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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1912
Page
8
Lawrence workers press for a 56 hour basis but accept a sliding scale from 6 to 12 percent. Company officials say the average wage increase would be about 8 percent, costing about 1.12 million dollars more per year, with adjustments by class and occupation.
Lawrence March 1 Acting on attorney Roewer Jr counsel for the strike committee the children's relief committee decided not to ship any children to temporary homes until after a police interference inquiry. Nearly 100 children were ready to leave on the 7 10 train with a four member committee.
A letter from the Massachusetts General Court conciliations committee invites a sub committee to meet officials of four mills of the American Woolen Company. The letter, dated February 29 on Massachusetts House stationery, was made public by William D. Haywood.
H W Johnson, a Lawrence journalist, asserts he witnessed police clubs used against both men and women during the February 24 station incident. He describes officers striking women, a throat hold, and club blows on crowds, while noting some officers were newly appointed specials and conceding police faced a difficult situation.
An old advertisement claims Cascarets will relieve headache biliousness indigestion and gas by cleansing and regulating the stomach. It asserts that a 10 cent box can bring relief by morning and improve mood for months, urging care for children as well.
Lawrence interview reveals the city government’s talks with Arlington and Pacific mills and the American Woolen Company leading to a 5 percent wage raise on the 54 hour schedule. Treasurers Hobbs and Greene, and President Wood, discuss concessions amid concerns about Industrial Workers of the World credit and broader legislative delays.
The General Court conciliation committee suggests a 12 member sub committee from Wood Ayer Washington and Prospect Mills with departs and slates of wool sorters and male spinners. It recommends a conference with mill owners at the State House Boston in presence of the conciliation committee. Haywood expects favorable action as strikers have shown willingness to meet.
Morrison I. Swift argues strikers should not return for a five percent raise. He questions mill owners and Lawrence citizens who claimed inability to grant more, cites sacrifices during the strike, jailed leaders, and calls for a higher concession to honor the workers and their foreign supporters.
Sunday services listed for Adventist Advent Christian Church 160 Warren Street with Pastor Rev C C Farnham delivering Why the Second Coming of Christ Is Not Given More Prominence in Today’s Church at 10 30 am and Joshua the Son of Nun at 7 80 pm followed by baptism Sunday school at 12 15 pm and young people meeting at 6 pm All are welcome R Crossett pastor at Adventist Christian Church Putnam Street Somerville 10 80 am sermon from James 5 1 Why and When Rich Men Will Howl or What the Present Conditions in rence Must Soon Lead Up To Evening praise at 7 pm F A Blackmer precentor.
Rev. Herbert S. Johnson leads morning and evening services at Warren Avenue Baptist Church with topics The Increase of Power Through Use and The Significance of the Second Class Hotel. Adelphi Quartet and Mrs. Robert Lister will provide music. Bible school at 12 10 p m. Welcoming note.
An article asserts microbes cause baldness with experiments led by Professor Anna of Hamburg and Dr Sabourand, detailing how a scalp microbe harms sebaceous glands. Rexall 93 Hair Tonic is offered as a remedy with a money back guarantee and Boston availability at Liggett’s Drug Stores.
Park Street Church announces 10:30 morning and 7:30 evening sermons by Dr. A Z Conrad with topics The Soul's Capacity for Flight and The Mighty Arm of the Lord of the Sea. Union Church presents 10:50 morning service In Touch and 7:50 choral vesper with Parsifal and Golden Legend excerpts. Shawa mut Church features 10:30 and 7:30 sermons Illimitable Power of an Unselfish Life and The Clash of Human Interests.
The Rev William Harmar van Allen rector oversees services at Church of the Advent with Holy Communion at 7:30 and 8:15 am. Matins and sermon at 10:30 am. Evening service at 4 pm and mission sermon at 7:30 pm. St Stephen's Florence Street offers Holy Communion at 7:30 and 8:15 am and 10:30 am, with a 7:30 pm service for young people.
Rev Edwin Lynn Miller leads services at St Mark's Roxbury Boston with morning 10 30 service The Christian and the World Evening 7 30 A Real Reminiscere Sunday school at noon Wednesday March 6 8 pm public worship Address Our Real Selves Special music Catechetical instruction Friday March 8 7 80 pm
Temple street pastor Ernest Lyman Mills preaches Isis Sacrifice at 10:30 with Bible school at 2.30 and Father and Son program at 7:30. Peoples Temple M F Church on Columbus Ave. preaches at 7:15 with Communion at 10:30 and a sermon on A Modern Samson The Theodore Roosevelt. The Bromfield Tremont Street Circuit holds Holy Communion at 10:30 and 7:30 with a stereopticon service. Stanton Avenue Methodist Dorchester offers Holy Communion at 10:30 and 7:30 with Memory and Conscience by Rev. A. Nies. First Presbyterian on Columbus Ave. and Berkeley St. has morning communion and an evening sermon The Lamp of Truth with large chorus. East Boston Presbyterian at 10:45 morning and 4 p.m. with Sons of St. George and Knights of Malta in attendance.
Advertises multiple Boston area spiritual gatherings at Tremont Street and WIGWAM with mediums, music by Prof. Milligen, and sermons at 11 p m 2 30 and 7 30. Also notes events at Pearl Street Somerville and Mal Dirt Progressive Spiritual Society including divine healing messages and psychic circle activities.
A long notice lists many spiritualist churches and meetings in Boston including Donovans meeting at 357 avenue Sunday March 8, and activities at Harmony House Back Bay 724 Washington St Kendall Square and Cambridge venues. The items cover lectures, messages from departed loved ones, circles, memorial services and public invitations.
The Rev James Harry Holden presides at Buena Vista street with organ by Mr Reissmann at 4 45 Vespers at 5 followed by a brief sermon The Christian Judge Music by the Lotus Male Quartet An invitation to worship with us.
A dense schedule lists Divine worship at Steinert Hall and 162 Boylston Street, followed by free praise sessions. Evening programs include social ism talks by John Eddy Franklin and A. F. Franklin, a 22 piece Davis Ensemble program, patriotic lectures at Berkeley Hall, Wells Memorial Institute discussions, Christadelphian lectures, and multiple New Thought and Metaphysical Society events across Huntington Avenue and Boylston Street venues.
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