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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1893

Page

3

Restless Convicts Roar at Massachusetts State Prison

Prisoners caused a night of uproar after lights out with cries and banging dishes while rumors of revolvers and escapes swirled. Warden Lovering and Deputy Huckins led a hard search for weapons, finding only tools like saws and jacks as morale and safety concerns rose.

Massachusetts State Hyde Mr. Hyde Massachusetts State Prison Lovering Huckins Booth Seavey Post

Cribb Club boxing night promises top bouts in Boston

The Cribb Club meets tonight with a reorganized body aiming to match professional boxing standards of the Boston Athletic Club. The program features welterweight Jake Teeny versus George McNeal, with other bouts including Breslin and Hornbacher, and a lightweight title implication between Jack Green and Jack Falvey. Tickets available via President Ham Brock.

Cribb Club Cribb Boston Boston Athletic Club Jake Teeny Cambridge George McNeal Jack McGee McNeal Johnny Breslin Eugene Hornbacher New York Griffin Dixon Cal McCarthy Dick Moorehouse Albert L. Kraus Peabody Kraus Patsey Kerrigan Mickey Dyer New England Jack Green Amsterdam N. Y Jack Falvey Newport Ham Brock Hayward Place Captain Cooke Tillinghast Buffalo Athletic Club St. John N. B Billy Smith Jack Powers Hennessy Smith Tom Williams Mike Daly New Orleans Gibbons Daly McAuliffe Post Coney Island New York State Dlub Marfit Flaherty Dick O’brien Flaherty

Electric light fixture for Hotel Reynolds window

A large electric window fixture, the biggest in the city, will be installed in the Washington street window of the Hotel Reynolds. It will contain sixty incandescent lights of twenty candle power each and a smaller window will have forty lights on a similar fixture. The plant, built by Pennock Battery Electric Light Company, is the first practical electric light plant operated from a primary battery in the United States.

Washington Street Reynolds Pennock Battery Electric Light Company United States

Hyde Park Man Hit by Train. Arm Amputated

Gordon T. Flowers aged 50 of 5 Green Street Hyde Park was struck by a train on the Providence division between Readville and Hyde Park yesterday. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where his right arm was amputated at the elbow and he remains in critical condition with internal injuries.

Gordon T. Flowers Green Street Hyde Park Providence Old Colony Readville Massachusetts General Hospital Flowers

Brakeman Caught Between Cars in Fitchburg Yard

Fred Warren a 22 year old Fitchburg railroad brakeman was injured while coupling in the company yard yesterday. He sustained multiple rib fractures and probable internal injuries and is confined at the General Hospital. He lives at 82 Washington Street Charlestown.

Fred Warren Fitchburg Railroad General Hospital Warren Washingto Street Charlestown

Boston Firms Involved In Wool Trade Collapse

The Philadelphia wool firm S. B. Stitt & Co. failed Saturday, raising questions about debts to Boston merchants. Wool men were reticent about details as surprise rippled through the trade. The slump is blamed on outside speculation. Stitt is a long established firm valued over a million dollars, with no recent wool sales to Chamberlain Bros. & Co. yet open.

Philadelphia S. B. Stitt & Co Francis W. Fitlner Chamberlain Bros. & Co

Entries for today at Guttenburg track races

The Guttenburg New Jersey track lists six races for today with selling and purse events. Entries include Spartacus 109, Peralta 107, Lady Hi Ban 86, Young Lottery 117, Belle D. 162, Blitzen 117, Apollo 145, Heron 112, Smuggler 105, Monterey 105, and multiple others across four to seven furlongs. Tomorrow’s Guttenster entries show six races with weights and participant names such as Apollo, Arizona, Smuggler, Major Thonton, and Knapp.

Guttrenburg N. J Spartacus Character Peralta Chapman Alarm Bee Nativity Lady Hi Ban Rhone Misery Vocalize Meadows Seabright Panitzen Freemason Kirkover McMurtry Sorrento Glenlochy Xenophone Lord of the Harem Good Boy Auburn Adolph 2d Sir Herr Rt Julia Sue B Kingswood Aalgisa Pearl Young Lottery May D Wallace G Belle D Sam B Unrest Mary S Blitzen Lester King Crab Westchester Emperor Otho Gloucester Guovuerster Apollo Arizona Conundrum Rustic Equator Barrientos Astral Lucky Seven Richal LE Rie Hood Gamester Captain McChesney Karl B Bert Deceitful Selling— Heron Montague Great Guns Major Thonton General Gordon Rumson Birthday Knapp Vendetta Stringfellow Bohemian Graylock Tradesman Verbena Monterey Volo Startle Friar Jupiter Pete Pomery Lee Wahoo Frank Bullrush Gladstone

Washington Dying Briga dier General Peter V Hagner

Brevet Brigadier General Peter V. Hagner U S A retired died last evening in Washington aged 78. He served in the army for many years and saw duty in various posts. His death closes a long career in the service and headlines a quiet Washington tribute.

Youth and Glover Exchange Colorful Wardrobe Tip

A humorous dialogue from The Clothiers and Haberdashers Weekly discusses glove wear during sleighing season. Youth laments wearing out the right glove first while the left stays intact, and Glover suggests swapping seating to balance wear, highlighting practical winter fashion humor.

Labor council seeks national building trades union unity

A New England labor meeting at Pythian Hall led by B T G Daley formed plans for a national association of Building Trades Councils. New delegates joined from Carpenters 545 Steamfitters Electric Woodworkers and others. The council pledged support for East Braintree striking Mackintosh workers and endorsed higher marble duties from Marble Workers. John H. Burke was elected business agent. Knights of Labor painters were denied admission. Edward L. Daley featured in the Post as a notable labor leader.

Building Trades’ Council Pythian Hall Joseph G. Clinkard Carpenters’ Union No Steamfitters’ Union Electrical Workers’ Union Furniture Workers’ Union Steam Fitters’ Helpers’ Union Building Laborers’ Union No Mackintosh East Braintree Marble Workers’ Union John H. Burke Painters’ and Decorators’ Union 11 McGinty National Association of Building Trades Councils Ways and Means Knights of Labor Assembly

Daley Heads Labor Union Efforts From Atlantic City Base

The description notes Mr. Daley maintaining headquarters at 11620 Atlantic Avenue with an elaborately fitted office reflecting the union's prosperity. He is described as one of the world's great labor organizers, credited with enrolling many members, though he is said to have a poor understanding yet remains energetic and travels to towns boosting the union.

Atlantic Avenue Daley

Machinists Union Grievance At Reece Button Hole Factory

The grievance committee reports imminent trouble at the Reece Button Hole Machine Company factory as machinists allege violation of weekly law. When confronted, workers say every employee was summoned to sign a document demanding monthly wage payments. Chief Wade of the district police is investigating the charge.

Machinists’ Union Reece Button Hole Machine Company Wade District Police

Cabinet Crisis Deepens in France After Cottu Testimony

Paris March 12 The Cottu testimony triggers a cabinet crisis as ministers fail to reform, Bourgeois refuses to return, Develle temporarily holds his portfolio, and interpellations loom in the Chamber and Senate while Brisson announces health related retirement from the Panama inquiry panel.

Paris Mme. Cottu The Gaulois M. Somourny Nicolle Despres Chamber of Deputies Senate M. Moris M. Bourgeois Assize Court

O'Connell Assembly Initiates Five Candidates in Charlestown

O'Connell Assembly No. 7174 met in Charlestown, initiating five candidates and acting on seven propositions. A petition calls a mass voters meeting to discuss five major issues including use of the Common, provincial titles, biennial state elections, Boston gas production, and rapid transit. The group vows to secure a silk banner from St Francis de Sales Y M C and T A Society, with two hundred dollars paid in death benefits.

O’connell Assembly Main Street Charlestown Commonwealth Ianus Boston St. Francis de Sales Y. M. C T. A. Society Rooms of Assembly

Labor unions debate constitutional clauses and delegate rules

The Central Labor Union discussed amendments to its constitution to prohibit political delegates while allowing union delegates, and voted to transfer the Homestead fund to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. A Bakers' Union No 4 meeting in 45 Eliot Street drew a large crowd and resolutions urged annulling the current treaty with Russia. A Caledonia Hall mass meeting planned to organize piece workers in the clothing trade. W roe Branch chaired, with W B Robertson and A O Leary speaking. A follow up mass meeting is set for next Sunday.

Central Labor Union Type Hall Knights of Labor Postmister Hurt Homestead Fund Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Bakers’ Union No. 4 Eiot Street Russia Caledonia Hall W.roe Branch W. B. Robertson A. O'Leary Journeymen Taylors’ Union

That is a pretty big dog and the watchdog remark

An admirer praises Mr Courtland Ferry’s large bull-terrier as a big dog. Ferry replies you should see him after dark, as he is kept as a watchdog with night outs and early mornings.

Courtland Ferry Texas Siftings

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