Labor Demonstration Packs Boston Streets for Free Speech Rally
A large labor rally outside Faneuil Hall drew thousands as indoor speakers clashed with contempt of court talks and injunction challenges. Prominent unions and leaders led marches in seven divisions with hundreds of delegates, bands, and banners asserting justice for workers.
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Charlestown
John C. MacDonald
Building ‘Trades Department
D'Avino
Ropemakers’ Union
Boston & Maine Railroad Shop Men's Union
North Market Street
Edmund Ward
Vernon and
Tremont Streets
Roxbury
Tremont Street
Cornhill
Pineuil Hall
Marshall Ward
Adams and
Dock Squares
Boston Brass Band
Vine
Brewery Workers’ Union
John Harney
Coopers’ Union
Philip H. Sweet
George N. Borek
James J. Meehan
Tiarrison Avenue
Dover Street
John J. McLoughlin
Kenny
Bund
Building Trades
Electrical Workers
Andrew Johnson
KB. F. Russell
Bridge and Structural Workers
Frank J. Higgins
Richard J. Garrity
Henry J. Jennings
Teamsters’ Unions
Joint District Council
M. J. Sheehan
William J. O'Neil
Teamsters
Labor meeting at Faneuil Hall rails against injunction
The gathering in Faneuil Hall denounces the injunction against labor leaders Gompers Mitchell and Morrison and adopts resolutions urging national action. Speakers from across the state criticize the injunction law and praise the jailed labor men, citing Judge Wright and Senator Foraker in heated remarks.
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Faneuil Hall
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Washington
Court Comment Sparks Heated Outburst Over Judge Wright
Ohio lawyer John Z White denounces the courts as meddling with constitutional rights and political risk. Fall River physician William J Coughlin condemns the judge for humiliating virtuous citizens and undermining constitutional aims. Lowell attorney William N Osgood cites bitterness in Wrights sentence. South Norwalk pastor Charles S Macfarland blasts the opinion as a stain on judicial history and condemns its unrestrained rhetoric and dramatic conduct.
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John Z. White
Ohio
William J. Coughlin
Fall River
William N. Osgood
Lowell
Wright
Charles S. Macfarland
South Norwalk
Conn
Justice Wright
Labor Parade At Faneuil Hall Draws Massive Boston Crowd
Thousands of marchers and onlookers fill Faneuil Hall Plaza as a vast labor march assembles near Merchants Row. Leaders including John F Kennedy and Dennis D Driscoll address the crowd amid chants for fair play, free speech, and union rights.
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Merchants’ Row
North Market Street
Boston
John F. Kennedy
Dennis D. Driscoll
Henry Sterling
Arthur W. Clark
George B. Hugo
Master Teamsters’ Association
Judge Wright
Daniel J. Keefe
New York
Roosevelt
Frank Magee
Connecticut
Amalgamated
Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Faneuil Hall
Kneeland
T. J. Minahan
Teamsters’ Union
Alderman Kneeland
Finance Commission
Resolutions From Mass Meeting at Faneuil Hall 1909
The union labor protest at Faneuil Hall on March 14 1909 adopts resolutions defending free speech and a free press. It praises Gompers Mitchell and Morrison for principled action and urges Congress to protect labor rights and exempt unions from the Sherman act. It condemns judge Wright's language and calls for lawful reforms and transmission to national leaders and media.
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Henry Stirling
The
Typographical Union
Valley Forge
United States
Fred J. Weneeland
Wright
Kneeland
Taft
Faneuil Hall
Wilerers
Boston
Faneuil Wall
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Daniel T. Wright
Superior Court
District of Columbia
Washington
Whierers
Messrs
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Justice Wright
Organized Labor
Great Britain
Congress
House of Representatives
Labor's Army in Line
The parade in Jaston featured seven distinct marching squads in a novel display. About ten thousand marchers led the procession while an estimated eight thousand spectators lined the sidewalks to watch.
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LABOR
Jaston
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Carmore
Carpenter, Morton Co
Sudbury Street
Foxes Rampant on Long Island Disturb Farmers
New York, March 14. Foxes are so plentiful on Long Island that they intrude on farms. Titus Conklin of Mast Neck near Bay Crest saw a large red fox run along a fence, enter his yard, and watch him before it slipped back to the woods when a wood was thrown.
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New York
Long Island
Titus Conklin
Mast Neck
Bay Crest
Lis Yard
Conklin
Maine Intercollegiate Christian Association Meets End at Bowdoin
Three well attended meetings closed today the conference of the Maine Intercollegiate Christian Association which has been in session at Bowdoin for three days.
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Brunswick
Maine Intercollegiate Christian Association
Bowdoin
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D. D. Driscoll
Fred J. Kneeland
Ienry Stirling
Thomas Minihan
James J. English
George C. Curran
Central Labor Union
Mullaly
Union 77
William Wixted
National Executive Board
Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union
Bunker Hill
Machinists
Frank C. Bullard
Shiapiro
Cloak and Skirt Makers’ Union
Charles Jacobson
Ladies’ Garment Dressers
Union
New Haven Railroad
Thomas Shea
Cigarmakers' Union
Pres
Moses Touvim
Barbers’ Union
Chris H. Mallen
Bakers’ Union
A. I. Lipschultz
Thouiss FE. Keough
Bniffers' Union
Edward Burns
Wolsting and Portable
Mercantile Engineers
William RR. P. Whelan
P. WW. Thornton
Tadies
Hollis Street
Haywood Place
Eliot Street
George F. Tagen
Theatrical Stage Employees' Union 11
James Duffy
Max Benjamin
Garment Workers’ District Council
Carmen
Strachan
Baird
Dock Square
Faneuil Hall Square
James RR. Crozer
North End
West End
Canal Street
Carpenters’ District Council
Hugh Mc Kay
Jeremiah Mahoney
Granite Cutters’ Union
William J. Bulyzer
Charles Frasca
Newboys’ Protective Union
Newsies
Boardman
John J. Fenton
East Boston
Chelsea
Central Square
Ives
James ©. White
Chelsea-East Boston
Pant Makers’ Union
United Workers of the World
Supreme Court
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Tie
United States Supreme Court
Senator Foraker
Standard Oil
Executive Council
Justice Gould
American Federationist
Corn Products Refining Company
Great Army of Labor
Cradle of Liberty
Gaskin
Fierce
Driscoll
George 8
Hugo
Ing
Flo
Thomas Moynihan
James J. Mnglish
Castle and
Washington Streets
Hatters’ Union
Newsboys’ Union
Boston Riggers’ Union
Johnny Hflarley
Tim Shay
Castle Street
Washington Street
5 And 6
Mat Trimmers
Garment Workers
Walonse
Maine
Stein-Bloch
Henry Siegel Company
Henry Siegel Co
Washington and
Essex Streets
Mass
N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
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