no Saturday sittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Judicial Court For
The
Commonwealth
Suffolk Supreme Judicial In Equity Docket List
Case docket entries include Morton vs Canton Lexington Print Works Maye vs Northern Railway Canton Ingersoll vs Hayden and others. Also Manchester Fire Association Co v Gray Walcott v Spalding Readdy v Todd Buck v Johnson Daniels petition to quiet title India Drug Co petition for dissolution Wiske v Fiske Locke v Nash Farnsworth v Parker Macintosh v Noyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Print Works
Canton
Maye
Ingersoll
Hayden
Same
S. Same
Manchester Fire Assn. Co
Gray
Walcott
Spalding
Readdy
Todd
Buck
Johnson
Daniels
Petr
India Drug Co
Wiske
Fiske
Locke
Nash
Farnsworth
Parker
MecIntosh
Noyes
Shipping News Update from the Mini Almanac
The March sea bulletin lists arrivals and movements of ships including the Kansas, Murdock, and Stanwood with cargo and passenger details to Warren & Co., John G. Hall & Co., A. M. Graham, H. F. Dimock, and others. Tugs, barges, and schooners such as Atlas, Ringleader, Bay State, Snowman, City of Gloucester, and Knickerbocker are noted with their routes, towing duties, and ports from New York to Baltimore, Norfolk, and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Murdock
Liverpool
Warren & Co
Boston
Stanwood
Yarmouth
N. S
John G. Hall & Co
Essex
Johnson
Baltimore
Norfolk
A. M. Graham
H. F. Dimock
Bearse
New York
H. M. Whitney
Shawmut
Fuller
Atlas
Sterling
Keene
Newport News
Ringleader
Bay State
Snowman
Portland
City of Gloucester
Godfrey
Gloucester
Mercury
Baker
Vineyard Haven
Wiley
Coffin
Bessie
Amboy
Patterson
Edgewater
N. J
Paoli
Harding
Philadelphia
Wayne
Tamaqua
Tilton
Dilbarton
Mahoney
Newburyport
Bertha Dean
Thomas
L. T. Whitmore
Haley
Cornelia Soule
Saunders
Charles R. Washington
Collins
Rockland
Chester R. Lawrence
Hart
Rockport
Frank G. Rich
McClintock
Mabel E. Goss
Babbidge
Deer Isle
Mildred E
Herbert M. Rogers
Geyer
Doctor Tolman Promises Women Fast Relief at Low Cost
The regulator claims to bring happiness to hundreds of anxious women with no failures. He asserts relief in 2 to 5 days, no pain or danger, and no work interference. Price $2, consultations free, letters answered truthfully. Office at 170 Tremont St, hours 10 to 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolman
Tremont St
HMALL@ch MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Court St
Boston
Mass
Mrs Bell and Mrs Thompson Advertise Medical Services
Mrs Bell, a ladies' physician, moves to 20 Cazenove Street near 252 Columbus Avenue. Old Mrs Thompson at 256 Columbus Avenue offers treatment of all diseases of women with positive results guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Bell
Cazenove St
Columbus Ave
Elizabeth Hubert Sues for Divorce from Harry L Hubert
Elizabeth Hubert of Reading petitions the Middlesex Superior Court for a divorce from marriage to Harry L Hubert of Hartford. She accuses him of habitual intoxication from October 1891 to present and seeks such decrees and orders as law requires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Middlesex
Elizabeth Hubert
Reading
Harry L. Hubert
Hartford
Connecticut
Boston
Oetober
A. D
Barry L. Hubert
Massachusetts Libel Notice Orders Appearance in Cambridge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts orders libellant to notify libellee to appear before the Middlesex court in Cambridge on the first Monday of April. Attested copies of the libel and order must be published in the Boston Post three weeks, with a registered letter sent to the libellee’s residence for response.
Libel Notice Issued in Suffolk Superior Court
Massachusetts Suffolk Superior Court orders libellant to publish notice in the Boston Post for three weeks and mail or serve an attested copy to libellee Frank J. Pilling before the first Monday of April, enabling him to show cause why the libel should not be granted. Clerk Jos. A. Willard signs the order with assistant Wellington Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Superior Court
Boston
Waldemar Ekblom
County of
Boston Post
Jos
A. Willard
Wellington Wells
Massachusetts
Frank J. Pilling
Assignee Appointed for Daniel G. Squire Insolvency
Lovell O Perkins announces the assignee for Daniel G Squire of Boston is holding the second creditors meeting at the Court of Insolvency in Suffolk on April 2 1897 at 10:00 AM to prove claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Thornton Briggs
Augustus P. Spitz
Boston
Briggs
Charles H. Wardwell
Daniel G. Squire
David Culver Hall
Henry H. Savagh
Mass
SUTHERLAND SUTHERLANDS INSOLVENT PARTNERSHIP HEARING
In Middlesex County the insolvency case of John A and George D Sutherland of Somerville as Suther land Brothers creditors meet April 22 at 9:00 a.m. in the Cambridge court to prove claims and review the assignee Alonzo V Lynde will present the estate account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
John A
George D. Sutherland
Somerville
Sutherland Rothers
Cambridge
Alonzo
Lynde
Hearing on Boston Rapid Transit Railway incorporation
State House Boston February 25 1897 committees on metropolitan affairs and street railways will hear petition of Jonathan E Harlow and others to form the Boston Rapid Transit Railway Company to operate in Boston and suburbs. Hearing set for Thursday March 11 at 10 30 am in Room 357 with chairmen Dallinger Irwin and clerks Shaw Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
Jonathan E. Harlow
Boston Rapid Transit Railway Company
Pe House
Committee on Labor hearing on House Bill 747
The Committee on Labor will hold a hearing on House Bill 747 by John E. Baldwin to prohibit outside state use of dressed or hammered stone. The session is at Room 431 State House on Wednesday March 3 at 11 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
Committee On Labor
John E. Baldwin
William Moran
Thos. Donahue
Massachusetts Education Committee to Hear Public School Bill
The Massachusetts Committee on Education will hear parties interested in House bill No. 417 for state support of public schools. Hearing at Room 441 State House Boston on Tuesday March 2 at 10 o clock a m. Alfred S Roe and Almon E Hall chair and clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Josiah Quincy
Representative Innes
State House
Committee On Education
Alfred S. Roe
Almon E. Hall
Committee On Prisons
Boston Municipal Court
Thomas M. Denham
J. M. Douglass
Massachusetts House Bill 207 and 827 hearing notice
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State House Boston February 26 1897 announces hearings for House Bill 207 by Ross of New Bedford regulating hours of labor for women and minors in mercantile establishments and House Bill 827 restricting hours to 54 per week. The public is invited at Room 431 State House on Friday March 5 at 11 30. Thos Donahue chairman pro tem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Boston
Committee On Labor
Mr. Ross
New Bedford
William Moran
Thos. Donahue
Hearing on Boston water meters and highway layouts
The Committee on Metropolitan Affairs will hear interested parties on House 621 authorizing water meters in Boston and charging by consumption, and House 527 on laying out and constructing highways in Boston, at State House Room 357 on Wednesday March 3 at 10 a.m. Chairmen Fredr W Dallinger and David B Shaw announce the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Dudley G. Dore
City of
Boston
State House
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Building Trades Indorse
Building Trades Council Indorses
George of
Haverhill
Labor
George
Third Essex
Glaziers’ Union
H. J. Hint
Pittsburg
Flint Glass Workers
Leroy B. Pease Indorsed
Typographical Union No. 13
Leroy Pease
Woonsocket
A. F. of L
Foresters’ Hall
Eliot Street
James McDermot
John F. O’sullivan
Central Labor Union
Patrick Gallagher
M. J. Otis
Stephen O’hare
Michael Egan
Thomas H. Saunders
Thomas Hannon
Paul J. Cuddy
Richard Geary
William Doherty
Highland Lake
Bakers’ Union
Bakers’ Union No. 4
Howard Street
Lucid True Ames
Union For Industrial Progress
Perkins Hall
Boylston Street
Dr. Bull
Gough
Mrs. Rodriguez
Kruger Wade
Volsraad
Republic
Commission Reports
Portsmouth
N. H
West End
George Ross
A. Forsaith
Britannia
AILSA
Toulon
Prince of Wales
Charlotte
N. C
J. J. Kinyoun
Jewett
Buffalo
Jo JO
Fall River
Woodbury
Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth
Turner
Harrington
Young
Kelly
Butchers’ Slaughtering
Melting Assn
Goldis
Gately
Crowninshield
Foster
Waltham
Derrick
Foss
Hughes
Malden
Melrose Gas L. Co
O' Neil
Keyes
Cambridge Snv. Bank
Chapman
Supreme Judicial—In Equity
Morton, J
Supprior Court Guffolk
Maynard
MelIntyre
White
Munroe
West End R. R
Messenger
N. Y
Garrity
Lombard
Donovan
R. R
Davayle
Crashe
Spaulding
Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co
Moroney
Sherman
Martin
Gloucester St. R. R
Royan
Lyman
Allen
Burke
N. BH
H. BR. R
Means
Cooke
Paine
MacLellan
Smith
Ennett
Metropol
L. Ins. Co
Routilier
West Ind
Bond, J
Thaxter
International Glue Co
MecLaughlin
Tyler
Irving
Boston & Me
Taylor
Clifford
Jenness
Stooney
Bennett
Norcross
Hession
Crocker
Warmon
Parry
Walsh
Bost
Mirtz
Lynn
Quigley
Fitch
Seymour
O’loughlin
Priest
Ties R
Canney
Needham
Ccc
Flynn
Boston Blec
L. Ca
Bigelow
Ropes
Sam
Hamilton
Couillard
Blodgett
Torrie
Kavanagh
Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co
Micklejohn
Maneral
Hall
Nat. Bank
Chamberlin
Fessenden
Iooch
Thorndike
Cushman
Spitzer
Mulligan
Kempster
Haven
Gove
Knibbs
Bell
Heath
McCarty
Mullin
Roffe
Lipson
Bornstein
Watts
Newtonville
W. R. Co. h286—Kiander Vs. Brookline Gas L. Co. 6341—Lund Vs. Nowell. Nois—Ealy
Norton
Met. Cons. Co
Conley
Shipping News
Wind N. W
Chicago
Hull
Eng
Louisburg
C. B
Thomas A. Goddard
Knickerbocker
Merriam and Elmwood
Stanley
Peabody Medical Institute
Bulfinch St
Revere House
Harvard Medical College
Partsian Remey CO
Dr. Warren
Warren Remedies CO
Sagamore
Ottoman
Cambroman
Norseman
Kansas Sachem Roman
Michigan
Canada
John Farley & Sons
State St
Fitchburg
Milk Street
Ipping
Queenstown
American Line
Southampton
St.Louis
Havre
Paris
Low Rates International Navigation CO
Bowling Green
LL Palmer
Old State House
Cunard Line
Alexander Martin
Leyland Line Riverroom
Europe
State Street
F. O. Houghton & CO
Merchants & Miners Transportation Co
Providence
Eceec Vlv
Tenn. & Ga. Air Line
Atlantic Coast and Seaboard Air Line
Kanawha
Southern R. R
Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Cumberland Gap
Company
Agdt
Battery Wharf
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line
Phila
Charleston
Savannah
Wilmington
F. P. Wing
Central Wharf
E. B. Sampson
State
New England & Savannah 8S. &. Co
Lewis Wharf
Oceur Steamship Company
New Piler
North River
Washington St
Richardson & Barnard
Atlantic Ave
Park Department
Office
the Park Commissioners
Exchange Building
Edward C. Hodges
Laban Pratt
Charles E. Stratton
Commissioners
W. R. Livermore
Ibels
Hilda Ekblom
Waldemar Ekkblom
Stockholm
Sweden
Waldemar
Theo. C. Hurd
Emma F. Pilling
St. Paul
Minnesota
Cincinnati
Ohio
Libellee
Florence Vivian
Emma St. Stokes
Emma F, Pilling
Otis F. Holt
Everett
Walther C. Wardwell
U. S. Engineer Office
Newport
Qf. I
Woods Hole Harbor
Vineyard Haven Harbor
Pawtucket River
R. L
D. W. Lockwood
Maj
Eugis
Committee ON Metropolitan Affairs and Street Railways
the Committee ON Metropolitan Affairs
Thos. F. Maguire
City of Boston
Senate
Samuel M. Child
W. Dallinger
David B. Shaw
State Tlouse
Martin H. Tirrell
Fredk. W. Dallinger
Committee On
Wm. J. Sullivan
Commonwealth Park
Augusta Nasherseg
Court House
Pemberton Square
Robert E. Maguire
Hyman Nashersog
Robert KE. Maguire
Francis L. White
Michael O’connor
Copartners
O'Connor
F. L. White & Company
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