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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1896
Page
8
Officer James Harmon of Somerville gave chase after two men at 2 am near Washington and Beacon streets and Dwyer's grocery. He fired five shots when they ignored commands, but the pair escaped and the break-in was not confirmed.
John Turner of the English Shop Assistants' Union told Central Labor Union delegates in Caledonian Hall that American workers lag behind England due to lack of organized labor power. He urged discipline, broader organization including women, and warned that without workers' control of industries poverty would persist. noted Germany and France lag after state socialism. The meeting also tackled a souvenir book issue, unsafe schoolhouses, and union expansions in Quincy, plus Labor Day plans and new delegates from Stereotypers and Brewers unions.
Hoisting and Portable Engineers announce a strike after two weeks of failed talks with master builders and masons over hours and wages. They demand an eight hour day with no wage reduction and insist on union-only labor. The union says all possible measures to avert the strike were exhausted and remains open to amicable adjustment.
May 3 Plymouth reports a forest blaze that began yesterday afternoon and burned thousands of acres including eight acres of Jerry Murry’s pine woods. Firefighters saved cedar stands in a swamp near Sea side behind Plymouth Cordege Company tenement blocks. The fire started near Oak Ridge village endangering several houses as Chemical 2 arrived from town to aid containment.
Delegates from every branch of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in New England Middle States and New Brunswick gathered at the Palace Theatre for a conference with Grand Master F P Sargent and Grand Secretary Fred Arnold. The event featured an unwritten-work display, private morning session, and an afternoon meeting led by President A W Spurr. Prayers were offered by Rev W H Lannon and welcome by John F O'Sullivan of the Boston Central Labor Union, with remarks by Sargent and Arnold and participation from the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Captain John M. Fiske master of the Cambridge House of Correction died of pneumonia at his Cambridge home after a four day illness. Born September 28 1888 in Framingham he held sheriff and constable posts and belonged to multiple civic and fraternal organizations. He rose from Newton constable to deputy sheriff of Middlesex County before serving as Cambridge jail master until his death.
An immense liquidation at 1 Summer Street offers all wool all season suits and overcoats from a New York broadway firm. Deep discounts slash prices from $12.50 to $2.85 for men’s suits, $12 to $4.85 on overcoats, and hundreds of items including hats, trousers, and shoes. Assignee insists sale must clear stock rapidly, refunds offered for dissatisfaction after home inspection.
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