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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1893
Page
2
Boston workers strike across the plasterers and machinists factions after eight hours pay cut. Posters in Tremont Street announce action with delegates pledging citywide union leverage. International Machinists Union founded June 1891 as an ALF ally, Morse re elected secretary treasurer praised for integrity and leadership.
Longstanding fashion haunt Huyler's shop in Back Bay faces a social shakeup after a public notice disrupts its post matinee rituals. Reported panic among Boston's jeunesse doree as posters declare a change, ending flirtatious gatherings and prompting a shift to new pastures for suitors and sweetmeats.
The government of Spain formally offers the reproduced flagship Santa Maria to the United States. The vessel now sails the Gulf of Mexico toward the U S naval review and Chicago exhibit. A presentation will occur near the exposition’s end, with plans to bring the Santa Maria to Washington for permanent display.
Newport dies last night aged veteran of the late war Colonel Augustus P Sherman former member of the Ancient Artillery Company of Newport joined in 1845 and ranked as a leading state military authority He will be buried with military honors on Tuesday after fifteen years without active service
Thieves entered the store of Thomas Murphy at 25 K Street on Saturday night and carried off twenty pounds of tobacco.
Three hundred fifty Boston Plasterers Tenders Union members will quit work today after master builders refused higher pay. Columbus Hall praised the Pioneer Federal Labor Union for garment worker label push while a trade labels bill advances in the Legislature. Typo Hall held a large meeting before the annul election as Charles William Edwards of Wilmington Del was condemned for public printer candidacy. Financial aid approved for unions in Ogden Utah and Lincoln Neb. Charles W. Orberton expelled for working on the Providence Telegram. Secretary McCraith reports the union remains financially sound. Type Hall leasing deemed profitable. Boston Cooks Alliance manager Pritchard helps form a new female cooks union with over a thousand names. Next meeting set for Tuesday at the thin body’s social. Benefit fund now at $700.
Local Union No.4 met at Forester Hall to push Sunday rest with a promise of a $100 fund from a boss to abolish Sabbath labor. A mass meeting is set for April 11 with prominent labor figures Henry Abrahams and Harry Loyd slated to attend.
The marble cutters of Boston hold a first mass meeting at 53 Hanover Street led by J. F. White with speeches by Hugh McKay and others. Fifty new members were initiated and the next gathering is slated for April 5.
The United Garment Workers Local Union No. 1 held a meeting in lower... The text records an endorsement of trade labels by the local union during a period of organized labor activity.
Ex president Harrison and cabinet members offered views on the recent Republican defeat and party future. Noble praised the administration as among the best, citing voter apathy as a cause. Miller noted McKinley bill discussions, Foster praised foreign policy and honesty in funds, Rusk linked tariff reform and labor disputes to defeat. Reform needed in tariff and unity across regions.
Delegates at the Chicago convention hosted Consul-General Collins with a Saturday dinner at Parker's. Mayor Couglin of Fall River presided. attendees included Maguire Matthews Murphy Corcoran Burnett Donovan Douglas Mellen O'Brien Lyons Merritt Tootle O'Gara Daley Brickett Devine Sullivan Thacher E Sullivan Avery Ham Donoghue Peter Donoghue Nichols Stratton. In the evening the Old Dorchester Club hosted Collins, with another dinner at the Vendome planned for April 4 presided by Governor Russell.
Joseph Doyle, shot in the head by Joseph Desalee during a late Saturday night dispute on Merrimac street, has been discharged from Generals Hospital. The bullet was not found and officials believe the injury resulted from the weapon Desalee threw after firing.
Newport R I March 26 Conductor Barker of the street railway is reported to have a rib fracture after being jammed between two electric cars this morning. Other internal injuries are feared.
The cruiser New York returned to Cramp's shipyard after record preliminary trials. She reached 20 knots plus during runs between Five Fathom Bank and Northeast End lightships, averaging about 19.95 knots. Captain Redford W. Sargent led the trials with Captain George L. Chambers aboard, 340 people on board, and readiness for official tests in three weeks.
The Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League 1892 93 season shows wide gaps between home and away performance. Goulding of the Vespers leads with 172 528 99 while excelling at home. ten players exceed his away score on foreign alleys. Several bowlers improve away from home, including Smith USiNOS Shirley Newton Johnson Casinos and others, with notable over 164 or higher averages on foreign lanes.
Speaker Barrett argues a large bloc of leading Republicans back his candidacy and criticizes opponents. He denies discussing his run before Senator Lodge’s Senate election was assured and dismisses rumors of large campaign spending, pledging full reporting of every cent.
A letter to the editor from J L McCarthy of Roxbury Massachusetts dated March 20 1893 states he sold his magazines through the Post Want advertisement and extends best wishes for the papers success as an advertising medium.
Letter to E C Morse Safe Company reports double door No 23 safe from second story of store fell to cellar in March 10 fire. It was opened late in the afternoon and all contents including bank bills notes books and valuable papers were found in perfect condition and as clean as before the fire. The writer praises the safes quality and preservation.
A child asks to give a photographer named Mr Goldbugge a portrait. Mrs Portly Pompous questions the propriety and cautions the child against sharing the photograph. She warns she will not know about the matter if the act is done.
Rev Dr Lorimer of Tremont Temple preached on The Future Temple to a large audience. He urged rebuilding on the same site with additions to house a free church and Baptist headquarters, stressing safety, harmony with the gospel, and ongoing evangelistic services.
Rev Frank Haven Hinman spoke at Fourth Presbyterian Church on cheaper gas. He urged the gas commission to act as public trustees, cited watered stock and fictitious notes by sub companies, and praised Mayor for leading the fight for the people in a push for dollar gas.
An all night car from Bowdoin square to Cambridge Putnam avenue led to a dispute at Mayor Bancroft's house. A white man threatened with money, a colored assailant struck with a brick, wounding a man named C. W. Griffin who was found at the station and identified as from Maplewood. Officer Mullen fired five shots in pursuit but the suspect escaped.
London reports a fire at the Rivett Company yarn spinning works in Stockport. The blaze caused extensive damage with an estimated loss of 50000 pounds. No further details on casualties or cause are provided in the brief.
A testimonial promotes Dr Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy as a cure for spring debility and dyspepsia. Mrs Mary Jane Foster claims lasting relief from headaches, fatigue, poor digestion and nervous symptoms after using the vegetable tonic. The ad urges readers to buy for one dollar at druggists and to consult Dr Greene in Boston for free advice.
Boston papers report the E C Morris Safe Co safe withstanding the Great Boston Fire of March 10 1893. A testimonial from Walter S Barnes notes a No 18 safe opened after the blaze preserved papers stamps and insurance policies in perfect condition.
The National Fibre Board Co announces a No 22 old style safe from their Boston office survived a March 10 fire. Found buried a week in a cellar it opened this morning with contents including money books and papers intact though soaked by water. Only damage was water exposure after the ruins were doused. Stephen Moors, Treasurer.
Union Special Sewing Machine Co of Boston reports recovering a large safe from March 10 fire with over eight million dollars of paper inside undamaged. The note asks E C Morris Safe Co to supply another large safe to No 18 High Street, signed by D Sweeney, written on ledger scraps from the fire.
A Boston note dated March 14 1893 reports E C Morris Safe Co No 9 safe endured a March 10 fire at 54 Lincoln Street with contents preserved aside from water exposure in the ruins. Hathaway Soule Harrington Inc signed by treasurer H A Harrington.
Hawkins Machine Co notes that a Morris Safe No 24 with double doors survived a March 10 blaze at 112 Lincoln Street Boston. After 90 hours, contents were found in excellent condition and a new safe is desired for future use.
Boston March 22 1893 E C Morris Safe Co writes that no safes survived the Friday March 10 blaze but three fire proof vaults preserved their books. they request immediate shipment of portable safes to their new Boston location at corner Lincoln and Beach Streets by Brown Durrell and Co.
Charles W. Hubbard treasurer of Lupion Mra Co Boston reports in a March 21 1893 letter to EF C Morris Safe Co Sudbury St Boston that both safes were lowered into a cellar without doors breaking. Large bound books remained legible after retrieval.
A fragmentary 1898 letter row reports C Morris Safe Co. vaults withstood a major blaze in Boston. Safes No 23 and No 13 opened after the March 10 fire showed bank notes, books, and papers preserved. Testimonials from E C Morris Safe Co. and Arthur Fuller praise the safes’ strength.
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