Labor Fight in Committee Over Nonunion Labor Bill
In a heated labor committee session, petitioners advocate a bill to protect non union workers from employer coercion to join unions. Feesley cites cases and shows medals with scurrilous inscriptions while Sterling defends officials. Edmund Whitman for Boston master builders says the measure benefits non union men and promotes free competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Committee
J. J. Feeley
Sterling
Mr. Feeley
Supreme Court
Mr. Auerbach
Feeley
Xxiii
Edmund Whitman
Boston Master Builders
Lundin Wins Wrestling Bout at the Columbia Theatre
Strangler Lewis Jr. was defeated by Lundin in a catch as catch can bout at the Columbia Theatre last night. Lundin won the first fall in 25 minutes 20 seconds with a crotch and toe hold, and the second in 15 minutes 10 seconds after a body hold and a clever reversal. Manager Farren offered Lewis a purse for a future bout with Perelli.
Bridge Tenders Demand Action Against Drawless Bridges
The Bridge and Draw Tenders' Union 12 333 A F of L urged the War Department to block new drawless bridges near Boston citing opposition and possible plans to build another over the Charles River in Brighton. The union seeks support from local labor groups and notes friction with Team drivers over access and timeliness. Former Councilman Thomas Bradley was condemned for not signing a wage petition for draw tenders.
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Union
A. F. of L
War Department
Charles River
Brighton
Boston Central Labor Union
Cambridge Central Labor Union
Thomas Bradley
Ward 15
Democratic Committee
Labor union actions sweep Boston trades at Wells Memorial
John J. McLaughlin New England president of Electrical Workers addresses Boston Local 503 at Wells Memorial. Carpenters, plumbers, and other unions report strikes and ballots. eight shops adopt eight hour day. 700 machinists attend Machinists Lodge 264 mass meeting.
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John J. McLaughlin
New England
Electrical Workers’ Unions
Boston
Wells Memorial Building
Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Carpenters’ District Council
Lexington
Dorchester
Union 16
Plumbers’ Union 12
Hotel Lexington
Boston Barbers’ Union
Garment Workers’ Union 1
Buffalo Garment Workers
North Street
Broadway
South
Harry W. Noble
Boston Painters’ Union 11
Boston & Albany Deficit Attributed To Equipment Spending
Vice-President Van Etten explains the greater than 500000 deficit for six months and a large last quarter loss as due to heavy annual expenditure on equipment. He notes 600 box cars 2 passenger coaches and 25 locomotives bought, with bills arriving in the final quarter.
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van Etten
Boston & Albany Railroad
Brown
New York Central
Noted Russians to Speak at Harvard Union
Kellogg Dur land Nicholas W Tehaykovsky and Alexis Aladyn will address Harvard men tonight at Harvard Union on Recent Events in Russia. The talk is billed as an updated, illustrated lecture examining the revolutionary disturbances.
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Harvard Union
Kellogg Durland
Nicholas W. Tehaykovsky
Alexis Aladyn
Harvard
Russia
Fourteen Hurt as East Boston Cars Crash in Tunnel
A major collision in an East Boston tunnel left fourteen people injured as two streetcars collided. Passengers cried out while ambulances rushed to the scene. Ex Governor John J. Bates and Captain Thomas I. Clark among the injured or aiding response.
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East Boston
Chelsea
Corsick
J. H. Watts
Boston
John J. Bates
Thomas I. Clark
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lexington Street
Clark
Chelsea Ca
James H. Watts
City Hospital
Post
East
Watts
Crowd at Boston terminal held up by accident
At the Boston terminal of the East Boston tunnel a 7 pm scene caused a long car delay as passengers crowded the subway to wait for arrivals. Six cent fares and a jammed flow created indignation with some demanding refunds and others paying extra to exit.
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Boston Terminal
East
Boston Tunnel
Decapitated conductor killed by train in Dover Street yard
James A Feeney 49 of Roxbury was struck and decapitated by Engine 1862 as it backed into South station in the Dover street yard of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad yesterday. He had just started a new switchman job after a service cut, and his body was taken to City Hospital morgue. He was unmarried.
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Dover Street
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
James A. Feeney
Weldon Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
O’donnell
Feeney
Wife of Patrolman Charges Desertion in Boston Court
Bartholomew A O'Brien a Boston police officer was ordered by Judge Grant in the Probate Court to pay $15 costs and $9 weekly support to his wife Mary A on petition alleging desertion and brutal treatment. His counsel said they would accept all but the assault clause and that the decision rests on support amount.
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Bartholomew A. O'Brien
Boston
Mary A
Grant
Bribery Probe Involving Legislator and Shoe Machinery Firm
McMasters describes a bribe investigation involving legislators and the Shoe Machinery Company. Detectives hid in his Old South building office as money passed between parties, with names like Lamoureux and Auriburt cited and a grand jury decision pending. Lamoureux, a 30 year old North Adams native, is portrayed as an ambitious young legislator with a legal background.
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Hurburt
Gaston
Sean
Cole
House
Chapple
Surathek
Accordi Ramets
McMasters
Lamoureux
North Adams
Davis College
Drury Academy
LaMoureaux Says Money Was Retainer For Lawyer
Representative Tamoureux described visiting Mr. McMasters with a lawyer at night. He said he opposed the shoe machinery bill and that a roll of bills was a retainer for his painter friend who was familiar with the legislation. He did not know who supplied the money.
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Tamoureux
McMasters
Drunk Passenger and Mastiff Trigger Station Panic
A drunken man and a large dog caused chaos at Sullivan Square terminal around 11:30 last night. The man leapt from a departing train into the pit, pursued by the dog, as a train approached. Rail workers and frightened passengers avoided a possible tragedy. the motorman stopped the train and rescued the man. The dog fled around a bend in the tracks.
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Sullivan Square
Winchester Selectmen Organize With New Leadership
The newly elected Winchester Board of Selectmen organized this evening with W. D. Richards as chairman and George H. Lockman as clerk.
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Winchester
Board of Selectmen
Town of
W. D. Richards
George H. Lockman
Six Firemen Injured in Wakefield Block Fire
Wakefield March 5 six firemen were injured as a Walton block fire near Main and Mechanic streets threatened the business district. Firefighters aided by Stoneham Reading and Melrose crews confined flames to the block and protected George H. Taylor Herbert Walton and Frank M. Whitney.
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Wakefield
Main
Mechanic Streets
Stoneham
Reading
Melrose
Walton
George H. Taylor
Edward S. Jacobs
J. R. Reed
Emmanuel Dingle
P. M. Wheeler
Page
Peter Quinn
Stoneham Department
Marion Gardner
Frank G. Donaldson
Wright & Ditson
Craige
Jenkins Phipps Company
Retainer Funds Confession Tied to Lawyer Contact
A witness describes giving $180 in money to a lawyer in New York seeking a retainer. He claims $50 was split with a friend who kept the money, while a $100 bill and three tens remained. He denies using the funds for other purposes and says he handed the bills to the Adams House clerk with his name.
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McMasters
Washington Street
Post
Judiciary Committee
Adams House
Lamoureux
Battle Over Shoe Machinery Trust Dominates Legislature
A major legislative fight centers on a bill to loosen controls on shoe machinery. Independent manufacturers seek to buy non patented machines on the open market while United Shoe Machinery Co holds exclusive rights to patent machines. Hearings before the judiciary committee have been held as the measure remains under consideration.
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Fiouse
Shoe Machinery Trust
Shoe Machinery Manufacturers
United Shoe Machinery Company
Friends of the Bill
Committee On Judiciary
Naphtha Explosions Cause Two Fires in Somerville
Two fires in Somerville prompted damage estimates totaling 610 dollars. A tailor shop on Franklin Street belonging to Jacob Mordeste was gutted after an explosion around 9 PM, with losses pegged at 600 dollars. A second blaze at 3:30 PM in James Bardbury’s Adams Street home caused 10 dollars in damage.
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Somerville
Jacob Mordeste
Franklin Street
James Bardbury
Adams Street
Prisoner Escapes While Being Taken to Court
Lawrence Kelly of East Boston, 32, in custody for drunkenness, broke away from Officer Ahearn while en route to court yesterday morning. Despite efforts, he was not located by late night.
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Lawrence Kelly
Saratoga Street
Boston
Ahearn
Strikers swell Pope Motor Works to seven hundred in Toledo
Toledo March 5 The Pope Motor Works machinists strike expanded to over 700 workers with about 400 joining today. A large parade moved to union headquarters for a big meeting. In two days more than 300 non union men joined the union. Police guard the plant and no violence is reported.
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Toledo
Pope Motor Works
Skating Champs Decided at Woodlands Lake NY
The Amateur Athletic Union national skating championships were decided at Woodlands Lake Westchester on March 5. Five events were held with Phil Kearney NYAC winning the half mile and mile, E A Taylor Irish American A C winning the quarter and five mile, and A H Stolz Northwestern Athletic Club taking the 100 yards.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Woodlands Lake
Westchester County
Phil Kearney
New York Athletic Club
E. A. Taylor
Irish-American Athletic Association
A. H. Stolz
Northwestern Athletic Club
Bodies of Two Victims Recovered From Cambridge Drowning
Cambridge police recovered the bodies of Patrick F. Murphy and Charles B. Poinghester from the Charles River off Magazine Street. James H. Bennett remains missing. A Cambridge Board of Aldermen order called for life preservers with long reach ropes along the waterfront, adopted after the accident.
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Charles River
Magazine Street
Cambridge
Patrick F. Murphy
Patrick J. Murphy
Kenwood Street
Charles B. Poinghester
John G. Poinghester
Allston Street
James H. Bennett
Stephen Bennett
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Penniman
Secretary Chisholm Breaks Ankle In Bath Accident
Roxbury secretary to the Board of Aldermen Frank X. Chisholm of 49 Regent Street slipped at the Cabot street bath and broke his ankle in two places. He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
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Cabot Street
Roxbury
Frank X. Chisholm
Regent Street
Board of Aldermen
City Hospital
Stomach Relief Ad Promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
An advertiser urges sedentary readers to fix indigestion by using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It touts the product as a non medicine digestive aid, claims one grain digests 3000 grains of food, offers a free trial, and lists Marshall Michigan address and 50 cent sale size.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, ‘Mich
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Shoe Machinery Company
Winslow
Henry W. Auriburt
W. A. Gaston
Moran
C. W. Barron
Parker House
Lamoureaux
Grand Jury
Mr. McMasters
Old South Building
Detective Bureau
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Winchester Selectmen Organize
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