Trolley Men Debate Strike After Union Convention
A ballot will decide if Boston & Northern and Old Colony trolley workers strike in response to company ultimatums. Delegates at 724 Washington street backed referring the strike vote to local unions, with Detroit slated for possible national board hearing. Most factions push a $2.55 day and 10 hour day, opposing a sliding scale, amid denials of false wage claims and disputes over who belongs to the wage increase. Chairman Dilworth attended the lengthy meeting.
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Boston & Northern
Old Colony
Both Roads
Washington Street
National Board
International Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees
Detroit
Lynn
Bhut
Middletown & Danvers
Lawrence & Reading
Wakefield, Lynnfield & Reading
Boston & Northern Road
Massachusetts Electric Companies
Dilworth
National Executive Board
Recital by Anna Jansen at Steinert Hall
Anna Jansen, a young Danish pianist, gave her first public recital in this city at Steinert Hall. The program featured Beethoven, Brahms, Rubinstein, Neupert, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Delibes, Liszt, and an arrangement from Tristan and Isolde.
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Anna Jansen
Steinert Hall
Beethoven
Brahms
Barcarolle
Rubinstein
Neupert
Capriccio
Mendelssohn
Rachmaninoff
Leo Delibes
Liszt
Judge Takes Wabash Injunction Case Under Advisement
In St Louis on March 20 Arguments in the Wabash injunction suit were finished and Judge Adams said the matter would be taken under advisement Judge Priest urged arbitration for the company while Mr Judson spoke for the trainmen and firemen expressing willingness to accept a tribunal under congressional acts
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ST. Louis
Adams
Priest
Judson
Charles G. Leland Dies in Florence
Florence reports the death today of Charles Godfrey Leland author and journalist from Philadelphia. A cablegram sent to Philadelphia announced his passing in Florence Italy.
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C. G. Leland
Philadeplphta
Penn
Florence
Italy
Charles Godfrey Leland
Driscoll Domicile Dispute Reaches Election Board
Briefs filed in the Driscoll case challenge his Boston domicile status as Ward 7 chairman. Malley alleges a June 1900 to March 1903 absence from Boston with only 340 Bowdoin Street Dorchester as domicile while 31 Broadway extension served as a political residence. Moran counters that Ward 7 is his origin and that he acted with intent to reside in Dorchester. The election commissioners will decide, with potential wide implications for suburban voting within the city.
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Daniel M. Driscoll
Ward 7
Democratic Committee
Charles I. M. Malley
Congressmain Conry
Mr. Driscoll
Malley
John B. Moran
Driscoll
Boston
Bowdoin Street
Ward 20
Broadway
Ward
Dorchester
31 Broadway Extension
Moran
Kiley Hearing Thursday Faces Missing Witnesses
Ward 8 politicians focus on next Thursday when Nathan Barnett and Brown, the missing witness, may be summoned to a hearing on alleged repeating and Kiley’s alleged complicity. Kiley won a point by securing a special hearing. Barnett cannot locate Brown. Riley and allies expect exoneration if charges fail.
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Ward 8
Nathan Barnett
Brown
Kiley
Election Committee
Barnett
Riley
Luce
Bartenders Seek Police Board Action Over Blacklist Rumor
A labor union committee met with the Board of Police to discuss alleged bartenders blacklist after 18 were fired for selling liquor to intoxicated patrons. The group, representing nearly 3000 bartenders, questioned whether those discharged are barred from work in the city. The meeting yielded a apparently favorable result for the unions.
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Board of Police
Robert A. Callahan
International Bartenders’ Union
Frank K. Foster
James Crozier
Central Labor Union
Martin Mattimoe
Robert Kennedy
Bartenders’ Union
John Kerwin
Kee Named Weigher in Buildings Department
W Wallace Kee, a buildings department employee, was yesterday appointed as a weigher in the same department at a salary of 1200 dollars per year. He replaces Samuel Hosea Jr., deceased. Kee is a Republican and was appointed by Milton C Paige when he was superintendent of public buildings.
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W. Wallace Kee
Samuel Hosea, Jr
Kee
Milton C. Paige
Socialists name Maloney for Governor candidacy
The Socialists of Massachusetts will nominate Joseph P. Maloney, who ran two years ago, and start campaigning early with Carey, MacCartney, Rawsden, Mayors Coulter of Brockton and Flanders of Haverhill and ex Mayor Chase helping. They plan to canvass every town and organize city and town committees, aiming to poll over 50 000 votes next year after a strong last fall showing.
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Massachusetts
Joseph P. Maloney
Carey
MacCartney
Rawsden
Coulter
Brockton
Flanders
Haverhill
Chase
Maloney
Longshoremen’s Pay Demands Rejected by Steamship Firms
At a 25-person committee meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce, A B E Bennett chaired the rejection of longshoremen protests submitted March 16 for higher bulk cargo wages and adjusted meal breaks. The men plan Sunday and potential Faneuil Hall gatherings to press demands, while firms cite higher wages elsewhere and caution against concessions.
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Transatlantic Steamship Company
Chamber of Commerce
A. B E. Bennett
Hanover Street
Faneuil Hall
Transatlantic Steamship Companies
Martin Costello
Noddle
New York
Portland
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newark
N. J
Boston
Charlestown
Roof Repairer Is Injured When Ladder Rope Breaks
John J Buckley of 2 Short Street East Cambridge was repairing a roof on Short Street when a ladder rope snapped throwing him to the ground. He was carried to Massachusetts General Hospital unconscious.
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John J. Buckley
Short Street
East Cambridge
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harriet Standon to Quit Stage for Thorney Snell
The engagement of Harriet Standon, 19 year old prima dona of The Storks, to Thorney Snell of Bloomington Illinois is announced. Snell, from a wealthy family, has pursued Standon since Chicago summer visits and insists on marriage before a long summer engagement ends.
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Harriet Standon
Thorney Snell
Illinois
the Storks
Bloomington
Snell
Dearborn Street Opera House
Chicago
Harriet
Storks
Windy City
Mr. Snell
Boston
Miss Standon
California
Fagberg
Milwaukee
Ill
Boston Italian Immigrant Society Clears Agent Conte
The Boston Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants adopts resolutions defending Gaetano Conte as honest and efficient agent. It finds charges against him and Mrs Conte false, pledges full accounting, and forwards the statement to newspapers.
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The
Boston Society For the Protection of
Charles Gordon Ames
Gaetano Conte
Boston Society For the Protection
Pupil Dies in Night School Incident
Miss Henrietta Vann a 30 year old colored woman collapsed during Franklin Evening School on Waltham Street. Dr Pond arrived too late and she was pronounced dead. her body taken to City Hospital morgue.
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Franklin Evening School
Waltham Street
Henrietta Vann
Pond
City Hospital
Story Struck by Train at Winter Hill Station
Frederick Story aged 28 of 2% Montrose Street Somerville, a conductor with the Boston and Maine, was struck by a train at Winter Hill station at 9 last night and suffered a compound fracture of the right leg.
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Frederick Story
Montrose Street
Somerville
Boston & Maine
Winter Hill
Yarn Mill Operatives Threaten Big Strike in New Bedford
In New Bedford a potential general strike among yarn mill operatives grows daily as thousands of workers threaten to walk out over a 10 percent wage demand. Falls River Taunton and local mills face disruption with carders, mule spinners, and loom fixers aligning with union plans and meetings planned through early April.
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New Bedford
Fall River
Taunton
J. F. Knowles
New England Cotton Yarn Company
National Association
Boston
Strcks
Weavers’ Union
Cambridge Fire Chief Dismisses Plumbing Inspector Hunnewell
Cambridge notices signal the removal of Charles Hunnewell as inspector of plumbing after a report of neglect of duty and a defective waste pipe connection. Superintendent Thomas F. Tra chey states Hunnewell’s services will cease after March 21 1903. Timothy Haley is named to succeed and Harvard Square reports contributed to the findings.
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Cambridge City Hall
Charles Hunnewell
Hunnewell
Tracey
Cambridge
M. Tlunnewell
Thomas F. Trachey
Hunnrewell
Timothy Haley
Mr. Haley
Harvard Square
Tried to Rob Harvard Museum
The new Semitic museum of Harvard University was broken into on Wednesday evening. Entry was gained through a ground floor south end window and the thief likely cut his hand, leaving profuse blood stains on the window seat.
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Semitic Museum
Harvard University
Tufts Alumni Dine at Bellevue Hotel
Tufts alumni gathered for the annual dinner at the Bellevue Hotel. Arthur P. French, 76, presided as guests included Professor Gardner Anthony, dean of the Engineering School, and Hon. Warry R. Durgin, president of the Maine Senate.
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Bellevue
Tufts
Brown and Blue
Arthur P. French
Gardner. Anthony
Warry R. Durgin
Maine Senate
Bearded Pastor Resigns Cambridge Church Post
The Rev. Dr. R. A. Beard resigns as pastor of Prospect Street Church in Cambridge after about six years to assume the role of secretary for the Congregational Home Missionary Society. He succeeded the Rev. Dr. David N. Beach.
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R. A. Beard
Prospect Street Church
Cambridge
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Cambridge Church
David N. Beach
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Yerxa CO
Summer St
Police Board
T. Metcalf CO
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Bostou
Rueter’s
Sterling Ale
Rueter & Company
Highland Spring Brewery
Mrs. Conte
Lincoln Bryant
Adelaide FE. Wadsworth
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M. A. Boyd
Bertha Hazzard
Frank M. Zottoli
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Soltaire
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White Mountains
New Hampshire Publishing Corp
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