Steamship and Longshoremen Reinstate Work After Settlement
News of a strike settlement drew cheers from longshoremen along Atlantic avenue while managers said ships would sail soon. Union leaders sought to call off outsiders, and patrols remained heavy as Philadelphia and Merchants & Miners lines faced delayed cargo and sailings.
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Philadelphia Line
Parthian
Philadelphia
Kershaw
Merchants & Miners’ Line
Baltimore
Antwerp
Liverpool
Toronto
Unions to be killed says Chester before lumber men
At Parker House meeting of the Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association W R Chester declared unions would have to be killed urging the trade to resist strikes. Toastmaster H D Wiggin opened with C G Pond and John W Wood urged wholesaler and retailer cooperation. Several speakers cheered news of a strike settlement.
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Chester
Massachusetts Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association
Parker House
W. R. Chester
H. D. Wiggin
C. G Pond
Boston Retail Lumber Association
John W. Wood
Boston
Mr. Chester
Strike ends as union members return to work in triumph
Dexter Hall erupts in applause as the A F L committee linked to unions 7317 and 6627 announces a settlement ending a four day strike. Speakers credit Governor Crane Mayor Collins President Tuttle and Manager Chamberlain for help. Members praise conduct and vow no boisterous celebration.
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Hhe
A. F. of L
Dexter Hall
Cornelius Mahoney
Crane
Collins
Tuttle
Chamberlain
N. Y
Mr. Mahoney
Geoffrey Powers
Freight Handler
Powers
Charles Roberts
American Federation of Labor
Won't Shoe Brine Horse At Ashley Bros Shop
A Brine company caravan arrived at Ashley Bros horse shoers on Atlantic avenue near Lewis plier yesterday. One of four Brine horses cast a shoe and the driver sought new shoeing, but the Ashley Bros crew refused to shoe that horse.
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Ashley Bros
Horseshoers
Atlantic Avenue
Lewis Plier
Tha Rae
Governor Crane Helps Forge Boston Labor Peace Plan
Governors of Massachusetts and labor leaders converge at the State House to settle a major Boston strike. Crane offers to press railroads to align loading rules with Boston & Maine standards while aiming to reinstate as many workers as possible. Officials and business leaders back a seven member committee to pursue a settlement and end the lockout.
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State Board of Arbitration
Crane
New York & New Haven
Boston & Maine
Brine Teamsters
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Massachusetts
Boston
State House
Commonwealth
State Board
Boston & Albany
New York Central
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Messrs. Amory A. Lawrence
John
Mason Little
George H. Learned
Governor Crane
Business Men's Committee
Little
Cox Addresses Central Labor Union on Pledge Back to Work
Governor Cox told the Central Labor Union that men must return to work on a pledge, with business leaders in Boston vowing to help settle the strike. The union adjourned without action after the address by the Freight Transportation Council.
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Central Labor Union
Cox
Freight Transportation Council
Boston
Marketmen Jubilant Over the Adjustment of the Teamsters
Market district traders celebrate a strike settlement as a respite from a dull season. The grip of the Teamsters strike had slowed transport and commerce, with beef and mutton prices rising while poultry fish fruit and dairy shipping remained stable. Traders forecast a return to normal buying and plan to push road clearances for brisk business in the days ahead.
Transportation Council action delays building trades stoppage
The Transportation Council has ordered its workers to return to duty while the building trades insist their members remain at work, resulting in a continued overlap of labor actions.
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Building Trades Indorses
Action of Freight Transportation Council
Building Trades Council
Hotel Porters Work Through Night After Coal Shortage
Unaware of the strike settlement Court street hotels had their porters shovel coal from delivery wagons into the cellar. The governor's settlement ends the labor disruption as hotels rejoice and offices scramble for fuel to last through the night.
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Court Street
Post
Noted labor strike ends as arbitration panel eases tensions
In Boston, National Civic Arbitration committee members Secretary R M Easley, AFL official James Duncan, and Local 627 leader Frank Sargent met at Young's Hotel to review the abrupt settlement. Duncan and Sargent welcomed the accord, praising peace efforts as Boston hailed the resolution and avoided a longer showdown that could have affected New York and beyond.
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National Civic Arbitration
R. M. Easley
American Federation of Labor
James Duncan
Frank Sargent
Locomotive Engineers
Young's Hotel
Duncan
Sargent
The
Post
Easley
Boston
New York
San Francisco
Labor Leaders React to Boston Strike Settlement
Daniel Keefe, international president of the Longshoremen's Union, due in Boston tomorrow, is part of the committee that will be surprised by the successful termination of the dispute. Easley and Sargent stay in Boston, likely leaving Saturday. Teamsters Union 112 calls members to report for work at once. Bartenders Union 77 President Callahan, a Boston Central Labor Union delegate, says the strike was a mistake and praises the governor for settling the matter.
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Daniel Keefe
Longshoremen’s Union
Boston
Easley
Sargent
Rll
Teamsters’ Union 112
Robert Callahan
Bartenders’ Union 77
Boston Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union
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Saxonia
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Columbia Studio
Richard J. Powbrs
Local 21
International Team Drivers’ Union
James Young
Noddle Island
A. P. Lane
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Broad Highway
Metropolitan Steamship Line
Ryan
Union 302
New Hampshire
Maine
George H. Davenport
Morris A. Hall
James 5. Kenyon
H. M. Bickford
C. C. Batchelder
H. S. Morse
F. A. Kimball
Munyon
Manyon
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Boston & Maine Railroad
Arbitration Board
R. 5. Brine Transportation Company
Loring
William E. Chamberlain
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Lucius Tuttle
Walter H. Barnes
J. R. Carter
John Mason Little
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Amory A. Lawrence
A. C. Farley
E. B. Wilson
B. H. Walcott
Merchants’ Association
Jerome Jones
George M. Learned
Chamber of Commerce
B. Wilson
Judge Reed
Boston & Maine Road
President Tuttle
Consolidated Road
Ralph M. Dasley
Civic Federation
James R. Duncan
Geoffrey A. Powers
Thomas H. Canning
Executive Chamber
Oscar F. Cox
Grob&Wernickd
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Mergenthaler-Horton Basket Machine CO
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