Big Wage War in Lawrence Impending
Mills in Lawrence face a broad strike with Pacifico Mills employing about 8000 workers in cotton worsted and print works while Everett Mills hold 1800. The United Textile Workers and affiliated English speaking operatives push for action as non English speakers resist. Union leaders anticipate large unemployment if Arling ton Mills shut down and a peaceful picketing strategy is hoped to replace violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacifico Mills
Everett
Pemberton
Katana
Monomac
Acadia
Mohuen
American Woolen Company
Arlington
United Textile Workers of America
American Federation of Textile Operatives
Ben Legere
Winnipeg
Canada
New York
North Common
Radical Labor in Ireland Fails to Move Dail and Dublin
Radical labor in Ireland fails to shift Dail Eireann or Dublin policy. Key figures like Johnson and Larkin split opinions. Sinn Fein leaders Griffith and Collins remain conservative. Transport Workers HQ at Liberty Hall anchors radical efforts while Belfast shows stronger radical interest than Dublin.
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Ireland
Tom Johnson
Irish Transport Workers
Bronterre O’brien
James Connolly
Dail Eireann
Dail
Countess Markievicz
Mary MacSwiney
Markievicz
de Valera
Griffith
Collins
Curley
Johnson
Transport Workers
Morrison I. Swift
Swift
Joe McCabe
Provisional Government
McCabe
Labor
Boston
Wilson
Larkin
Belfast
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Textile Workers Accuse Mills Of Starving Workers In Wage Fight
Russell Palmer of the Amalgamma Textile Workers of America charges New England cotton mill owners with starving the human capital to push wage cuts. He notes pre-cut earnings for male cotton operatives averaged 1085.44 annually, while the 1919 subsistence level was 1109.04, forcing families to work to meet essentials.
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NEXW
York
New England
Russell Palmer
Amalgamated Textile Workers of America
National Conference Board
All River
Proves That Chickens Come Home to Roost
In Wilson North Carolina on March 26 Mayor Killette resolved a dispute over ownership of a large Dominicker rooster. Liler Thompson accused Annie Graham of stealing the bird and the mayor, citing the adage chickens come home to roost, set a roost between the two homes and the rooster chose Liler’s chicken house ending the case.
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Wilson
N. C
Killette
Solomon
Liler Thompson
Annie Graham
Liler
Irish Labor Party Struggles Across Ireland as Catholics Face Bias
The piece argues radicals in Dublin are unlikely to win seats while Belfast shows strength for radical labor. It credits their fight for Catholic workers but notes failure to stem bigotry. It predicts moderates may oust radicals, despite propaganda, as bishops proscribe the party for Communism. Tomorrow Michael Collins.
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America
Irish Labor Party
Ireland
Labor Party
Lenine
Russia
Workers’ Republic
Johnson
James Larkin
Larkin
Dublin
Radical Labor Party
Belfast
Michael Collins Challenges De Valera Over Unity Call
Michael Collins at Waterford challenged De Valera to state his views and distance himself from mutinous IRA statements. He warned the London authorities would face debate with De Valera and his followers as Dublin prepares for possible union amid ongoing dissension.
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Richard Mulcahy
Defence
Army
Belfast
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Michael Collins
Waterford
de Valera
Roderick O’connor
Irish Republican Army
Collings
London
James Craig
Ulster
Free State
Collins
Death of Justice John W Hammond former SJC member
Justice John W Hammond longtime Cambridge jurist died at his home on Harvard street Cambridge after years of ill health. He served 28 years in Massachusetts judiciary including 12 years on the Superior Court and 16 on the Supreme Judicial Court retiring in 1914. He was born 1837 in Mattapoisett and educated at Tufts and Harvard Law School. Funeral services will be held at Old South Church Wednesday at 2 30 pm and burial is private.
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John W. Hammond
Supreme Judicial Court
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Hammond
Massachusetts Judiciary
Superior Court
Mattapoisett
Plymouth County
Tufts College
Justice Hammond
Citien
House of Representatives
Walcott
Charles Allen
Boston
Supreme Court
Edward P. Pierce
Walsh
Clara E. Tweed
Benjamin F. Tweed
Harvard
Franklin T. Hammond
John W. Hammond, Jr
Lewis Barbour
Lexington
Eudora Johnson
Epsom
N. H
Old South Church
George A. Gordon
Navy Designs New Muffler For Motor Boats
The Navy Department reports a new muffler device with perfect muffling and low back pressure that could boost gasoline mileage in automobiles. Developed from wartime sound detector research by Dr T C Hayes, the design may be manufactured at Annapolis under Secretary Denby’s orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United News
Navy Department
Navy
Bureau of Engineering
T. Cc. Hayes
Denby
Annapolis
Bert Lytell Returns to Bowdoin Square Screen
Bert Lytell appears again at Bowdoin Square in Metro Pictures The Right That Failed a society orientated story. The article notes his early drama career with the Bowdoin Square Theatre stock company years ago and praises his clever athletic skills.
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Bert Lytell
Bowdoin Square
Metro
Bert
Mr. Lytell
Bowdoin Square Theatre
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Lawrence
Radicals
Seeking Action
Pacific Mills
Francis J. Gorman
Wool Sorters and Graders Associations
Broadway
John J. Dean
Thos. F. McMahon
The
Textile Workers of America
Irish Army
Citizen Army
Judiciary
Lytell
Chandler & Co
Scotland
Forstmann & Huffmann
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