Strike Threat Looms Over New Haven Rail Shops
Union delegates from six crafts threaten to strike if a proposed piece work or bonus system is adopted by the New Haven road. Boston meetings unify opposition as Lodge 567 backs a prior wage agreement and vows to resist changes, while Carmen unions unite in defense of wages.
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New York
New Haven
Railroad Machinists
International Association of Machinists
New Haven Road
Boston
Carmen
Readville
Brotherhoods of
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
International Association of Carmen
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
A. F. of L
Union Barbers Demand 25 Cents For Hair Cuts
Boston union barbers will refuse to cut hair for less than 25 cents a clip. The decision came at a special Boston Journeymen Barbers Union 182 meeting yesterday afternoon to reaffirm the rule. Some suggested revoking it to attract members from Italian North End shops and Charlestown shops.
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Boston Union
Boston Journeymen Barbers’ Union
North End
Charlestown
Catholic Groups Observe Emmet Birth Anniversary
The Michael Davitt Literary Association and Boyle O'Reillys of Charlestown observed the anniversary of Robert Emmet's birth yesterday afternoon and evening with D. W. Callahan acting as toastmaster.
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Michael Davitt
Caterers Organization Elects New Officers
The Independent Order of Boarding House and Restaurant Caterers at 32 Boylston Street elected officers for the ensuing year. President Giovanni Vessosi. vice presidents Giuseppe Polidore and Pasquale Salvatore. secretary Tony Palmino. treasurer Carmine Di Giovanni. business agent J. H. Coughlan. sergeant-at-arms Dominico de Sallis. organizer Paolo Contestabile.
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Independent Order of
Boylston Street
Giovanni Vessosi
Giuseppe Polidore
Pasquale Salvatore
Tony Palmino
Carmine di Giovanni
J. H. Coughlan
Dominico de _ Sallis
Paolo Contestabile
Will Ask Court for Cafe's Union Card
Joseph E. Laycock, organ izer for the International Alliance of Hotel and Restaurant Employees, plans to appear in Plymouth court to prosecute a case to recover a union store card from a Brockton restaurant that does not employ union help and refuses to surrender the card.
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Joseph E. Laycock
International Alliance of Hotel and Restaurant
Brockton
Laycock
Plymouth
Park Department and Labor Union Actions Highlight City Meeting
City labor and park department matters fill a meeting agenda with union wage talks and staffing notes. Union workers push for 1908 wage scales and working rules while park staff discuss seasonal layoffs and full-time returns. Senior organizers and local lodge reports include new appointees and leadership remarks across multiple unions.
Christie sales push Tatham water colors to high sums
London March 8 Christie's reports strong bidding for the Tatham collection with works by Walker and Turner achieving notable prices. Harbor Refuge sold for 15545 dollars Violet Field 8400 Old Gate 7875 Windsor Castle 8925 Carnarvon Castle 3090 and Constance 11550.
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London
Tatham
Christie’s
F. Walker
Harbor Refuge
Turner
Windsor Castle
Carnarvon Castle
Brewers Must Accept Scale in 1908 Wage Agreement
Boston Stationary Engineers' Union 16 demands that all breweries sanction the 1908 wage scale or face a strike. The wage scale committee will meet to approach un signed breweries and report to members at Red Men's Hall on Tremont Street. If breweries reject the agreement, the engineers warn of a strike.
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Park Department Assembly
K. of L
Erievance Committee
Tremont Street
D. A
K of L., Incorporated
Park Department
Market and Commission House Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters’ Joint District Council
International Teamsters’ Union Office
Boston Stationary Engineers’ Union 16
Ben Franklin Assembly
Lincoln
John M. Gillespie
Teamsters of
Boston
Boston Teamsters’ Union 25
New England
International Union
Provident Longshoremen’s Union
O'Connell Assembly
K. of
Union 68
Harry Jennings
Armstrong Transfer
New Haven
Patrick H. Sullivan
Oston
Fall River
James J. English
Red Men’s Hall
Baker accuses woman of poisoning him in New York
The article recounts Baker charging a woman with giving him poison or an injurious dose at table. He claims the act was witnessed as he watched two passing women. Baker says he plans to return to Boston, tired of his New York circle, a view supported by Victor Hungerford who met him days before illness and noted his intent to leave behind his New York friends.
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Baker
Boston
New York
Victor Hungerford
Hungerford
Poisoning Probe Deepens In Baker Death At Bogota NJ
Investigators link Walter Farnsworth Baker’s Oct death to arsenic exposure amid suspicions of deliberate poisoning. Eyewitness Harry Lee, a New York social figure, recalls Baker’s collapse after two drinks and a claim of poisoning. Coroner notes potential female involvement but only one person may have mixed the poison.
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Bogota
N. J
Walter Farnsworth Baker
New Jersey
Baker
Molineux
New York
Rialto
Ernest Koester
Harry Lee
Lee
Chop House
Swift Seeks Flour Aid From Church Union Effort
Morrison I Swift led 15 followers at the First Baptist Church service to request flour for the Bakers Union to keep the bread line going through Rev. Francis H Rowley the pastor the petition asked the congregation to supply flour for needy bakers.
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Morrison I. Swift
First Baptist Church
Francis H. Rowley
Bakers’ Union
Reverend Rowley Urged by Unemployed to Aid Bread Line
A letter from Mr. Swift to Rev. Francis H. Rowley requests a church fund to buy flour for the Bakers' Union bread line in Boston. It asks for a delegation from the church to join the unemployed at the State House and a committee to attend an unemployed meeting tomorrow at 2 PM on Charles Street between the Common and Public Garden.
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Swift
Francis H. Rowley
Bakers’ Union
Boston
Commonwealth
State House
Charles Street
Slashed Settee Sparks City Hall Sleuths Probe
City officials hunt a vandal after a leather settee in the Common Council ante room was slashed during a Thursday meeting. George Washington Zachary Taylor and Major Robert Anderson portraits guard the room as Edward J. Leary leads the inquiry with Dan Sheehan and Sgt. Fred Robinson assisting. Authorities vow tighter security to protect oil portraits and other property.
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George Washington
Zachary Taylor
Robert Anderson
Common Council
Edward J. Leary
Dan Shee
Han
Fred Robinson
Yorktown Veterans
Steve
Old Cap Collier
Arlington Unitarian Church Celebrates 175th Anniversary
The First Unitarian Church of Arlington began its 175th anniversary with morning sermons by Rev. Frederick Gill and a choral program. Evening address by Rev. Prof. G. E. Horr on The Baptists. Continued March 15 with Rev. Charles F. Carter, March 22 with Dean Hodges, and April 15 with Dean Fenn. Parish supper and sociable set for April 10.
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First Unitarian Church of
Arlington
Frederick Gill
G. E. Horr
the Baptists
Charles F. Carter
Dean Hodges
Episcopal School
Dean Fenn
Harvard University
Youth Robbery Suspects Arrested In Hermit’s Hoard
Michael Donahue and Leo Johnson both 14, from Lowell, confessed to stealing 500 dollars from Fred Fallon, a hermit living in an old hut. Police recovered 176.20 and 146 dollars, with 145 more later found on Donahue. They will be arraigned tomorrow for robbery.
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Winchester
Michael Donahue
Highland Avenue
Leo Johnson
Irving Street
Lowell
Fred Fallon
Donahue
Fallon
Johnson
Redmond Welch
Charles Hoyt
Forest Street
Six Italians nearly suffocated by gas in Boston
Six Italians nearly lost their lives yesterday when a gas jet blew out in a kitchen they occupied on Hampden Street. They were found unconscious and revived at City Hospital. names include Antonio Davita and Vincenzo Baglioni among others, all en route from Italy to California.
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Boston
City Hospital
Antonio Davita
Giovanni Malfa
Vincenzo Baglioni
Vincenzo Pintafetta
Vincenzo Marchione
Dominico Baglioni
Italy
California
John Briego
Hampden Street
Diamond Trust May Collapse Amid Contract Deadlock
The Daily Mail suggests the diamond monopoly could break up if the Premier Diamond Mining Company fails to renew its contract with the Diamond Syndicate, which controls most output from Premier and DeBeers. A non renewal might trigger war between Premier and DeBeers, with the syndicate producing about 50 million dollars annually.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Premier
Diamond
DeBeers
Senate Eyes Emergency Currency Bill This Week
Senator Aldrich hopes to bring emergency currency legislation to a vote this week though delays loom as Senator La Follette's illness postpones hearings. House and Senate panels schedule hearings and votes on related appropriation and anti trust actions with key witnesses to appear in Cleveland and New York early next week.
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Aldrich
la Follette
Meeting of Old Colony Lodge 148 Sets Speech Plan
At Pilgrim Hall yesterday the Old Colony Lodge 148 Brotherhood of Railway Clerks held a regular meeting. A mass meeting is planned in Faneuil Hall next Sunday with speakers Governor Guild Mayor Hibbard Congressman O Connell Speaker Cole and labor workers to press for a working agreement with the railroad. George W Eastey president of Lodge 143 will preside.
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Pilgrim Hall
Old Colony Lodge 148
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Faneuil Hall
Governor Guild
Hibbard
O'Connell
Cole
George W. Eastey
Lodge 143
Cheer Up Dont Be Cloomy Rief Concentrated Coffee Tablets
An advertising notice promotes Rief Concentrated Coffee Tablets as a mental and physical energizer. It claims to ease gloom fatigue and despondency within minutes, improve nerve strength and circulation, and be harmless under pure food and drug laws. Sold in Boston at multiple drug stores for fifty cents a box.
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Rief
Boston
Jaynes
Lewis & Co
Houghton & Dutton Co
Knight's Pharmacy
Court St
Thomas Hollis Co
W. B. Hunt Co
Cambridge
Malden
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Tremont St
David J. Ingraham
J. Ingrah
Temple Place
R. H. Stearns
Carters
Carters Fittle Iver
J. S. Waterman & Sons Incorporated
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Dudley Street Terminal
George H. Waterman
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