14 Mar 1912
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
1
Textile workers across New England are set to gain a 5 percent raise or more by April 1. Fall River Iron Works announces March 25 hike for 5000 workers, joined by Ipswich Mills 2000 and Great Falls Manufacturing 2100, expanding gains beyond 200,000 operatives. Unions push for a 10 percent increase.
Belmont and Somersworth New Hampshire Ipswich and South Boston posted 5 percent wage increases yesterday Fall River 5000 workers gain and 4100 in other towns will receive higher pay Dominion Textile Company with 11 mills posted 5 percent raise effective March 25 M C D Borden president.
Lawrence textile strike nears end after nine weeks of intense industrial conflict. The city awaits a peaceful dawn as workers prepare to vote on a wage raise, ending a fierce dispute that split the region.
The American Woolen Company offers terms deemed satisfactory by its workers after a broad walkout. Eunhardt and Pacific mills, large independents, would meet the schedule. Arlington Everett Pemberton and Duck mills face pressure to comply or face intensified opposition tomorrow morning.
Stratton D. Brooks, longtime Boston school superintendent for six years, plans to resign soon. He is in Oklahoma City this week to discuss becoming president of Oklahoma State University with its trustees.
Despatches from Oklahoma City last night say Superintendent Brooks accepted the Oklahoma University presidency and will start Sept 1. School officials and Mrs. Brooks confirm the reports, with trustees also writing Brooks about the post.
A Wells Fargo express messenger thwarted a Southern Pacific robbery near Sanderson Texas by killing two highwaymen. The incident occurred on a westbound train near the Mexican border in the Big Bend country, as authorities state the bold ambush unfolded on a desolate prairie stretch.
In Southampton street tower of the New Haven road yesterday afternoon Towerman George H Bishop was shot by fellow watchman William O Neil. He acted to throw several switches guiding two incoming passenger trains to safety then wrote the passing times in the official book before collapsing.
Charles W. Eliot former Harvard president resumes his world tour in Shanghai after an illness in Ceylon an appendectomy. His health improves rapidly and he plans to continue his original itinerary with India omitted from the route.
About a thousand men’s suits in all fabrics and styles offered at 9.75 with stock at 6.75 for select items. Overcoats and pants also discounted with 1000 pants from 4 dollars down to 1.98. Located at Washington street corner Beach opposite the Gaiety Theatre.
Readers weigh in on who truly deserves a Carnegie gift. Some support the Carnegie giver, while others favor Edison. A concerned man urges a quiet, no fuss approach to the matter.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to receive a $2 500 000 gift from a donor known only to President R C Maclaurin. The announcement, claiming the largest single donation by a living man to an American college, was made at a Technology corporation meeting last night.
A Quincey council session reveals a donor to a public-spirited business project who wishes to remain anonymous. The meeting names notable figures William T. Shea, Louis Palmer Slade, and Lizzie A. Williams, while recalling era events such as Farragut's Port Hudson passage and Eli Whitney's cotton gin patent.
Forecast calls for fair and colder conditions in Boston and vicinity on Thursday. Friday brings increasing clouds with possible rain or snow in the afternoon or night. Brisk northwest to west winds expected.
Reported by Thompson's Spa shows gate numbers and a set of meteorological figures. It lists yesterday's average temperature as 44, the year ago average as 41, and notes clear conditions for Thursday four years ago.
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