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East Boston Longshoremen Idle Amid Wharf Standstill
East Boston experienced sparse activity as longshoremen strike threatens a wider stoppage. Large firms like Austin Gove & sons and James Gurney & Co drive their own teams amid crowds and police dispersals. Freight at East Boston wharves piles up while vessels Devonian Saxonia Anglia Sachem loom. Officials fear unloading may be impossible if the walkout spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Austin Gove & Sons
James Gurney & Co
Irontfoundry
John Morrison
Henry Smith & Co
Condor
Iron Foundry
R. J. Elder & Co
Monroe & Arnold
Edward G. Tullen
H. J. Phipps & Co
D. & L. Slade & Co
Robert Gove
Elder
Pierce Co
Hines
Station 7
Devonian
Anglian
Leyland Line
Warren Line
Saxonia
Wilson-Furness
Ia Gany
Tuttle
Boston & Maine
Consignees
Frank Barr
White Mountains
Civic Federation
Boston & Meine Road
Ae Wenet
Maine