Miners Vote to Reject Wage Scale Leads to Suspended Mining
Operators in Illinois Indiana and Ohio vote no while Western Pennsylvania miners approve the scale leading to a planned total mining suspension in the three anthracite districts starting Monday April 2. United Mine Workers President Mitchell announces a joint sub committee meeting in New York for April 8 and outlines suspension orders for April 2 with pumps and properties preserved.
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Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Western
Pennsylvania
Winder
Baer
New York City
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
New York
Shamokin
Miners’ Committee
John Mitchell
T. D. Nichols
W. H. Dettrey
John Fay
Liner Saxonia Receives 2500 Passengers in East Boston Arrival
The Cunard liner Saxonia docked in East Boston with over 2500 people aboard including about 2000 immigrants from across the globe. Immigrants were mainly bound west or to Canada while 400 Hungarians and 200 Russian Jews added color to the scene. Immigrant inspectors detained about 150 travelers but no criminals were found. The voyage from Liverpool to Boston lasted 7 days 18 hours 47 minutes and the weather was favorable.
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Globe
Cunard
Saxonia
Boston
Liverpool
New York
Canadian Northwest
Boston Coal Club Debates Union 68 Wage Pact
Boston Coal Club gathered at the Hotel Essex to consider a proposed wage and working agreement for the Boston Coal Teamdrivers Union 68. The meeting involved coal employers forming the executive circle to discuss terms and potential adoption.
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Boston Coal Club
Hotel Essex
Boston Coal Teamdrivers
Union 68
Boston
Eaten Out of House and Home Dyspepsia Cure Prompts Rapid Appetite
A Des Moines druggist’s wife recounts her brother a Chicago lawyer recovering from chronic dyspepsia after using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. He gained weight, felt better, and reports no lingering symptoms. The ad claims the tablets digest food like a healthy stomach and are sold for 50 cents a box.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Stuart
Nature
Coal Drivers Seek Radical Changes in Expiring Pact
The coal drivers union pushes for a closed shop and overtime at time and a half, seeks year round Saturday afternoon holidays, and aims to shorten work from 10 of 11 hours to 9 of 10 while preserving wage levels for regular hours. The present agreement expires Saturday night and members demand responsive changes before employers sign.
Operators ask Roosevelt to appoint wage commission
Coal operators from Illinois Indiana Ohio and western Pennsylvania agreed to urge the President to name a commission to investigate all issues affecting coal mine wages and related conditions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Miners Likely Win Western Pennsylvania Ohio Strike
Pittsburg March 29 men say a strike declaration will favor the miners in western Pennsylvania and Ohio after a suspension of about 30 days.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Coal Strike Fears Push Run-of-Mine Coal Up 50 Cents
Pittsburg reports a new price rise as the prospect of a coal strike triggers a 50 cent per ton increase in run-of-mine coal to 2.50 dollars per ton.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Iowa Coal Operators and Miners Plan 60 Day Strike
Representatives of Iowa coal operators and miners will meet to declare a 60 day suspension of work in Iowa mines beginning April 1. The plan will put about 14 000 men out of work across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Anthracite Coal Companies Plan Normal Operations Next Week
Officials of coal groups tied to the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia & Reading railroads say they will run their collieries as usual next week even as the anthracite strike commission award nears expiration. Other large firms and independents expect to keep producing while awaiting a settlement with workers.
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Philadelphia
Anthracite Coal Companies
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Reading Railroads
Boston Faces Coal Shortage Amid Strike Threat
Boston braces for a coal strike with limited anthracite supply and potential price spikes. Estimates show about two months of bituminous coal on hand plus railroad stockpiles. Boston & Maine holds half a million tons for locomotives while New Haven stores fuel at multiple sites including South Boston. Electric Light and the Elevated likely prepared. Local dealers have hiked domestic anthracite prices by 50 cents per ton.
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Boston & Maine
New Haven
Boston
Pennsylvania
Conference of Senators on Child Labor Bill Amendment
A conference of senators discussed the Post backed proposal to amend the child labor bill to cover the overtime provision prohibiting minor employment in textile mills from 6 p m to 6 a m. Attending were Louis Cox Seiberlich Chase Schofield Bullock Cusick Cassidy McLoud Logan and Taylor.
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The
Post
Louis Cox
Seiberlich
Chase
Schofield
Bullock
Cusick
Cassidy
McLoud
Logan
Taylor
Amendment Offered To Restrict Child Labor In Mills
Senator Cox proposed an amendment to the child labor bill defining hours for minors and penalties for violations. The bill, sought by Governor backed measures, aims to keep minors out of mills with fines and possible imprisonment. Senator Mahoney, author of the bill, awaits labor leaders’ approval after a conference today.
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Cox
Daniel D. Mahoney
Louis Cox
Lawrence
Mahoney
Federation of Labor
Councilman Opposes $1 Million Sewer Order
Ward 11 Councilman Myron E. Pierce urges six Republican Aldermen to vote down the $1,000,000 sewer appropriation and cut it to $500,000 or less. He argues $1,776,400 is enough for annual sewer needs and condemns what he calls mismanagement and graft in the sewer department.
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Myron E. Pierce
Ward 11
Pierce
Salesmanship Course Ends at Bigelow Evening School
The Bigelow Evening School in South Boston conferred 386 certificates marking the completion of a 20 week salesmanship course. Principal F W Thompson hopes to run it as a regular program in the new commercial high school next year. Diana Hirschler of Filene's taught the class with weekly guest speakers from major city firms.
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Bigelow Evening School
South
Boston
F. W. Thompson
New Commercial High School
Diana Hirschler
Filene’s
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Brown, Durrell
Price
Shepard-Norwell
Theall
Houston & Henderson
Fowler
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Ferris
Gilchrigt’s
O’ Connell
Clark
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Woman Hero Leads Blind Father From Roxbury Fire
Panic at 108 Cabot Street Roxbury as a suspected incendiary fire drives 16 people, mostly children, from a crowded three story tenement. Magdalen Johnson guides her blind father to safety and carries four children from the flames while neighbors and firefighters assist. Damage estimated at $75. building owned by Mrs Josephine Weiss.
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Cabot Street
Roxbury
Magdalen Johnson
Johnson
Patrick McKivran
Jennie Degnan
George W. Chick
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Roosevelt
Tion
Ing
Carters
Children’s Millinery
Mrs. Johnson
Charles Wong
Babe
Margaret McKinnon
Noel Vachon
Merchant's
Sperry
Timothy Smith CO
J. H. Corney & CO
G. A. Folsom
Sperry & Hutchinson Company
Washington Street
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