Abandon Line to New York Ends Boston Merchants Route
Three steamers Massachusetts Bunker Hill and Old Colony, in service since 1908 between New York and Boston, will be laid up Saturday and the Boston Merchants line will go out of business. The New England Navigation Company created the line to compete with Metropolitan Steamship, now tied to Yale and Harvard name, amid claims of New Haven control. An official said the Boston Merchants line folds because it loses money. the vessels may be laid up at Newport.
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New York
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
Old Colony
Boston
Boston Merchants’ Line
New England Navigation Company
Marine Department
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Yale and
Harvard
Metropolitan Steamship Company
Charles W. Morse
New Haven
Vote aid to pant makers on strike
The Custom Tailors Union voted 25 to impose a five cent weekly assessment on members to aid striking pant makers. The meeting admitted 30 new members, bringing the union to about 175. Speakers included Sam Zorn Local 1 H Cohen Local 173 and J G Williams of Wilshire's Magazine.
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Custom Tailors’ Union
Sam Zorn
H.cohen
J. G. Williams
Wilshire's
City Food Supply Hampered by General Strike
The Central Labor Union adopted a resolution calling for a strike by union drivers of milk and bread wagons tomorrow. About 1000 grocery clerks organized today and plan to quit tomorrow night. Non union status and expulsions threaten Tuesday workers. Brewery workers voted to join the strike, despite orders from national officers.
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Central Labor Union
Philadelphia
United Business Men's Association
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Public Safety
Clay
Labor union fusion near in railroad car workers history
The Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen and the International Association of Car Workers plan amalgamation to form the United Brotherhood of Car Workers with headquarters in Kansas City. Leaders from both sides will hold posts in the new structure, creating a 100000 member body under the AFL charter. The Bay View Lodge expects a reply to wage demands from the Federated Trades Council of New Haven within a week.
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The
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
International Association of Car Workers
Washington, D. C
Bay View Lodge
International Car Workers’ Union of
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood
United Brotherhood of Car Workers
Kansas City
Martin F. Ryan
Waco
Texas
P. F. Richardson
International Organization
International
M. F. Condon
Organization of the Brotherhood
John J. Gallagher
Readville
Federated Trades Council of the
New Haven
Urges Union Aid in White Plague War
Alexander M. Wilson of the Boston association for the relief and control of tuberculosis addressed the Woman's Trade Union League urging worker health measures. He called for strict health sanitary and factory inspection laws to stamp out tuberculosis and answered questions on aiding the effort in special cases.
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Alexander M. Wilson
Boston Association For the Relief and Control
Woman’s Trade Union League
Quack Medicines and Weight Gain Claims Cited in Advice Column
The column lists dosage and tonic prescriptions for dyspepsia obesity and nervous conditions claiming weight gain and renewed vigor. It promotes spirits distillations and blends such as essence of pepsin syrup sarsaparilla and cardiol tonics as universal cures with instructions to consult a druggist.
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George B
Four Saloons Holding Out In Boston Bartender Strike
More than 1000 Bartenders' Union 77 members heard the wage scale report as 12 saloons withdrew staff last Monday for not observing new conditions. Most firms agreed to the scale and returned, leaving four Cambridge street saloons and a Pitts Street establishment still on strike. The union affirmed full pay for all strikers during the past week and for future callouts.
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Bartenders’ Union 77
Boston
Cambridge Street
Pitts Street
Central Labor Union
Building Trades Department
Boston photo engravers push AFL printing trades department
The Boston Photo-Engravers Union voted to back a San Francisco plan forming an AFL printing trades department. It would include bookbinders pressmen photo-engravers stereo typers electrotyps mailers newswriters and Inter national Typographical Union printers. A national outing is planned for Buffalo July 8 and 9 with over 100 Boston members and more than a thousand signups anticipated.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
Metal Trades Department
Railway Employees’ Department
A. EF. of L. A
Buffalo
Union leaders rally for Philadelphia street car strike relief
Otto Westgard of the Carmen's Union and Albert S. Nolen of the Boston Ben Franklin Association addressed Bottlers and Drivers' Union 122 about the Philadelphia street car men strike. The local union donated $100 to the strikers and voted to parade Labor Day. Lydon of the bakers and Schaffer of the Hatters' Union praised the Central Labor Union label section for promoting union labeled goods.
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Otto Westgard
Philadelphia
Carmen's Union
Albert S. Nolen
Boston
Ben Franklin Association of Junior Pressmen
Philadelphia Union of Junior Pressmen
Messrs. Lydon
Bakers
Schaffer
Hatters’ Union
Central Labor Union
Reinstatement of Twenty Teamdrivers Members
Twenty former Teamdrivers members were reinstated yesterday into the union. Officers report strong organizing progress under President John M. Gillespie with Business Agent John W. Conley and George Fagen leading the Bartenders unionizing effort. The Boston Central Labor Union supported the bartenders strike at five local saloons.
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Tinion 2
John M. Gillespie
International Oganizer
John W. Conley
George
Fagen
Boston Central Labor Union
Luce Bill Condemned by Labor Unions at Dorchester Wharf
A joint committee of Coal Hoisting Engineers Union 74 and Coal Teamsters and Handlers Union 68 denounced the Luce bill during a meeting at Dorchester and East Boston wharves. They backed the Legislature’s State Branch proposal while Attorney Fred W. Mansfield discussed trade union questions. Bartenders Union 177 spoke on a store strike and members received guidance on the issue.
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Dorchester
East Boston
Luce
A. F
Fred W. Mansfield
John W. Conley
Bartendrs
Hull Men Get Union Wages
The Providence Longshoremen's Union reported the Hull steamer wage grievance settled after a night shift dispute. Workers laid off at midnight were paid till then and the stevedore agreed to full union scale. A special committee was appointed to pursue further action over underpayment on the strandest steamship Philadelphia on Washington's Birthday.
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Hull
Provident Longshoremen’s Union
Philadelphia
Washington
Piles Cure Promise With Pazo Ointment Guarantee
Pazo ointment claims cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days or money back. The advertisement guarantees satisfaction and refunds if symptoms persist.
Newsboys Aid Striking Philadelphia Car Men
Boston Newsboys Protective Union 9077 voted to sell papers next Wednesday to aid Philadelphia street car strikers. Twenty-five percent of receipts go to the strikers with a prize for the top seller. Police will be asked to bar placards, district chairmen chosen, and Alec Hershenson to lead as President-elect with retiring President Frasca thanked.
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Boston Newsboys’ Protective Union 9077
Philadelphia
Newsies
O'Meara
Willam H. Green
Otto Westgard
George A. Hughes
Hyman J. Cohen
John McInnis
Stephen Wagner
Harris Fritz
Louis Kratter
Benjmin Waldman
Karl Specter
Benjamin H. Robrish
John Mullen
Leo J. Buckley
Michael Carr
Louis da Kulsky
Edward Feldberg
Max Hoffman
Jacob Milston
Nathan 5S
Sodekson
Alec Hershenson
Charles Frasca
Thomas J. Mulkern
Thomas Gurin
Max Shankman
Labor notes from Franklin Association events and union meetings
Labor notes detail Franklin Association activities including a smoke folk celebration at Elkis Hall Nayward Place attended by junior pressmen. It lists union actions in Paterson New Jersey Norwich Connecticut and New Haven Connecticut with speakers from the Machinists Union and Cigarmakers Unions. It also notes a Water Works Union committee for a summer phaes and a funeral attendance delegation. It reports wage scale talks with Boston & Maine and a bartender strike indorsement.
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Connecticut
New Haven
Henry Abrahams
Boston
Water Works’ Union
John D. Sullivan
Ben Franklin Assembly
R. of L
Thomas H. Canning
P. J. McCarthy
John H. McCarthy
William H. Wassell
William Corcoran
B. C. Harkins
Wonderful Cure of Sore Hands
Thomas A. Clancy of Trenton New Jersey testifies that after three years of failed treatments a fifty cent box of Cuticura Ointment cured his sore hands. He reports eight years of trouble free use and never missing work since.
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Thomas A. Clancy
N. Montgomery St
Trenton
N. J
Cuticura Remedies Promoted for Skin Disorders
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as cures for skin and scalp conditions in infants and children. It claims economical treatment with a single set often curing and invites readers to write Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston for a 32 page book on treatment.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Clerks Seek Higher Pay Prompt Rail Labor Meeting
Representatives of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks and a Maine Central officials group met in Boston to discuss wage and working condition improvements for clerks on the Boston and Maine system. Delegates from Portland and New England lodges backed labor bills, opposed Luce and Hugo measures, and planned strong convention efforts to bring the 1912 gathering to Boston.
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General Board of Adjustment
Maine Central Railroad
Old Colony Lodge, Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Boston & Maine Road
J. I. Riley
Kansas City
Third International
Brotherhood
Richard G. Stearns
Feneral Board of Adjustment
New Haven
A. F. of L
Luce
Hugo
New Maven
Boston
Clerks’ Lodge
Portland
C. Perry
R. G. Stearns
New Orleans
United States
Canada
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
New England
Churches in Greater Boston Hear Pastors and Plans
Bishop Lawrence to deliver noon talks at St Pauls Tremont Street during the coming week. Several clergy from Brookline Somerville and Lowell preached and exchanged pulpits. The Boston Alliance schedules two public meetings including Park Street Church with John Spargo and a Monday noon gathering at Tremont Temple. Bishop adds 1000 to reinforcement fund if parish raises 6000 by April start.
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Lawrence
St. Paul's Church
Tremont Street
Boston Alliance
Park Street Church
John Spargo
New York
Tremont Temple
C. H. Bowser
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
South Lawrence
Labor Leaders Ant 1910 Labor Leaders Ant 1910
James C. Nutt elected president of the Boston and Maine Division No. 1 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen formed from the Towermen's Brotherhood. The group represents 98 percent of tower signal and repair staff. Nutt, a Medford resident born July 4, 1876, has long served in railroad work since 1891 and also held militia roles before his resignation in 1900.
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James C. Nutt
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Boston & Maine Division No
Towermen’s Brotherhood
Signalmen’s Brotherhood
Boston & Maine
North Terminal
Eighth Infantry
Gloucester
Nutt
Medford
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Eny Cas
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Dayton
George W
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Fred
Dopino Agar Borgen
Ane CL Lee
Carmen
Luce Bill
TAME
Pvndtenad Star Dental CO
Hanover St. Eomees
Greater Boston
F. H. Rowley
D.D
First Baptist Church
Brookline Baptist Church
Ambrose W. Vernon
Harvard Church
Brookline
George A. Gordon
Old South Church
H. O. Hiscox
Albany, N. Y
Commonwealth Avenue
H. C. Hiscox
Warner FE. L. Ward
House of Prayer
Lowell
Eugene de F. Heald, Jr
Christian Endeavor Society
Robert R. Woods
All Saints Church
F. B. Allen
Episcopal City Mission
Paul Gordon Favor
Prospect Hill Church
Somerville
C. In Peterson
First Methodist Church
Wakefield
James C. Mutt
Boston & Maine Division 1
Fort Hill
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