Barre granite cutters reach wage compromise to avert strike
In Barre Vermont on February 28 a large majority of granite cutters voted to accept 8 cents per hour, avoiding a strike by about 1400 workers. Manufacturers representing around seventy firms agreed to a 35 cent per hour compromise, with workers set to return to duty under the new schedule tomorrow after gaining an eight hour day, six days a week.
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Concord
Lexington
Kunker Hill
Boston Harbor
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
New York
Spain
Davis
Theople
Porto Rico
Granite Makers and Cutters Face Potential Strike
Conference committees from Granite Manufacturers Association and two Cutters Union branches met in Quincy to resolve wage talks ahead of a threatened strike. Initial offers ranged from eight hours at 30 cents to 83 cents plus 10 percent on price lists, with mass meetings planned. Concord cutters voted to suspend work until an agreement is reached, affecting about 210 workers, while Boston yards with 250 workers kept to current contracts through April 1.
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Quincy
Granite Manufacturers’ Association
Cutters’ Union
Barre
Concord
N. H
Granite Cutters’ National Union
Granite Manufacturers of
Boston
Bennett Street
Monarch Nail Company treasurer charged with $5000 theft
Leonard C. Cook of Dorchester 37 was arrested accused of stealing 5000 from the Monarch Horseshoe Nail Company of Water Street. He claims the funds were his personal loans and blames an enemy, amid a broader dispute over stock and notes tied to Cook Nail Company.
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Lennert S. Cook
Stafford Street
Dorchester
Monarch Horseshoe Nail Company
Water Street
Cook
Monarch Nail Company
Cook Nail Company
Monarch Company
Cook Company
Maine
Massachusetts
Paddock- Hawley Iron Company
St. Louis
E. C. Church Company of
Providence
American Surety Company
Melrose National Bank
Melrose
Mass
Cok
Fourth National Bank
Mr. Cook
Equity Court
Bridgewater
Chicago machinists strike threat swept by unanimous vote
The Machinery Manufacturers Association in Chicago refused wage increases and union recognition, signaling a strike by the Machinists' Union as soon as tomorrow or Friday. Up to 10,000 workers may be involved with many city factories expected to close, as nationwide demands reach about sixty thousand machinists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Machinery Manufacturers’ Association
Machinists’ Union
United States
Canada
Fire on India Street Destroys Top Floor of Five-Story Brick
Fire on India Street last evening damaged the top floor of a five story brick building occupied by F P Norton cigar maker. Firemen arrived quickly and confined damage mainly to water. origin unknown. Building owned by Henrietta A Page. loss estimated in the thousands.
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Bogum
And
Henrietta A. Page
Snow forecast for New England and eastern New York
Snow expected Thursday and Friday across New England and eastern New York. Heavy snow in the north, snow or rain in the south with heavy easterly winds and continued precipitation into Friday.
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Washington
New England
New York
Porto Rico tariff bill passes House after heated roll call
The House approved the Republican amended Porto Rican tariff bill by 172 to 161 after a dramatic session. Six Republicans and four Democrats crossed sides, with illness delaying votes and Brownlow of Tennessee insisting he would risk his life for passage. The Payne substitute for free trade was defeated 160 to 174, and a recommit motion failed 160 to 172.
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Samuel W. M'Call
Massachusetts
Washington
House
Yeas
Messrs
Crumpacker
Indiana
Fletcher
Minnesota
Heatvole
Littlefield
Maine
Lorimer
Illinois
Mr. Brownlow
Tennessee
Tawney
Brownlow
Underwood
McCall
Payne
Porto Rico
Alabama
Ways and Means
City Hall ousts 161 workers in sweeping dept reorg
Mayor orders rapid wind up of the repair division of the public buildings department. Charles Logue and 89 staff face removal as work shifts to open market. In City Hall, Superintendent Wheeler suspends 161 across six street divisions, with 80 in ferry and 18 in bridge. Major Young told to accept Charles McConnell’s resignation and install new yard leadership.
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Hart
John Drohan
Public Buildings Department
Superintendent of Public Buildings
Charles Logue
Logue
Quincy
City Hall
Wheeler
Charles McConnell
South End
Major Young
M. B. Rowe
McConnell
Man Hurled from Stairs in Fancy House Incident
John Novitski of 8 Merton Street was carried from 20k Hanover Street to City Hospital after being knocked unconscious from a fall down stairs. Adam Kilana, 46, of 34 Hanover Street, allegedly threw Novitski, then moved him upstairs and placed him on a cot before police and Dr Dunn were summoned. Kilana was arrested, and Novitski remained in serious condition.
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John Novitski
Merton Street
Hanover Street
City Hospital
Adam Kilana
Novitski
Kilana
Dunn
Ladysmith in peril as British losses mount at Pieter’s Hill
Desperate fighting envelops Ladysmith with Buller’s forces holding Pieter’s Hill amid poisonous water shortages and severe food scarcity. Total British losses climb to 12,834 as Roberts plans an advance toward Bloemfontein.
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Buller
Pieter’s Hill
Ladysmith
Roberts
Cronje and Family Sent to Cape Town
London and Paardeberg dispatch detail Cronje and his family traveling to Cape Town under Major-General Prettyman escort with Gloucesters and Imperial Volunteers. Wounded Boers receive care in British hospitals. British advance may target Bloemfontein as Ladysmith relief looms.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Paardeberg
Cronje
Cape Town
Prettyman
City
Earl of Erroll
Coronje
Roberts
Bloemfontein
Buller
Pieters Hill
Ladysmith
Lord Lansdowne
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S.vorenberg & Co
Washington and Hanover Sts
Barre’s
LS. Cook
Monarch Horse Shoe Nail Co
Cook Talks
Post
Enoch L. Perkins
Perkins
The
Boston Tailoring CO
Washington Street
Jewelers
Washington and Bromfield Streets
India Street
Payne-Fitzgerald
Unites States
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Fitzgerald
Ilinois
Graff
State of
Root
Hari U Wies Repair Dept
John A. Barr
Joan Barry
William T. Brady
John Brant
Rank Badaracco
John D. Bentley
John Casey
Joseph Cassidy
John J. Collins
James F. Corbett
James W. Costello
Carpenter
Edward F. Chamberlain
Timothy Callahan
Martin I. Corbett
Joseph H. Cumiskey
George W. Clark
Patrick J. Crowley
John L. Carven
Daniel A. Donoghue
James E. Doyle
Thomas Donohue
Fred M. Dacey
John E. Dwyer
John J. Doherty
Timothy J. Drummey
Edward J. Dwyer
William J. Dowd
John W. Fitzgerald
John Fardy
Eadward Finnegan
Joseph Fortune
John Farrell
Frank M. Fitzgerald
Stephen Gillis
John IF. Graham
Patrick F. Gogin
James TI. Hagan
George FE. Hanlon
William Henness
Robert Keefe
Patrick .F. Killillen
James A. Kennedy
Patrick King
Benjamin Lenthier
M. Laughman
Hiram Lurie
John Martin
Stephen Miles
T. F. McGrath
Jerry J. Mahoney
Timothy J. Mahoney
Edward A. McDonald
Philip J. McGonagle
Andrew J. Mclaughlin
Edward E. Moran
Steamfitter
Michael J. Melledy
Plasterer
Fidward McCarthy
Bernard Martin
Patrick McMahon
Robert Morgen
John W. Magoun
W. J. McDonald
R. J. O'Hara
P. Joseph O'Malley
William PF. O'Toole
Daniel P. O’sullivan
Dennis O'Connell
Michael O’ Malley
Michael O'Leary
William R. Wallace
John R. Wall
Michael Whitty
John B. Walsh
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