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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1912
Page
2
Lawrence vast crowds greet I W W leaders as they push for a 7 14 percent wage boost at the American Woolen Company mills. Haywood vows militant solidarity while urging nonviolence and moral suasion to expand the movement across New England and toward the cotton mills of the South.
Theodore Roosevelt denounces party bosses and spoils politicians in a letter to Senator Dixon. He argues for preferential presidential primaries to reflect the will of the people and criticizes McKinley era rules as a game. He asserts progressives seek genuine democracy and self government.
John Golden of Fall River and president of the United Textile Workers tells a Providence AFL meeting that Attorney General Swift of Massachusetts will begin an inquiry into IWW finances. He hints at undisclosed uses of funds and says surprising facts will emerge soon.
Rev. Charles Fleischer denounced Theodore Roosevelt and the Catholic church as political forces at a Majestic Theatre talk on Church and State. He warned democracy could not endure a perpetual presidency and urged strict separation of church and state amid calls to divert public school funds to sectarian schools.
Mr. Golden spoke today predicting the Lawrence strike would end within a week. He claimed all concessions from mill owners, ranging 5 to 15 percent, came through organized labor which he represents. He denounced the I W W as a socialist anarchist mask and said many will repudiate it this week as textile unions form under the AFL.
Lynn March 9 The candidates announced and generally agreed upon for delegates to the Chicago convention are Arthur W Pinkham of this city and Charles H Adams of Melrose at the other end of the district. It is the custom to have one from each end. No opposition to these names is anticipated.
Prominent Masons attended the funeral of Herbert F. Morse of Roxbury at the Masonic Temple on Warrenstret Roxbury yesterday afternoon. Members of the Royal Arch Chapter and Joseph Warren Commandery Knights Templars served as ushers and assisted in the rites. Grand Commander Lafayette G Blair of Rhode Island led the services and delivered the eulogy. A Masonic quartet sang and Kk. T. Witherill presided at the organ.
Seventy monkeys and two bears were brought from Calcutta on the British steamer Dacre Castle. The voyage inflicted casualties as a dozen monkeys died. The crew, described by Li Ling as chaffing, faced a lively voyage with the animals restrained in separate cages on deck.
Thomas Martin of Winchester former public official and Chelsea manufacturer was honored at a large funeral yesterday afternoon. The service took place at the Horace Memorial on Webster Avenue, Chelsea, a church he built in 1885 in memory of his son, marking one of the city’s largest sendoffs.
Death notices list Frances I Baker Emma Frances Billings Michael Condon Emma J CrowtherThomas A Dalhey Jane Doherty Mary Donovan Margaret Grady Margaret Holleran Bridget Kyle Thomas J McCarthy Annie McGovern Charles McKeever Julia Mowles Charles Muncey Mary V O Donnell John Parnell Partridge Ellen Ribey Mary Walsh Sarah Watt Mary Wilbur Mary Wilson and Mary Pope with funeral details and addresses in Watertown Dorchester South Boston East Boston Dorchester Roslindale Roxbury Charlestown Dorchester Winthrop Bunker Street and other local locations.
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