New England Mills Strike Ends Awaited Wage Vote
After nine weeks of upheaval in Lawrence workers cheer a potential peace as they vote on returning to work. Haywood leads a mass rally urging bail for Ettor and Giovannitti and a gubernatorial pardon while police and militia stand ready. Mills across the region weigh follow-ons to New Bedford increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Park
Pacific Mills
Arlington Mills
Arlington Mill
Lawrence
American Woolen Company
William D. Haywood
America
Ettor
Giovannitti
New England
Foss
Atlantic
Kunhardt Mills
Arlington, Pacific
Uswoco
Everett
Duck and Pemberton Mills
Wood
Washington
Ayer
Prospect Mill
Atlantic Mill
Kunhardt
Pemberton
Duck Mills
Arlington
McCormack
Cusumano
Hull
Faneuil Hall
Rhode Island Workmen Likely to Get 5 Percent Raise
Providence March 14 The Rhode Island cotemporary reports it is expected that a 5 percent raise will be granted to about 29 000 operatives shortly. The potential increase follows negotiations and signals a broader wage review across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. 1
Rhode Island
Rexall Orderlies Promise Free Return If Constipation Persists
An advertisement touts Rexall Orderlies as a safe remedy for chronic constipation. It claims nerve and muscle toning effects without purging, guarantees cure or money back, and promotes three package sizes 10c 25c and 50c. Stores at Liggett's Drug Stores Washington and Avon streets opposite Temple place are the local sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
Liggett’s Drug Stores
Washington and
Avon Streets
Temple Place
Textile workers to get 5 percent wage increase
In New Bedford 25 000 textile operatives will receive a 5 percent wage rise starting March 26 1912 after the New Bedford Manufacturers Association approved the concession. The move follows a 10 percent request from the New Bedford Textile Council, which the association rejected citing poor business, idle looms, and higher production costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
New Bedford Manufacturers’ Association
New Bedford Textile Council
New England
Manufacturers’ Association
Nashawena
Nouquit
Manomet
William Whitman
Dartmouth
Bristol Mills
Walter H. Langshaw
Acushnet
Beacon
Booth
Butler
City
Gosnold
Grinnell
Holmes
Kilburn
Neild
Page
Pierce
Potomska
Soule
Sharp
Taber
Wamsutta
Textile Council
Duffy
New Bedford Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
William 0. Devoll
More Mills Grant 5 Per Cent Raises
Several New England mills announced wage increases of at least 5 percent for their workers. Named producers include Newmarket Manufacturing Company in Newmarket New Hampshire with 1000 employees, Pittsfield cotton mills in Pittsfield New Hampshire with 400 workers, Exeter Manufacturing Company in Exeter New Hampshire with 400 workers, Chase cotton mills in Burlington Vermont with 300 workers, New Bedford mills employing 25 000 workers, Barre Wool Combing Company in Barre with 700 workers. Under consideration by strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Newmarket Manufacturing Company
Newmarket
N. H
Pittsfield Cotton Mills
Pittsfield
Exeter Manufacturing Company
Exeter
Chase Cotton Mills
Burlington
New Bedford Mills
Barre Wool Combing strike offered 5 percent raise
About 700 workers at the Barre Wool Combing Company were offered a 5 percent wage increase with a $6 weekly minimum for adults after a conference between mill manager Robert G. Thompson and a striker committee. Samuel Fassell of the I W W was kept from the meeting. The tone was orderly, but protection was requested from Worcester and Governor Foss was asked to send militia. State inspectors arrived with Sheriff Jenkins and deputies to investigate conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fassell
Worcester
Foss
Abbott A. Jenkins
Weavers and loom fixers reject 5 percent raise
In Fall River on March 14 the weavers and loom fixers unions declined the 5 percent offer and demanded 15 percent and 17 1/2 percent respectively. They will present the demand to the Cotton Manufacturers Association direct, while the textile council plans a meeting tomorrow night with other groups. About 2000 weavers and nearly as many loom fixers attended brief sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Textile Council
Weavers’ Union
Settlement will not stop federal probe into Lawrence strike
The Lawrence strike settlement will not deter the House Rules Committee from investigating charges of unlawful interference with transportation of women and children to another state. Chairman Henry will return from Lawrence tomorrow where he has been reviewing conditions.
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Washington
Lawrence
Rules Committee
House
Henry
Carpenters Vote Fails to Demand Wage Increase in Boston
The Carpenters District Council of Greater Boston reviewed votes from 27 locals on a proposal to raise wages from 50 to 55 cents an hour for a 44 hour week set to start June 1. The measure failed by a few votes, so no wage increase will be sought this year.
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Carpenters’ District Council of
Greater Boston
Carpenters
Carpenters of Greater Boston
Roosevelt Delegates Named in Oklahoma Convention Split
In Tulsa on March 14, Roosevelt supporters elected A A Small and A E Dennison as Oklahoma third district delegates to the national Republican convention after seizing control of the congressional committee. Taft faction met separately and chose Joseph A Gill and John Hillilan as delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Congressional Committee
Taft
Opera House
A. A. Small
A. E. Dennison
Federal Court Room
Joseph A. Gill
John Hillilan
Former Treasury Employee Owen Rice Dies at 62
Owen Rice of Charlestown died yesterday at his home after a lingering illness. Born in the North End he was 62 and longtime Treasury Department employee in Washington. He worked for Boston papers and was active in the Charlestown Improvement Association and the Seventeenth of June Carnival Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Rice
Charlestown
Treasury Department
Washington
Bunker Hill Street
North End
Boston
Suffrage Leaders Back War Talk At Philadelphia Banquet
Dr Anna H Shaw warned that militant methods may follow if opposition to women’s suffrage continues. A fashionable Philadelphia banquet honored the National American Woman's Suffrage Association with applause as Jane Addams, Susan W FitzGerald, Sophonisba Breckenridge, and Harriet B Laidlaw endorsed the call for tougher tactics.
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Philadelphia
England
Anna H. Shaw
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Suffrage Society
New Century Club
Jane Addams
Chicago
Susan W. FitzGerald
Boston
Sophonisba Breckenridge
Harriet B. Laidlaw
New York
Shaw
New Dean for Tufts College
The Rev. Lee Sullivan McCollester of Detroit has been called to become dean of the Crane Theological School at Tufts College, with expected start around May 1. A Tufts alumnus, he earned A B in 1881, B D in 1884, and D D honorarily in 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Sullivan McCollester
Church of Our Father
Universalist
Detroit
Crane Theological School
Tufts College
McCollester
Tufts
College of Letters
Secrecy Over English Terms In Coal Talks Continues
London March 14 After a four hour session the joint conference of government coal owners and miners adjourned with only brief official word The miners resolutions call for district negotiations on piece rates while five shillings is the minimum for men and two for boys The strike remains national in scope with no immediate settlement United Kingdom coal districts show unrest as Sunderland miners protest and Lanarkshire pits reopen with non union workers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Miners’ Federation
Sunderland
Durham
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Protests Filed Over Liquor License Grants in Charlestown
The St Marys Total Abstinence Society of Charlestown protested to the Licensing Board against granting any more liquor licenses in Charlestown. It claims the district already has more licenses than warranted by residents and transient population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary
Taft earns Eighth district delegates instruction in Iowa
In Taft Creston Iowa on March 14 Eighth district delegates to the Republican national convention A B Turner Jr Corning and EK E Radford Centerville were instructed for Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Iowa
A. B. Turner, Jr
Corning
E. Radford
Centerville
Taft
Beauty That Comes From Health and Pure Blood
An advertisement extols beauty as a product of health via proper diet and hygiene. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People for weak or impure blood, claiming they restore color, appetite, sleep, and strength. A Cincinnati readertestimony describes recovery from near-consumption after using the pills, with contact details for orders and a free booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Dr. Williams
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Great Circle of Humanity
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Governor Fors
County House of Correction
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Goddard Brothers
Knight Company
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Goddards
Lawrench Common
Ginter Co
Baker’s
Sean Gall
Visin
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Duff Gordon Gherry
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Malaga
Linda
Lords of England
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Tyree
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Lee S. McCollester
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