Fierce Yalu Fighting Shifts to Bridges and Heights
Japanese reports detail a six day Yalu River battle. General Kuroki ordered island seizures and bridging operations, costive actions on Antung and Wiju, and a major infantry crossing from Sukichin to Makao. By May 1 the 12th division led crossing efforts, silencing Russian batteries as Japanese artillery dominated the riverfront.
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Washington
Tokio
Kuroki
First
Yalu
Imperial Guard
Chiutienchang
Russian report admits heavy losses at Yalu front
St Petersburg May 1 The general staff reports Japanese artillery with 47 guns opened fierce fire at Turenchen and near Potietinsky forcing Russian troops to retire from Turenchen in good order while fighting continues at Potietinsky and Tchingu Sassulitch ordered withdrawal from Turenchen to the second position as the battle persists
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ST. Petersburg
Yalu River
Turenchen
Potietinsky
Sassulitch
Potietinsky Road
Schakchedzy
Potietinsky and
Tchingu
Fore River Strikers Seek Work Elsewhere
Quincy May 1 Local strike leaders report many Fore River employees have left town to seek shipyard work in Newport News Philadelphia Bath and Charlestown crippling local works for an indefinite time Orders issued by the local union Saturday night to strikers to stay away from the works streets were quiet boarding houses closed due to lack of patrons Storekeepers report dull business at an informal Des Moines street meeting President Bowles was criticized for new rules seen as remote cause of the strike
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Quincy
Newport News
Philadelphia
Bath
Charlestown
Des Moines
Bowles
Royal Blue Line Gettysburg and Washington May Tours
May excursion departs Boston on Friday the 6th for a week in Gettysburg and Washington with Reading and Mt. Penn Gravity railroad, Harper's Ferry, and John Brown Monument. Return leaves May 20 for $32 including all expenses. led by experienced conductors. request illustrated itinerary from Joseph P. Taggart.
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Washington
Boston
Congress
Gettysburg
Reading
Penn
Mt. Penn
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown Monument
Joseph P. Taggart
New England
Washington Street
Mass
Chelsea Will Be Wet Today At 6 A M
King Bourbon will wave his scepter in Chelsea at six this morning as 34 keys unlock 34 bars. Hotels did not open yesterday disappointing visitors from Revere Malden and Everett. License commissioners asked hotels to stay closed on Sunday and the request was honored.
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King Bourbon
Chelsea
Revere
Malden
Everett
Busiest Meeting Sets Carpenters Minimum Wage Demand
Boston C L A meeting of Carpenters District Council demands a minimum wage of three dollars for an eight hour day from major firms including the Boston Elevated Railroad Company by May 14. If not met, union carpenters will be ordered from work. the secretary will contact firms that do their own carpentering to set trade rules and wages.
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Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Carpenters’ District Council
Resolutions and speeches at Boston Central Labor Union meeting
At yesterday's busy session Miss Elizabeth Powers of the Consumptives' Hospital Dorchester spoke on labor advancement while a 600-inmate facility was noted. The Boston bakers strike and Fore River Works strike were endorsed as delegates were appointed and committees formed to push union causes and House bill 616.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Elizabeth Powers
Consumptives’ Hospital
Quincy Street
Dorchester
Market Strike Averted In Boston Union Meeting
At a long Boston meeting, the Market and Commission House Teamsters' Union voted not to strike in the morning, reducing the May Day strike list by 500. A conference between union and Master Teamsters committees is planned Wednesday to settle grievances. A new wage demand calls for 2 dollars per hour, plus a half hour breakfast and one hour for dinner. The next union meeting is Sunday with hopes for a settlement.
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Boston Market
House Teamsters
Rural Painters Strike Across Several Cities
Street by street painters in Somerville Cambridge Hyde Park and Waltham begin a strike in shops where owners have not met union demands. Reports state Haverhill employers voted to blacklist striking painters at a district council meeting.
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Somerville
Cambridge
Hyde Park
Waltham
Haverhill
Painters Refer Wage Dispute to State Board
About 1000 journeymen painters from Boston Painters Union 11 voted at Paine Hall to not strike and sent the wage appeal to the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. A proposed pact seeks $3.40 an eight hour day for decorators and $3.00 for house painters, up from $2.80 and $3.20. employers refused the raise.
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Boston Painters’ Union 11
Paine Hall
Committee On Conference
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Hebrew Painters Vote to Strike Seven Shops
The Hebrew Painters Union 642 voted to strike seven shops after employers refused an eight hour work day at a $2.80 minimum wage. Fifteen master painters signed the new agreement and a special meeting was set for Wednesday night. About forty of the 250 Hebrew painters will strike this morning.
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Boston
Cambridge C L A Favors A Subway Vote
Cambridge labor union yesterday voted in favor of a subway and against an elevated rapid transit from Westbridge to Harvard square. City government action to halt the water loan bill was endorsed. The Lynn Boot and Shoe Workers Union label was endorsed.
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Cambridge
Central
Westbridge
Harvard Squire
Lynn Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Beckhard opens new branch at Summer street in Boston
Sam A. Beckhard & Co. throws open its new branch store at 123 Summer Street known as Beckhard's Branch. The firm, long recognized as a leading Boston men’s outfitter, will run the branch in connection with its Parker House establishment offering the same values at popular prices.
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Sam A. Beckhard & Co
Summer Street
Piano Movers Strike In Boston Over Wages And Hours
One hundred twenty five workers from Boston Piano and Furniture Movers Union 343 strike for a $1 weekly wage rise and a 10 hour day. A mass meeting at Deacon Hall unanimously approved the action targeting J. W. Cook corporation Steinert Sons and William Ridlin Co shops with headquarters at Kossuth Hall 109% Washington Street.
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Boston Piano and Furniture Movers’ Union 343
Deacon ‘Hall
J. W. Cook Corporation
Steinert & Sons
William Ridlin & Co
Kossuth
Labor unions issue strikes and organization drives across Boston area
Rubber Garment Workers Union 174 votes not to return to work without union demands. Expressmen's Union 307 obligates 52 applicants and votes aid for all team drivers unions. A horseshoers union to be formed in Fall River with every man on the charter. Boston Cooks Union 828 starts new HQ and free employment bureau at 45 Piflot street. Boston Waitresses Union organized by Richard W. Kennedy and Poale Contestabile with 200+ members. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers announce agreement with Phenix Bridge Co. Tongshoremen's Trades Council votes solidarity in potential strike. Social events include a Roughan Hall ball and Chelsea meat workers meeting with Peter W. Collins slated to speak.
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Rubber’ Garment Workers
Expressmen’s Union
Horseshoers
Fall River
Boston Cooks’ Union
Pifot
New England
Richard W. Kennedy
Poale
Boston ‘Cooks’ Union
Boston Waitresses
As Cial
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Phenix Bridge Company
Transatlantic
Assembly
K. of L
Wasesterday
Tongshoremen’s Trades Council
Assembl
Roughan Hall
Chelsea
Bakersnd’ Biscuit’ Workers’ Union
Chelsea Central Labor Union Hall
Sommerville Opens New Tremont Street Haberdashery Store
At 10 o'clock Saturday morning Alfred Sommerville opened his new shop at 172 Tremont street succeeding F W B Sellers & Co haberdashers. He refitted the store enlarging custom shirt making and holds files from the former firm enabling patrons to receive old customer advantages plus access to new line shirtings and exclusive designs. The policy is high grade goods at proper prices and the window dressing shows refined taste drawing attention from passersby.
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Alfred Sommerville
Tremont Street
F. W. B. Sellers & Co., Haberdashers
Sommerville
F. W. B. Sellers & Co
General Trepoff Named to Lead Manchurian Medical Department
St Petersburg May 1 reports General Trepoff appointed to command the medical department of the Manchurian army and to direct Red Cross operations at the seat of war.
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ST. Petersburg
Trepoff
Red Cross
EXPECT JAPS TO LAND ON LIAOTUNG PENINSULA NEAR TAKUSHAN
Chefoo May 1 3p m It is expected the Japanese will land on the Liaotung peninsula near Takushan if not already done so Chinese arrivals from Takushan report on April 22 four Japanese warships 12 torpedo boat destroyers and some torpedo boats approached Takushan Seventeen officers and a party of men landed They were fired upon by Russian coast guards and returned to their ships off Takushan by April 25 Transports possibly join the fleet west of the Bay of Corea.
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Chefoo
Liaotung Peninsula
Takushan
Bay of
Corea
Attack on Russians Near Yalu River Continues
Advices from the front report Japanese forces began an attack on the Russians along the Yalu River last Tuesday. The battle continued through Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday with ongoing fighting and reports of sustained engagement.
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Torio
Yalu
Japanese Cross River, Seizes Right Bank Lodgment
Decisive struggle described with a Thursday crossing of the Ydlu and a lodgment on the river's right bank. A Saturday duel with heavy guns occurred across the river. Fighting resumed at daylight Sunday.
Russian Account of the Japs Crossing the Yalu
A St Petersburg report dated May 2 3 58 am says Kuroki's force of guards and the 2nd and 12th divisions crossed the Yalu about 30 miles above its mouth near Kivlientse. Russians under Generals Sassulitch Mistchenko and Kashtalinsky harassed the Manchurian shore for three days. The Japanese, who held heights near Litzaven and Khussan above Antung, were driven back to the river with losses after dismounting their pontoon bridge. An anboat flotilla and Korean bank guns opened fire at the river mouth and dispersed Russian positions.
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Yalu
Suikochin
Wijuc
ST. Petersburg
Kuroki
Kivlientse
Sassulitch
Mistchenko
Kashtalinsky
Corean
Heroic action by officer saves 40 from West End fire
Reserve Officer Thomas F. Fay of Division 3 fought through smoke to rescue Coleman Allen in a lodging house at 142 Stamford Street just before 2 AM. He carried Allen downstairs to safety, extinguished flames with water and blankets, aided Mr. and Mrs. Chase, aired the building, and the damage was limited to about $75.
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Thomas F. Fay
Coleman Allen
Stamford Street
Prospect Street
Fay
Allen
John F. Chase
Lowell
Thomas Davidson
Stamiford Street
Coleman Alen
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Wiju
Hosoya
Antzushan
Antungsien
Yushukou
Makgu
Kutoki
Chiutiencheng
Iho
Aida
Antung
Imperial Guards
Kurito
Kinteito
Wifu
Kurito Island
Kintelo
Kosan
Tho River
Chiutlencheng
Makao
Koshoki
Yoshoko
Seikodo
Kinteito Island
Chukodai
Aia
Awn
Fenghudancheng
Liaoyang
Fore River
City OF Lawrence
South
Royal Blue
Gettysburg and
Smyrna
Royal Axminster
Aoe
Linter
Carpenters
Boston Bakers
Fore River Works
C. E. Winslow
Church Association
Driscoll
Central Labor Union of Boston
Schoolhouse Commission
Henry Abrahams
Central Labor Union of
Boston and Vicinity
Frank K. Foster
Fanquil Hall
Organized Labor
McCarthy
William Rhale
Coopers’ Union 58
Patrick Maloney
Stage Employees’ Union
John Ogilvie
Barbers’ Union
Thomas J. Minihan
Piano Movers’ Union
Edward S. Ahearn
Electrotypers’ Union
G. Henry Dunderdale
Newspaper Writers
Wood Workers’ Union
Joseph J. Downing
Sanitary Team Drivers’ Union
Charles P. Scott
Grocery Clerks’ Union
Emil Leiber
Brewery Workers
Michael Mullivan
Hatters’ Union
Timothy Buckley
Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers’ Union
John Griffin
Isaac F. Witkin
Garment Workers Union
Cambridge C. L. A
Beckhard
West End
Morse Bros., Props
Canton
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