Central Labor Union Acts On Tobacco Clause And Unions Vote
Delegates protested the Dingley bill tobacco clause raising wrappers to 2 per lb and fillers to 65 cents, warning wage losses for cigar workers. The union discusses amalgamating stationary engineers, lifts a boycott against W M Meikle, and plans a public meeting over a Supreme Court ruling on desertion penalties.
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Central Labor Union
Cigarmakers' Union
Bakers’ Union No. 4
W. M. Meikle
Charlestown
Supreme Court
Robert Robertson
Barry Baldwin
Messrs
Lloyd Garrison
T. W. Higginson
R. T. Paine
Painters’ Union
Knights of Labor
K. of L
A. F. of L
State House
Amalgamated Wood Workers
United Brewery Workmen
Engineers' Protective Union
Web Pressmen’s Union
Metal Polishers and Buffers’ Union
Public meeting backs eight hour day for Lynn painters
Lynn painters and decorators held a public meeting to push for an eight hour day after April 1. Union officers spoke of support from the Lynn Central Labor Union and the American Federation of Labor if Master Painters refuse the demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Lynn Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor and Carpenters’ Union No. 8
William L. van Biarcom
Carpenters’ Union
Chicago Marine Band Concerts in Boston for Red Cross Relief
Brooke and the Chicago Marine Band gave two Boston concerts for the Traveler's Red Cross Bureau and Relief Brigade. The ensemble drew praise for its classic and popular selections, with Miss Sibyl Sammas praised for her mezzo voice. A pair of April 4 performances will be the band’s last East Coast appearances this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke
Chicago Marine Band
Boston
Traveler’s Red Cross Bureau
Sibyl Sammas
Striker Accused of Hitting Man at Lynn Plant
March 21. Thomas Tombino, a non union employee of the firm of Wil, alleges a striker struck him during a labor dispute at the Lynn plant. Police report no further details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Thomas Tombino
Wil
Strike Causes Assault Complaint at Local Shop
Liams, Clark & Co. workers on strike accuse former masters of assaulting a man on Saturday evening. The injured man cannot describe the assailant who he says belongs to the strike-affected shop. Local marshal Wells is handling the complaint.
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Liams
Elks Lodge Hosts District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Visit
Lynn Lodge No 17 of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks welcomed Stephen D. Peirce of New Bedford and State Grand Esquire James H. Sherman during the lodge annual meeting and grand exalted ruler visit. Mayor Ramsdell gave opening remarks at the Hotel Sagamore banquet.
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Lynn
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Stephen D. Peirce
New Bedford
James H. Sherman
Alter Ego Club
Gloucester
Salem
Hotel
Sagamore
John F. McCarty
Ramsdell
A&y
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Police Raid Seizes Liquor From Two West Newton Properties
Authorities searched Frank Marmont’s Davis street fruit business and Mary Travis’s Adams street residence in the Nonantum district. They seized thirty gallons of hard cider and a quantity of whiskey in the Marmont raid and confiscated whiskey in the Travis raid conducted by Sergeant Clay and Officers Davis Burke McAleer and Kiley early yesterday morning.
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Frank Marmont
Davis Street
West Newton
Clay
Davis
B. F. Burke
McAleer and
Kiley
Mary Travis
Adams Street
Nonantum
New Police Ambulance Arrives at West Newton Headquarters
The city buys a ten foot long, 1200 pound police ambulance built by Quinsler & Co. of Boston. It bears Police Ambulance Newton on the side and Station 38 on the lamps. The stretcher came from Chicago and Mayor Cobb selected it. The vehicle will serve emergencies and transport patients to the hospital.
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West Newton
Quinsler & Co
Boston
Police Ambulance
Newton
Chicago
Cobb
Brockton Preacher Calls for Nevada as a Territory over Fight
At Central Methodist Church in Brockton Rev C M Melden denounces the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout as barbaric and urges Nevada be placed under territorial government. He compares the event to Roman and Spanish atrocities and warns of moral decay. A Boston minister also condemns the Nevada spectacle and urges national action to protect homes and morals.
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Brockton
Central Methodist Church
C. M. Melden
Nevada
Telemachus
Brady on the Fight Lesson From Street Fight in Melbourne
The crowd gathered at People’s Temple corner Columbus Avenue and Berkeley Street to hear Rev. James Boyd Brady discuss a moral lesson drawn from a street fight involving Fitz. Brady framed the incident as a sermon on self control and virtue.
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People’s Temple
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
James Boyd Brady
Sermon Defends Miracles In Jonah Critics Clash
The Rev. Charles J. Cameron of Fourth Presbyterian Church of South Boston argues miracles are possible in a sermon on Jonah and His Critics. He counters Rev. Lyman Abbott and contends God can perform miracles and that Jonah survived three days in a big fish.
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Charles J. Cameron
Fourth Presbyterian Church of
South Boston
Jonah
Lyman Abbott
Abbott
Reichsrat Elections Near Finish After Universal Suffrage
Vienna reports the Reichsrath elections begun March 9 under the new suffrage law are nearly finished. One third of German Liberals seated in the chamber have been displaced mainly by German Nationalists. The prospective lower house shows 74 German Liberals 42 Nationalists 28 Christian Socialists 63 Clericals 20 Socialists and allies 62 Young Czechs 21 Feudal Czechs 59 Conservative Poles 15 Italian Liberals and 64 others.
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Vienna
Reichsrath
Fog Delays Umbria and Aurania Off New Zealand
Dense fog delays shipping with the Umbria bound for New York held at sea near Queenstown and the Aurania arriving from New York but continuing to Liverpool. The fog disrupts transatlantic passage as both vessels adjust plans. Coffee shop chatter mentions Beecham's Pills.
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Queenstown
Umbria
Liverpool
New York
Aurania
Natick Manager Charles Grant Dies by Own Act
Natick wakes to shock as Charles G. Grant 20, manager of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Natick branch, dies by suicide at Castle Square Hotel after a period of distress. Family ties and suspected gambling losses are noted while colleagues recall his usual steadiness and a recent unspoken down mood.
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Natick
Boston
Charles G. Grant
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Castle Square
Young Grant
Post
Grant
Alpheus G. Grant
Elm Tree Inn
Summer Street
Murphy
Plymouth
Charles
Helm Tree
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Archibald Spooner
Lawrence Ell
Crimes Plague Castle Square Hotel With Repeated Incidents
Over recent months Castle Square Hotel has seen multiple crimes including a fatal self infliction by John L Roache on Feb 22 and prior robberies tied to guests. Mayer Herzog linked to a December 16 diamond theft case, and James McGarr reported a $15 00 robbery October 16 with William A Taylor later charged.
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Castle Square
John L. Roache
Roche
Mayer Herzog
James McGarr
Station 56
William A. Taylor
Belmont youth loses three fingers in cartridge blast
A 12 year old boy, son of Andrew Horsfall of Oak Street, Belmont, suffered the loss of three fingers on his left hand and injury to his right hand when a 32 calibre cartridge exploded as he lit it with a match yesterday.
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Andrew Horsfall
Oak Street
Belmont
Scott Is Set Free in Havana Postage Case
Charles Scott, an American arrested February 9 on charges related to Cuban postage stamps, was released as the court dismissed the case. He will depart for the United States on the steamer sailing Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Charles Scott
United States
Gold Democrats in Kentucky back Hunter for Senate
Frankfort March 21 Gold Democrats led by Representative W A Baird of Davies county announce they will vote for Republican Senate nominee Dr W Godfrey Hunter. It is reported Norman and Stout also will back Hunter and Hunter says he can win over three more gold Democrats if needed.
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Frankfort
W. A. Baird
Davies County
W. Godfrey Hunter
United States Senate
Norman and Stout
Hunter
Division 30 A O H holds meeting in South Boston
Division 30 A O H met at I A H South Boston with President James P Sullivan presiding. Twelve new members were initiated and eight propositions received. Delegates included Hon Thomas W Fiood Division 13 and President Frank Daly Division 32 who spoke on the good of the order.
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Division 30
South
Boston
James P. Sullivan
Thomas W. Fiood
Frank Daly
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