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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1912
Page
2
Lowell workers press for higher pay as industry leaders cite cotton market strength and inventories. Greek labor links denied by I W W while AFL allied figures push for raises of 7 to 15 percent, with talks scheduled through the week.
Goddard Brothers who run six cotton mills in Rhode Island announce a 10 percent wage increase for about 3600 workers following New Bedford manufacturers action. The move is expected to raise pay across principal state mills tomorrow. The text also notes a separate, troubling local crime case involving a boy linked to earlier attacks in the area.
Morrison I Swift stated last night that the Lowell textile strike will triumph as spring arrives. He predicted workers will get higher wages with support from New England operatives and farmers, while mill owners fail in their plan to close mills for six months. He argued exodus to the countryside could depopulate Lowell and force opening of factories.
Industrial workers at Saxony Worsted mills in Newton faced a six month closure if striking employees do not return to work. National organizers Pearl McGill and F Sumner Boyd of the I W O addressed gatherings in a Faxon street stable and a Chapple street field as the morning and afternoon meetings urged a return to production.
The Austin and Stone's Museum faces closure as plans shift to a vaudeville and moving pictures theater in a new building. Owner Frank P. Stone says negotiations are under way and a nearby site may host the entertainment venture, with a fall reopening goal if possible.
Reports indicate police expect to arrest a suspected murderer of a boy as investigations continue. Town council and community leaders note steady progress in the case amid ongoing inquiries and public interest.
A Pawtucket woman places a 10-year-old boy near the crime scene just before Billy Mathers body is found. Police trace a bloodstained rubber to a Providence store and link the boy to the case. The report also recalls Mattie Hackett’s 1905 murder, noting a cord, burned shoes, and witness testimony in a grand jury proceeding.
Friel Allen a 17 year old member of the Allen gang was arrested in a carriage shed at his father Jack Allen's farm eight miles from Hillsville Va. He is jailed with cousin Claude Swanson Allen who surrendered yesterday. Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards remain at large as the last fugitives from the March 14 killings.
Friel Allen deserted two companions and returned with a reckless ultimatum to resist arrest to the death. A father’s plea to spare his youngest son is linked to the capture. Jack Allen, not involved in the courthouse shooting, has urged his son to surrender, though the method remains undisclosed.
Taunton March 29 The 1100 operatives of the Nemasket and Cohannet mills will be officially notified tomorrow of a further wage advance varying from 5 percent to 1 percent. The increase takes effect next Monday.
Notices for Blake Bowen Burns Connolly Conroy Corcoran Davis Diprs ch Edwards Folsom Gracia Green Griffin appear with dates March 29 to April 1. Each item lists deceased name age or relation, residence, funeral time and church, with relatives invited and interment or burial details where given.
Funeral notices list multiple residents including Minerva Jane Hatch widow of Chauncey M. Hatch aged 86 with service in Dorchester 1 April. Other deaths include Mary Agnes Ollan Roslindale, John Johnston Roxbury, Mary Lovely Dorchester, Mary Lynch Brookline, Nellie MacRae Lincoln, John Magullion Jamaica Plain, Katherine Norton South Boston, Frederick Robinson Roxbury, Charles Roman Chelsea, Horace Sias East Boston, Aaron Van Hinden South Boston, Henry Wright Cambridge. Funeral details specify dates times and church or cemetery, with relatives invited.
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