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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1896

Page

10

Watchmakers Strike at American Watch Company

About 300 girls in the setting up department walk out at the American Watch Company in Waltham demanding higher wages for the new twelve size watches. President Fitch discharges the strikers and finishers threaten to join, risking a total factory tie-up as work stalls across departments.

Waltham The American Watch Company Fitch Fiteh

Theatrical Week Ahead in Boston Listings

A crowded lineup features Robert Hilliard at the Park Theatre with Lost-24 Hours and The Littlest Girl, On the Mississippi at the Columbia, An Artist's Model at Hollis, and multiple engagements across Tremont Boston Theatres. Neill Burgess bows as Aunt Abby in The County Fair at Park Theatre as Mlle. Bernhardt tickets go on sale.

Bills Excellency Tremont Bbollis Robert Hilliard Neil Burgess Park Theatre Mr. Hilliard Richard Harding Davis Mississippi Columbia New Orleans Hollis Palmer Cox Mme. Bernhardt Tremont Theatre Abby Boston Cecrl Edwardes London Hollis St

Gloucester bookkeeper guilty of embezzlement tied to policy gaming

Alpheus W. Giles of the Gloucester Fish Company pleaded guilty to embezzling 7228 dollars and losing it all in policy playing. In Superior Court Judge Dewey heard a request to place the case on file due to his wife's illness. company officers urged probation, noting Giles had aided recovery efforts and helped prosecute others involved. The judge continued the case to a later date.

Alpheus W. Giles Gloucester Fish Company Superior Criminal Court Dewey Giles Robinson H. A. Ayers G. H. Watts Gloucester Fish Company

Market swings amid GE Westinghouse tie and copper news

Weakness and later partial recovery marked the day as General Electric remained the focus amid heavy trading. News of a GE Westinghouse agreement spurred early buying, but prices retreated. analysts warned of pending reorganization and cautioned long positions. Copper rose in London while Pioneer Geld, Napa Consolidated, Etna Consolidated and other mines posted varied results. New Jersey Telephone increased capital, and Southern Railway syndicate profits were distributed.

London General Electric New York Westinghouse H. B. Hokins & Co James R. Skeene Coffin Westinghouse - General Electric Boston News Bureau Pioneer Mine Napa Consolidated Mining Company Etna Consolidated Mining Company Butte & Boston Forbish Montana Crosby Bonanza Development Company Leadville Col New York & New Jersey Telephone Company Lake Northern Pacific Plan of Mexican Central Southern Railway L. F. Gavet C. M. Gleason L. I. Gavet & Co

Supreme Court March 13 session lists civil and superior court cases

Official report details cases argued before the Supreme Judicial Court and Superior Court Suffolk Middlesex and Cambridge including Russia Cement vs Le Page and numerous tort and contract actions. Entries name plaintiffs defendants counsel and verdicts or trial status with dates and courts.

Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth Field, Co. J Allen, Holmes, Knowlton and Morton, Jr Russia Cement Company le Page Company C. H. Drew A. M. Lyman W. C. Cogswell G. R. Nutter McLaughlin Cummings Worcester, Leicester & Spencer Railway Company Langdon Massachusetts Suffolk, Is Richardson Celia Rosenberg Middlesex Cambridge Fessenden Fort Payne Coal and Iron Company Webster Stuart Castner Thomas West End Street Railway Company Poindexter Same Spears Boston & Maine Railroad Barton Whitney Pro Ams Corey McKenna Rowe Sawtell Mahoney Simpson Watts Coughlin O'Keefe McDonald Town of Watertown Morrill Bryson Smith City of Cambridge Donovan McDementt Burns

Colorado Mining Stock Exchange closes bids and asks vary wide

Market list from Denver shows numerous stocks with mixed bids and asks on March 18. Names include IRSA, ATACONAA, Bangkok, Garfield Group, Lincoln Bay, Mollie Gipson, Portland, and others with prices ranging from fractions to single digits, reflecting a fragmented trading day.

Colorado Mining Stock Exchange Denver Davis & Co Washington Street Boston IRSA Bangkok Garfield Grouse Ty Tsang Tron Ciad THOR Wongelor Lincoln Bay Mollie Gipson New Zealand Portland

Man Killed by Beam Crushes Head in Pawtucket Yard

Charles Burgess aged 45 a Pawtucket Avenue resident and driver for Olney and Payne coal dealers was killed at the yard when his head struck a heavy beam as he moved a load of bricks. He had worked for the firm eight months and leaves a wife and two children.

Pawtucket, R. I Charles Burgess Pawtucket Avenue Olney & Payne

Shipping News: Arrivals and Clearances at Local Ports

The log lists arrivals including Steamer Chattahoochee Savage from Savannah to Richardson & Barnard and Steamer Fairfax from Baltimore to A. M. Graham, plus Parthian from Philadelphia to KE. B. Sampson, and others. Cleared vessels include schooners Lillian Woodruff Hodgkins Cayenne F. G. and steamers Aries Norfolk and Wrestler towing barges, with numerous passages noted past Highland Light and Chatham.

Chattahoochee Savage Savannah Richardson & Barnard Fairfax March Baltimore Norfolk A. M. Graham Parthian Snow Philadelphia KE. B. Sampson H. M. Whitney Hallett New York Bay State Snowman Portland Penobscot Pierce Winterport City of Gloucester Godfrey Gloucester Dessie M Dorset Lunenburg Nottingham Co. R. R Port Johnson Lillian Woodruff Hodgkins Cayenne F. G Francis Goodnow Coleman Belle Halladay Fisher John Twohy Thatcher Aries Highland Light Ethelwold Port Antonio Jam Boston Yarmouth N.S R. C. West Richardson Mahanoy Wrestler Glendower Newburyport St. Nicholas Ctc Chatham Wood’s Hole C. B. Sanford Chenango Chemung Cohocton Hoboken Robert Lockhart Bristol Baltic Blue Bird Perth Amboy Sagamore George A. McFadden Lillian Woodruff Agnes E. Manson John Proctor Pool’s Landing Katherine D. Perry Boothbay B. Garland Bertha Dean Newport News Alicia B. Crosby Flash St. John N. B Alsatian Bath Nantasket Roads Lavinia Campbell Coal Port Robert Graham Dun Fernandina Matilda D. Borda J. Percy Bartram Jacksonville CC. W. Morse Vineyard Haven Enos Soule Portsmouth John W. Linnell Hast Laura L. Sprague Lynn Central of Georgia Railway Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad NEW York & Ocean Steamship CO New England Savannah Steamship Co Lewis Wharf A. Dew. Sampson Agt Ga. Ry

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