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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
13
Industrial paralysis grips the British Isles as the huge coal strike expands. Miners remain in control, maintaining strong position amid widespread disruption.
Official statements last evening offered no definite results from today’s conferences on the coal strike. Miners' delegates met with Prime Minister Asquith and colleagues for nearly three hours and agreed to attend more talks if needed. The premier remains hopeful of a settlement, while miners stick to minimum rate schedules. The House of Commons dismissed reports of a minimum wage bill as imaginary, and the Archbishop of Canterbury prayed for an end to the strike.
Abraham Ulman of Everett Massachusetts shot himself after a breakup with his fiancée Dora Katz. He died from a pistol wound in the breast. Katz wept and pleaded to marry him once he recovered, but he said it was too late as he lay dying.
A newspaper ad urges readers to try Rexall "93" Hair Tonic to cure dandruff and baldness or receive a refund. It claims the tonic grows hair even on bald heads unless hair roots are dead, guarantees satisfaction, and invites readers to visit Rexall Stores at Liggett's Drug Stores corner Washington and Yon Streets opposite Temple Place.
Debussy cantata and Pagliacci program opened at the Boston Opera House with Teresa Cerutti leading ballet and a strong cast. Scotti as Tonio impressed with dramatic speech in the prologue while Zenatello Canio sang with brilliant emotion and Dereyne Nedda showed improvement. Moranzoni conducted as ovations greeted Scotti and Zenatello after curtain calls.
W Morgan Shuster, Persia’s ex-treasurer general, told the Boston City Club that Britain’s acquiescence to Russia will spark a Mohammedan uprising in India, signaling regional instability and anti imperial sentiment.
Mr. Shuster spoke on Muslim-Christian relations and imperial tensions, noting Russia's actions toward Persia and Britain's acquiescence harming English influence in India. At the preceding dinner President David Tilley introduced Charles S. Hamlin as toastmaster. Speakers included Samuel J. Elder Louis A. Coolidge Edwin D. Mead Benjamin N. Johnson James P. Munroe and Joseph A. Conry vice-consul of Russia.
Militant suffragettes face felony prosecutions and possible seven year terms as authorities led by Inspector McCarthy vow to crack down on property damage. Pethick Lawrence Emmeline Pankhurst and others were arraigned on conspiracy charges. hundreds arrested after Monday riots as Alice Morgan Wright and sisters endure incommunicado confinement.
Miss Wright traveled from Paris to London to join a window-smashing campaign. She told a private hotel proprietor at Devere Gardens that she expected arrest but would continue if not taken into custody.
ALBANY March 6 Miss Alice Morgan Wright a suffragette was sentenced in Bow Street Police Court to two months imprisonment for her share in Mrs Pankhurst window smashing campaign. Her parents Mr and Mrs Henry R Wright of 393 State Street Albany went to New York to seek release for their daughter. Wright a partner who escorted Mrs Pankhurst to Albany last fall accompanied the suffragette leader during her visit.
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